N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0920 – Reports
§ 27-0920. Reports.
Terms Used In N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-0920
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- 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 - 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
1. Subject to the moneys available to the department for such purposes, the department shall submit to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on an annual basis a complete and detailed report setting forth:
(a) The status of all permits issued and pending for the treatment, storage, transportation or disposal of hazardous wastes pursuant to section 27-0707 and section 27-0913 of this chapter.
(b) The types and amounts of financial assurances which have been required pursuant to this section.
(c) Any other matters that the department determines relevant for inclusion.
2. On-site environmental monitors at commercial hazardous waste facilities which utilize secure landburial facilities as a primary disposal technique shall prepare a calendar-based quarterly report on the facility including a list of any violations observed and the actions taken to correct them, a list of any fines or penalties levied during the period covered, the status of any construction, improvement or expansion projects at the facility, any pertinent information or trends derived from monitoring devices and any other information useful to describing the operational status of the facility. The reports shall be made on a standard form as determined by the department and shall be filed within twenty days after the end of each calendar quarter with the appropriate department regional office, with the facility and with any municipality and county within which the facility is located. Each monitor assigned to the facility during a report period shall sign the report and shall be available to answer questions posed by the municipalities or facility operator concerning the activities described in each such report. Quarterly reports shall be kept on file at the appropriate regional office and made available to the public.