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Assembly Bill A10081

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits the incineration of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as a means of disposal

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2021-A10081 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §37-0101, add §37-0121, En Con L

2021-A10081 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the incineration of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as a means of disposal.

2021-A10081 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10081
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting  the  incineration  of  perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
   substances as a means of disposal
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  37-0101 of the environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. "PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL  SUBSTANCES"  OR  "PFAS"  SHALL
 MEAN  SUBSTANCES  THAT  INCLUDE  ANY  MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF FLUORINATED
 ORGANIC CHEMICALS CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE FULLY FLOURISHED CARBON ATOM.
   § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 37-0121 to read as follows:
 § 37-0121. PROHIBITION  AGAINST  THE  INCINERATION OF PERFLUOROALKYL AND
              POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES.
   NO PERSON OR ENTITY SHALL INCINERATE, OR CAUSE TO BE INCINERATED,  ANY
 PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES.
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14860-01-2

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