Assembly Bill A1020

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the protection of public health from exposure to radon in natural gas

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  • 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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2019-A1020 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 35-B §§3560 - 3562, Pub Health L; amd §18-a, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6863
2015-2016: A778
2017-2018: A4118
2021-2022: A331
2023-2024: A1849

2019-A1020 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the protection of public health from exposure to radon in natural gas; requires continuous monitoring of the level of radon in the natural gas delivered; relates to a compliance assurance system; requires public reporting.

2019-A1020 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1020
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED, ABINANTI, M. G. MILLER,
   QUART, OTIS, PAULIN, CAHILL, DINOWITZ, GUNTHER, ENGLEBRIGHT, BUCHWALD,
   STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON,  COOK,  GALEF,  GLICK,
   LIFTON,  RIVERA,  THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the  public  service  law,  in
   relation  to the protection of public health from exposure to radon in
   natural gas
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds that
 radon  and its radioactive progeny are a major cause of lung cancer, and
 that there is no safe exposure level for public health  protection.  New
 York  State  has  benefited from low levels of those elements in natural
 gas delivered to consumers, due  to  the  low  levels  of  radioactivity
 occurring  in the gas from the sources upon which New York has primarily
 relied. However, there is now concern that natural gas may be coming  to
 New York State from sources with high levels of radioactivity from those
 elements.  It  is  the intent of this act to prevent levels of radon and
 its radioactive progeny from exceeding current levels in gas distributed
 to residential and other consumers,  mindful  of  internationally-recog-
 nized  mitigation  action  levels.  It is the intent of this act to only
 regulate the distribution of gas within the state.
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 35-B  to
 read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 35-B
                                   RADON
 SECTION 3560. DEFINITIONS.
         3561. PROTECTION FROM RADON.
         3562. GAS CORPORATION REQUIREMENTS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02554-01-9
              

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