Senate Bill S8077

                            
 
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                                   8077
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 26, 2018
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 Introduced  by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
   reduction of mercury in mercury-added lamps
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1.  Section 27-2101 of the environmental conservation  law  is
 amended  by  adding five new subdivisions 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 to read
 as follows:
   30. "MERCURY-ADDED LAMP" MEANS AN ELECTRIC LAMP TO  WHICH  MERCURY  OR
 MERCURY COMPOUNDS ARE INTENTIONALLY ADDED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROC-
 ESS,  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMPS, FLUORES-
 CENT LAMPS AND TUBULAR FLUORESCENT LAMPS WITH NORMAL OR LONG LIFETIME.
   31. "PRODUCER OF MERCURY-ADDED LAMPS" MEANS ANY PERSON WHO:
   (A) MANUFACTURES AND SELLS MERCURY-ADDED LAMPS UNDER ITS OWN BRAND;
   (B) RESELLS UNDER ITS OWN BRAND EQUIPMENT PRODUCED BY OTHER SUPPLIERS,
 A RESELLER NOT BEING REGARDED AS THE PRODUCER OF MERCURY-ADDED LAMPS  IF
 THE  BRAND  OF THE PRODUCER OF MERCURY-ADDED LAMPS APPEARS ON THE EQUIP-
 MENT, AS PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION; OR
   (C) SERVES AS THE IMPORTER OR DOMESTIC DISTRIBUTOR OF A  MERCURY-ADDED
 LAMP IF THE BRAND NAME OWNER IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
   32. "GENERAL PURPOSE LIGHTS" MEANS LAMPS, BULBS, TUBES, OR OTHER ELEC-
 TRIC  DEVICES  THAT  PROVIDE FUNCTIONAL ILLUMINATION FOR INDOOR RESIDEN-
 TIAL, INDOOR COMMERCIAL, AND OUTDOOR USE. GENERAL PURPOSE  LIGHTS  SHALL
 NOT INCLUDE SPECIAL PURPOSE LIGHTS.
   33.  "SPECIAL  PURPOSE LIGHTS" MEANS THE FOLLOWING SPECIALTY LIGHTING:
 APPLIANCE, BLACK LIGHT, GERMICIDAL, BUG,  COLORED,  INFRARED,  LEFT-HAND
 THREAD,  MARINE,  MARINE'S  SIGNAL  SERVICE,  MINE SERVICE, PLANT LIGHT,
 REFLECTOR, REPROGRAPHIC, ROUGH SERVICE, SHATTER-RESISTANT, COLD  TEMPER-
 ATURE,  SIGN  SERVICE, SILVER BOWL, SHOWCASE, THREE-WAY, TRAFFIC SIGNAL,
 AND VIBRATION SERVICE.
   34. "LONG LIFETIME" MEANS MORE THAN TWENTY-FOUR  THOUSAND  HOURS  WHEN
 TESTED ON A T8 INSTANT START BALLAST, A T12 RAPID START BALLAST, OR A T5
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD01411-03-8

 S. 8077                             2
 
 PROGRAMMED  START  BALLAST,  AND  TURNED  ON  AND  OFF EVERY THREE HOURS
 ("THREE HOUR STARTS").
   §  2. Section 27-2107 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding two new subdivisions 11 and 12 to read as follows:
   11. ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, NO PRODUCER  OF
 MERCURY-ADDED LAMPS SHALL SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, OR DISTRIBUTE SUCH LAMPS
 THAT  FAIL  TO MEET MERCURY CONTENT STANDARDS ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT,
 AND FOR THE FOLLOWING GENERAL PURPOSE LIGHTS, MERCURY CONTENT  SHALL  BE
 NO HIGHER THAN:
   (A)  2.5  MILLIGRAMS  FOR  COMPACT  FLUORESCENT LAMPS LESS THAN THIRTY
 WATTS;
   (B) 3.5 MILLIGRAMS FOR STRAIGHT FLUORESCENT T8  LAMPS  WITH  A  NORMAL
 LIFETIME  (EXCLUDING  8-FOOT  MODELS)  AND  3.0  MILLIGRAMS FOR STRAIGHT
 FLUORESCENT T5 LAMPS WITH A NORMAL LIFETIME;
   (C) 5.0 MILLIGRAMS FOR STRAIGHT FLUORESCENT T8 AND  T5  LAMPS  WITH  A
 LONG LIFETIME;
   (D)  15.0  MILLIGRAMS FOR NON-LINEAR FLUORESCENT T8, T5, AND T12 LAMPS
 AND 8-FOOT LINEAR FLUORESCENT LAMPS (EXCLUDING VERY HIGH OUTPUT MODELS);
   12. ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, MERCURY
 CONTENT STANDARDS ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION SHALL  NOT
 APPLY TO SPECIAL PURPOSE LIGHTS.
   §  3.  Subdivision 1 of section 71-2724 of the environmental conserva-
 tion law, as added by chapter 145 of the laws of  2004,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1. Any person who knowingly or intentionally violates any provision of
 or  fails  to  perform  any duty pursuant to title twenty-one of article
 twenty-seven of this chapter, except subdivision one of section  27-2105
 AND  SUBDIVISION  ELEVEN  OF SECTION 27-2107 of this chapter, shall upon
 the first finding of such a violation be liable for a civil penalty  not
 to  exceed  one  hundred  dollars.  Any  person convicted of a second or
 subsequent violation shall be liable for a civil penalty not  to  exceed
 five hundred dollars for each violation.
   §  4.  Subdivision 2 of section 71-2724 of the environmental conserva-
 tion law, as added by chapter 145 of the laws of  2004,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   2.  Any  person  who  knowingly  or intentionally violates or fails to
 perform any duty imposed by subdivision one of section 27-2105 OR SUBDI-
 VISION ELEVEN OF SECTION 27-2107 of this chapter shall  upon  the  first
 finding  of  such  a  violation  be  provided with educational materials
 describing the requirements for mercury  disposal  and  the  effects  of
 improper  mercury  disposal,  and be warned that future violations shall
 result in the imposition of a fine. Any person  convicted  of  a  second
 violation  shall  be  liable  for  a  civil  penalty not to exceed fifty
 dollars. Any person convicted of a third violation shall be liable for a
 civil penalty not to exceed seventy-five dollars. Any  person  convicted
 of  a fourth or subsequent violation shall be liable for a civil penalty
 not to exceed one hundred dollars for each violation.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.   Effective  immediately,
 the  department of environmental conservation shall promulgate any regu-
 lations necessary to implement the provisions of this act.