Senate Bill S2901

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits a manufacturer from labeling or advertising a nonwoven disposable product for sale as a flushable without prior approval

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S2901 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3698
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §391-u, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S5307, A7043
2019-2020: A3124
2021-2022: A4129

2017-S2901 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a manufacturer from labeling or advertising a nonwoven disposable product for sale as flushable without prior approval from the department of environmental conservation.

2017-S2901 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2901 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2901
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  DILAN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  prohibiting  a
   manufacturer  from labeling or advertising a nonwoven disposable prod-
   uct for sale as a flushable without prior approval

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 391-u to read as follows:
   §  391-U.  NONWOVEN  DISPOSABLE  PRODUCTS.  1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS
 SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "ADVERTISED" MEANS REPRESENTATION MADE BY STATEMENT, WORD, DESIGN,
 DEVICE, SOUND OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF IN PRINT OR BROADCAST MEDIA.
   (B) "FLUSHABLE", "SEPTIC SAFE", AND "SEWER SAFE" MEANS WITH REGARD  TO
 A  NONWOVEN  DISPOSABLE  PRODUCT,  A  PRODUCT THAT IS: (I) ABLE TO CLEAR
 TOILETS AND PROPERLY MAINTAINED DRAINAGE  PIPE  SYSTEMS  UNDER  EXPECTED
 PRODUCT  USAGE  CONDITIONS;  (II) COMPATIBLE WITH WASTEWATER CONVEYANCE,
 TREATMENT, REUSE, AND DISPOSAL SYSTEMS WITHOUT CAUSING  BLOCKAGE,  CLOG-
 GING,  OR  OTHER  OPERATIONAL  PROBLEMS;  AND  (III)  UNRECOGNIZABLE  IN
 EFFLUENT LEAVING ON-SITE AND MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS  AND
 IN  DIGESTED SLUDGE FROM WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS THAT ARE APPLIED TO
 SOIL.
   (C) "LABEL" MEANS THOSE REPRESENTATIONS MADE THROUGH STATEMENT,  WORD,
 PICTURE,  DESIGN OR EMBLEM ON A PACKAGING OF A NONWOVEN DISPOSABLE PROD-
 UCT.
   (D) "NONWOVEN DISPOSABLE PRODUCT" MEANS ANY PRODUCT  CONSTRUCTED  FROM
 NONWOVEN SHEETS THAT IS DESIGNED FOR, MARKETED FOR, OR COMMONLY USED FOR
 PERSONAL HYGIENE PURPOSES.
   2.  NO  NONWOVEN  DISPOSABLE  PRODUCT  FOR  SALE  IN ANY MUNICIPALITY,
 INCLUDING A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF A MILLION OR MORE, SHALL BE ADVER-
 TISED, PACKAGED OR LABELED AS FLUSHABLE, SEWER SAFE, OR SEPTIC  SAFE  IF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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