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Assembly Bill A5699B

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to water saving performance standards

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2017-A5699 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4591
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §15-0314, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A2286, S354

2017-A5699 - Summary

Relates to water saving performance standards; aligns water saving performance standards with the WaterSense Program guidelines developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

2017-A5699 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5699
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to water
   saving performance standards
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 8 of section 15-0314 of the  environ-
 mental  conservation law, as amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2002,
 are amended to read as follows:
   2. The water  saving  performance  standards  for  sink  and  lavatory
 faucets, shower heads, drinking water fountains, urinals and water clos-
 ets,  including  tank-type  toilets, flushometer-tank toilets, flushome-
 ter-valve toilets, electromechanical hydraulic toilets,  and  all  other
 types of toilets that use water shall be as follows:
   (a)  for  lavatory  faucets,  at  a  constant water pressure of eighty
 pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed [2.5] 1.5  gallons
 of  water  per  minute  [(or  .25 gallons per cycle for lavatory faucets
 designed as metering faucets) and  provided  that  those  faucet  models
 installed in public buildings must be of a self-closing variety and must
 be  designed  to limit the discharged flow rate of water to a maximum of
 .5 gallons per minute or must be of the metering type  which  limit  the
 discharge of water to a maximum of .25 gallons per cycle]; and
   (b)  for  sink  faucets, at a constant water pressure of eighty pounds
 per square inch, maximum flow shall not  exceed  [2.5]  1.5  gallons  of
 water per minute; and
   (c)  for  shower  heads, at a constant water pressure of eighty pounds
 per square inch, maximum flow shall not  exceed  [2.5]  2.0  gallons  of
 water per minute; and
   (d) for urinals and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall
 not  exceed  an  average of [one gallon] 0.5 GALLONS of water per flush;
 and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2017-A5699A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4591
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §15-0314, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A2286, S354

2017-A5699A - Summary

Relates to water saving performance standards; aligns water saving performance standards with the WaterSense Program guidelines developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

2017-A5699A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5699--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER, COLTON, HARRIS, THIELE, SEPULVEDA, ROSEN-
   THAL  --  read  once  and  referred  to the Committee on Environmental
   Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to water
   saving performance standards
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 8 of section 15-0314 of the  environ-
 mental  conservation law, as amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2002,
 are amended to read as follows:
   2. The water  saving  performance  standards  for  sink  and  lavatory
 faucets, shower heads, drinking water fountains, urinals and water clos-
 ets,  including  tank-type  toilets, flushometer-tank toilets, flushome-
 ter-valve  toilets,  electromechanical  hydraulic  toilets,   DUAL-FLUSH
 TOILETS  and  all  other  types  of  toilets  that use water shall be as
 follows:
   (a) for lavatory faucets, at a constant  water  pressure  of  [eighty]
 SIXTY  pounds  per  square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed [2.5] 1.5
 gallons of water per minute (or  .25  gallons  per  cycle  for  lavatory
 faucets  designed  as  metering  faucets) and provided that those faucet
 models installed in public buildings must be of a  self-closing  variety
 and  must  be  designed  to limit the discharged flow rate of water to a
 maximum of .5 gallons per minute AT A CONSTANT WATER PRESSURE  OF  SIXTY
 POUNDS  PER  SQUARE INCH or must be of the metering type which limit the
 discharge of water to a maximum of .25 gallons per cycle; and
   (b) for sink faucets, at a constant water pressure of  [eighty]  SIXTY
 pounds  per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed [2.5] 2.2 gallons
 of water per minute; and

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09580-06-7

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2017-A5699B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4591
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §15-0314, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A2286, S354

2017-A5699B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to water saving performance standards; aligns water saving performance standards with the WaterSense Program guidelines developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

2017-A5699B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5699--B
                                                         Cal. No. 401
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HUNTER,  COLTON,  HARRIS, THIELE, SEPULVEDA,
   L. ROSENTHAL, ROZIC,  QUART,  LIFTON,  DINOWITZ,  LUPARDO,  ZEBROWSKI,
   PAULIN,  GOTTFRIED, MOSLEY, GALEF, JEAN-PIERRE, ORTIZ -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to  said  committee -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to water
   saving performance standards
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 8 of section 15-0314 of the environ-
 mental conservation law, as amended by chapter 161 of the laws of  2002,
 are amended to read as follows:
   2.  The  water  saving  performance  standards  for  sink and lavatory
 faucets, shower heads, drinking water fountains, urinals and water clos-
 ets, including tank-type toilets,  flushometer-tank  toilets,  flushome-
 ter-valve   toilets,  electromechanical  hydraulic  toilets,  DUAL-FLUSH
 TOILETS and all other types of  toilets  that  use  water  shall  be  as
 follows:
   (a)  for  lavatory  faucets,  at a constant water pressure of [eighty]
 SIXTY pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not  exceed  [2.5]  1.5
 gallons  of  water  per  minute  (or  .25 gallons per cycle for lavatory
 faucets designed as metering faucets) and  provided  that  those  faucet
 models  installed  in public buildings must be of a self-closing variety
 and must be designed to limit the discharged flow rate  of  water  to  a
 maximum  of  .5 gallons per minute AT A CONSTANT WATER PRESSURE OF SIXTY
 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH or must be of the metering type which  limit  the
 discharge of water to a maximum of .25 gallons per cycle; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09580-09-8

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