What's happening
This bill requires mass gatherings and temporary residences to provide recycling facilities and comply with local recycling laws.
Why it matters
Increases environmental responsibility. for organizers of large gatherings and temporary residences by requiring them to provide recycling options, not just general waste disposal, making events more sustainable and reducing landfill waste.
Aligns temporary events with local recycling laws. , ensuring that mass gatherings comply with specific municipal recycling requirements rather than operating under a patchwork of less stringent or outdated state regulations.
Empowers local authorities and health officials. to enforce recycling and solid waste management standards as part of the permit approval process, potentially affecting how quickly and easily permits are granted for large events.
May require operational changes and additional costs. for event organizers and temporary residence operators, as they must plan for and implement adequate recycling infrastructure to remain in compliance and avoid penalties.
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- Referred to health
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STATE OF NEW YORK
127
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing the sanitary code to establish regulations for source separation and segregation of recyclable or reusable materials and adequate facilities for disposal of solid waste
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (o) of subdivision 5 of section 225 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 889 of the laws of 1970 and such subdivision as renumbered by chapter 626 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
(o) require that application be made for a permit to operate a temporary residence as defined in the sanitary code, or to hold or promote by advertising or otherwise a mass gathering which is likely to attract five thousand people or more and continue for twenty-four hours or more and authorize appropriate officers or agencies to issue such a permit when the applicant is in compliance with the established regulations and when it appears that such temporary residence can be operated or such gathering held without hazard to health and safety; establish regulations with respect to such gatherings to provide for: the furnishing of adequate undertakings to secure full compliance with the sanitary code and other applicable law, adequate and satisfactory water supply and sewerage facilities, adequate drainage, adequate toilet and lavatory facilities, adequate [refuse storage and disposal] facilities for recycling of certain materials consistent with local ordinance as required under section one hundred twenty-aa of the general municipal law, and adequate facilities for the disposal of solid waste, adequate sleeping areas and facilities, wholesome food and sanitary food service, adequate medical facilities, insect and noxious weed control, adequate fire
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[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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protection, and such other matters as may be appropriate for security of life or health. In his or her review of applications for permits for the holding or promoting of such a gathering the permit-issuing official may require such plans, specifications and reports as he or she shall deem necessary for a proper review, and in his or her review of such applications, as well as in carrying out his or her other duties and functions in connection with such a gathering, the permit-issuing official may request and shall receive from all public officers, departments and agencies of the state and its political subdivisions such cooperation and assistance as may be necessary and proper;
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such date.
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