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Assembly Bill A7790A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Includes hexavalent chromium in the list for emerging contaminants

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2017-A7790 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4381
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1112, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7392, S1646
2021-2022: A1584

2017-A7790 - Summary

Includes hexavalent chromium in the list for emerging contaminants.

2017-A7790 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7790
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to establishing a
   maximum contaminant level for hexavalent chromium in  public  drinking
   water
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 1100-c to read as follows:
   § 1100-C. HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM ALSO KNOWN AS CHROMIUM-6. 1. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER  SHALL CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM
 ALSO KNOWN AS CHROMIUM-6 AND ESTABLISH A MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT  LEVEL  FOR
 THE  PRESENCE  OF  ANY HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM IN PUBLIC SUPPLIES OF POTABLE
 WATER THAT IS PROTECTIVE OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
   2. SUCH EXAMINATION AND DRINKING WATER STANDARD FOR HEXAVALENT CHROMI-
 UM SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  STATE  ADMINISTRATIVE
 PROCEDURE  ACT AND BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE, INCLUDING IMPLE-
 MENTATION BY EMERGENCY RULE IF DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS  NECES-
 SARY TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09680-01-7

2017-A7790A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4381
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1112, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7392, S1646
2021-2022: A1584

2017-A7790A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes hexavalent chromium in the list for emerging contaminants.

2017-A7790A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7790--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including  hexava-
   lent chromium in the list of emerging contaminants

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 1112 of the  public
 health law, as added by section 1 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  The commissioner shall, at a minimum, include the following chemi-
 cals identified as emerging contaminants: 1,4-dioxane; HEXAVALENT  CHRO-
 MIUM  (CHROMIUM-6);  perfluorooctanesulfonic acid; and perfluorooctanoic
 acid.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09680-03-7

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