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Hazardous Waste
Resolutions supporting State Senate Bill S4616 ad Assembly Bill A7013 to amend the DEC Law in relation to the uniform treatment of waste: Town of Ulysses, Town of Danby, Town of Caroline, Town of Danby, Town of Lansing

Roads
Excavation and Construction in Municipal Roadways and Highway Rights-of-Way – Town of Caroline
• Road Preservation (Driveway permit) Law- Town of Berkshire
• Road Preservation Law  Town of Cobleskill
• Road Construction Law – Town of Danby
Road Use Agreements: Yates County, Steuben County, Town of Candor, Town of Owego

• Law requiring permit for use of roads by vehicles with a weight in excess of the limitations in Section 385 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the NYS – Town of Virgil
• Law Revising Provisions Related to Excavation and Construction in Municipal Roadways and Highway Rights-of-Way (Town of Ithaca)

State and Federal Communications
• Resolution adopted by the Tompkins County Legislature entitled "Opposing Drilling for Natural Gas on State Forest Lands"
• Resolution adopted by Danby Town Board - Comments on the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's Draft Strategic Plan for State Forest Management
• In Support of Assembly Bill A.10633 - Amending State Environmental Conservation Law to Allow Local Governments to Enact or Enforce Certain Laws and Ordinances (land use regs) – Town of Caroline
• Resolution supporting a moratorium  on gas drilling until EPA study is complete – Tompkins County

Taxation
Resolutions adopted by Municipalities Urging the Governor and NY State Legislature to develop a Blend of Revenue Streams and Other Taxation of Natural Gas Extraction and to Establish and Accurate, Transparent, and Verifiable Method of Measuring and Reporting hale Gas Production - Town of Danby, Town of Ithaca, Town of Ulysses, Tompkins County

Water Protection
• Aquifer Protection Law – Town of Virgil
• Water Sale Agreement –  Town of Ulysses

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