NY State Senate Bill S8474

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 01, 2022	referred to environmental conservation delivered to assembly passed senate
May 31, 2022	ordered to third reading cal.1663 committee discharged and committed to rules
Mar 04, 2022	referred to environmental conservation

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S8474 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9178
Current Committee:: Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §37-0119, En Con L

S8474 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

S8474 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S8474

SPONSOR: SANDERS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would reduce the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) limit
in New York State's coal tar ban.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one amends paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 37-0119 of
the environmental conservation law.

Section two establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of
Energy and the Environment in the District of Columbia are developing a
laboratory protocol and certification program testing polycyclic aromat-
ic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in pavement sealcoating used on driveways and
parking lots.

Under this program, a "gold" certification requires PAR levels to be
1,000 ppm (or 0.1%) and a "silver" certification limits PAHs to 10,000
ppm (or 1%) or less. This protocol is designed as a national standard
and indicates the harm of an increased PAH allowance.  According to the
CDC, prolonged exposure to PAH compounds, particularly in high concen-
trations, through breathing or skin contact can place individuals at an
increased risk of cancer. Workers who have been exposed to large amounts
of these chemicals have also developed blood and liver abnormalities.
Further, high levels of PAHs in coal-tar sealants negatively impact our
environment. In light of growing concerns, the European Union set their
standard PAH limit to 1,000 in 2012.

In 2021, legislation was enacted to ban the sale and use of coal-tar
based pavement sealants with PAR levels of in excess of 10,000 milli-
grams per kilogram. Only New York State, Maine and the city of Milwau-
kee, Wisconsin have adopted the less stringent level of 10,000 ppm. This
legislation would bring New York State's existing PAH limits into
uniformity with safety standards established by the EPA and DOEE.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This bill shall take effect immediately.

S8474 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8474
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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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Jun 1, 2022 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 1, 2022

May 31, 2022 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: May 31, 2022

S8474 (ACTIVE) - Details

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S8474 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S8474 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Jun 1, 2022 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 1, 2022

May 31, 2022 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: May 31, 2022

S8474 (ACTIVE) - Details

S8474 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S8474 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S8474 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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