N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 37-0307 – Availability of information
§ 37-0307. Availability of information.
Terms Used In N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 37-0307
- Facility: means all buildings, equipment, structures, and other stationary items located on a single site or adjacent sites and owned or operated by the same person (or by any person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person). See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 37-0301
- release: means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment (including the abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles) of any hazardous chemical, extremely hazardous substance, or toxic chemical. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 37-0301
- toxic chemical: means a substance on the list described in 42 U. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 37-0301
1. The release forms required under this title are intended to provide information to government agencies and the public, including citizens of communities surrounding covered facilities. The release form shall be available to inform persons about releases of toxic chemicals to the environment; to assist government agencies, researchers, and other persons in the conduct of research and data gathering; to aid in the development of appropriate regulations, guidelines, and standards; and for similar purposes. Each release form shall be printed out upon request and made available during normal working hours to the general public at the main office of the department and at the regional office that encompasses the region in which the facility is located.
2. The commissioner shall maintain in a computer data base a toxic chemical inventory based on data submitted to the commissioner pursuant to this title. Such data shall be made available upon request as a printout and diskette, as per request.
3. By December thirty-first of each year, the commissioner shall issue a written report that shall be available at no charge to the public in which the information compiled pursuant to this title is summarized for each facility subject to the provisions of this title.