NYC Rules of the City of New York

§ 4-34 — Engineering Reports, Transportation Plans and Periodic Reviews of the City's Overall Waste Disposal Needs.

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(a) All transfer stations shall submit with each permit application a certified engineering report acceptable to the Department demonstrating that the transfer station complies with the applicable performance standards of the Zoning Resolution and the applicable provisions of the New York City Health Code. (b) All tran

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§ 4-34 Engineering Reports, Transportation Plans and Periodic Reviews of the City's Overall Waste Disposal Needs.

RCNY § 4-34

(a)All transfer stations shall submit with each permit application a certified engineering report acceptable to the Department demonstrating that the transfer station complies with the applicable performance standards of the Zoning Resolution and the applicable provisions of the New York City Health Code.

(b)All transfer stations shall submit with each permit application truck transportation plans that specify the routes that truck transport vehicles will use when transporting solid waste or other material out of the facility for final disposal, reuse, or recycling. After reviewing the transportation plans, the Department may require as a permit condition that a transfer station establish a system to require such trucks exiting the transfer station to use specific transport routes.

(c)The Department shall conduct periodic reviews of transfer station capacity, in the context of the City's overall waste disposal needs, with the objective of minimizing the concentration or impacts of transfer stations, particularly in those communities with the largest number of transfer stations.

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