Chemical & Pollution Control
This website tells how New York State controls chemicals and pollutants, and how spills and hazardous waste sites are cleaned up. Here you can learn:
- What pollution control laws and environmental cleanup programs are accomplishing
- What pollution control regulations require you and others to do, and how to apply for permits and assistance
- How DEC promotes environmentally sound manufacture and use of products, including pesticides and chemicals, along with recycling and reuse of waste materials
- The location and status of New York's environmental cleanup projects
- What New York is doing about acid rain and global warming
- How state and federal laws and regulations control chemicals and pollution
More about Chemical & Pollution Control:
- Air - Information on air pollution in New York State
- Acid Rain - The New York State's Atmospheric Deposition Monitoring Network measures acid deposition, its precursors and related factors to establish the effectiveness of current sulfur control policy and other strategies aimed at reducing the effects of acid rain.
- Water - List of Impaired Waters (303 D); Federal Clean Water Act Assessment and Listing Methodology; Stormwater; Wastewater Treatment; Wastewater Facility Operators; Discharge Monitoring Report Manual; Water Quality Monitoring/Assessment; Sewers; prescription disposal
- Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields - NY's brownfields programs spurs cleanup and redevelopment of idle or underutilized contaminated properties through financial assistance to municipalities, liability releases and indemnification
- Chemical and Petroleum Storage - Chemical and Petroleum Bulk Storage in New York. Information on the regulatory programs and requirements for bulk storage of petroleum and chemicals in New York State
- Waste Management - To protect New York State's environment and the health of its citizens through innovative, rational, and reasonable management of solid and hazardous materials that secures public confidence and provides for sustainable economic development that is responsive to environmental concerns.
- Recycling & Composting - Waste Reduction, reuse, recycling and composting program main page.
- Pesticides - The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is the designated agency in New York State to regulate pesticides and is responsible for compliance assistance and public outreach activities to ensure enforcement of State pesticide laws.
- Radiation - Description of the radiation program
- Mercury Management - Because mercury is one of the most serious environmental contaminants, the Pollution Prevention Unit works to reduce uses and environmental releases of mercury
