What's happening
This bill updates asbestos project notification fees and creates new fee categories, including a fixed $200 demolition notification fee for certain disaster-affected homes.
Why it matters
Creates new, lower fee tiers for projects involving "non-friable" asbestos-containing material (RACM),. which typically pose less risk than friable (easily crumbled) asbestos—this could reduce costs for certain building owners and contractors, making compliance more affordable for less hazardous jobs.
Introduces a fixed $200 demolition notification fee for owner-occupied homes condemned due to disasters (like floods, fires, or tornadoes),. streamlining the process and potentially accelerating disaster recovery by reducing red tape and unpredictable costs for affected homeowners.
Expands and updates the structure of asbestos project notification fees overall,. which may improve regulatory oversight and ensure that fees are more closely aligned with the scale and risk level of each project, thereby incentivizing proper notification and safer handling practices.
May help local governments and emergency responders by clarifying notification requirements and costs in disaster scenarios,. potentially facilitating quicker and safer demolition of hazardous structures after major events.
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Set Asbestos Project Fees
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1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to labor
- Referred to labor
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STATE OF NEW YORK
214
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO, CROUCH, GOODELL, MAGNARELLI, GIGLIO, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to asbestos project notification fees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 904 of the labor law, as amended by section 1 of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
2. Any contractor engaged in an asbestos project involving more than two hundred sixty linear feet or more than one hundred sixty square feet of asbestos or asbestos materials shall notify both the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, Air and Hazardous Material Division and the commissioner in writing ten days prior to the commencement of work on the project or, if emergency conditions make it impossible to provide ten days prior notice, as soon as practicable after identification of the project. The notice to the commissioner shall include the following information: the name, address and asbestos handling license number of the contractor working on the project; the address and description of the building or area, including size, age and prior use of the building or area; the amount of friable asbestos material present in square feet and/or linear feet, if applicable; room designation numbers or other local information where such asbestos material is found unless such material is found throughout the entire structure; the scheduled starting and completion dates for removal; the procedures and equipment, including ventilating systems that will be employed; any additional information which the commissioner may require; and shall be accompanied by a project notification fee as follows:
Project Size/Linear Feet Fee
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02180-01-7
A. 214 2
260-429 $200
430-824 400
825-1649 1,000
1650 or more 2,000
Project Size/Square Feet (Friable) Fee
160-259 $200
260-499 400
500-999 1,000
1000 or more 2,000
Project Size/Square Feet Fee
(Non-friable/RACM)
160-259 $50
260-499 75
500-999 100
1,000-1,999 200
2,000-2,999 500
3,000-3,999 800
4,000-4,999 1,000
5,000-5,999 2,000
6,000-6,999 3,000
7,000-7,999 4,000
8,000-8,999 5,000
9,000-9,999 6,000
10,000 or more 8,000
All owner occupied one and two family homes that are occupied during a disaster and then condemned due to disasters such as, but not limited to, floods, fires, tornadoes or hurricanes shall pay a fixed notification fee for notification purposes of demolition of two hundred dollars.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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