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- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Relates to prohibiting the transloading of certain wastes at facilities in Richmond county
In Assembly Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor Matthew Titone
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Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting transloading of certain waste at facilities in Richmond county
Purpose
This legislation related to prohibiting the transloading of certain wastes at facilities in Richmond county.
Summary of provisions
This legislation amends the Environmental Conservation Law by adding a new §27-0309 to prohibit the transloading of solid waste, toxic wastes and hazardous wastes at any facility in Richmond county.
However, this legislation would not prohibit the City's containerized solid waste from being received at a facility in Richmond County to be shipped out of the county as long as the container is not opened in Richmond County.
Justification
For more than 50 years Staten Island accepted the refuse of all 5 boroughs on a daily basis at the Fresh Kills landfill. More than 13,000 tons of garbage were landfilled each day. The closure of the landfill in 2001 terminated that dumping in Staten Island by the other 4 boroughs. This initiative will prevent the siting of a transfer facility in Staten Island to handle the entire City's daily output of garbage. A transfer facility would take the raw garbage from the trucks and barges and process it into containers to be transferred to the disposal site. It will not prevent Staten Island from accepting responsibility for handling and transporting the trash it generates locally. The responsibility for handling the garbage of the other 4 boroughs should be dealt with in each of the other 4 boroughs without using the ports of Staten Island as transloading facilities. It will permit closed containers of garbage to be transported and transferred in Staten Island.
Legislative history
2008: S.5659 - Referred to Environmental Conservation/A.8501 Referred to Environmental Conservation 2007: S.5659 - Referred to Environmental Conservation/A.8501 Referred to Environmental Conservation 2006: S.2457 - Referred to Environmental Conservation/A.4977- Referred to Environmental Conservation 2005: S.2457 - Referred to Environmental Conservation/A.4977 - Referred to Environment Conservation 2004: S.1970 - Passed the Senate
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately
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