Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 19, 2022 |
referred to cities |
Assembly Bill A9911
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROSENTHAL L
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2021-A9911 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A9911 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9911 I N A S S E M B L Y April 19, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to requiring that a city with a population of one million or more shall establish a resi- dential composting program for all buildings with residential units THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general city law is amended by adding a new section 20-h to read as follows: § 20-H. RESIDENTIAL COMPOSTING. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION: (A) "COMPOSTABLE WASTE" AND "ORGANIC WASTE" SHALL MEAN MATERIALS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FOOD SCRAPS, PLANT TRIMMINGS, FOOD-SOILED PAPER AND CERTIFIED COMPOSTABLE PRODUCTS, THAT WILL: (I) UNDERGO DEGRADATION BY BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES DURING COMPOSTING TO YIELD CARBON DIOXIDE, WATER, INORGANIC COMPOUNDS, AND BIOMASS AT A RATE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER KNOWN COMPOSTABLE MATERIALS; AND (II) LEAVE NO VISIBLE, DISTINGUISHABLE OR TOXIC RESIDUE, INCLUDING NO ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE ABILITY OF COMPOSTS TO SUPPORT PLANT GROWTH ONCE THE FINISHED COMPOST IS PLACED IN SOIL. (B) "LATCHED CONTAINER" MEANS A SOLID CONTAINER THAT CAN BE FASTENED SUCH THAT ANIMALS SUCH AS RATS OR PIGEONS CANNOT BREAK INTO THE CONTAIN- ER. (C) "ORGANICS RECYCLER" MEANS A FACILITY, PERMITTED BY THE DEPARTMENT, THAT RECYCLES ORGANIC WASTE THROUGH USE AS ANIMAL FEED OR A FEED INGRE- DIENT, RENDERING, LAND APPLICATION, COMPOSTING, AEROBIC DIGESTION, ANAE- ROBIC DIGESTION, FERMENTATION, OR ETHANOL PRODUCTION. ANIMAL SCRAPS, FOOD SOILED PAPER, AND POST-CONSUMER FOOD SCRAPS ARE PROHIBITED FOR USE AS ANIMAL FEED OR AS A FEED INGREDIENT. THE PROPORTION OF THE PRODUCT CREATED FROM ORGANIC WASTE BY A COMPOSTING OR DIGESTION FACILITY, INCLUDING A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT OPERATES A DIGESTION FACILI- TY, OR OTHER TREATMENT SYSTEM, MUST BE USED IN A BENEFICIAL MANNER AS A SOIL AMENDMENT AND SHALL NOT BE DISPOSED OF OR INCINERATED. (D) "INCINERATOR" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 72-0401 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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