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Assembly Bill A9178

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products

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2021-A9178 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8474
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §37-0119, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A1669, S1729
2025-2026: A1388, S3179

2021-A9178 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products.

2021-A9178 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9178
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, KELLES -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
   definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  a  of  subdivision 3 of section 37-0119 of the
 environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 596 of the  laws  of
 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  "Coal  tar"  means a viscous substance obtained by the destructive
 distillation of coal, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO  ETHYLENE  CRACKED
 RESIDUES  OR STEAM CRACKED RESIDUES, and containing levels of polycyclic
 aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in excess of [ten] ONE thousand  milligrams
 per kilogram.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14499-01-2

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