N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1285-f: Program for ultimate disposal of hazardous wastes

§ 1285-f. Program for ultimate disposal of hazardous wastes. 1. The

corporation shall immediately begin preparation of a comprehensive

program for the ultimate disposal of hazardous wastes which shall

include, but not be limited to, technology, siting and marketing and

financing of such a program through the use of revenue bonds or other

means. Such program shall be in addition to the study mandated by

section twelve hundred eighty-five-d of this article.

2. The corporation shall provide to the governor and the legislature a

marketing and feasibility study no later than March first, nineteen

hundred eighty. Such study shall include findings and recommendations as

to available technology, the desirability of regional disposal sites and

the feasibility of generating sufficient revenue to amortize bonds which

may be issued in connection with the program. To the extent necessary,

the study shall be prepared in consultation with experts in the field of

public finance.

3. A hazardous waste disposal advisory committee shall be established

to advise the corporation on a comprehensive program for the ultimate

disposal of hazardous waste. Such advice shall be rendered in connection

with the study required by subdivision one of this section.

(a) The committee shall consist of the commissioners, or their

designees, of the departments of health, environmental conservation,

commerce, the director of the division of the budget, or his designee,

and a maximum of five individuals with recognized expertise in the

fields of hazardous waste management and technology or public finance.

These five individuals shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom

the governor shall designate as chairman.

(b) Each member of the hazardous waste disposal advisory committee

shall not receive a salary or other compensation, but shall be entitled

to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the

performance of his or her committee duties.