Section 16-134. Comprehensive study of commercial solid waste management system required

a. 1. "Long haul  transport  vehicle"  shall  mean  any  motor  vehicle  used  to  remove  solid  waste  or other material from a
  putrescible or non-putrescible solid waste transfer  station  for  final
  disposal, reuse or recycling.
    2.  "Private  carter"  shall  mean  any  individual or business entity
  required to obtain a license from the trade waste commission pursuant to
  subdivision a of section 16-505 of this title.
    3. "Trade waste commission" shall mean the New York city  trade  waste
  commission as established by section 16-502 of this title.
    b.  The  department,  in consultation with the trade waste commission,
  shall enter into  one  or  more  contracts  for  the  performance  of  a
  comprehensive  study  of  the existing commercial solid waste management
  system within the city  of  New  York.  In  performing  the  study,  the
  department  and/or  the  contractor  or  contractors  shall  solicit and
  consider the views of elected officials, the citywide recycling advisory
  board, the borough solid waste advisory boards and the public, including
  residents of affected communities, environmental advocacy organizations,
  transfer station  operators,  private  carters,  business  entities  and
  academicians,  and respond to substantive issues raised. The study shall
  include, but need not be limited to, an analysis of the following:
    1. the effectiveness of procedures employed and the  criteria  applied
  by  the  department  for  the  issuance  and  renewal of permits for the
  operation  of  putrescible  and  non-putrescible  solid  waste  transfer
  stations  in  minimizing  potential  adverse  environmental economic and
  public health impacts on the communities in which such transfer stations
  are located by examining such issues as (i)  the  effectiveness  of  the
  criteria  applied  by  the  department  to the siting of putrescible and
  non-putrescible solid waste transfer stations, including  the  aggregate
  effect  of  the geographic proximity of solid waste transfer stations to
  each other and (ii) the  scope  and  effectiveness  of  the  operational
  restrictions  imposed  upon  putrescible and non-putrescible solid waste
  transfer stations including the hours of operation and  any  performance
  standards established in the zoning resolution of the city of New York;
    2.  the  manner  in  which  all applicable laws, rules and regulations
  relating to the operation of putrescible and non-putrescible solid waste
  transfer stations, private carters and long haul transport vehicles  are
  enforced,  including  who should be responsible for such enforcement and
  the effectiveness of such enforcement in obtaining compliance with  such
  laws,  rules  and  regulations and in minimizing potential environmental
  economic and public health impacts and an analysis of rules relating  to
  routes for transporting material to or from such transfer stations;
    3. the means and potential effects of limiting the number and capacity
  of  putrescible and non-putrescible solid waste transfer stations in the
  city;
    4. the size  and  type  of  vehicles  that  should  be  authorized  to
  transport  solid  waste to or from putrescible and non-putrescible solid
  waste transfer stations and fuel-type requirements for such vehicles;
    5.  whether  putrescible  and  non-putrescible  solid  waste  transfer
  stations  and  city-owned  marine  transfer  stations should receive and
  process both residential and commercial solid waste and the options  for
  transporting  such  solid  waste  to  and  from  such transfer stations,
  including an analysis of potential environmental,  economic  and  public
  health impacts; and
    6.  potential  environmental,  economic  and  public health impacts on
  communities in which large numbers of  privately-owned  putrescible  and
  non-putrescible  solid  waste transfer stations are located such as, but

  not limited to, potential impacts related to air quality, water quality,
  odors, traffic congestion and noise.
    c.  The  study required by subdivision b of this section, and a report
  containing a detailed analysis of the findings of such study, as well as
  recommendations based on such analysis and findings, shall be  completed
  no  later  than  eighteen  months  after  registration of the consultant
  contract and at least two months before  the  next  draft  comprehensive
  solid  waste management plan is submitted to the council or the New York
  state department of environmental conservation.  Such  report  shall  be
  submitted  to the mayor and the council immediately upon its completion.
  A preliminary report containing data necessary to perform  the  analyses
  described  in  subdivision  b  of this section shall be submitted by the
  department to the mayor and  the  council  during  or  before  the  last
  quarter of calendar year two thousand one.
    d.  Such study shall be performed and such report shall be prepared in
  a manner designed to assist in the preparation of the next comprehensive
  solid waste management plan for the city of New York required by section
  27-0107 of the New York state environmental conservation law.