HB 524-WASTE MANAGEMENT/DISPOSAL  CHAIR SCOTT OGAN announced HB 524am [as amended @ 3/29 meeting] to be up for consideration. COMMISSIONER ERNESTA BALLARD, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), was available to answer questions, but there were none. SENATOR THOMAS WAGONER moved to pass [SCS HB 524(RES)] from committee with individual recommendations. There were no objections and it was so ordered.