Assembly Bill A4459

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of cosmetics or cleaning products containing 1,4-Dioxane

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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-A4459 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S99
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §37-0115, amd §§37-0101 & 71-3703, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A7374, S5450

2019-A4459 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale of cosmetics or cleaning products containing 1,4-Dioxane.

2019-A4459 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4459
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting  the  sale  of  cosmetics  or cleaning products containing
   1,4-Dioxane
 
   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 OF COSMETICS  AND  CLEANING  PRODUCTS  CONTAINING
              1,4-DIOXANE.
   1.  NO  PERSON  SHALL SELL OR OFFER FOR SALE ANY COSMETICS OR CLEANING
 PRODUCTS CONTAINING 1,4-DIOXANE WITHIN NEW YORK STATE.
   2. A MANUFACTURER OF A PRODUCT PROHIBITED TO BE SOLD  OR  OFFERED  FOR
 SALE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL:
   A.  NOT  REPLACE  1,4-DIOXANE  WITH ANOTHER CHEMICAL COMPOUND THAT HAS
 BEEN SCIENTIFICALLY ESTABLISHED TO BE A KNOWN HUMAN CARCINOGEN AS  CLAS-
 SIFIED  BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, A DEVELOP-
 MENTAL TOXIN, AN ENDOCRINE DISRUPTER OR A REPRODUCTIVE TOXIN;
   B. USE THE  LEAST  TOXIC  ALTERNATIVE  CHEMICAL  COMPOUND  TO  REPLACE
 1,4-DIOXANE;
   C.  PROVIDE,  TO THE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO THE MANUFACTURE OF SUCH PROD-
 UCT, INFORMATION ON SUCH LEAST TOXIC ALTERNATIVE CHEMICAL COMPOUND; AND
   D. NOT MANUFACTURE SUCH PRODUCT UNTIL THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE CERTI-
 FIED  SUCH  LEAST  TOXIC  ALTERNATIVE  CHEMICAL  COMPOUND   TO   REPLACE
 1,4-DIOXANE.
   3.  THE  DEPARTMENT  IS  AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS AS IT SHALL DEEM NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   4. A. A MANUFACTURER OF A PRODUCT THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, MAY APPLY TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR A WAIV-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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