NY State Senate Bill 2009-S961

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Jan 22, 2009	referred to finance

2009-S961 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: State Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Add §167-a, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:: S2230

2009-S961 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the use of chlorine free recycled paper by state agencies, the judiciary and the legislature; directs changes in procurement specifications and practices to eliminate exclusion of use of recycled paper and to remove barriers to excluding purchases which minimize emissions of dioxin.

2009-S961 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S961

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring the
use of chlorine-free recycled paper


 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
To promote more efficient use of natural resources, waste reduction,
recycling and the use of non-chlorine bleached paper products which
would stimulate industries to switch to safer technologies.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Each state agency shall within nine months of the effective date make
specific changes in the procurement specifications and practices to
eliminate any practices which exclude the use of recycled paper and
paper products and to eliminate standards which present barriers to
the purchase of paper and paper products which are made in processes
that minimize the emissions of dioxin. The bill would further require
state government to use recycled, non-chlorine bleached paper
products. All state purchases of paper products must contain at least
20% post-consumer material by the end of 1995 and 30% by 1998.
Additionally, the state must, by January 1996, purchase unbleached and
non-secondarily chlorine bleached recycled paper products when such
products are available. However, a decision by an agency not to
satisfy the requirements shall be made on a written determination by

the head of the agency that it is not practicable to do so which shall
be submitted to a state environmental executive within DEC. All
suppliers submitting bids to a state agency to provide recycled paper
and paper products shall maintain records documenting the source and
amount of fiber content of the post-consumer material. The use of
recycled paper can encourage private sector development of new markets
and technologies, thereby creating business and employment
opportunities and enhancing state and local economies.  The use of
chlorine and chlorine compounds as bleaching agents in the pulp and
paper industry is the second largest use of chlorine in the U.S. and
results in the release of an estimated 1,000 organochlorines.  The EPA
identifies chlorine-based bleaching by the paper industry as the
largest source of dioxin discharged to waterways. These chemicals
including dioxin, furan and chloroform are linked to serious health
risks including cancer, birth defects, endocrine dysfunction,
developmental impairment and immunosuppression. Recent studies have
found that environmental chemical contamination with organochlorine
residues may be an important etiologic factor in breast cancer. These
effects have been clearly and dramatically identified in birds, fish
and mammals. Because these chemicals bioaccumulate, minute quantities
of dioxins build up exponentially as they move up the food chain
reaching their greatest levels in the tissues of species high on the
food chain, including humans. population trends suggest that
infertility due to low sperm counts, endometriosis, breast cancer and
chronic immune system diseases are increasing.  These findings are
even more troubling because they affect those most vulnerable-our
children. Children who may become exposed to these dangerous chemicals
through the placenta and breast milk at critical stages of development
can be irreversibly affected. The American Public Health Association
and the International Joint Commission on the Great Lakes recommended
that the u.s. and Canada sunset the use of chlorine and chlorine
compounds due to their environmental persistence and toxic health
effects. Alternatives to chlorine include oxygen and hydrogen peroxide
pre-bleaching and oxygen based bleaching including oxygen, ozone and
hydrogen peroxide. Along with being non-toxic, oxygen-based processes
save energy, water resources and money. Non-chlorine bleached recycled
paper products are widely used in Europe. However, there is a firm in
New York State that uses a chlorine-free process. Thus, this bill
would keep New York competitive in the world paper market and protect

our environment as well. It could help create a market for
non-chlorine bleached recycled paper products in New York.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :
The bill could result in savings as a result of waste reduction and
recycling.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2009-S961 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   961

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 22, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring the  use
  of chlorine-free recycled paper

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
declares  that  waste reduction and recycling are the highest priorities
for solid waste management in New York state and that the state's inter-
est is served when the state government can make more efficient  use  of
natural  resources  by maximizing recycling whenever possible. The state
government's participation in and promotion of waste reduction and recy-
cling activities can significantly reduce the volume of material  enter-
ing  the waste stream, thereby conserving landfill disposal capacity and
reducing expenses. The use of recycled paper with post-consumer  content
by the state government can spur private sector development of new recy-
cling markets and technologies, thereby creating business and employment
opportunities  and  enhancing state and local economies. The legislature
further finds that New York state has led the nation in the purchase  of
post-consumer  recycled  content paper and that state purchases of recy-
cled paper with post-consumer  content  will  bolster  and  enhance  the
recent  federal  executive  order  requiring  all  federal  agencies  to
purchase such paper. Chlorinated compounds are linked to serious  health
risks  including  endocrine dysfunction, developmental impairment, birth
defects, immunosuppression and cancer and  the  American  Public  Health
Association  and  the  International Joint Commission on the Great Lakes
recommend phasing out chlorine and chlorine compounds  in  manufacturing
processes  to  reduce  or  eliminate these health risks. The legislature
finally finds that alternative bleaching processes for bleaching in  the
pulp  and  paper  industry are in widespread use in Europe and have been
undertaken at several mills in the  United  States,  demonstrating  that

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06304-01-9

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pollution  prevention benefits both the economy and the environment. New
York state's purchase of chlorine-free paper  and  paper  products  will
encourage  manufacturers  to  invest  in  safer production processes and
products.
  S 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 167-a to
read as follows:
  S  167-A.  CHLORINE-FREE  RECYCLED  PAPER.  1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS
SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A) "CHLORINE-FREE RECYCLED PAPER" MEANS PAPER IN WHICH ANY  POST-CON-
SUMER  AND/OR PRE-CONSUMER MATERIAL COMPONENTS ARE PROCESSED FOR RECYCL-
ING WITHOUT THE USE OF CHLORINE OR  CHLORINE-CONTAINING  COMPOUNDS,  AND
ANY  VIRGIN  COMPONENT OF SUCH PAPER IS PROCESSED WITHOUT THE USE OF ANY
CHLORINE OR CHLORINE-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS.
  (B) "PRACTICABLE" MEANS CAPABLE OF BEING USED OR  IMPLEMENTED  WITHOUT
VIOLATING  THE  FOLLOWING  CRITERIA:  REASONABLE  PERFORMANCE STANDARDS,
AVAILABILITY WITHIN A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME  AND  MAINTENANCE  OF  A
SATISFACTORY LEVEL OF COMPETITION IN THE BIDDING PROCESS.
  (C)  "PRE-CONSUMER MATERIAL" MEANS MATERIAL AND BY-PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE
NOT REACHED A BUSINESS OR CONSUMER FOR AN INTENDED END USE AND HAVE BEEN
RECOVERED OR DIVERTED FROM THE WASTE STREAM, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED
TO  INDUSTRIAL  SCRAP  MATERIAL,  OVERSTOCK OR OBSOLETE INVENTORIES FROM
DISTRIBUTORS, WHOLESALERS AND OTHER COMPANIES.
  (D) "POST-CONSUMER MATERIAL" MEANS ONLY THOSE  PRODUCTS,  PACKAGES  OR
MATERIALS  GENERATED  BY  A BUSINESS OR CONSUMER WHICH HAVE SERVED THEIR
INTENDED END USE AS CONSUMER ITEMS AND  WHICH  HAVE  BEEN  SEPARATED  OR
DIVERTED  FROM THE WASTE STREAM FOR THE PURPOSES OF COLLECTION AND RECY-
CLING AS A SECONDARY MATERIAL FEEDSTOCK, BUT  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  WASTE
MATERIAL  GENERATED DURING OR AFTER THE COMPLETION OF A MANUFACTURING OR
CONVERTING PROCESS.
  (E) "STATE AGENCY" SHALL MEAN ANY DEPARTMENT, BOARD, BUREAU,  DIVISION
OR  OTHER  ENTITY  OF  THE STATE, ANY PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR PUBLIC BENEFIT
CORPORATION, THE JUDICIARY AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
  2. STATE AGENCIES SHALL, WITHIN NINE MONTHS AFTER THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE
OF THIS SECTION, MAKE SUCH CHANGES IN THE PROCUREMENT SPECIFICATIONS AND
PRACTICES AS ARE NECESSARY TO:
  (A)  ELIMINATE  SPECIFICATION  CLAUSES AND PRACTICES WHICH EXCLUDE THE
USE OF PAPER OR PAPER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED FROM POST-CONSUMER MATERIALS
OR WHICH REQUIRE THAT PAPER OR PAPER  PRODUCTS  BE  MANUFACTURED  SOLELY
FROM VIRGIN MATERIALS OR MATERIALS THAT ARE NOT RECYCLABLE.
  (B)  REVISE  OR ELIMINATE ANY STANDARDS OR SPECIFICATIONS UNRELATED TO
PERFORMANCE THAT PRESENT BARRIERS TO THE  PURCHASE  OF  PAPER  OR  PAPER
PRODUCTS  MADE BY PRODUCTION PROCESSES THAT MINIMIZE EMISSIONS OF DIOXIN
AND OTHER HARMFUL BY-PRODUCTS.  THIS EVALUATION SHALL INCLUDE  A  REVIEW
OF  UNNECESSARY  BRIGHTNESS  AND STOCK CLAUSE PROVISIONS, SUCH AS LINING
CONTENT AND CHEMICAL PULP REQUIREMENTS.
  (C) ENSURE THAT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, SPECIFICATIONS AND A  PRODUCT'S
INTENDED END USE ARE RELATED AND CLEARLY IDENTIFIED WHEN FEASIBLE.
  (D)  ENSURE THAT SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOT OVERLY STRINGENT FOR A PARTIC-
ULAR END USE OR PERFORMANCE STANDARD.
  (E) ENSURE THAT SPECIFICATIONS AND PRACTICES  INCORPORATE  OR  REQUIRE
THE USE OF POST-CONSUMER MATERIALS TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE.
  3.  (A)  ALL PURCHASES OF PRINTING AND WRITING PAPER BY STATE AGENCIES
SHALL MEET OR EXCEED THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM CONTENT STANDARDS:  FOR  HIGH
SPEED  COPIER PAPER, OFFSET PAPER, FORMS BONDS, COMPUTER PRINTOUT PAPER,
CARBONLESS PAPER, FILE FOLDERS AND  WHITE  WOVEN  ENVELOPES,  AND  OTHER
UNCOATED  PRINTING  AND WRITING PAPER, SUCH AS WRITING AND OFFICE PAPER,

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BOOK PAPER, COTTON FIBER PAPER AND  COVER  STOCK,  THE  MINIMUM  CONTENT
STANDARD SHALL BE NO LESS THAN TWENTY PERCENT POST-CONSUMER MATERIALS BY
FIBER CONTENT BEGINNING WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS SECTION. THIS MINIMUM POST-CONSUMER CONTENT STANDARD SHALL INCREASE
TO THIRTY PERCENT BEGINNING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE.
  (B) WHERE THE PURCHASE PRICE FROM A SUPPLIER OF CHLORINE-FREE RECYCLED
PRINTING  AND  WRITING PAPER THAT MEETS THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN PARA-
GRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION IS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE PRICE OFFERED
BY THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR RECYCLED  PAPER  ALSO  MEETING  THE
STANDARDS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, STATE AGENCIES
SHALL PURCHASE THE CHLORINE-FREE RECYCLED PAPER BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TEN.
  (C)  WHERE  A  SUPPLIER  IS  OFFERING CHLORINE-FREE RECYCLED PAPER AND
PAPER PRODUCTS FROM THE LISTING BELOW THAT MEETS THE  MINIMUM  POST-CON-
SUMER  CONTENT  STANDARDS SET FORTH IN 6 NEW YORK CODES, RULES AND REGU-
LATIONS PART 368, STATE AGENCIES SHALL PURCHASE THE CHLORINE-FREE  RECY-
CLED PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN.
FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS PARAGRAPH, PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS INCLUDE NEWS-
PRINT, COATED PRINTING AND WRITING PAPERS,  TISSUE  PRODUCTS,  PACKAGING
AND  PAPERBOARD  AS  DEFINED  IN 6 NEW YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS
("NYCRR") PART 368.
  (D) THE DECISION BY AN AGENCY NOT TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARA-
GRAPH (A), (B) OR (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE  BASED  SOLELY  ON  A
WRITTEN DETERMINATION BY THE HEAD OF THE AGENCY THAT IT IS NOT PRACTICA-
BLE  TO  DO  SO  AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION. SUCH WRITTEN DETERMINATIONS
SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO  THE  STATE  ENVIRONMENTAL  EXECUTIVE  ESTABLISHED
UNDER SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION.
  (E)  ALL  SUPPLIERS SUBMITTING BIDS TO A STATE AGENCY TO PROVIDE RECY-
CLED PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION  SHALL  MAINTAIN
RECORDS  DOCUMENTING THE SOURCE AND AMOUNT BY FIBER CONTENT OF THE POST-
CONSUMER MATERIAL USED IN  THE  MANUFACTURE  OF  SUCH  PAPER  AND  PAPER
PRODUCTS,  SHALL  SUBMIT  A  SIGNED  STATEMENT OF CERTIFICATION FROM THE
MANUFACTURER WITH EACH BID ATTESTING TO THE SOURCE AND AMOUNT  BY  FIBER
CONTENT  OF  THE POST-CONSUMER MATERIAL, AND SHALL PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION
TO THE STATE AGENCY WHEN REQUIRED. SUCH RECORDS SHALL BE MAINTAINED  FOR
A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE SUBMISSION OF ANY BID.
  4.  (A)  ALL  BIDS,  PROPOSALS, REPORTS AND STUDIES SUBMITTED TO STATE
AGENCIES BY CONTRACTORS, CONSULTANTS  AND  GRANTEES  IN  FULFILLMENT  OF
CONTRACT  OBLIGATIONS  SHALL  MEET THE MINIMUM CONTENT AND CHLORINE-FREE
REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED UNDER PARAGRAPHS (A), (B) AND (C) OF  SUBDIVISION
THREE OF THIS SECTION. IN ADDITION, ALL REPORTS AND STUDIES SUBMITTED TO
THE  STATE BY CONTRACTORS, CONSULTANTS AND GRANTEES SHALL USE BOTH SIDES
OF THE PAPER SHEETS.
  (B) ANY BIDS, PROPOSALS, REPORTS AND STUDIES SUBMITTED TO STATE  AGEN-
CIES THAT DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER PARAGRAPHS (A), (B) AND (C)
OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A WRITTEN
DETERMINATION BY THE CONTRACTOR, CONSULTANT OR GRANTEE AND  APPROVED  BY
THE  PROCURING  AGENCY THAT IT IS NOT PRACTICABLE TO DO SO AS DEFINED IN
THIS ORDER.
  5. ALL BIDS, PROPOSALS, REPORTS, STUDIES, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS  EXCEED-
ING  TWENTY PAGES IN LENGTH GENERATED BY STATE AGENCIES SHALL BE PRINTED
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER SHEETS.
  6. (A) A STATE ENVIRONMENTAL EXECUTIVE  SHALL  BE  DESIGNATED  BY  THE
GOVERNOR  FROM  AMONG  THE EXISTING STAFF WITHIN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION TO BE THE COORDINATOR OF  THIS  SECTION.  THE
STATE ENVIRONMENTAL EXECUTIVE SHALL TAKE ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO ENSURE

S. 961                              4

THAT  STATE AGENCIES COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION. STATE
AGENCIES ARE REQUESTED TO MAKE THEIR SERVICES, PERSONNEL AND  FACILITIES
AVAILABLE  TO  THE  STATE  ENVIRONMENTAL EXECUTIVE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PRACTICABLE FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF FUNCTIONS UNDER THIS SECTION.
  (B) WITHIN THIRTY MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AND
FOR  EACH  YEAR  THEREAFTER,  THE  STATE  ENVIRONMENTAL  EXECUTIVE SHALL
PREPARE AND SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR,  THE  SENATE  MINORITY  LEADER,  THE
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE ASSEMBLY MINOR-
ITY  LEADER,  THE CHAIRS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION COMMITTEES OF
THE STATE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, THE COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  THE  COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF GENERAL
SERVICES AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
A REPORT ON THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY  STATE  AGENCIES  TO  COMPLY  WITH  THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION IN THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR. SUCH REPORT
SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO:
  (1)  A SUMMARY OF THE TOTAL QUANTITIES PURCHASED, DOLLAR AMOUNT SPENT,
AND POST-CONSUMER CONTENT PERCENTAGES FOR EACH  RECYCLED  CONTENT  PAPER
AND PAPER PRODUCT PROCURED BY STATE AGENCIES;
  (2)  A  SUMMARY  OF  THE  TOTAL QUANTITIES PURCHASED AND DOLLAR AMOUNT
SPENT FOR EACH CHLORINE-FREE RECYCLED PAPER AND PAPER  PRODUCT  PROCURED
BY STATE AGENCIES;
  (3)  A  STATEMENT OF THE TOTAL QUANTITIES OF POST-CONSUMER CONTENT AND
CHLORINE-FREE PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS AS PERCENTAGES  OF  TOTAL  ANNUAL
PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCT PURCHASES;
  (4) A SUMMARY OF ANY CHANGES IN PROCUREMENT PRACTICES TO ENCOURAGE THE
PURCHASE  OF  RECYCLED PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS WHICH MEET THE STANDARDS
SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION;
  (5) SUMMARY DATA INDICATING THE SOURCES OF THE POST-CONSUMER  MATERIAL
USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE RECYCLED PAPER PURCHASED PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION; AND
  (6) A SUMMARY OF WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING MEASURES IMPLEMENTED BY
STATE AGENCIES IN THE PRECEDING YEAR.
  (C) WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE HEAD
OF  EACH  STATE AGENCY SHALL DESIGNATE AN AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL EXECUTIVE
FROM EXISTING STAFF WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:
  (1) COORDINATING ALL ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS IN THE AREAS  OF  PROCURE-
MENT AND ACQUISITION, STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATION REVIEW, AND RECYCLING;
  (2)  ESTABLISHING  INCENTIVES,  PROVIDING  GUIDANCE  AND  COORDINATING
APPROPRIATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR AGENCY EMPLOYEES; AND
  (3) REVIEWING AGENCY PROGRAMS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH  THIS  SECTION
AND  REPORTING  SUCH INFORMATION TO THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL EXECUTIVE ON
AN ANNUAL BASIS.
  (D) WITHIN  TWENTY-FOUR  MONTHS  AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
SECTION,  AND FOR EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, EACH AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL EXECU-
TIVE SHALL PREPARE AND SUBMIT TO THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL EXECUTIVE,  THE
COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND THE
COMMISSIONER OF THE OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES, A REPORT ON THE  ACTIONS
TAKEN  BY THAT AGENCY TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION IN
THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT  BE
LIMITED TO:
  (1) THE TOTAL QUANTITIES PURCHASED, DOLLAR AMOUNT SPENT, AND POST-CON-
SUMER  CONTENT  PERCENTAGES  FOR  EACH  RECYCLED CONTENT PAPER AND PAPER
PRODUCT PURCHASED DIRECTLY BY THAT AGENCY;
  (2) THE TOTAL QUANTITIES PURCHASED AND DOLLAR AMOUNT  SPENT  FOR  EACH
CHLORINE-FREE  RECYCLED  PAPER  AND  PAPER PRODUCT PURCHASED DIRECTLY BY
THAT AGENCY;

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  (3) A SUMMARY OF  ANY  CHANGES  IN  AGENCY  PROCUREMENT  PRACTICES  TO
ENCOURAGE  THE  PURCHASE OF RECYCLED PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS WHICH MEET
THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION;
  (4)  SUMMARY DATA INDICATING THE SOURCES OF THE POST-CONSUMER MATERIAL
USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE RECYCLED PAPER PURCHASED DIRECTLY BY  THE
AGENCY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION;
  (5)  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  WASTE  REDUCTION ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE
AGENCY, INITIATIVES PROPOSED FOR FUTURE  IMPLEMENTATION,  SCHEDULES  FOR
IMPLEMENTATION  AND EXPECTED LEVELS OF WASTE PREVENTION RESULTING THERE-
FROM;
  (6) THE ASSOCIATED SAVINGS DUE TO  THE  AVOIDED  MANAGEMENT,  STORAGE,
REPLACEMENT  AND  PURCHASING  COSTS  ENGENDERED  BY THE WASTE PREVENTION
PROCUREMENT MEASURES IMPLEMENTED;
  (7) A DESCRIPTION OF WASTE RECYCLING MEASURES IMPLEMENTED BY THE AGEN-
CY AND QUANTITIES DIVERTED FROM THE WASTE STREAM;
  (8) A DESCRIPTION OF INCENTIVES AND DISINCENTIVES TO  WASTE  REDUCTION
AND RECYCLING; AND
  (9)  RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO ENCOURAGE WISE USE OF
THE STATE'S RESOURCES.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S961

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

2009-S961 (ACTIVE) - Details

2009-S961 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-S961 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S961 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Carl Kruger

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

2009-S961 (ACTIVE) - Details

2009-S961 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-S961 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S961 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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