Senate Bill S7690

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a list of emerging contaminants

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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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2021-S7690 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8832
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1112, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.1759-A & A.126-A)

2021-S7690 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the list of emerging contaminants; directs the commissioner of health to establish the first list within 180 days and to update the list every three years.

2021-S7690 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7690 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7690
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 7, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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 and subdivision 13 of  section
 1112  of  the public health law, paragraph c as amended and paragraph 13
 as added by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the public health law
 relating to establishing a list of emerging contaminants, as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 1759-A and A. 126-A, are amended and  para-
 graph d of subdivision 3 is relettered paragraph e and a new paragraph d
 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:  [1,2,3-trichloropropane; chloromethane (methyl chloride);
 1,1-dichloroethane; bromomethane (methyl bromide); chlorodifluoromethene
 (HCFC-22);  vanadium;  molybdenum;  cobalt; strontium; chromium-6; chlo-
 rate;]  perfluorononanoic  acid  (PFNA);  perfluorohexanesulfonic   acid
 (PFHxS);  perfluoroheptanoic  acid (PFHpA); perfluorobutanesulfonic acid
 (PFBS);  hexafluoropropylene  oxide  dimer  acid   (HFPO-DA);   [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-ox-
 aundecane-1-sulfonic  acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS); 9-chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxa-
 nonane-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-
 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);
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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