Section 27-1903. Waste tire management priorities

In  the  interest of public health, safety and welfare and in order to
  conserve  natural  resources  and  to  promote  recycling   and   market
  development  for waste tires, the state of New York establishes a policy
  on the management of waste tires that states:
    1. The waste tire management priorities in this state are:
    (a) first, to reduce the number of waste tires generated;
    (b) second, to remediate waste tire stockpiles in noncompliance;
    (c) third, to recycle waste tires into value-added products;
    (d) fourth, to beneficially use  waste  tires  in  an  environmentally
  acceptable  manner,  including  the  beneficial use in civil engineering
  applications; and
    (e)  fifth,  to  recover,  in  an  environmentally  acceptable  manner
  consistent  with  the  purpose  of this chapter, energy from waste tires
  that cannot be economically recycled or otherwise beneficially used.
    2. State  government  must  make  an  essential  contribution  to  the
  development  and  implementation  of  environmentally,  economically and
  technically viable waste tire management programs. The department  shall
  cooperate  with  other  state  agencies,  including  the  department  of
  economic development, New York state  energy  research  and  development
  authority,  the department of transportation, the New York state thruway
  authority and the department of health, to ensure that waste  tires  are
  effectively   managed   and  used  in  environmentally  acceptable  ways
  consistent with the purposes of this chapter.