What's happening
This bill prohibits siting or licensing radioactive or hazardous waste disposal or transfer stations within 1,500 feet of school property, with exceptions for certain medical facilities.
Why it matters
Directly addresses community health and safety. by creating a significant buffer zone (1,500 feet) between schools and facilities that handle hazardous or radioactive waste, aiming to reduce the risk of accidental exposure for children and school staff.
Limits future facility placement options. , potentially affecting where waste management companies can develop new sites, which may increase costs or change logistics for waste disposal in urban and suburban areas.
Includes a targeted exemption for hospitals and medical research institutions. , recognizing the necessity of handling certain hazardous or radioactive materials for medical purposes and ensuring these vital services are not hindered.
May impact property values and neighborhood development. , as the restriction could shape land use patterns near schools and influence community planning decisions, especially in densely populated regions.
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Keep Hazardous Waste from Schools
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Sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2032
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the siting and licensing of radioactive or hazardous waste disposal or transfer stations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 27-0111 to read as follows: § 27-0111. Siting and licensing of radioactive or hazardous waste
disposal or transfer stations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a radioactive waste disposal station, a radioactive waste transfer station, a hazardous waste disposal station, or a hazardous waste transfer station other than hospitals, research facilities and public and private institutions that provide medical treatment and perform medical research shall not be sited within one thousand five hundred feet of the boundary of any school property. Furthermore, no license shall be issued to any individual to operate any radioactive waste disposal station, radioactive waste transfer station, hazardous waste disposal station, or hazardous waste transfer station other than hospitals, research facilities and public and private institutions that provide medical treatment and perform medical research within one thousand five hundred feet of the boundaries of a school property.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03398-01-7
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