Bill Text: NY A03370 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3370 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Exempts contractors from payment of asbestos project notification fees for demolitions performed within the city of Buffalo.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to labor [A03370 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03370-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3370
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 22, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Labor
       AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to exempting contractors from
         payment  of  asbestos  project  notification  fees   for   demolitions
         performed within the city of Buffalo
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 904 of the labor law,  as  amended
    2  by section 1 of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    2.  Any  contractor engaged in an asbestos project involving more than
    5  two hundred sixty linear feet or more than one hundred sixty square feet
    6  of asbestos or asbestos materials shall notify both  the  United  States
    7  Environmental  Protection  Agency, Region II, Air and Hazardous Material
    8  Division and the commissioner in writing ten days prior to the commence-
    9  ment of work on the project or, if emergency conditions make it impossi-
   10  ble to provide ten days prior notice, as soon as practicable after iden-
   11  tification of the project. The notice to the commissioner shall  include
   12  the  following  information:  the  name,  address  and asbestos handling
   13  license number of the contractor working on the project; the address and
   14  description of the building or area, including size, age and  prior  use
   15  of the building or area; the amount of friable asbestos material present
   16  in  square  feet  and/or  linear  feet,  if applicable; room designation
   17  numbers or other local information where such asbestos material is found
   18  unless such material is found throughout the entire structure; the sche-
   19  duled starting and completion dates  for  removal;  the  procedures  and
   20  equipment,  including  ventilating  systems  that  will be employed; any
   21  additional information which the commissioner may require;  and,  EXCEPT
   22  FOR CONTRACTORS ENGAGED IN SUCH ASBESTOS PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
   23  OF  THE  CITY OF BUFFALO, shall be accompanied by a project notification
   24  fee as follows:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01187-01-5
       A. 3370                             2
    1                 Project Size/Linear Feet                Fee
    2                      260-429                            $200
    3                      430-824                             400
    4                      825-1649                          1,000
    5                      1650 or more                      2,000
    6                 Project Size/Square Feet                Fee
    7                      160-259                            $200
    8                      260-499                             400
    9                      500-999                           1,000
   10                      1000 or more                      2,000
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.