Senate Bill S6145

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Eliminates the installation or covering of mercury-containing flooring in elementary and secondary schools

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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-S6145 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7986
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §27-2119, En Con L

2019-S6145 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates the installation or covering of mercury-containing flooring in elementary and secondary schools.

2019-S6145 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6145 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6145
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 17, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- 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 elim-
   inating the installation or covering of mercury-containing flooring in
   elementary and secondary schools

   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 27-2119 to read as follows:
 § 27-2119. PHASE-OUT OF MERCURY-CONTAINING FLOORING.
   1. COMMENCING A YEAR AFTER THE CALENDAR YEAR  IN  WHICH  THIS  SECTION
 TAKES  EFFECT,  NO  PUBLIC  OR  NONPUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY SCHOOL
 SHALL INSTALL A MERCURY-CONTAINING FLOOR NOR SHALL ANY SCHOOL INSTALL  A
 FLOOR  OVER  A MERCURY-CONTAINING FLOOR PRIOR TO REMOVAL OF THE MERCURY-
 CONTAINING FLOOR.
   2. THE TIME WEIGHTED AVERAGE MERCURY VAPOR EXPOSURE FOR AN EMPLOYEE OR
 STUDENT OF A PUBLIC OR NONPUBLIC ELEMENTARY OR  SECONDARY  SCHOOL  SHALL
 NOT EXCEED 750 NG/M (3).
   3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "MERCURY-CONTAINING  FLOOR" SHALL MEAN A FLOOR CONTAINING PHENYL-
 MERCURIC-ACETATE CATALYST.
   (B) "TIME WEIGHTED AVERAGE" SHALL MEAN AN EMPLOYEE'S AVERAGE  AIRBORNE
 EXPOSURE  IN AN EIGHT-HOUR WORK SHIFT OF A FORTY-HOUR WORK WEEK OR FOR A
 PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN SHALL MEAN SIXTEEN HOURS  OR  LESS  PER
 WEEK AVERAGED OVER THE SCHOOL YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11864-01-9



              

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