NY State Senate Bill S6655

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Oct 02, 2018	signed chap.314
Sep 20, 2018	delivered to governor
Jun 13, 2018	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.135 substituted for a10927
May 07, 2018	referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1030 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jan 03, 2018	referred to health returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 19, 2017	referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1974
Jun 09, 2017	referred to rules

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S6655 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10927
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1112, Pub Health L

S6655 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of health to post on its website information relating to emerging contaminant notification levels and educational materials relating thereto.

S6655 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 BILL NUMBER:  S6655

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to notification
levels of emerging contaminants

 PURPOSE :

To require the Department of Health to post on its website information
relating to emerging contaminant notifications levels and educational
materials so that the information is easily accessible to the public
and public water systems.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section one amends subdivision 6 of § 1112 of the Public Health Law to
require that notification levels shall be made easily accessible to
the public through a link that is posted on the Department's website
and updated regularly.

Section two amends subdivision 7 of § 1112 of the Public Health Law to
require that until the notification levels are posted on the
Department's pursuant to Public Health Law § 1112 (6), the
Commissioner shall post the notification levels established by
Declaration on the Department's website so that they are easily

accessible to the public through a link.

Section three amends subdivision 9 of § 1112 of the Public Health Law
to require the Department to make educational materials available
through a link on the Department's website that is easily accessible
and requires that such link shall also include information relating to
notification levels established by Declaration pursuant to § 1112(7)
of the Public Health Law and by regulation pursuant to § 1112(6) of
the Public Health Law. This section also requires the Commissioner to
coordinate with the U.S. EPA to ensure that the information available
on the EPA's Drinking Water Watch website is available to public water
systems and that information available on the EPA's Safe Drinking
Water Information System is available to the public through an easily
accessible link on the Department's website and that the Department's
website and such links must allow the public to easily access various
information, to the extent practicable, relating to including water
systems.

Section four provides an effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

As a part of the 2017-2018 FY enacted budget, the State made major
changes relating to water contaminants, specifically requiring the
Department to establish emerging contaminates and notification levels
for those emerging contaminants. The Department is also required to
develop education materials relating to emerging contaminants.

This bill requires the Department to make such educational materials
easily accessible on their website to both covered public water
systems and the general public. Moreover, this bill seeks to make it
easier for public water systems as well as the general public to
access various information by requiring the Department to have easily
accessible links on their website.

Many New Yorkers opine that finding information relating to the
state's water systems is difficult and that such information should be
more readily available. As a result, of the Department being required
to establish notification levels for any emerging contaminant, it is
important for the public to be made aware of such notification levels
through an easily accessible link on the Department's website. It is
also important that information relating to drinking water systems in
the state of New York be made more easily accessible for the public by
requiring the Department to have links to the EPA's Safe Drinking
Water Information System on their website.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

S6655 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6655

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 9, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. HANNON, DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to notification
  levels of emerging contaminants

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  6,  7  and  9 of section 1112 of the public
health law, as added by section 1 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of
2017, are amended to read as follows:
  6. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations establishing  notifi-
cation  levels  for any emerging contaminant listed pursuant to subdivi-
sion three of this section. Any notification level established  pursuant
to this subdivision shall be equal to or lower than any federal lifetime
health  advisory level established pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking
Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 300g-1). If no federal lifetime  health  advisory
level  has  been established, the commissioner shall establish notifica-
tion levels based upon the available  scientific  information,  and  may
take  into  consideration  recommendations of the drinking water quality
council established pursuant to section eleven hundred thirteen of  this
title.  SUCH  NOTIFICATION LEVELS SHALL BE MADE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE
PUBLIC THROUGH A LINK THAT IS POSTED ON  THE  DEPARTMENT'S  WEBSITE  AND
UPDATED REGULARLY.
  7. Notwithstanding subdivision three of this section, the commissioner
may,  by  declaration,  add  any  physical, chemical, microbiological or
radiological substance to the list of emerging contaminants  established
pursuant  to subdivision three of this section, establish a notification
level, and require testing  for  such  substance,  if  the  commissioner
determines that: (i) such substance poses or has the potential to pose a
significant  hazard to human health when present in drinking water; (ii)
such substance was recently detected in a public water  system  and  has
the  potential to be present in other public water systems; and (iii) it

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

                                                           LBD13146-01-7

S. 6655                             2

appears to be prejudicial to the interests of the people to delay action
by preparing and filing regulations. The  commissioner  shall,  however,
promulgate  regulations  adding  such new emerging contaminant or estab-
lishing  such  notification  level  within one year of such declaration.
Such declaration shall clearly state where and the date  by  which  such
testing  must  occur.  After  the  commissioner  promulgates regulations
adding such emerging contaminant, such regulations shall  supersede  the
declaration  issued  pursuant to this subdivision.  UNTIL SUCH NOTIFICA-
TION LEVELS ARE POSTED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE PURSUANT TO  SUBDIVI-
SION  SIX  OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL POST THE NOTIFICATION
LEVELS ESTABLISHED BY DECLARATION ON SUCH WEBSITE SO THAT THEY ARE EASI-
LY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH A LINK TO THE PUBLIC.
  9. The commissioner shall work in consultation with  the  commissioner
of  the  department of environmental conservation to develop educational
materials, and may take into consideration recommendations of the drink-
ing water quality council established pursuant to section eleven hundred
thirteen of this title. Such educational materials shall be made  avail-
able  THROUGH A LINK ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE THAT IS EASILY ACCESSI-
BLE to the covered public water system and the general public,  relating
to  methodologies  for  reducing  exposure  to emerging contaminants and
potential actions that may be taken to mitigate  or  remediate  emerging
contaminants.  SUCH  LINK  SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE  INFORMATION RELATING TO
NOTIFICATION LEVELS ESTABLISHED BY DECLARATION PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
SEVEN  OF  THIS SECTION AND BY REGULATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF
THIS SECTION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL COORDINATE WITH THE  UNITED  STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE
ON  THE  EPA'S DRINKING WATER WATCH WEBSITE IS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC WATER
SYSTEMS AND THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE EPA'S SAFE DRINKING  WATER
INFORMATION SYSTEM IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH AN EASILY ACCESSI-
BLE  LINK  ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE. THE WEBSITE AND SUCH LINKS SHALL
ALLOW, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THE PUBLIC TO EASILY  ACCESS  INFORMA-
TION  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  BASIC WATER SYSTEM INFORMATION,
INCLUDING  SYSTEM  IDENTIFICATION  NUMBER,  NAME  AND  TYPE,  DEPARTMENT
CONTACTS,  PUBLIC  NOTICES,  VIOLATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN BY
THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE WEBSITE AND SUCH  LINKS  SHALL  BE
MONITORED  AND  UPDATED  REGULARLY  BY  THE DEPARTMENT. The commissioner
shall also provide the covered  public  water  system  with  information
relating  to potential funding sources provided by the state and federal
government for mitigation or remedial  activities,  and  to  reduce  the
exposure to emerging contaminants.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Jun 19, 2017 - floor Vote

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Rules Committee Vote: Jun 19, 2017

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Kemp Hannon

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May 7, 2018 - floor Vote

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May 7, 2018 - Rules committee Vote

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Jun 19, 2017 - floor Vote

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Jun 19, 2017 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jun 19, 2017

Co-Sponsors

David Carlucci

Martin Malavé Dilan

Luis R. Sepúlveda

S6655 (ACTIVE) - Details

S6655 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S6655 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6655 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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