NY State Senate Bill 2019-S1184

Senate Bill S1184

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to banning certain chemicals from being manufactured, used, or stored within the state

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2019-S1184 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5966
Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add §37-0115, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S5794
2021-2022: S1864

2019-S1184 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to banning certain chemicals from being manufactured, used, or stored within the state including triclosan, 1,4-dioxane, isophorone, cyclohexanone, or any synonym of such products.

2019-S1184 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1184

SPONSOR: RITCHIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
banning certain chemicals from being manufactured, used, or stored with-
in the state

 
PURPOSE:

To ban the manufacture, process, or distribution of triclosan,
1,4-dioxane, isophorone, or cyclohexanone, or any synonym of the afore-
mentioned products, subject to certain restrictions.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends title 1, article 37 of the environmental conservation
law by adding a new section, 37-0114. The new section will ban the manu-
facture, process, or distribution of triclosan, 1,4-dioxane, isophorone,
or cyclohexanone, or any synonym of the aforementioned products. The ban

will be limited by certain exceptions for research or transport. The ban
will not apply to products that include isophorone or cyclohexanone when
used in the manufacture, process, or transport of an item that cannot
reasonably be expected to come in to use by an individual under the age
of eighteen.

Section 2: States that the act shall take effect one-hundred twenty days
after this bill shall have become law.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Individually and collectively, the chemicals that this bill would ban
have had a significant negative impact on New York State's children and
families. Their toxicity has been recognized at the federal level and by
many other states. The prospect of banning even one of the chemicals
included in this ban, 1,4-dioxane, would warrant state effort.

Efforts have begun in Congress to ban 1,4-dioxane from use in consumer
personal hygiene products, and another bill in the New York State Senate
seeks to regulate its presence in the State's environment. The EPA and
US Department of Health and Human Services have established that
1,4-dioxane is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen, mostly
affecting the liver and kidneys. 1,4 -dioxane is created as the by-pro-
duct of a processing method of many commonly used industrial ingredients
causing it to be found in certain consumer products such as deodorants,
detergents, shampoos, and cosmetics. The EPA recently singled out Long
island in a 2016 survey as disproportionately afflicted by 1,4-dioxane
contamination, discovering concentrations of the chemical in seventy-one
percent of area water supply systems, in comparison to an average of
about seven percent nationally.

Isophorone is a category two carcinogen, and cyclohexanone is a toxic
compound that can cause long-term skin irritation and is a possible
carcinogen. These chemicals are often found in rubber products, such as
children's toys, and are responsible for the pungent plastic smell that
some items have. Beach balls, water wings, and pool floats often contain
these chemicals. A child need not use the product or touch it to be

harmed. Simply smelling the chemical odor is enough for damage to be
done.

The FDA recognized triclosan as harmful in 2013 and has ordered industry
to phase it out of consumer hygiene products. However, non-consumer
products or non-hygiene products may still contain the chemical or many
of its synonymS. Triclosan is billed as an anti-bacterial agent, but
there is little to no evidence that it provides any health benefits that
standard soap does not. Triclosan is used in many products besides
hygiene products including children's toys, furniture, and clothing. It
also bioaccumulates in water supplies and edible fish, meaning most
users receive not just a dose from the products they buy, but that they
also receive extra exposure from their food and water. There is a grow-
ing body of evidence that once triclosan enters a water supply and is
exposed to ultra-violet energy, it becomes exponentially more harmful,
it degrades into other compounds, and its carcinogenic effects are
magnified.

The chemicals that this bill would seek to ban hide in a variety of
products making it difficult for individuals to minimize their exposure
and that of their family. They accumulate in our water and food, adding
to the harm they inflict. By banning them we will take a step, in line
with our sister states and congressional colleagues, that will help to
protect the health of New York State's citizens, water, and food supply.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-2018: S.5794A

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect within 120 days.

2019-S1184 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1184
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- 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
   banning  certain  chemicals  from  being manufactured, used, or stored
   within the state

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new section 37-0115 to read as follows:
 § 37-0115. PROHIBITION AGAINST TRICLOSAN,  1,4-DIOXANE,  ISOPHORONE,  OR
              CYCLOHEXANONE.
   1.  MANUFACTURING,  PROCESSING, OR DISTRIBUTION. NO PERSON SHALL MANU-
 FACTURE, PROCESS OR DISTRIBUTE IN COMMERCE A PRODUCT, OR  A  PART  OF  A
 PRODUCT,  CONTAINING  TRICLOSAN, 1,4-DIOXANE, ISOPHORONE, CYCLOHEXANONE,
 OR ANY SYNONYM OF SUCH PRODUCTS. THIS RESTRICTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE
 USE OF ISOPHORONE OR CYCLOHEXANONE, OR ANY  SYNONYM  OF  SUCH  PRODUCTS,
 USED IN THE MANUFACTURE, PROCESS, OR DISTRIBUTION OF AN ITEM THAT CANNOT
 REASONABLY  BE  EXPECTED TO COME INTO USE BY AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE AGE
 OF EIGHTEEN.
   2. ADMINISTRATION. (A)  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS  HEREBY  AUTHORIZED  AND
 DIRECTED  TO  PRESCRIBE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS, INCLUDING PROVISIONS
 FOR MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS RELATING TO PRODUCTS  OR  RELATED  MATERIALS,
 AND  FOR THE LABELING OF A PRODUCT OR RELATED MATERIAL, AS MAY BE NECES-
 SARY AND PROPER FOR PURPOSES OF ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   (B)  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS  HEREBY EMPOWERED TO ORDER THE RECALL OF OR
 CONFISCATION OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS OFFERED FOR SALE THAT DO NOT MEET  THE
 STANDARDS SET FORTH IN OR PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   (C)  THE  COMMISSIONER  MAY  OBTAIN  FROM  ANY PERSON BY REGULATION OR
 SUBPOENA ISSUED PURSUANT THERETO, SUCH INFORMATION IN THE FORM OF TESTI-
 MONY, BOOKS, RECORDS, OR OTHER WRITINGS AS IS PERTINENT TO THE  FINDINGS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD04804-01-9

 S. 1184                             2
 
 OR  DETERMINATIONS  WHICH  HE  OR  SHE IS REQUIRED OR AUTHORIZED TO MAKE
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.  ALL  INFORMATION  REPORTED  TO  OR  OTHERWISE
 OBTAINED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR HER REPRESENTATIVE PURSUANT TO
 THIS  SECTION  THAT  CONTAINS  OR  RELATES  TO  A TRADE SECRET, SHALL BE
 CONSIDERED CONFIDENTIAL, EXCEPT THAT SUCH INFORMATION MAY  BE  DISCLOSED
 TO OTHER OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES CONCERNED WITH CARRYING OUT THIS SECTION,
 OR WHEN RELEVANT IN ANY PROCEEDING UNDER THIS SECTION.
   3.  GUARANTY.  (A) (I) NO PERSON SHALL BE SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION UNDER
 THIS SECTION IF SUCH PERSON: (A) ESTABLISHES A GUARANTY RECEIVED IN GOOD
 FAITH SIGNED BY AND CONTAINING THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON RESID-
 ING IN THE UNITED STATES WHO SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE  PRODUCT  OR
 RELATED MATERIAL; AND (B) ESTABLISHES THAT SUCH PRODUCT OR RELATED MATE-
 RIAL  WILL  BE  USED  FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY AND SHALL NOT BE INTRO-
 DUCED, SOLD OR TRANSPORTED IN COMMERCE.
   (II) SUCH GUARANTY SHALL BE EITHER: (A) A  SEPARATE  GUARANTY  SPECIF-
 ICALLY DESIGNATING THE PRODUCT, OR RELATED MATERIAL GUARANTEED, IN WHICH
 CASE  IT  MAY BE ON THE INVOICE OR OTHER PAPER RELATING TO SUCH PRODUCT,
 OR RELATED MATERIAL; (B) A CONTINUING GUARANTY FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT
 OR WITH THE FEDERAL TRADE  COMMISSION  APPLICABLE  TO  ANY  PRODUCT,  OR
 RELATED  MATERIAL HANDLED BY A GUARANTOR, IN SUCH FORM AS THE DEPARTMENT
 OR THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION BY RULES OR REGULATIONS  MAY  PRESCRIBE;
 OR  (C) A CONTINUING GUARANTY GIVEN BY SELLER TO BUYER APPLICABLE TO ANY
 PRODUCT, OR RELATED MATERIAL SOLD OR TO BE SOLD TO BUYER BY SELLER IN  A
 FORM AS THE DEPARTMENT OR THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION BY RULES OR REGU-
 LATIONS MAY PRESCRIBE.
   (B)  THE  FURNISHING WITH RESPECT TO ANY PRODUCT, OR RELATED MATERIAL,
 OF A FALSE GUARANTY, EXCEPT BY A PERSON RELYING UPON A GUARANTY  TO  THE
 SAME EFFECT RECEIVED IN GOOD FAITH AND SIGNED BY AND CONTAINING THE NAME
 AND  ADDRESS  OF  THE  PERSON  RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES BY WHOM THE
 PRODUCT, OR RELATED MATERIAL GUARANTEED WAS MANUFACTURED OR FROM WHOM IT
 WAS RECEIVED, WITH REASON TO BELIEVE THE PRODUCT,  OR  RELATED  MATERIAL
 FALSELY  GUARANTEED  MAY BE INTRODUCED, SOLD OR TRANSPORTED IN COMMERCE,
 IS UNLAWFUL.
   4. EXCLUSIONS. (A) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT  APPLY  TO
 ANY  COMMON  CARRIER, CONTRACT CARRIER OR FREIGHT FORWARDER WITH RESPECT
 TO A PRODUCT, OR RELATED MATERIAL  SHIPPED  OR  DELIVERED  FOR  SHIPMENT
 THROUGH THE STATE FOR COMMERCE IN ANOTHER STATE OR COUNTRY.
   (B)  AS  USED  IN  THIS  SECTION,  "DISTRIBUTE  IN COMMERCE" SHALL NOT
 INCLUDE THE RESALE OF PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND NINETEEN.
   5. VIOLATIONS. EACH PRODUCT, OR RELATED MATERIAL MADE, SOLD OR EXPOSED
 FOR  SALE,  SHALL  CONSTITUTE  A  SEPARATE VIOLATION. A VIOLATION OF ANY
 PROVISION OF THIS SECTION OR ANY RULE OR  REGULATION  PROMULGATED  HERE-
 UNDER IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   6. SEVERABILITY. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE SEVERABLE AND
 IF  ANY  PORTION  THEREOF  OR THE APPLICABILITY THEREOF TO ANY PERSON OR
 CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL BE HELD TO BE INVALID, THE REMAINDER OF THIS SECTION
 AND THE APPLICATION THEREOF SHALL NOT BE AFFECTED THEREBY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.

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