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Assembly Bill A7109

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates the well water education act; requires public education program on the potential hazards of well water

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2009-A7109 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §206, Pub Health L; amd §§444-g & 466, RP L

2009-A7109 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the well water education act; requires the department of health to establish and maintain a public education program on the potential hazards of well water; requires home inspectors, licensed real estate agents and brokers to provide well water education materials to prospective buyers of property where such property is serviced by a private well.

2009-A7109 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7109

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 20, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JAFFEE, CALHOUN, McDONOUGH, CASTRO, SCHIMEL,
  LIFTON, SWEENEY, BRODSKY, ENGLEBRIGHT,  LANCMAN,  ZEBROWSKI,  LUPARDO,
  KAVANAGH,  KOON,  EDDINGTON  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF,
  JOHN, MAGEE, MOLINARO, SKARTADOS, THIELE -- read once and referred  to
  the Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law and the real property law, in
  relation to enacting the "well water education act"

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "well water education act".
  S 2. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding  a  new
subdivision 26 to read as follows:
  26. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH AND MAIN-
TAIN  A  PUBLIC  EDUCATION  PROGRAM TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND APPROPRIATE
PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINES OF THE POTENTIAL HEALTH  EFFECTS  OF  CONSUMING
WATER THAT DOES NOT MEET STATE DRINKING WATER STANDARDS. AS PART OF THIS
EDUCATION  PROGRAM,  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL PREPARE MATERIALS TO EDUCATE
CONSUMERS WHO OBTAIN DRINKING WATER FROM PRIVATE WELLS ON THE IMPORTANCE
OF REGULARLY TESTING FOR CONTAMINATION.
  (A) SUCH EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
  (I) INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS INCLUDING:  COLIFORM  BACTE-
RIA,  CHLORIDES,  SODIUM,  ARSENIC, NITRATES, IRON, MANGANESE, LEAD, PH,
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FOR WHICH  MAXIMUM  CONTAMINANT  LEVELS  HAVE
BEEN  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATIONS, VINYL CHLORIDE,
MTBE, AND RADON;
  (II) AN EXPLANATION THAT CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER CAN  OCCUR  FROM
MIGRATION  OF  CONTAMINANTS  THAT  MAY  NOT  YET  HAVE  BEEN IDENTIFIED.
FURTHER, IT SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED THAT CONTAMINATED WATER DOES NOT NECES-
SARILY RESULT IN OBVIOUS ODORS OR COLOR CHANGES IN  DRINKING  WATER  AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03648-01-9

              

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