assembly Bill A7839

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a list of emerging contaminants

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Jan 30, 2020 advanced to third reading cal.359
Jan 28, 2020 reported
Jan 08, 2020 referred to health
Jun 05, 2019 reported referred to rules
May 24, 2019 referred to health

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A7839 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6625
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1112, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A126, S1759

A7839 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to adding additional chemicals to the list of emerging contaminants; directs the commissioner of health to establish the first list within 30 days.

A7839 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                  7839

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 24, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
  list of emerging contaminants

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

  Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 1112 of the  public
health law, as added by section 1 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of
2017, is amended and a new subdivision 13 is added to read as follows:
  c.  The commissioner shall, at a minimum, include the following chemi-
cals identified as emerging contaminants IN THE FIRST LIST  OF  EMERGING
CONTAMINANTS:   1,2,3-TRICHLOROPROPANE;   1,3-BUTADIENE;   CHLOROMETHANE
(METHYL CHLORIDE); 1,1-DICHLOROETHANE;  BROMOMETHANE  (METHYL  BROMIDE);
CHLORODIFLUOROMETHENE   (HCFC-22);   BROMOCHLOROMETHANE   (HALON  1011);
1,4-dioxane; VANADIUM; MOLYBDENUM; COBALT; STRONTIUM; CHROMIUM;  CHROMI-
UM-6;  CHLORATE; perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS); [and] perfluorooc-
tanoic acid (PFOA); PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID (PFNA);  PERFLUOROHEXANESULF-
ONIC  ACID (PFHXS); PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID (PFHPA); PERFLUOROBUTANESUL-
FONIC ACID (PFBS);  HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE  OXIDE  (HFPO);  2,3,3,3-TETRAF-
LUORO-2-  (HEPTAFLOUROPROPOXY)  PROPANOIC  ACID;  2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUORO-2-
(HEPTAFLUOROPROPOXY) PROPANOATE; HEPTAFLUOROPROPYL  1,2,2,2-TETRAFLUORO-
ETHYL ETHER; TESTOSTERONE; AND 4-ANDROSTENE-3,17-DIONE.
  13.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROMULGATE  THE  FIRST LIST OF EMERGING
CONTAMINANTS WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
SION.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11758-02-9