NYC Administrative Code

§ 16-129 — Rates for the use of department disposal facilities.

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What is NYC AC § 16-129?

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This section establishes the rates for the use of department disposal facilities, including incinerators and other plants. The commissioner has the authority to set disposal rates for various types of refuse and may adopt rules to implement this section. Applies to individuals and entities utilizing disposal facilities for waste management.

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§ 16-129 Rates for the use of department disposal facilities.

AC § 16-129

The commissioner may require any person desiring to use some or all of the incinerators or other plants under his or her control to set apart for his or her use, for the disposal of manure, swill, ashes, street sweepings, bones, garbage, night soil, offal, fats, hides, hoofs or other refuse parts of slaughtered animals, refuse, rubbish, bodies of dead animals or any other offensive or noxious material, paper stock, or trade waste, to pay for the disposal of the same at rates established by the council by local law, upon recommendation of the commissioner, and on such terms and conditions as such commissioner shall prescribe and subject to rules governing the use of such incinerators or other plants, except as otherwise provided by section 16-203. The commissioner may make, adopt and promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of this section.

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