Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 16, 2022 |
enacting clause stricken |
Sep 09, 2022 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A10689
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WOERNER
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2021-A10689 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A10689 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts the "PFAS surface water discharge disclosure act"; requires publicly owned treatment works and people who discharge industrial waste to such treatment works to disclose the measurement of per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals found in any discharge into the state waterways.
2021-A10689 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10689 I N A S S E M B L Y September 9, 2022 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Woerner) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to enacting the "PFAS surface water discharge disclosure act" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act may be known and may be cited as the "PFAS surface water discharge disclosure act". § 2. Legislative intent. PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals) are a class of persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemicals. PFAS have contaminated surface waters and groundwater in New York and across the country. New York has led the nation by limiting two PFAS--perfluorooc- tanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS)--in drinking water by setting a maximum contaminant level for these two chemicals. However, no PFAS--not even PFOA or PFOS--are currently limited in discharges to our surface waters. Further, those proposing to discharge pollutants into New York's waterways are not even required to disclose whether their existing or proposed discharges contain PFAS. The lack of information about the suite of PFAS chemicals currently entering New York's waterways serves as a barrier to developing regulations to protect people and the environment from the harms of PFAS in our water- ways. The modification of existing application requirements will ensure all facilities currently discharging or proposing to discharge into waters in New York disclose and monitor their discharge of PFAS. § 3. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new section 17-0833 to read as follows: § 17-0833. PFAS IN SURFACE WATER DISCHARGE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "PFAS" SHALL MEAN PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL CHEMICALS. 2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQUIRE ALL PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE TO DISCLOSE ANNUALLY FOR THE PERIOD OF THEIR PERMIT AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER UPON RENEWAL OF SUCH PERMIT, THROUGH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE MONITORING, THE LEVELS OF PFAS PRESENT IN THE DISCHARGE PRODUCED BY SUCH TREATMENT WORKS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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