Terms Used In New York Laws > Environmental Conservation > Article 27 > Title 20 - Postconsumer Paint Collection Program

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• architectural paint: means interior and exterior architectural coatings sold in containers of five gallons or less; provided, however, that "architectural paint" shall not include industrial, original equipment or specialty coatings. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2001
• commissioner: means the commissioner of environmental conservation. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2001
• department: means the department of environmental conservation. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2001
• environmentally sound management practices: means procedures for the collection, storage, transportation, reuse, recycling and disposal of architectural paint, to be implemented by the producer or representative organization or by the producers or representative organization's contracted partners to ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws and any regulations and ordinances for the protection of human health and the environment and these procedures shall address adequate record keeping, tracking and documenting of the final disposition of materials. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2001
• postconsumer paint: means architectural paint not used and no longer wanted by a consumer. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2001
• producer: means a manufacturer of architectural paint who sells, offers for sale or distributes the architectural paint in the state. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2001
• program: means the postconsumer paint collection program established pursuant to section 27-2003 of this title. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2001
• recycling: means a process by which discarded products, components and by-products are transformed into new usable or marketable materials in a manner in which the original products may lose their identity. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2001
• representative organization: means a not-for-profit organization established by producers to implement the postconsumer paint collection program. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2001
• retailer: means a person that offers architectural paint for sale at retail in the state. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2001
• Reuse: means the return of a product into the economic stream for use in the same kind of application as the product was originally intended to be used, without a change in the product's identity. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2001
• sale: means any transfer for consideration of title or the right to use, from a manufacturer or retailer to a person, including, but not limited to, transactions conducted through retail sales outlets, catalogs, mail, the telephone, the internet, or any electronic means; this does not include samples, donations, and reuse. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-2001