New York S 5441: Directs the department of environmental conservation to undertake a review of the regulations governing the permitting of landfills and transfer stations

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S05441 Summary:

BILL NOS05441 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02536

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SPONSORASHBY

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Amd §27-0703, En Con L

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Directs the department of environmental conservation to undertake a review of the regulations governing the permitting of landfills and transfer stations to ensure that such regulations integrate the latest scientific information.

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BILL NOS05441 

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02/21/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5441

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 directing the department of environmental conservation to undertake a
 review of the regulations governing the permitting of landfills and
 transfer stations to ensure that such regulations integrate the latest
 scientific information

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 27-0703 of the environmental conservation law is
 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 3 7. The department shall undertake a review of the regulations govern-
 4 ing the permitting of landfills and transfer stations, including siting
 5 and expansion, to ensure that such regulations integrate the latest
 6 scientific information regarding the impacts of such facilities on
 7 vulnerable populations such as children and seniors, disadvantaged
 8 communities, water, and the environment. On or before March thirty-
 9 first, two thousand twenty-seven, the department of environmental
 10 conservation shall post a report containing the findings from such
 11 review on its website.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03036-01-5

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