New York Consolidated Laws, Environmental Conservation Law - ENV § 15-0517. Water quality testing requirements for land clearing debris and compost facilities in Nassau and Suffolk counties

1. In Nassau and Suffolk counties, the department shall promulgate rules and regulations to prevent water quality and other environmental impairments resulting from land clearing debris facilities or composting facilities. Such regulations shall at a minimum require:

2. The department shall in the case of a primary recharge area, and may for other recharge areas, promulgate rules and regulations to be implemented twenty-four months after the effective date of this section, to prevent water quality and other environmental impairments resulting from land clearing debris facilities or composting facilities by requiring the use of an impermeable liner, in addition to the requirements of subdivision one of this section. The department may exempt a land clearing debris facility or a composting facility from the regulatory requirements of this subdivision following a review of the facility's water quality testing results and a determination by the department that such facility does not pose a risk of impairment to the primary recharge area or, if applicable, other recharge area.

3. For the purposes of this section: