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Assembly Bill A7625

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to reporting on the presence of water contaminants in groundwater and surface waters

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2019-A7625 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 15 Title 32 §§15-3201 - 15-3205, amd §§3-0315 & 17-0813, En Con L

2019-A7625 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to reporting on the presence of water contaminants in groundwater and surface waters; requires the department of environmental conservation to promulgate a list of water contaminants for which sampling and reporting shall be required.

2019-A7625 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7625
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   reporting  on  the  presence  of water contaminants in groundwater and
   surface waters

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 15 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new title 32 to read as follows:
                                  TITLE 32
                          WATER QUALITY REPORTING
 SECTION 15-3201. DEFINITIONS.
         15-3203. LIST OF WATER CONTAMINANTS.
         15-3205. WATER QUALITY SAMPLING AND REPORTING.
 § 15-3201. DEFINITIONS.
   FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE:
   1.  "FACILITY"  MEANS  ALL BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, STRUCTURES, AND OTHER
 STATIONARY ITEMS LOCATED ON A SINGLE SITE OR ADJACENT SITES AND OWNED OR
 OPERATED BY THE SAME PERSON OR ENTITY, THAT INVOLVES THE MANUFACTURE  OR
 PROCESS  OF WATER CONTAMINANTS BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE A FARM OPERATION AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW.
   2. "MANUFACTURE" MEANS TO PRODUCE, PREPARE, IMPORT OR COMPOUND A WATER
 CONTAMINANT.
   3. "PROCESS" MEANS THE PREPARATION OF A WATER CONTAMINANT,  AFTER  ITS
 MANUFACTURE,  FOR  DISTRIBUTION IN COMMERCE IN THE SAME FORM OR PHYSICAL
 STATE AS, OR IN A DIFFERENT FORM OR PHYSICAL STATE FROM, THAT  IN  WHICH
 IT  WAS  RECEIVED  AT  A FACILITY, OR AS PART OF AN ARTICLE OR SUBSTANCE
 CONTAINING THE WATER CONTAMINANT.
   4. "WATER CONTAMINANT" MEANS A SUBSTANCE INCLUDED IN THE LIST  PROMUL-
 GATED BY THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15-3203 OF THIS TITLE.
 § 15-3203. LIST OF WATER CONTAMINANTS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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