NY State Senate Bill S1759

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S1759 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A126
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1112, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S6625, A7839

S1759 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to adding additional chemicals to the list of emerging contaminants; directs the commissioner of health to establish the first list within 30 days.

S1759 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1759

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a
list of emerging contaminants

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Directs the commissioner to promulgate the first list of emerging
containments within 30 days of enactment of this legislation.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends section 1112 of the public health law to
expand the list of chemicals to be included on the list of emerging
contaminants; and requires the commissioner to promulgate such list
within 30 days of the effective date.

Section 2 of the bill is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York's "emerging contaminant monitoring act," enacted in 2017, was
created with the intent to address a federal loophole in emerging
contaminant monitoring. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
under the Safe Drinking Water Act, requires periodic testing for 30
unregulated contaminants suspected to be present in drinking water
supplies, known as the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR).
However, this testing is only required for public water systems serving
10,000 or more residents, and occasionally a limited sample of smaller
systems.

Because of this loophole, 2.5 million New Yorkers on smaller water
systems do not benefit from this testing. By amending the emerging
contaminant monitoring act to require the inclusion of chemicals listed
on EPA's third Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR-3) that
have already been detected in water systems in the state, New York will
gain a better understanding of occurrence and exposure in the state,
including in these smaller communities.

There are also chemicals showing up in drinking water supplies in other
parts of the country that are being used to replace PFOA, known as GenX
chemicals. New York needs to be ahead of the curve to ensure these
replacement chemicals, which are suspected to be equally as dangerous as
PFOA, are not polluting New York's drinking water supplies.

The creation of New York's first emerging contaminant list, which would
include most UCMR-3 chemicals and some of the most recent emercing
contaminants, would provide the public with critical water quality
information, protect public health, and inform the Department of Health
on what chemicals need drinking water standards. This testing is a
crucial means to begin a proactive approach to regulating drinking water
contaminants in New York.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019: A7839 Reported to Rules / Senate Rules
2020: A7839 Reported to 3rd Reading / Senate Health

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate

S1759 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1759
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KRUEGER, MYRIE, RIVERA --
   read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
   list of emerging contaminants

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section 1112 of the  public
 health law, as added by section 1 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of
 2017, is amended and a new subdivision 13 is added to read as follows:
   c.  The commissioner shall, at a minimum, include the following chemi-
 cals identified as emerging contaminants IN THE FIRST LIST  OF  EMERGING
 CONTAMINANTS:  [1,4-dioxane;  perfluorooctanesulfonic acid; and perfluo-
 rooctanoic acid]  1,2,3-TRICHLOROPROPANE;  1,3-BUTADIENE;  CHLOROMETHANE
 (METHYL  CHLORIDE);  1,1-DICHLOROETHANE;  BROMOMETHANE (METHYL BROMIDE);
 CHLORODIFLUOROMETHENE (HCFC-22); BROMOCHLOROMETHANE (HALON 1011);  VANA-
 DIUM;  MOLYBDENUM;  COBALT;  STRONTIUM;  CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM-6; CHLORATE;
 PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID  (PFNA);  PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONIC  ACID  (PFHXS);
 PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC  ACID  (PFHPA);  PERFLUOROBUTANESULFONIC ACID (PFBS);
 HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE OXIDE (HFPO);  2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUORO-2-  (HEPTAFLOURO-
 PROPOXY)  PROPANOIC  ACID; N-ETHYL PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDOACETIC ACID
 (NETFOSAA); N-METHYL PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDOACETIC  ACID  (NMEFOSAA);
 PERFLUORODECANOIC   ACID   (PFDA);   PERFLUORODODECANOIC  ACID  (PFDOA);
 PERFLUOROHEXANOIC  ACID  (PFHXA);  PERFLUOROTETRADECANOIC  ACID  (PFTA);
 PERFLUOROTRIDECANOIC  ACID  (PFTRDA);  PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID (PFUNA);
 11-CHLOROEICOSAFLUORO-3-OXAUNDECANE-1-SULFONIC   ACID    (11CL-PF3OUDS);
 9-CHLOROHEXADECAFLUORO-3-OXANONANE-1-SULFONIC     ACID     (9CL-PF3ONS);
 4,8-DIOXA-3H-PERFLUORONONANOIC               ACID               (ADONA);
 NONAFLUORO-3,6-DIOXAHEPTANOIC   ACID   (NFDHA);  PERFLUOROBUTANOIC  ACID
 (PFBA);  1H,  1H,  2H,   2HPERFLUORODECANE   SULFONIC   ACID   (8:2FTS);
 PERFLUORO(2-ETHOXYETHANE)SULFONIC ACID (PFEESA); PERFLUOROHEPTANESULFON-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD00397-02-1

 S. 1759                             2
 
 IC  ACID  (PFHPS); 1H,1H, 2H, 2H-PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONIC ACID (4:2FTS);
 PERFLUORO-3-METHOXYPROPANOIC ACID  (PFMPA);  PERFLUORO-4-METHOXYBUTANOIC
 ACID  (PFMBA);  1H,1H,  2H,  2H-PERFLUOROOCTANE  SULFONIC ACID (6:2FTS);
 PERFLUOROPENTANOIC  ACID (PFPEA); PERFLUOROPENTANESULFONIC ACID (PFPES);
 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUORO-2- (HEPTAFLUOROPROPOXY) PROPANOATE;  HEPTAFLUOROPRO-
 PYL  1,2,2,2-TETRAFLUOROETHYL  ETHER;  TESTOSTERONE; AND 4-ANDROSTENE-3,
 17-DIONE.
   13. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  PROMULGATE  THE  FIRST  LIST  OF  EMERGING
 CONTAMINANTS  WITHIN  THIRTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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