New York · Through 2026-09-11

N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 27-0911: Standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities

§ 27-0911. Standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous
             waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.
  1. Standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous waste
treatment, storage and disposal facilities shall be those established in
title seven of this article, and the regulations promulgated thereunder,
shall be consistent with comparable standards promulgated by the
administrator pursuant to RCRA, and shall also include compliance with
the manifest system established in section 27-0905 of this title. Where
appropriate and consistent with the provisions of RCRA, such standards
may authorize the granting of exemptions from requirements, or variances
in requirements, according to criteria established therein.
  2. Such standards shall require corrective action, including
corrective action beyond the facility boundary where necessary to
protect human health and the environment, for all releases of hazardous
waste or constituents from any solid waste management unit at a
treatment, storage or disposal facility seeking a permit under section
27-0913 of this title, regardless of the time at which waste was placed
in such unit.

Where this section sits in the code

Environmental Conservation Law
Article 27. Reduction, Collection, Reuse, Recycling, Treatment and Disposal of Solid Waste
Title 9. Industrial Hazardous Waste Management

§ 27-0911. Standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous

waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.

1. Standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous waste

treatment, storage and disposal facilities shall be those established in

title seven of this article, and the regulations promulgated thereunder,

shall be consistent with comparable standards promulgated by the

administrator pursuant to RCRA, and shall also include compliance with

the manifest system established in section 27-0905 of this title. Where

appropriate and consistent with the provisions of RCRA, such standards

may authorize the granting of exemptions from requirements, or variances

in requirements, according to criteria established therein.

2. Such standards shall require corrective action, including

corrective action beyond the facility boundary where necessary to

protect human health and the environment, for all releases of hazardous

waste or constituents from any solid waste management unit at a

treatment, storage or disposal facility seeking a permit under section

27-0913 of this title, regardless of the time at which waste was placed

in such unit.

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