Section 27-1303. Identification of sites

1. a. For a period of one year after the effective date of the chapter
  of  the  laws  of  two  thousand  three  designating  and  amending this
  paragraph, each county shall,  for  the  purpose  of  locating  inactive
  hazardous  waste  disposal  sites,  as  that term was defined on January
  first, two thousand three, survey  its  jurisdiction  to  determine  the
  existence  and  location  of suspected inactive hazardous waste disposal
  sites and shall annually thereafter submit a report  to  the  department
  describing  the location of each such suspected site and the reasons for
  such suspicion.
    b. Commencing one year after the effective  date  of  this  paragraph,
  each  county shall, for the purpose of locating inactive hazardous waste
  disposal sites, survey its jurisdiction to determine the  existence  and
  location  of suspected inactive hazardous waste disposal sites and shall
  annually thereafter submit a report to  the  department  describing  the
  location of each such suspected site and the reasons for such suspicion.
    2.  Each county shall review the information concerning such county in
  the registry established pursuant to section 27-1305 of this article and
  shall, on or  before  September  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty,  and
  annually  thereafter  on  the  first day of September of each succeeding
  year, provide the department with any information which might correct or
  supplement the information in such registry with  respect  to  suspected
  inactive  hazardous waste disposal sites within the jurisdiction of such
  county.
    3. Nothing contained within this section shall (a) preclude  a  county
  from  cooperating  with  local  jurisdictions, regional organizations or
  state agencies to fulfill its responsibilities  under  subdivisions  one
  and  two of this section or (b) reduce the powers or responsibilities of
  any county, other local jurisdiction,  regional  organization  or  state
  agency   to  identify,  investigate,  assess  or  monitor  any  inactive
  hazardous waste disposal site.
    4. For purposes of this section,  "county"  shall  include  each  city
  incorporating  within  its  boundary  one or more counties but shall not
  include those counties incorporated within a city.