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Notices & Minutes | Programs Legislation Following is just some of the proposed State legislation related to solid waste and the environment. A00084 – Establishes a solid waste management facility siting review board for siting of solid waste management facilities; establishes process for local governments to concur or object to sites which would alter character and nature of a area; mandates a certificate of environmental compatibility and public necessity be issued by the board. No similar Senate bill A01466 – Makes provisions for regulating fertilizer products. Directs commissioner of agriculture and markets to analyze samples of all commercial fertilizers for the presence of solid wastes, hazardous wastes, or hazardous substances; requires full disclosure of all ingredients. A05409 – Requires fairs, shopping centers and amusement parks to provide recycling containers and to participate in available recycling programs. A01094 – Enacts “The Mercury Free Waster Resources Reduction Management Strategy Act of 2007”; among other things provides for disclosure of mercury content, phase-out of mercury-added products, mercury lamp recycling, disposal prohibition, labeling, source separation, collection, requirements for sewage treatment plants. A03312 – Requires motor vehicle manufacturers to establish programs for the collection and recycling of mercury-added components from their vehicles when such vehicles are scrapped or recycled. A number of bills address electronics and computer recycling and disposal. They include: A03317 – Directs the Commissioner of DEC to promulgate rules and regulations providing for the recycling, reuse and remanufacture of electronic equipment and defines “electronic equipment”. A02648/S02763 – Enacts the “manufacturer return share electronic equipment recycling act of 2007”; requires, among other things, manufacturers of electronic equipment to register with and report to DEC; prohibits the sale of any electronic equipment from manufacturers not registered; requires electronic equipment to be labeled with the name of the manufacturer; imposes a fee on manufacturers, based on weight of equipment sold, unless they provide for collection and recycling of their equipment and requires retailers to post and provide information on locations for recycling electronic equipment. A02798 – Similar to the bills noted above. For bills and their history in their entirety access http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/
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