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                                   1731
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, the economic development law  and
   the  environmental conservation law, in relation to the state procure-
   ment process and to healthy and green procurement

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York
 state healthy and green procurement act".
   § 2. Legislative findings  and  declaration.  The  legislature  hereby
 finds and declares that:
   (a)  As  New York moves into the twenty-first century the state should
 serve as a role model for practices that  will  create  and  maintain  a
 healthy  environment  and  vibrant  economy.  The  manufacture,  use and
 disposal of commodities and technologies, the construction of  buildings
 and the provision of services utilizing toxic chemicals may have adverse
 impacts  on  public health and the environment. Persistent, bioaccumula-
 tive toxic chemicals, such as mercury, lead, dioxin and poly  brominated
 diphenyl  ethers,  are toxic in small amounts, remain in the environment
 for long periods of time, and build to dangerous levels in humans,  fish
 and  other  animals;  and  this  group of pollutants known as persistent
 bioaccumulative toxic chemicals (PBT) pose risks to  public  health  and
 the environment through their ability to cause cancer, birth defects and
 endocrine  disruption.  Such  chemicals  have polluted hundreds of water
 bodies, fish and waterfowl in the state. These  adverse  impacts  impose
 costs  on  the  state and, ultimately, society as a whole in the form of
 injury, disease and death; health care expenses; disposal, liability and
 cleanup costs; the waste of resources and raw materials; and an impaired
 natural environment.  PBT and cancer-causing chemicals may be found in a
 wide range of consumer products purchased by state  agencies,  including
 lighting  supplies,  computers  and  other  office  equipment, vehicles,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 medical equipment, building  supplies  and  printing  inks.  Encouraging
 innovation,  and  creating  and  choosing  the  safest, most sustainable
 commodities, services and technologies will  help  to  ensure  a  higher
 quality of life for present and future generations. It will put New York
 businesses  in an advantageous position to compete in the global market-
 place.
   (b) New York looks forward to the  time  when  the  state's  power  is
 generated  from  renewable  and  clean sources, when our homes, schools,
 businesses  and  government  facilities   are   energy   efficient   and
 constructed, refurbished and maintained using healthy and green products
 and  practices,  when pollution prevention is embraced by government and
 businesses as a way to save money and  protect  public  health  and  the
 environment, when government and citizens use energy efficient and clean
 vehicles,  when pests are controlled with nontoxic or least toxic alter-
 natives, when our production of waste is significantly reduced  and  the
 rest is recycled, and when our homes, schools, workplaces, food, air and
 water are free from toxic contaminants.
   (c)  Protecting  public  health and the environment is consistent with
 the traditional considerations associated with state  procurement  prac-
 tice,  including lowest price, best value, quality, cost and efficiency.
 Determining quality, value and efficiency should include  the  consider-
 ation  of  public  health  and  environmental  impacts. Considering such
 impacts early in the  procurement  process  and  adopting  an  ethic  of
 pollution  prevention  will not only reduce pollution and waste, it will
 reduce costs throughout a commodity, service or technology's life cycle.
   (d) Through the volume of government procurement, government can  play
 a  significant role in spurring private sector development of high value
 commodities and services.  This,  in  turn,  will  create  business  and
 employment  opportunities  in  New  York  state,  foster competition and
 harness the energy of the market to produce products and  services  that
 perform better and cost less. As supply increases, prices will decrease,
 and  high performance, healthy and green commodities, services and tech-
 nologies will become more affordable for all consumers.
   § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 160 of the state finance law,  as  added
 by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  "Costs"  as  used  in  this  article shall be quantifiable and may
 include, without limitation, the price of  the  given  good  or  service
 being  purchased;  the administrative, training, storage, maintenance or
 other overhead associated with a given good or  service;  the  value  of
 warranties, delivery schedules, financing costs and foregone opportunity
 costs  associated  with  a  given good or service; and the life span and
 associated  life  cycle  costs  of  the  given  good  or  service  being
 purchased.  Life  cycle  costs may include, but shall not be limited to,
 costs or savings associated with RAW MATERIALS, PRODUCTION,  MANUFACTUR-
 ING,  construction,  PACKAGING,  DISTRIBUTION,  USE, energy use, mainte-
 nance, operation, and salvage or disposal, AND, IF SUCH  INFORMATION  IS
 READILY  AVAILABLE,  ANY  INDIRECT ASSOCIATED PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRON-
 MENTAL COSTS.
   § 4. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 161 of the state  finance
 law,  as  amended by chapter 452 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read
 as follows:
   a. The state procurement council shall continuously strive to  improve
 the  state's  procurement process.  Such council shall consist of [twen-
 ty-one] TWENTY-FIVE members, including the commissioner, the state comp-
 troller, the director of the budget, the chief diversity officer  [and],
 the  commissioner  of  economic development, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH,

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 AND THE COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, or their  respective
 designees;  [seven]  FIVE  members who shall be the heads of other large
 and small state agencies chosen by the  governor,  or  their  respective
 designees;  one  member,  appointed by the governor, representing a not-
 for-profit New York-based organization engaged in the  marketing  and/or
 promotion of New York grown farm and agricultural products or a not-for-
 profit  New  York-based  organization  engaged  solely  in the advocacy,
 marketing and/or promotion of organic New York grown farm  and  agricul-
 tural  products  to be limited to a two year term; and [eight] TWELVE at
 large members appointed as follows: [three] FIVE appointed by the tempo-
 rary president of the senate, one of whom shall be a  representative  of
 local government [and], one of whom shall be a representative of private
 business,  AND  ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF AN ORGANIZATION
 WHOSE PRIME FUNCTION IS THE ENHANCEMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH OR THE ENVIRON-
 MENT; [three] FIVE appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one of whom
 shall be a representative of local government [and], one of  whom  shall
 be  a  representative  of  private  business, AND ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A
 REPRESENTATIVE OF AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE PRIME FUNCTION IS  THE  ENHANCE-
 MENT  OF PUBLIC HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT; one appointed by the minority
 leader of the senate; and, one appointed by the minority leader  of  the
 assembly;  and  two  non-voting  observers  appointed  as  follows:  one
 appointed by the temporary president of the senate and one appointed  by
 the speaker of the assembly. The non-voting observers shall be provided,
 contemporaneously,   all  documentation  and  materials  distributed  to
 members. The council shall be chaired by the commissioner and shall meet
 at least quarterly.
   § 5. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 164-a to
 read as follows:
   § 164-A. HEALTHY AND GREEN PROCUREMENT.  1. HEALTHY AND GREEN PROCURE-
 MENT POLICY. IT IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE THE POLICY OF THE STATE TO  THE
 EXTENT  PRACTICABLE  TO  PURCHASE COMMODITIES, SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES
 THAT MINIMIZE POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND  THE  ENVI-
 RONMENT  WHEN COMPARED WITH COMPETING COMMODITIES, SERVICES OR TECHNOLO-
 GIES THAT SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE.
   2. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS
 SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED:
   A.  "POLLUTION  PREVENTION" SHALL MEAN POLLUTION PREVENTION AS DEFINED
 IN ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
   B. "PRIORITY TOXIC SUBSTANCES OF CONCERN" SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED  TO,  ANY  SUBSTANCE  LISTED AS KNOWN TO BE OR REASONABLY ANTIC-
 IPATED, PURSUANT TO THE NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM REPORT  ON  CARCINO-
 GENS,  TO  BE  A  HUMAN  CARCINOGEN IN THE NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM'S
 BIENNIAL REPORT ON CARCINOGENS SUBMITTED TO THE UNITED  STATES  CONGRESS
 BY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; AND ANY SUBSTANCE IDENTI-
 FIED  AS  A  PERSISTENT  AND/OR BIOACCUMULATIVE TOXIC SUBSTANCE ON LISTS
 MAINTAINED BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, INCLUD-
 ING THE NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES; OR THE INTER-
 NATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION CREATED PURSUANT  TO  THE  GREAT  LAKES  WATER
 QUALITY  AGREEMENT OF 1978; AND PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS, DIOXIN, BROMI-
 NATED FLAME  RETARDANTS  AND  BISPHENOL  A  DUE  TO  THEIR  TOXICITY  IN
 PRODUCTION, USE AND DISPOSAL.
   3. MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS FOR HEALTHY AND GREEN PROCUREMENT.  CONSIST-
 ENT  WITH DETERMINATIONS OF NEED REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION
 ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  ALL  STATE  AGENCIES  SHALL
 PROCURE  COMMODITIES,  SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT MEET OR EXCEED THE
 FOLLOWING MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS:

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   A. RECYCLED CONTENT. ALL COPY PAPER AND OTHER PAPER SUPPLIES FOR WHICH
 THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS DEVELOPED RECYCLED
 CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION  SIX  THOUSAND  TWO  OF  THE
 FEDERAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO MEET
 OR  EXCEED  THE AGENCY'S MINIMUM POST-CONSUMER MATERIAL CONTENT PERCENT-
 AGES RECOMMENDED IN THE MOST RECENT RECOVERED MATERIALS ADVISORY  NOTICE
 ISSUED  FOR  SUCH  COMMODITY IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT XEROGRAPHIC PAPER SHALL CONTAIN NO LESS THAN THIRTY  PERCENT  POST-
 CONSUMER RECYCLED CONTENT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO MAKE AVAILABLE TO
 ALL AGENCIES, ONE HUNDRED PERCENT POST-CONSUMER, PROCESSED CHLORINE-FREE
 COPY PAPER. ALL AGENCIES SHALL PRINT PUBLICATIONS ON RECYCLED PAPER, AND
 MINIMUM  PERCENTAGES SHALL BE MET UNLESS COSTS FOR SUCH PAPER EXCEED THE
 COST OF OTHER AVAILABLE COMMODITIES BY MORE THAN TEN PERCENT.
   B. WASTE REDUCTION. AGENCIES SHALL SEEK TO REDUCE  WASTE  IN  PRODUCTS
 AND  PACKAGING, INCLUDING THE FORMULATION OF POLICIES TO PROMOTE THE USE
 OF DOUBLE-SIDED COPYING AND PRINTING TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PRACTICABLE.
 AGENCIES SHALL FAVOR DURABILITY, REPAIRABILITY AND REUSE WHEN PURCHASING
 SUPPLIES. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH  MINIMUM  SPECIFICATIONS  FOR
 WASTE  REDUCTION  WITHIN  TWELVE  MONTHS  OF  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION.
   C. ENERGY EFFICIENCY. ALL COMMODITIES FOR  WHICH  THE  FEDERAL  ENERGY
 MANAGEMENT  PROGRAM OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HAS ISSUED
 PRODUCT ENERGY EFFICIENCY RECOMMENDATIONS  SHALL  MEET  OR  EXCEED  SUCH
 RECOMMENDATIONS.    AGENCIES  SHALL SEEK TO ACHIEVE REDUCTIONS IN ENERGY
 AND PETROLEUM CONSUMPTION; ADHERE TO ENERGY STAR BUILDING CRITERIA; SEEK
 OUT OFFICE SPACE AND REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS IN  BUILDINGS  WITH  ENERGY
 STAR  RATING; AND FOLLOW THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION'S RENEWABLE PORT-
 FOLIO STANDARD TO INCREASE THE PURCHASE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SO  THAT  AT
 LEAST TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE OVERALL ANNUAL ELECTRIC ENERGY REQUIRE-
 MENTS  OF  BUILDINGS OWNED, LEASED OR OPERATED BY STATE AGENCIES WILL BE
 RENEWABLE ENERGY BY TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX.
   D.  GREEN  BUILDINGS.  ALL  CAPITAL   PROJECTS   WITH   AN   ESTIMATED
 CONSTRUCTION  COST  OF  TWO  MILLION  DOLLARS  OR MORE INVOLVING (1) THE
 CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BUILDING, (2) AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING BUILDING,
 OR (3) THE SUBSTANTIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF AN EXISTING BUILDING  SHALL  BE
 DESIGNATED  AND  CONSTRUCTED  TO COMPLY WITH BUILDING STANDARDS NOT LESS
 STRINGENT THAN THE STANDARDS  PRESCRIBED  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES  GREEN
 BUILDING  COUNCIL  LEADERSHIP  IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN SILVER
 RATING AND STANDARDS SET FORTH IN THE DEFINITION OF A "GREEN BASE BUILD-
 ING" AS DEFINED IN SECTION NINETEEN OF THE TAX LAW, OR ANY PORTION THER-
 EOF, ANY MODIFICATION OF OR AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND TO UTILIZE MATERIALS
 WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN POLYVINYL CHLORIDE TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PRACTICA-
 BLE.  IN ADDITION, ALL STATE-OWNED AND OPERATED BUILDINGS OF FIFTY THOU-
 SAND SQUARE FEET OR LARGER SHALL BE OPERATED TO MEET SUCH STANDARDS  FOR
 EXISTING BUILDINGS TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE THAT IS COST EFFEC-
 TIVE BY NOT LATER THAN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE.
   4.  SPECIFICATIONS  TO  INCORPORATE HEALTHY AND GREEN PROCUREMENT.  A.
 BEGINNING ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION,  ALL  STATE
 AGENCIES, WHEN PROCURING COMMODITIES, SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGY PURSUANT TO
 SECTION  ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL FOLLOW PRACTICES
 AND DEVELOP SOLICITATION SPECIFICATIONS THAT MEET OR EXCEED THE  MINIMUM
 SPECIFICATIONS FOR HEALTHY AND GREEN PROCUREMENT ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVI-
 SION THREE OF THIS SECTION. ALL SUCH CONTRACTS SHALL INCLUDE A STATEMENT
 DESCRIBING HOW SUCH MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS WERE MET.
   B. IN THE EVENT THAT AN AGENCY RECEIVES NO BIDS OR PROPOSALS THAT MEET
 THE  SPECIFICATIONS  DEVELOPED  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVI-

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 SION, SUCH AGENCY MAY WITHDRAW THE REQUEST FOR  BIDS  OR  PROPOSALS  AND
 BEGIN  A NEW PROCUREMENT WITH NEW SPECIFICATIONS WITHOUT SUCH SPECIFICA-
 TIONS AND AWARD A CONTRACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH OTHER APPLICABLE STATUTES;
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER  THAT SUCH AGENCY SHALL DOCUMENT THE REASONS WHY SUCH
 PROCUREMENT DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM  SPECIFICATIONS  FOR  HEALTHY  AND
 GREEN  PROCUREMENT  ESTABLISHED  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION  AND  SUBMIT SUCH
 DOCUMENTATION TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR INCLUSION  IN  THE  ANNUAL  REPORT
 REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION AND TO THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER
 FOR INCLUSION IN THE PROCUREMENT RECORD.
   5. BALANCING HEALTHY AND GREEN PROCUREMENT WITH PRICE, LOWEST COST AND
 BEST VALUE.
   A. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED  AS  REQUIRING  A  STATE
 AGENCY  TO PROCURE A COMMODITY, SERVICE OR TECHNOLOGY THAT DOES NOT MEET
 THE FORM, FUNCTION AND UTILITY REQUIRED BY SUCH AGENCY, OR AS  REQUIRING
 A STATE AGENCY TO PROCURE A COMMODITY, SERVICE OR TECHNOLOGY THE COST OF
 WHICH  EXCEEDS THE COST OF AN ALTERNATIVE AVAILABLE COMMODITY OR SERVICE
 BY MORE THAN TEN PERCENT.
   B. WHEN DETERMINING AND COMPARING COSTS, STATE AGENCIES SHALL CONSIDER
 COST AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY OF THIS ARTICLE.
   6. HEALTHY AND GREEN PROCUREMENT OFFICER,  COORDINATORS,  COORDINATING
 COUNCIL.
   A.  WITHIN  ONE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY  DAYS  OF  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ASSIGN AN INDIVIDUAL WITHIN  THE  OFFICE
 OF  GENERAL SERVICES TO SERVE AS THE STATE HEALTHY AND GREEN PROCUREMENT
 OFFICER.  SUCH OFFICER SHALL ASSIST THE COMMISSIONER WITH  CARRYING  OUT
 HIS OR HER DUTIES UNDER THIS SECTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I)  ASSISTING  THE COMMISSIONER WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROVISION OF
 GUIDANCE FOR HEALTHY AND GREEN PROCUREMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION;
   (II) THE IDENTIFICATION OF  AT  LEAST  THREE  "TARGET  CATEGORIES"  OF
 COMMODITIES,  SERVICES  AND/OR  TECHNOLOGIES  ANNUALLY  PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION;
   (III) THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION  OF  COMMODITIES,
 SERVICES AND/OR TECHNOLOGIES WITHIN TARGETED CATEGORIES;
   (IV) THE CREATION OF APPROVED HEALTHY AND GREEN SUPPLIES LISTS;
   (V)  THE  EVALUATION OF CURRENT STATE AGENCY PROCUREMENT PRACTICES AND
 THE TRACKING OF PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE HEALTHY AND GREEN  PROCURE-
 MENT  POLICY,  INCLUDING  THE  INTEGRATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE
 PURCHASING AND HEALTHY AND GREEN SUPPLIES LISTS FOR ALL  NEW  PURCHASING
 OF PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES IN TARGET CATEGORIES;
   (VI) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT PROGRAM;
   (VII) CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL PRIORITY TOXIC SUBSTANCES OF CONCERN
 AS  RECOMMENDED  BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH;
   (VIII) THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION;
   (IX) THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAINING, OUTREACH AND EDUCATION
 PROGRAMS;
   (X) DEVELOP METRICS FOR MEASURING PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE HEALTHY
 AND GREEN  PROCUREMENT  POLICY,  CRITERIA  AND  MINIMUM  SPECIFICATIONS,
 INCLUDING  THE  IDENTIFICATION OF MILESTONES AND QUANTIFIABLE GOALS THAT
 CAN BE USED TO MEASURE SUCH PROGRESS;
   (XI) THE PREPARATION AND SUBMITTAL OF ANNUAL REPORTS AND THE  PERFORM-
 ANCE OF A COMPREHENSIVE FIVE YEAR REVIEW; AND
   (XII)  ADVISE THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE REGARDING THE IMPLEMEN-
 TATION OF THE HEALTHY AND GREEN PROCUREMENT POLICY.
   B. WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY  DAYS  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
 SECTION,  EACH  STATE  AGENCY  WITH  ONE HUNDRED EMPLOYEES OR MORE SHALL

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 ASSIGN AN INDIVIDUAL  WITHIN  SUCH  AGENCY  TO  SERVE  AS  THE  AGENCY'S
 SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT COORDINATOR.
   7.  TARGET  COMMODITY,  SERVICE  AND/OR  TECHNOLOGY CATEGORIES. WITHIN
 TWELVE MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION AND ANNUALLY  THERE-
 AFTER,  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH THE STATE PROCUREMENT
 COUNCIL, SHALL IDENTIFY  A  MINIMUM  OF  THREE  "TARGET  CATEGORIES"  OF
 COMMODITIES,  SERVICES  AND/OR  TECHNOLOGIES,  WHICH FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS CHAPTER SHALL MEAN CATEGORIES OF COMMODITIES, SERVICES AND/OR TECH-
 NOLOGIES PROCURED BY THE STATE WHICH  MAY  HAVE  AN  ADVERSE  IMPACT  ON
 PUBLIC HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT AND FOR WHICH HEALTHY AND GREEN COMMOD-
 ITIES, SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGIES SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED AND SUBSTITUTED.
   8.  ENVIRONMENTALLY  PREFERABLE  PURCHASING  CRITERIA  FOR HEALTHY AND
 GREEN PROCUREMENT. WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF THE IDENTIFICATION AND RECOM-
 MENDATION OF AT LEAST THREE "TARGET CATEGORIES" PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVISION
 SEVEN  OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE
 PROCUREMENT COUNCIL SHALL DEVELOP ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE  PURCHASING
 CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION AND PROCUREMENT OF PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND/OR
 TECHNOLOGIES  WITHIN  SUCH  TARGETED  CATEGORIES.  THE FOLLOWING FACTORS
 SHALL BE CONSIDERED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH CRITERIA:
   A. PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND  THE  CONSERVA-
 TION OF NATURAL RESOURCES;
   B.  THE  PROTECTION  OF DRINKING WATER, GROUNDWATER, SURFACE WATER AND
 AIR (INCLUDING INDOOR AIR); AND THE PROTECTION OF ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;
   C. POLLUTION PREVENTION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,  CONSIDERING
 HEALTHY  AND  GREEN  PROCUREMENT  DURING  THE DESIGN PHASE OF CUSTOMIZED
 COMMODITIES, SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGIES;
   D. AVOIDANCE OF PRIORITY TOXIC SUBSTANCES; AND
   E. POSITIVE LIFE CYCLE ATTRIBUTES, INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO  THE
 MINIMIZATION OF POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVI-
 RONMENT  ASSOCIATED WITH RAW MATERIALS ACQUISITION, PRODUCTION, MANUFAC-
 TURING, PACKAGING, TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION, USE, OPERATION, MAINTE-
 NANCE AND DISPOSAL.
   9. HEALTHY AND GREEN SUPPLY LISTS.
   A. FOR EACH TARGET COMMODITY, SERVICE AND/OR TECHNOLOGY CATEGORY IDEN-
 TIFIED AND RECOMMENDED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE PROCUREMENT COUNCIL,
 SHALL APPROVE SPECIFIC  COMMODITIES,  SERVICES  AND/OR  TECHNOLOGIES  AS
 CONSISTENT  WITH THE HEALTHY AND GREEN PROCUREMENT POLICY, MINIMUM SPEC-
 IFICATIONS, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE  PURCHASING  CRITERIA  ESTAB-
 LISHED  IN  SUBDIVISIONS  ONE,  THREE  AND  EIGHT  OF THIS SECTION. SUCH
 COMMODITY, SERVICE OR TECHNOLOGY SHALL THEN  BE  ADDED  TO  AN  APPROVED
 HEALTHY AND GREEN SUPPLY LIST FOR SUCH CATEGORY.
   B.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CREATE AN APPROVED HEALTHY AND GREEN SUPPLY
 LIST PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE  PROCEDURE
 ACT, FOR A TARGET COMMODITY, SERVICE AND/OR TECHNOLOGY CATEGORY NO LATER
 THAN  TWELVE  MONTHS  FOLLOWING THE IDENTIFICATION AND RECOMMENDATION OF
 SUCH CATEGORY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION,  AND  SHALL
 REVIEW AND REVISE APPROVED LISTS ANNUALLY.
   10.  PROCUREMENT FROM HEALTHY AND GREEN SUPPLY LISTS.  A. WHEN PROCUR-
 ING A COMMODITY, SERVICE OR TECHNOLOGY WITHIN A  TARGETED  CATEGORY  FOR
 WHICH  AN APPROVED HEALTHY AND GREEN SUPPLY LIST HAS BEEN CREATED, STATE
 AGENCIES SHALL PROCURE SUCH COMMODITY, SERVICE OR TECHNOLOGY  FROM  SUCH
 LIST.
   B.  WHEN A STATE AGENCY WANTS TO PROCURE A COMMODITY, SERVICE OR TECH-
 NOLOGY WITHIN A TARGETED CATEGORY FOR  WHICH  AN  APPROVED  HEALTHY  AND
 GREEN SUPPLY LIST HAS BEEN CREATED, BUT SUCH COMMODITY, SERVICE OR TECH-

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 NOLOGY  DOES  NOT  APPEAR ON SUCH LIST, SUCH AGENCY MUST OBTAIN A WAIVER
 FROM  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  FROM  THE  COMMISSIONER,
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH  WAIVER  SHALL  NOT  BE REQUIRED FOR THE
 PURCHASE  OF  COMMODITIES,  SERVICES  AND/OR  TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE LIST
 AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FROM PREFERRED SOURCES MAINTAINED BY THE  COMMIS-
 SIONER  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE. AN
 APPLICATION FOR SUCH A WAIVER SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER,  WHO
 SHALL NOTIFY THE PUBLIC, PROVIDE FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, AND RENDER
 A  WRITTEN DECISION ON SUCH APPLICATION WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS. A WAIVER
 MAY BE GRANTED WHEN NO COMMODITY,  SERVICE  AND/OR  TECHNOLOGY  ON  SUCH
 APPROVED  ALTERNATIVES  LIST MEETS AN AGENCY'S PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. IN
 ORDER TO OBTAIN A WAIVER, THE STATE AGENCY REQUESTING  THE  WAIVER  MUST
 SHOW THAT IT HAS:
   (I)  THOROUGHLY  TESTED  EACH  COMMODITY  OR TECHNOLOGY, OR THOROUGHLY
 INVESTIGATED EACH SERVICE, ON THE APPROVED SUPPLY LIST AND NONE MEET THE
 AGENCY'S PERFORMANCE STANDARDS;
   (II) DISCLOSED THE USE AND INTENSITY OF USE FOR THE COMMODITY, SERVICE
 OR TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPED A REASONABLE PLAN TO MINIMIZE THE USE OF THE
 SELECTED COMMODITY, SERVICE OR TECHNOLOGY AND PROTECT EMPLOYEES AND  THE
 PUBLIC FROM EXPOSURE TO ANY PRIORITY TOXIC SUBSTANCE OF CONCERN; AND
   (III)  PREPARED  A  PLAN  TO  INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVES TO THE SELECTED
 COMMODITY, SERVICE OR TECHNOLOGY DURING THE WAIVER PERIOD.
   C. A STATE AGENCY MAY  PROCURE  A  COMMODITY,  SERVICE  OR  TECHNOLOGY
 THROUGH  A  PROCESS  THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THIS SUBDIVISION WHEN THE
 PURCHASE OF A COMMODITY, SERVICE OR TECHNOLOGY IS NECESSARY  TO  RESPOND
 TO  AN  EMERGENCY WHICH ENDANGERS PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY, PROVIDED SUCH
 AGENCY SHALL WITHIN SEVEN BUSINESS DAYS FILE A WRITTEN REPORT  WITH  THE
 COMMISSIONER  AND THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER, WHICH SHALL BECOME PART
 OF THE PROCUREMENT RECORD. THE REPORT SHALL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING INFOR-
 MATION:
   (I) A DESCRIPTION OF THE EMERGENCY THAT PREVENTED COMPLIANCE WITH THIS
 SUBDIVISION;
   (II) THE NAME OF THE COMMODITY OR TECHNOLOGY, OR A DESCRIPTION OF  THE
 SERVICE, ITS USE AND INTENSITY OF USE;
   (III)  A  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  STEPS  BEING TAKEN TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC
 HEALTH AND SAFETY DURING THE EMERGENCY; AND
   (IV) AN EXPLANATION OF HOW SUCH AN EMERGENCY CAN  BE  AVOIDED  IN  THE
 FUTURE.
   11.  TRACKING OF PROCUREMENT PRACTICES AND DATA.  WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS
 OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE STATE PROCUREMENT COUNCIL, SHALL:
   A. REVIEW ALL PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS, GENERIC SOLICITATION  LANGUAGE,
 SPECIFICATIONS  AND  PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT THEY DO NOT CONFLICT WITH
 THE HEALTHY AND GREEN PROCUREMENT  POLICY,  MINIMUM  SPECIFICATIONS  AND
 CRITERIA  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISIONS ONE, THREE AND EIGHT OF
 THIS SECTION.
   B. DEVELOP METRICS AND IDENTIFICATION OF MILESTONES  AND  QUANTIFIABLE
 GOALS  THAT  CAN BE USED TO MEASURE PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE STATE'S
 HEALTHY AND GREEN PROCUREMENT POLICY.
   C. DEVELOP AN EFFICIENT AND  PRACTICABLE  METHOD  FOR  COLLECTING  AND
 COMPILING PROCUREMENT DATA FROM STATE AGENCIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMIT-
 ED  TO  ESTIMATES  OF  THE VOLUME SPENT, QUANTITY PURCHASED, AND GENERAL
 PURCHASING TRENDS FOR COMMODITIES, SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES,  INCLUDING
 HEALTHY  AND GREEN COMMODITIES, SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDED IN AN
 APPROVED SUPPLY LIST OR A CENTRALIZED CONTRACT.

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   12. TRAINING, OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.  A. WITH THE ASSISTANCE  OF  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND
 THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER, THE COMMISSIONER, WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS OF
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, SHALL DESIGN AND  BEGIN  IMPLEMENTA-
 TION  OF  A  HEALTHY  AND  GREEN PROCUREMENT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR SENIOR
 MANAGERS AND STATE AGENCY STAFF INVOLVED IN PROCUREMENT  TO  FAMILIARIZE
 THEM  WITH  THEIR  RESPONSIBILITIES  UNDER  THIS  SECTION AND ENSURE THE
 EFFECTIVE  AND  EFFICIENT  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 SECTION.  SUCH PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE FOR NEW EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND ONGO-
 ING TRAINING.
   B. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
 AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE COMMISSIONER, WITHIN  EIGHTEEN  MONTHS
 OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, SHALL:
   (I)  DESIGN  AND BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION OF A HEALTHY AND GREEN EDUCATION
 AND OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR AGENCY PROCUREMENT STAFF, TO  ENSURE  THAT  ALL
 PROCUREMENT  STAFF  ARE  AWARE OF THE STATE'S PREFERENCE FOR HEALTHY AND
 GREEN COMMODITIES, SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES.
   (II) DESIGN AND BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION  OF  AN  EDUCATION  AND  OUTREACH
 PROGRAM  FOR  CONTRACTORS  AND  VENDORS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH INFORMATION
 ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHY AND  GREEN  COMMODITIES,  SERVICES  AND
 TECHNOLOGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   13.  ANNUAL  REPORT  TO  THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE. WITHIN EIGHTEEN
 MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER IN
 NOVEMBER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT TO  THE  GOVER-
 NOR,  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY AND THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE
 SENATE. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE:
   A. IDENTIFICATION OF THE SPECIFIC MEASURES TAKEN  BY  STATE  AGENCIES,
 AND  AN  EVALUATION  OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH MEASURES, TO IMPLEMENT
 THE HEALTHY AND GREEN PROCUREMENT POLICY, INCLUDING PROGRESS MADE TOWARD
 THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ANY MILESTONES OR QUANTIFIABLE  GOALS  IDENTIFIED  BY
 THE  COMMISSIONER PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF THIS SECTION AND, TO
 THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, A QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE HEALTH AND ENVI-
 RONMENTAL BENEFITS OF THE POLICY;
   B. EVALUATION OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO IMPLEMENT SUCH POLICY, AND
 WHETHER SUCH RESOURCES ARE SUFFICIENT;
   C. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LEGISLATION OR ANY OTHER  SPECIFIC  ACTIONS  OR
 CHANGES NEEDED TO EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION;
   D.  A  LIST  OF TARGET COMMODITY, SERVICE AND/OR TECHNOLOGY CATEGORIES
 AND APPROVED HEALTHY AND  GREEN  SUPPLY  LISTS  IDENTIFIED  AND  CREATED
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS SEVEN AND NINE OF THIS SECTION;
   E.  A LIST OF HEALTHY AND GREEN COMMODITIES, SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES
 AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE THROUGH CENTRALIZED CONTRACTS;
   F. A COMPILATION OF PROCUREMENT DATA COLLECTED USING METHODS DEVELOPED
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF THIS SECTION;
   G. ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF PRIORITY TOXIC SUBSTANCES OF CONCERN  MADE
 BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH;
   H. AN ANALYSIS OF THE MEASURES TAKEN  TO  TRAIN,  EDUCATE  AND  ASSIST
 STATE AGENCY STAFF, VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS; AND
   I.  A  PLAN  FOR  THE  NEXT  REPORTING PERIOD THAT IDENTIFIES SPECIFIC
 GOALS, ACTIONS AND TIMELINES NECESSARY  TO  IMPLEMENT  THE  HEALTHY  AND
 GREEN PROCUREMENT POLICY.
   § 6. Paragraphs b and h of subdivision 1 of section 261 of the econom-
 ic development law, paragraph b as amended by chapter 471 of the laws of
 1998,  and paragraph h as amended by section 14 of part SS of chapter 59

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 of the laws of 2009, are amended and a new paragraph i is added to  read
 as follows:
   b. "Eligible  applicant"  or "applicant" shall mean: a small to medium
 size business or nonprofit organization which  employs  less  than  five
 hundred  workers  or  has  gross  annual  sales of less than ten million
 dollars; OR ANY ENTITY GRANTED PREFERRED SOURCE STATUS FOR THE  PURPOSES
 OF  STATE  PROCUREMENT  PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO OF THE
 STATE FINANCE LAW.
   h. "Eligible project" shall mean actions taken by or on behalf  of  [a
 New  York  business]  AN  ELIGIBLE  APPLICANT involving the acquisition,
 construction, alteration, repair or improvement of a building, fixtures,
 machinery or equipment; THE REDESIGN, MODIFICATION, UPGRADE OR  REPLACE-
 MENT  OF PROCESSES, PROCEDURES, WORK PRACTICES OR TECHNOLOGY; THE REFOR-
 MULATION OR REDESIGN OF PRODUCTS; OR IMPROVEMENTS IN HOUSEKEEPING, MAIN-
 TENANCE, TRAINING OR  INVENTORY  CONTROL,  provided  that  such  project
 results in:
   (i)  source  reduction  or  material  substitution,  provided that the
 substitution of one hazardous substance, product  or  nonproduct  output
 for another does not result in the creation of a new risk,
   (ii) in-process recycling,
   (iii) recycling or reuse of non-hazardous solid wastes,
   (iv) increased energy efficiency,
   (v)  conservation  of  the  use  of  water  or other natural resources
 improvements in process economics,
   (vi) elimination of the purchase of materials, the production of which
 for the use of said firm would result in more waste or resource consump-
 tion, [or]
   (vii) THE DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURE, PRODUCTION OR PROVISION OF HEALTHY
 AND GREEN COMMODITIES, SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGIES AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION
 ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR-A OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW, OR
   (VIII)  other practices or technologies that reduce the use of hazard-
 ous materials or otherwise improve air or water quality.
   The term "eligible project" shall also include actions taken by or  on
 behalf  of a business to support costs of equipment, and/or the acquisi-
 tion and/or rehabilitation of real property or structures located or  to
 be  located in the state related to the collecting, sorting, and packag-
 ing of empty beverage containers as such terms are defined in title  ten
 of  article  twenty-seven  of  the environmental conservation law.  Such
 actions shall be eligible for state assistance payments under the bever-
 age container assistance program pursuant  to  section  27-1018  of  the
 environmental conservation law.
   The  term  "eligible  project" shall not include end of pipe pollution
 control technologies or practices where such controls or  practices  are
 designed  primarily to achieve compliance with the environmental conser-
 vation law or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, or energy recov-
 ery or incineration, or out-of-process recycling or reuse  of  hazardous
 waste or hazardous substances.
   I. "HEALTHY AND GREEN COMMODITY, SERVICE OR TECHNOLOGY" SHALL MEAN ANY
 COMMODITY,  SERVICE  OR TECHNOLOGY CONSISTENT WITH THE HEALTHY AND GREEN
 PROCUREMENT POLICY, CRITERIA AND MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS  ESTABLISHED  IN
 SUBDIVISIONS  ONE, THREE AND FOUR OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR-A OF
 THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 7. Paragraphs c, d, e, f, g, h, i, l  and  o  of  subdivision  4  of
 section  261  of the economic development law, paragraphs c, d, e, f, g,
 h, i and l as amended by chapter 471 of the laws of 1998 and paragraph o

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 as amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 2006, are amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   c.  maintain,  provide  and  market a compilation of existing programs
 providing incentives for new  or  expanded  business  enterprises  which
 could  be  utilized  by  the  secondary materials processing industry OR
 WHICH MANUFACTURE, PRODUCE OR PROVIDE  HEALTHY  AND  GREEN  COMMODITIES,
 SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGIES;
   d.  promote  the  utilization  of  such incentives for new or expanded
 business enterprises which process or  utilize  secondary  materials  OR
 WHICH  MANUFACTURE,  PRODUCE  OR  PROVIDE HEALTHY AND GREEN COMMODITIES,
 SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGIES to locate in New York state;
   e. promote incentives for existing businesses to expand their utiliza-
 tion of secondary materials [and], their adoption  of  waste  prevention
 technologies   and   practices   AND   THEIR  DEVELOPMENT,  MANUFACTURE,
 PRODUCTION AND PROVISION OF HEALTHY AND GREEN COMMODITIES,  SERVICES  OR
 TECHNOLOGIES;
   f.  identify special needs and problems facing the secondary materials
 processing industry [and], THE implementation of  waste  prevention  AND
 THE  DEVELOPMENT,  MANUFACTURE,  PRODUCTION AND PROVISION OF HEALTHY AND
 GREEN COMMODITIES, SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGIES within New York state;
   g. contact institutions, organizations and commercial enterprises that
 are potential consumers of secondary materials and products manufactured
 with secondary materials OR HEALTHY AND GREEN COMMODITIES,  SERVICES  OR
 TECHNOLOGIES;  urging  their  expanded  consumption  of [secondary] SUCH
 materials [and], products, COMMODITIES, SERVICES  AND  TECHNOLOGIES  and
 establishing  markets  for  such  [secondary] materials [and], products,
 COMMODITIES, SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES through the  use  of  letters  of
 intent  and such other techniques as the commissioner may deem appropri-
 ate;
   h. conduct market surveys of  the  potential  consumers  of  secondary
 materials  and  products  manufactured  with  secondary materials AND OF
 HEALTHY AND GREEN COMMODITIES, SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGIES;
   i. conduct surveys to determine  the  potential  supply  of  secondary
 materials AND HEALTHY AND GREEN COMMODITIES, SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGIES in
 the state;
   l.  provide  information  concerning  local  and  regional markets for
 secondary materials AND HEALTHY AND GREEN COMMODITIES, SERVICES OR TECH-
 NOLOGIES;
   o. provide other technical assistance to assist businesses in reducing
 the amount of waste generated by their processes and productively use or
 provide for the productive use [of others] of wastes  which  are  gener-
 ated;
   §  8. Subdivision 5 of section 261 of the economic development law, as
 amended by chapter 471 of the laws  of  1998,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   5.  The department shall fund feasibility studies for testing of waste
 prevention technologies or practices [or both]  AND  HEALTHY  AND  GREEN
 COMMODITIES, SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES to reduce the amount of waste and
 to  promote  energy  and resource conservation by the adoption OR USE of
 such technologies [or], practices, COMMODITIES AND SERVICES by small and
 medium sized firms in New York state.
   § 9. Subdivision 10 of section 261 of the economic development law, as
 amended by chapter 471 of the laws  of  1998,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   10.  Technical  feasibility  study.  The  department shall require the
 applicant to submit a technical feasibility study which  identifies  and

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 analyzes  in  detail  the  waste prevention projects which the applicant
 wishes to implement. All feasibility studies must include  the  cost  of
 implementation,  a  construction  schedule and, a description of how the
 project will minimize, reduce or eliminate the generation of wastes, use
 or  reuse  wastes,  increase  energy  efficiency  or water conservation,
 INCREASE THE MANUFACTURE, PRODUCTION, PROVISION OR USE  OF  HEALTHY  AND
 GREEN COMMODITIES, SERVICES OR TECHNOLOGIES, improve air or water quali-
 ty and/or improve process economics.
   §  10.  Subdivision 14 of section 261 of the economic development law,
 as amended by chapter 524 of the laws of 2005, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   14. Reports. Beginning on January first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine,
 the  commissioner  shall  make  an annual report to the governor and the
 legislature which shall include, at a minimum, the status of the  activ-
 ities  undertaken  pursuant  to  paragraphs a, c, d, e, f, i, j and k of
 subdivision four of this section, the status  of  any  other  activities
 undertaken pursuant to this article, and recommendations for programs or
 policies  that  will further the objectives of expanding the utilization
 of secondary materials recovered for reuse, INCREASING WASTE  PREVENTION
 AND  SOURCE  REDUCTION,  AND  INCREASING  THE  MANUFACTURE,  PRODUCTION,
 PROVISION AND USE OF HEALTHY AND GREEN COMMODITIES, SERVICES  AND  TECH-
 NOLOGIES  within the state. The provisions of this subdivision shall not
 be deemed to require or authorize the disclosure of confidential  infor-
 mation  or  trade  secrets.    This  report may be consolidated with the
 report required by subdivision four of section two  hundred  sixty-three
 of this article.
   §  11. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 3-0311 of the
 environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 741 of the laws of
 1991, is amended to read as follows:
   Each state agency as defined in subdivision five of this section shall
 annually audit the environmental problems created by its  operations  or
 the  operations  of  contractors it has hired and over whom it has exer-
 cised or is required to exercise direct oversight, acting in fulfillment
 of their contracts. Such audit shall identify the extent to which  these
 operations  are  in  violation  of  this chapter, or regulations adopted
 thereunder.  SUCH AUDIT ALSO SHALL EVALUATE THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  PROBLEMS
 CREATED  BY  THE  AGENCY'S  PROCUREMENT  OF COMMODITIES, ITS ENERGY USE,
 WASTE PRODUCTION, WATER AND PAPER USE, AND THE USE OF ANY TOXIC  MATERI-
 ALS  OF  PRODUCTS  REASONABLY  ANTICIPATED  TO BE CARCINOGENS. Each such
 state agency shall submit a report to the department on or before  April
 first of each year. The report shall:
   §  12.  This  act  shall  take effect on the one hundred eightieth day
 after it shall have become a law and shall apply only to state  procure-
 ment  contracts  where the request for proposals or the request for bids
 was issued after the effective date of this act.  Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.