Requires the department of environmental conservation to establish guidelines relating to the disqualification of contractors applying to perform stand-by contracts relating to past performance, reasonableness of pricing, acts of negligence and convictions for certain crimes reflecting on honesty, integrity and capability of any contractor. / Sponsor: Pretlow Committee:

Establishes the "environmental justice act" to establish governmental procedures to safeguard residents' health and welfare, and achieve environmental justice; definitions; creates the environmental justice task force; makes related provisions. / Sponsor: Peoples-Stokes Committee:

Establishes certain requirements for environmental safety permits for liquefied natural gas facilities. / Sponsor: Colton Committee:

Establishes certain procedures for environmental review of leases, easements, permits and conveyances of other interests in state-owned lands underwater over one mile from shore for commercial use of structures, platforms or moorings. / Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Exempts traps set in water from the requirement that they be visited once every 24 hours; such traps shall be visited once every 48 hours or a shorter interval as determined by the department of environmental conservation. / Sponsor: Gunther Committee:

Makes the application of pesticides to freshwater or tidal wetlands a regulated activity; establishes requirements for application of pesticides to freshwater and tidal wetlands; requires the use of an integrated pest management program; establishes requirements for notification and posting of public utility company right-of-way pesticide applications; prohibits pesticide application by aircraft conducted by or on behalf of utilities; establishes requirements for the application of pesticides by aircraft including notification of the community of area-wide pesticide applications by aircraft; application must be by a certified applicator and a separate permit is required for each application. / Sponsor: Englebright Committee:

Provides for source separation and disposal of recyclable materials and requires municipalities to adopt local laws providing therefor; prohibits transporters from commingling recyclables with other materials; prohibits incinerators and landfills from accepting recyclables. / Sponsor: GRISANTI Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Provides for the regulation of aquaculture for the purpose of developing fish-farming businesses as an alternative cash crop for farms across the state and appoints a task force relating thereto. / Sponsor: YOUNG Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Requires cities with populations over 45,000 to incrementally reduce emissions in diesel powered motor vehicles owned by city agencies; defines terms. / Sponsor: SERRANO Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Provides that provisions relating to registration and certification of pesticide applicators shall not apply to any person who formulates, re-packages, or distributes restricted use pesticides and does not engage in the commercial or private application of such pesticides. / Sponsor: Crouch Committee:

Establishes requirements regarding pesticide applications in food selling establishments including requiring use of integrated pest management programs to control pests, banning broadcast sprays of pesticides and requiring certain notice to be posted. / Sponsor: Englebright Committee:

Phases out the use of chlorinated solvents in this state, ultimately prohibiting their use completely; creates revolving loan fund to assist businesses in such phaseout and imposes registration fees and surcharges to provide monies therefor. / Sponsor: Colton Committee:

Prohibits the establishment or conversion of medical waste treatment, storage, transfer or disposal facilities in any area of the state not zoned for such uses; prohibits the issuance of permits to such facilities; provides for the annual review of permits issued to previously-existing medical waste treatment, storage, transfer or disposal facilities located in areas not zoned for such use. / Sponsor: SAMPSON Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Enacts "private environmental law enforcement act"; authorizes any private citizen who has an interest which is or may be adversely affected to commence civil judicial actions for injunctive or declaratory relief to remedy environmental harms under certain circumstances; provides that such action may be commenced against any person for any violation of an administrative or court order compelling an investigation or remediation of an inactive hazardous waste disposal site. / Sponsor: Kavanagh Committee:

Prohibits the disposal in a solid waste facility of lamps containing mercury; requires manufacturers thereof to establish collection and recycling programs. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Enacts regulations of perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities; establishes equipment standards and specifications and operating requirements; provides for lead inspection and self monitoring and for management of perc-contaminated wastewater and makes numerous other regulatory provisions; includes phase-out from residential buildings. / Sponsor: Rosenthal Committee:

Prohibits the use of toxic fracking solutions during hydraulic fracturing. / Sponsor: Ortiz Committee:

Repeals provisions relating to use of ultra low sulfur diesel fuel and best available technology by the state. / Sponsor: RANZENHOFER Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Relates to the reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Provides for the establishment of a small business and household pollution prevention program, including collection events and grants therefor with matching funds required; offers pollution prevention assessments to small businesses; offers technical assistance to collection contractors; provides for educational materials. / Sponsor: Kavanagh Committee: