N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 27-0909: Standards applicable to transporters of hazardous waste

§ 27-0909. Standards applicable to transporters of hazardous waste.

Not later than eighteen months after the effective date of this title,

and after consultation and coordination with the commissioner of

transportation, and after opportunity for public hearings, the

commissioner shall promulgate regulations establishing such standards

which shall be applicable to transporters of hazardous waste identified

or listed under this title, as may be necessary to protect human health

and the environment. Such standards shall include but need not be

limited to requirements respecting:

1. Recordkeeping practices that accurately identify the hazardous

wastes transported, and their sources and delivery points;

2. Transportation and storage of such waste only if properly labeled;

3. Compliance with the manifest system established under section

27-0905 of this title;

4. Transportation of all such hazardous waste only to the hazardous

waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility or facilities which are

designated on the manifest form, a copy of which shall be presented to

the generator prior to transportation, and which either hold operation

permits issued under this article, are a permittee under the Federal

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of nineteen hundred seventy-six

or any amendments thereof, or are otherwise duly authorized to accept

hazardous waste; and

5. Requirement of a bond to meet all responsibilities in case of

release of hazardous wastes causing damage as a condition to the

issuance of a permit to a transporter required by this title.

6. No vehicle, vehicle container, holding tank or other equipment used

to transport hazardous waste shall be used in transporting any item

intended for human or animal consumption unless such waste and its

residue have been completely removed. The commissioner shall promulgate

regulations establishing such minimum standards and procedures necessary

to insure proper cleaning and removal of hazardous waste and its residue

from such equipment.