N.Y. Real Property Law § 316-b: Inactive hazardous waste disposal site registry index

§ 316-b. Inactive hazardous waste disposal site registry index. 1. On

and after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-three, each recording

officer must provide, at the expense of his county, proper books for

making an index of present owners of inactive hazardous waste disposal

sites contained in the registry required by section 27-1305 of the

environmental conservation law. The index shall contain an alphabetical

listing of all owners listed in such annual report completed by the

department of environmental conservation, together with a reference, for

each present owner, to the page and year of the report where information

regarding the inactive hazardous waste site may be located. The index

shall also contain the tax map parcel number or the section, block and

lot number of the site.

2. (a) No recording officer shall be liable for the failure to comply

with the provisions of this section prior to July first, nineteen

hundred ninety-three.

(b) Any entries, index or other listing contained in the books

required to be provided by this section prior to July first, nineteen

hundred ninety-three shall be null, void and of no effect, nor shall

such entries, index or listing be considered to provide actual or

constructive notice of inactive hazardous waste disposal sites for any

purpose.

3. Each recording officer shall record and index such instruments as

may be required to be recorded pursuant to title thirteen or fourteen of

article twenty-seven of the environmental conservation law, or title

five of article fifty-six of the environmental conservation law, or

article twelve of the navigation law, or any regulation promulgated

pursuant thereto, or any order or agreement entered into under authority

thereof or of any such regulations.