Section 27-0921. Short-term management

1.  a.  The  commissioner  shall  immediately  begin  preparation of a
  proposal for a short-term hazardous waste  management  program  for  the
  effective  and  safe disposal, treatment and storage of hazardous waste.
  Such program  shall  be  coordinated  with  the  on-going  comprehensive
  program for the long-term treatment and disposal of hazardous waste.
    b.  As  part of the proposal, a comprehensive study shall be made with
  regard to the short-term needs of New York state generators of hazardous
  waste consistent with the protection of public health and safety and the
  environment and in light of:
    (1) federal and state laws, rules and regulations designed  to  ensure
  proper  disposition  of hazardous waste from generation to final storage
  or treatment which place substantial  responsibilities  on  industry  to
  responsibly and safely dispose of hazardous waste;
    (2)  the identified shortfall in existing available storage, treatment
  and disposal capacity, and  the  potential  economic  and  environmental
  problems  that  may  occur  as  a  result of the potential disruption of
  operation of the presently  permitted  commercial  industrial  hazardous
  waste  disposal,  treatment  and storage facilities located in New York;
  and
    (3) the fact that it will take a period  of  several  years  before  a
  comprehensive  program  for  the  long-term  disposal  and  treatment of
  hazardous waste is in operation sufficient to replace or reduce  present
  methods of hazardous waste disposal.
    c.  The  proposed  short-term hazardous waste management program shall
  incorporate the best short-term methods and means available to  contain,
  store and treat hazardous waste. In preparing the program, consideration
  shall  be  given to the short-term needs of New York state generators of
  hazardous waste, to the siting of  secure  landfills  or  other  storage
  facilities  on  suitable private or state-owned land, to the development
  and construction of such facilities in a manner to safely allow for  the
  eventual  retrieval  of  hazardous  waste  for  the  purpose of ultimate
  destruction, detoxification, or neutralization by  industrial  hazardous
  waste  treatment  facilities,  to  the  options of public versus private
  ownership and operation of such facilities, to the  ongoing  efforts  to
  establish  and  maintain  a  statewide waste exchange system, and to the
  establishment of incentives to encourage  reduction  of  the  amount  of
  hazardous waste generated.
    2.  Not  later  than  January  first, nineteen hundred eighty-two, the
  commissioner shall submit to the legislature the study and the  proposal
  for a short-term hazardous waste management program required pursuant to
  subdivision  one  of  this  section, including any proposed implementing
  legislation and rules and regulations where appropriate.