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Assembly Bill A518A

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits the sale of pavement products containing coal tar; prohibits the use of pavement products containing coal tar

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2021-A518 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4095
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §37-0119, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7854
2013-2014: A630
2015-2016: A418
2017-2018: A1156
2019-2020: A1304, S6308

2021-A518 - Summary

Prohibits the sale and use of pavement products containing coal tar.

2021-A518 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    518
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. L. ROSENTHAL, ENGLEBRIGHT, OTIS, COOK, WEPRIN,
   ABINANTI, GALEF,  CARROLL,  REYES,  EPSTEIN,  FAHY,  GRIFFIN,  COLTON,
   STECK,  JACOBSON, SEAWRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, SIMON -- Multi-Sponsored by --
   M. of A. GLICK, PAULIN, PERRY, THIELE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting coal tar in pavement products
 
   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 37-0119 to read as follows:
 § 37-0119. COAL TAR; PROHIBITED.
   1.  A  PERSON  SHALL  NOT  SELL  OR  OFFER FOR SALE A PAVEMENT PRODUCT
 CONTAINING COAL TAR.
   2. A PERSON SHALL NOT APPLY A PAVEMENT  PRODUCT  THAT  IS  LABELED  AS
 CONTAINING COAL TAR ON A DRIVEWAY OR PARKING AREA.
   3.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A. "COAL TAR" MEANS A VISCOUS SUBSTANCE OBTAINED  BY  THE  DESTRUCTIVE
 DISTILLATION OF COAL AND CONTAINING LEVELS OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDRO-
 CARBONS (PAHS) IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND MILLIGRAMS PER KILOGRAM.
   B.  "PAVEMENT  PRODUCT" MEANS A MATERIAL THAT IS FOR USE ON AN ASPHALT
 OR CONCRETE SURFACE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SEALCOAT.
   § 2. Nothing in this act shall be deemed  to  preempt  any  local  law
 restricting  the  use of coal tar pavement products adopted prior to the
 effective date of this act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect  immediately;  provided  however  that
 subdivision  1 of section 37-0119 of the environmental conservation law,
 as added by section one of this act, shall  take  effect  twelve  months
 after it shall have become a law; provided further that subdivision 2 of
 section  37-0119  of  the  environmental  conservation  law, as added by
 section one of this act, shall take effect forty-eight months  after  it

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2021-A518A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4095
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §37-0119, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7854
2013-2014: A630
2015-2016: A418
2017-2018: A1156
2019-2020: A1304, S6308

2021-A518A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the sale and use of pavement products containing coal tar.

2021-A518A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  518--A
                                                         Cal. No. 157
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. L. ROSENTHAL, ENGLEBRIGHT, OTIS, COOK, WEPRIN,
   ABINANTI, GALEF,  CARROLL,  REYES,  EPSTEIN,  FAHY,  GRIFFIN,  COLTON,
   STECK, JACOBSON, SEAWRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, KELLES, DICKENS, McMAHON
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, PAULIN, PERRY, THIELE -- read
   once  and  referred  to the Committee on Environmental Conservation --
   reported and referred to the  Committee  on  Codes  --  reported  from
   committee, advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
   retaining its place on the order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   prohibiting coal tar in pavement products
 
   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 37-0119 to read as follows:
 § 37-0119. COAL TAR; PROHIBITED.
   1. A PERSON SHALL NOT SELL  OR  OFFER  FOR  SALE  A  PAVEMENT  PRODUCT
 CONTAINING COAL TAR.
   2.  A  PERSON  SHALL  NOT  APPLY A PAVEMENT PRODUCT THAT IS LABELED AS
 CONTAINING COAL TAR ON A DRIVEWAY OR PARKING AREA.
   3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS  SHALL  HAVE  THE
 FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A.  "COAL  TAR"  MEANS A VISCOUS SUBSTANCE OBTAINED BY THE DESTRUCTIVE
 DISTILLATION OF COAL AND CONTAINING LEVELS OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDRO-
 CARBONS (PAHS) IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND MILLIGRAMS PER KILOGRAM.
   B. "PAVEMENT PRODUCT" MEANS A MATERIAL THAT IS FOR USE ON  AN  ASPHALT
 OR CONCRETE SURFACE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SEALCOAT.
   §  2.  Nothing  in  this  act shall be deemed to preempt any local law
 restricting the use of coal tar pavement products adopted prior  to  the
 effective date of this act.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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