N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law Section 27-0909
Standards applicable to transporters of hazardous waste

Not later than eighteen months after the effective date of this title, and after consultation and coordination with the commissioner of transportation, and after opportunity for public hearings, the commissioner shall promulgate regulations establishing such standards which shall be applicable to transporters of hazardous waste identified or listed under this title, as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment. Such standards shall include but need not be limited to requirements respecting:

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Recordkeeping practices that accurately identify the hazardous wastes transported, and their sources and delivery points;

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Transportation and storage of such waste only if properly labeled;

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Compliance with the manifest system established under § 27-0905 (Manifest system)section 27-0905 of this title;

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Transportation of all such hazardous waste only to the hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility or facilities which are designated on the manifest form, a copy of which shall be presented to the generator prior to transportation, and which either hold operation permits issued under this article, are a permittee under the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of nineteen hundred seventy-six or any amendments thereof, or are otherwise duly authorized to accept hazardous waste; and

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Requirement of a bond to meet all responsibilities in case of release of hazardous wastes causing damage as a condition to the issuance of a permit to a transporter required by this title.

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No vehicle, vehicle container, holding tank or other equipment used to transport hazardous waste shall be used in transporting any item intended for human or animal consumption unless such waste and its residue have been completely removed. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations establishing such minimum standards and procedures necessary to insure proper cleaning and removal of hazardous waste and its residue from such equipment.

Source: Section 27-0909 — Standards applicable to transporters of hazardous waste, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/ENV/27-0909 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 21, 2026).

27–0900
Applicability 27–0901
Definitions 27–0903
Identification and listing of hazardous waste 27–0905
Manifest system 27–0907
Standards applicable to generators of hazardous waste 27–0908
Hazardous waste reduction plans 27–0909
Standards applicable to transporters of hazardous waste 27–0910
Standards applicable to marketers of hazardous waste fuel 27–0911
Standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities 27–0912
Land disposal of hazardous waste 27–0913
Permits and registrations for storage, transportation, treatment, or disposal of hazardous wastes 27–0914
Unauthorized possession, disposal and dealing in hazardous wastes 27–0915
Inspections and general reporting 27–0916
Department authority for cleanups 27–0917
Financial requirements for hazardous waste facilities 27–0918
Closure and post-closure plans 27–0919
Proprietary information 27–0920
Reports 27–0921
Short-term management 27–0922
Prohibitions 27–0923
Special assessments on hazardous wastes generated 27–0924
Hazardous materials enforcement training program 27–0925
Local assessments on hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities 27–0926
Use and recycling of elemental mercury and dental amalgam by dentists

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N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law Section 27-0909
Standards applicable to transporters of hazardous waste