Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A7839

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a list of emerging contaminants

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

co-Sponsors

2019-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

2019-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.

2019-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

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.