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                                   8966
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 6, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to water
   saving performance standards
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 8 of section 15-0314 of the  environ-
 mental  conservation  law,  as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2019,
 amending the environmental conservation law  relating  to  water  saving
 performance standards, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 354-A
 and A. 2286, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The  water  saving  performance  standards  for  sink and lavatory
 faucets, shower heads, drinking water fountains, urinals and water clos-
 ets, including tank-type toilets,  flushometer-tank  toilets,  flushome-
 ter-valve   toilets,  electromechanical  hydraulic  toilets,  dual-flush
 toilets and all other types of  toilets  that  use  water  shall  be  as
 follows:
   (a) for lavatory faucets, at a constant water pressure of sixty pounds
 per  square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed 1.5 gallons of water per
 minute (or .25 gallons per cycle for lavatory faucets designed as meter-
 ing faucets) and provided that those faucet models installed  in  public
 buildings  must  be  of  a  self-closing variety and must be designed to
 limit the discharged flow rate of water to a maximum of .5  gallons  per
 minute  at  a constant water pressure of sixty pounds per square inch or
 must be of the metering type which limit the discharge  of  water  to  a
 maximum of .25 gallons per cycle; and
   (b) for sink faucets, at a constant water pressure of sixty pounds per
 square  inch,  maximum  flow  shall  not exceed 2.2 gallons of water per
 minute; and
   (c) for shower heads, at a constant water pressure of  [sixty]  EIGHTY
 pounds  per  square  inch,  maximum flow shall not exceed 2.0 gallons of
 water per minute; and
   (d) for urinals and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall
 not exceed an average of 0.5 gallons of  water  per  flush  (except  for
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 urinals designated and marketed exclusively for use in prisons or mental
 health care facilities); and
   (e)  except for water closets and toilets designed and marketed exclu-
 sively for use in prisons or mental  health  care  facilities,  (1)  for
 water closets and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall not
 exceed an average of 1.28 gallons of water per flush; (2) for dual-flush
 tank-type water closets, the average of two reduced flushes and one full
 flush  shall not exceed [an average of] 1.28 gallons of water per flush;
 and (3) for dual-flush flushometer-valve  water  closets,  maximum  flow
 shall not exceed an average of 1.28 gallons of water per flush; and
   (f) drinking water fountains must be of a self-closing variety.
   3.  Each  shower  head, sink or lavatory faucet, both box and product,
 shall be marked and labeled, and each water closet or  urinal,  or  each
 component  if  the  water  closet  or urinal is comprised of two or more
 components, both box and product, shall be marked and labeled in accord-
 ance with the latest  revision  of  the  standards  designated  American
 National  Standards, written under American National Standards Institute
 (ANSI), and, as applicable, the following United  States  [environmental
 protection  agency]  ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION AGENCY watersense program
 specification: SHOWERHEADS (JULY 26, 2018), tank-type toilets  (June  2,
 2014), lavatory faucets (October 1, 2007), flushing urinals ([October 8]
 AUGUST 14, 2009), and flushometer-valve toilets (December 17, 2015).
   8.  The commissioner, to the extent practicable and appropriate, shall
 utilize  the  latest  revision  of  the  standards  designated  American
 National  Standards, written under American National Standards Institute
 (ANSI) procedures in determining requirements under this  section,  and,
 as  applicable,  the  following  United States [environmental protection
 agency] ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY  watersense  program  specifica-
 tion:  SHOWERHEADS  (JULY  26,  2018), tank-type toilets (June 2, 2014),
 lavatory faucets (October 1, 2007), flushing urinals ([October 8] AUGUST
 14, 2009), and flushometer-valve toilets (December 17, 2015).
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as  a  chapter  of  the laws of 2019, amending the environmental
 conservation law relating to  water  saving  performance  standards,  as
 proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  354-A  and A. 2286, takes
 effect.