Bill Text: NY A07423 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the commissioner of agriculture and markets, in consultation with the commissioner of environmental conservation, shall develop a plan to remediate and remove waste tires used in agricultural production.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A07423 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07423-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7423
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       May 1, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. LUPARDO, BUTTENSCHON, EPSTEIN, MOSLEY, BLANKEN-
          BUSH, CROUCH, FINCH -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Environmental Conservation
        AN  ACT  to  amend the agriculture and markets law and the environmental
          conservation law, in relation to the removal and remediation of  waste
          tires
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1.  Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law  is  amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision 50 to read as follows:
     3    50.  The  commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of envi-
     4  ronmental conservation, shall develop a plan  to  remediate  and  remove
     5  waste tires used in agricultural production. Such plan shall address the
     6  vector  threat posed by waste tires and shall provide farmers with tech-
     7  nical expertise and financial assistance.
     8    § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 27-1907 of the  environmental  conserva-
     9  tion  law,  as amended by section 2 of part DD of chapter 59 of the laws
    10  of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
    11    5. The department shall make all reasonable  efforts  to  recover  the
    12  full  amount of any funds expended from the waste management and cleanup
    13  fund for abatement or  remediation  through  litigation  or  cooperative
    14  agreements  except for funds expended according to paragraph d of subdi-
    15  vision one of section 27-1915 of this title.  Any and all moneys  recov-
    16  ered,  repaid  or reimbursed pursuant to this section shall be deposited
    17  with the comptroller and credited to such fund.
    18    § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 27-1915 of the  environmental  conserva-
    19  tion  law,  as amended by section 5 of part DD of chapter 59 of the laws
    20  of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
    21    1. costs of the department for the following:
    22    (a) first-year costs:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (i) enumeration and assessment of noncompliant waste tire  stockpiles;
     2  and
     3    (ii)  aerial  reconnaissance  to locate, survey and characterize sites
     4  environmentally, for remote sensing, special analysis and scanning;
     5    (b) abatement of noncompliant waste tire stockpiles; [and]
     6    (c) administration and enforcement of the requirements of  this  arti-
     7  cle, exclusive of titles thirteen and fourteen; and
     8    (d)  any  costs  associated  with the removal and remediation of waste
     9  tires in accordance with subdivision fifty of  section  sixteen  of  the
    10  agriculture and markets law.
    11    § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    12  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    13  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    14  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    15  completed on or before such effective date.