S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6625
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
July 10, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 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