§ 316-b. Inactive hazardous waste disposal site registry index. 1. On and after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-three, each recording officer must provide, at the expense of his county, proper books for making an index of present owners of inactive hazardous waste disposal sites contained in the registry required by section 27-1305 of the environmental conservation law. The index shall contain an alphabetical listing of all owners listed in such annual report completed by the department of environmental conservation, together with a reference, for each present owner, to the page and year of the report where information regarding the inactive hazardous waste site may be located. The index shall also contain the tax map parcel number or the section, block and lot number of the site. 2. (a) No recording officer shall be liable for the failure to comply with the provisions of this section prior to July first, nineteen hundred ninety-three.

(b) Any entries, index or other listing contained in the books required to be provided by this section prior to July first, nineteen hundred ninety-three shall be null, void and of no effect, nor shall such entries, index or listing be considered to provide actual or constructive notice of inactive hazardous waste disposal sites for any purpose. 3. Each recording officer shall record and index such instruments as may be required to be recorded pursuant to title thirteen or fourteen of article twenty-seven of the environmental conservation law, or title five of article fifty-six of the environmental conservation law, or article twelve of the navigation law, or any regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, or any order or agreement entered into under authority thereof or of any such regulations.