NYC Rules of the City of New York

§ 4-52 — Registration of Recycling Processing Facilities.

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(a) No person shall operate a recycling processing facility within the city of New York, unless, in addition to any other permit or authorization required by law, such person obtains a registration from the Commissioner as required by this subchapter. (b) Within 90 days of the effective date of this rule, any recycling

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Effective: 10/23/2016

§ 4-52 Registration of Recycling Processing Facilities.

RCNY § 4-52

(a)No person shall operate a recycling processing facility within the city of New York, unless, in addition to any other permit or authorization required by law, such person obtains a registration from the Commissioner as required by this subchapter.

(b)Within 90 days of the effective date of this rule, any recycling processing facility that is currently in operation must register with the Department using a form prescribed by the Department.

(c)Any recycling processing facility that commences operations after the effective date of this rule must register with the Department using a form prescribed by the Department no less than 30 days prior to operating such recycling processing facility.

(d)Registration forms may be obtained from the Department's website or by written request to: New York City Department of Sanitation 125 Worth Street, Room 723 New York, New York 10013 Attn: Recycling Processing Facility Registration (e) A registration must include, at a minimum: (1) The business name, business address and telephone number of the recycling processing facility. A post office box is not an acceptable address; (2) The names of the principals and/or officers, on-site managers, and a contact person to whom all official Department correspondence may be sent regarding the recycling processing facility; (3) Copies of all registrations, permits, licenses or other authorizations to operate required under federal, state, or local laws, rules or regulations; and (4) The days and hours of operation of such recycling processing facility.

(f)(1) A registration issued to a recycling processing facility shall not be transferrable or assignable to any other party. In the event there is a change in ownership or a sale of the recycling processing facility, the new owner of the facility must register the recycling processing facility within 30 days of such purchase.

(2)A recycling processing facility that terminates its business must notify the Department immediately of the date of cessation of its operations.

(3)A recycling processing facility must advise the Department within 30 days of any changes to the information submitted pursuant to subdivision (e) of this section.

(g)This section will not apply to a redemption center, dealer or distributor as defined in section 27-1003 of the environmental conservation law, or to any person that, using a motor vehicle, collects recyclable containers in bulk and is required to be registered pursuant to Chapter 4-D of Title 16 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York.

(h)Registration of a recycling processing facility is an official act of a ministerial nature, involving no exercise of discretion for purposes of the state environmental quality review act, codified as article 8 of the environmental conservation law and part 617 of title 6 of the New York codes, rules, and regulations and the rules of procedure for city environmental quality review codified as 62 RCNY Chapter 5. (Added City Record 9/23/2016, eff. 10/23/2016)

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