Senate Bill S4544

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to 1,4-Dioxane testing

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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-S4544 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1151-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S2841

2017-S4544 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires each public water system that serves less than ten thousand individuals to test drinking water for the presence of 1,4-Dioxane.

2017-S4544 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4544 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4544
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. PHILLIPS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to  amend  the  public  health  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   1,4-Dioxane  testing  of  public  water  systems  that serve less than
   10,000 individuals

   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
 1151-a to read as follows:
   § 1151-A. 1,4-DIOXANE TESTING. 1. EACH PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM AS  DEFINED
 IN  THE  STATE SANITARY CODE THAT SERVES LESS THAN TEN THOUSAND INDIVID-
 UALS SHALL TEST DRINKING WATER FOR  THE  PRESENCE  OF  1,4-DIOXANE.  THE
 DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS TO EFFECTUATE THE
 PROVISIONS AND PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION.  SUCH  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS
 SHALL AT A MINIMUM INCLUDE:
   (A)  A  LISTING,  WHICH  SHALL  BE  UPDATED ANNUALLY AND POSTED ON THE
 DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, OF LABORATORIES CERTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER THAT ARE  ABLE  TO  TEST
 DRINKING  WATER FOR 1,4-DIOXANE. SUCH LISTING SHALL INCLUDE THE NAME AND
 CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EACH CERTIFIED LABORATORY;
   (B) INFORMATION IN WRITING AND THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S  WEBSITE  THAT
 PROVIDES  UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON SCIENTIFIC STUDIES, SCIENTIFIC BASED
 RESEARCH AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT MATERIALS RELATED TO ROUTES OF EXPOSURE,
 HEALTH EFFECTS, FEDERAL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES, GUIDELINES AND  STAND-
 ARDS  SET BY OTHER STATES, REMEDIATION TECHNIQUES OR TREATMENTS, AND ANY
 OTHER  INFORMATION   THE   COMMISSIONER   DETERMINES   APPROPRIATE   FOR
 1,4-DIOXANE;
   (C) ANY TESTING RESULTS FOR 1,4-DIOXANE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED IN ANNUAL
 WATER  QUALITY  REPORTS  AS  PRESCRIBED  BY  THE STATE SANITARY CODE AND
 PERFORMED PURSUANT TO MONITORING REQUIRED UNDER THE FEDERAL SAFE  DRINK-
 ING WATER ACT;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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