N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 27-0924: Hazardous materials enforcement training program

§ 27-0924. Hazardous materials enforcement training program.

1. The department shall formulate and establish, no later than July

first, nineteen hundred eighty-five and thereafter from time to time

reformulate, a specialized educational program to be known as the

"hazardous materials enforcement training program" hereinafter referred

to as the "program".

a. The department shall be responsible for administration of the

program and shall prescribe the curriculum which shall include, but not

be limited to:

(i) a review of the provisions of this title, title three and title

thirteen of this article and of title twenty-seven of article

seventy-one of this chapter and any rules and regulations promulgated

thereunder;

(ii) a review of the provisions of title twelve of article thirteen of

the public health law and any rules and regulations promulgated

thereunder;

(iii) a review of the provisions of section fourteen-f of the

transportation law and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

(iv) a review of the provisions of section three hundred eighty of the

vehicle and traffic law and any rules and regulations promulgated

thereunder; and

(v) a description of the activities and services of the department.

b. The department shall prepare any written materials necessary or

useful for the purposes of the program.

c. In preparing the curriculum for the program, the department shall

consult with and receive full cooperation from the commissioners of

health, transportation, and motor vehicles, the attorney general, the

state fire administrator, and authorized police departments and other

authorized law enforcement agencies in the state regarding the

particular needs and interests of such departments and agencies relating

to the contents of such curriculum.

2. The department shall notify in writing, authorized police

departments and other authorized law enforcement agencies in the state

of the establishment and availability of the program.