S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3677
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 27, 2015
___________
Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to exempting contractors
employed by certain municipalities from payment of asbestos project
notification fees for demolitions
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 904 of the labor law, as amended
2 by section 1 of part BB of chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 2. Any contractor engaged in an asbestos project involving more than
5 two hundred sixty linear feet or more than one hundred sixty square feet
6 of asbestos or asbestos materials shall notify both the United States
7 Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, Air and Hazardous Material
8 Division and the commissioner in writing ten days prior to the commence-
9 ment of work on the project or, if emergency conditions make it impossi-
10 ble to provide ten days prior notice, as soon as practicable after iden-
11 tification of the project. The notice to the commissioner shall include
12 the following information: the name, address and asbestos handling
13 license number of the contractor working on the project; the address and
14 description of the building or area, including size, age and prior use
15 of the building or area; the amount of friable asbestos material present
16 in square feet and/or linear feet, if applicable; room designation
17 numbers or other local information where such asbestos material is found
18 unless such material is found throughout the entire structure; the sche-
19 duled starting and completion dates for removal; the procedures and
20 equipment, including ventilating systems that will be employed; any
21 additional information which the commissioner may require; and, EXCEPT
22 FOR CONTRACTORS EMPLOYED BY A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF OVER ONE HUNDRED
23 TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND BUT NOT MORE THAN ONE MILLION TO ENGAGE IN SUCH
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02767-01-5
A. 3677 2
1 ASBESTOS PROJECTS, shall be accompanied by a project notification fee as
2 follows:
3 Project Size/Linear Feet Fee
4 260-429 $200
5 430-824 400
6 825-1649 1,000
7 1650 or more 2,000
8 Project Size/Square Feet Fee
9 160-259 $200
10 260-499 400
11 500-999 1,000
12 1000 or more 2,000
13 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.