Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. New York City Department of Sanitation

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. New York City Department of Sanitation

247 A.D.2d 261, 669 N.Y.S.2d 37, 1998 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1106

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedFebruary 10, 1998

StatusPublished

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Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. New York City Department of Sanitation, 247 A.D.2d 261, 669 N.Y.S.2d 37, 1998 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1106 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1998).

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Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Stuart Cohen, J.), entered June 13, 1997, which, insofar as appealed from, declared that, absent formal rulemaking by respondent Commissioner of Sanitation, respondent Department of Sanitation may not consider construction and demolition debris in meeting the tonnage requirements of the New York City Recycling Law (Local Laws, 1989, No. 19 of City of New York, § 2, adding Administrative Code of City of NY § 16-301 et seq.), as set forth in Administrative Code § 16-305 and revised by prior court orders (83 NY2d 215, 220; 214 AD2d 41), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Respondents erroneously graft the definition of Department-collected solid waste in Administrative Code § 16-303 (n) into the tonnage requirements of Administrative Code § 16-305. Construction and demolition is a solid waste under the former, but not a recyclable material under the latter, which limits the types of recyclables that may be counted in meeting the tonnage requirements to that contained in solid waste required to be separated by households and City agencies as designated by the Commissioner, and to composted yard waste, Christmas trees, batteries and tires. Construction and demolition debris has not been designated by the Commissioner under either 16 RCNY 1-08 or 1-09 dealing with household and City agency recycling. Nor is construction and demolition debris similar to the type of materials subject to the sorting requirements contemplated by Administrative Code § 16-305 (see, e.g., 16 RCNY 1-08 [e] [3]). As the motion court held, “ [construction and demolition debris is not even remotely like any of [the specifically described] items and, therefore, is not properly included”.

Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Ellerin, Nardelli and Rubin, JJ.

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Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (Stuart Cohen, J.), entered June 13, 1997, which, insofar as appealed from, declared that, absent formal rulemaking by respondent Commissioner of Sanitation, respondent Department of Sanitation may not consider construction and demolition debris in meeting the tonnage requirements of the New York City Recycling Law (Local Laws, 1989, No. 19 of City of New York, § 2, adding Administrative Code of City of NY § 16-301 et seq.), as set forth in Administrative Code § 16-305 and revised by prior court orders (83 NY2d 215, 220; 214 AD2d 41), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Respondents erroneously graft the definition of Department-collected solid waste in Administrative Code § 16-303 (n) into the tonnage requirements of Administrative Code § 16-305. Construction and demolition is a solid waste under the former, but not a recyclable material under the latter, which limits the types of recyclables that may be counted in meeting the tonnage requirements to that contained in solid waste required to be separated by households and City agencies as designated by the Commissioner, and to composted yard waste, Christmas trees, batteries and tires. Construction and demolition debris has not been designated by the Commissioner under either 16 RCNY 1-08 or 1-09 dealing with household and City agency recycling. Nor is construction and demolition debris similar to the type of materials subject to the sorting requirements contemplated by Administrative Code § 16-305 (see, e.g., 16 RCNY 1-08 [e] [3]). As the motion court held, “ [construction and demolition debris is not even remotely like any of [the specifically described] items and, therefore, is not properly included”.

Concur — Rosenberger, J. P., Ellerin, Nardelli and Rubin, JJ.

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247 A.D.2d 261, 669 N.Y.S.2d 37, 1998 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1106, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/natural-resources-defense-council-inc-v-new-york-city-department-of-nyappdiv-1998.

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