N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0900 – Applicability
§ 27-0900. Applicability.
Terms Used In N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0900
- Disposal: means the abandonment, discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any substance so that such substance or any related constituent thereof may enter the environment. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0901
- Hazardous waste: means a waste or combination of wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may:
a. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0901 - Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
- Storage: means the containment of hazardous waste, either on a temporary basis or for a period of years, in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such hazardous waste. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0901
- Treatment: means any method, technique, or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste so as to neutralize such waste or as to render such waste nonhazardous, safer for transport, amenable for recovery, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0901
- Waste: means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges which are point sources subject to permits under section four hundred two of the federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (86 Stat. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0901
It is the purpose of this title to regulate the management of hazardous waste (from its generation, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal) in this state and to do so in a manner consistent with the Federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by public law 94-580, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, and as further amended by public law 95-609, the Quiet Communities Act of 1978, public law 96-463, the Used Oil Recycling Act of 1980, public law 96-482, the Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980, public law 98-616, the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, public law 99-339, the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986, and public law 99-499, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, hereinafter referred to as "RCRA". Nothing in this title shall authorize the department to adopt or amend any rule or regulation in a manner less stringent than provided in RCRA.