Assembly Bill A2996

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the maximum contaminant level goals (MCLGs) for emerging contaminants

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A2996 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2927
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1112 & 1113, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9955, S8764

2023-A2996 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the maximum contaminant level goals (MCLGs) for emerging contaminants; provides that the commissioner of health shall by regulation establish a maximum contaminant level goal (MCLG) for each emerging contaminant for which such commissioner has established; makes related provisions.

2023-A2996 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2996
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the establishment
   of maximum contaminant level goals (MCLGs) for emerging contaminants
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 1112 of the public health law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
   D. "MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL GOAL" OR "MCLG" SHALL MEAN  THE  MAXIMUM
 LEVEL  OF  A  CONTAMINANT  IN DRINKING WATER AT WHICH NO KNOWN OR ANTIC-
 IPATED ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE HEALTH OF PERSONS WOULD  OCCUR,  AND  WHICH
 ALLOWS  AN  ADEQUATE  MARGIN OF SAFETY.  MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL GOALS
 ARE NON-ENFORCEABLE HEALTH GOALS.
   § 2.  Section 1112 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 15 to read as follows:
   15. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BY REGULATION ESTABLISH A  MAXIMUM  CONTAM-
 INANT  LEVEL  GOAL  (MCLG)  FOR  EACH EMERGING CONTAMINANT FOR WHICH THE
 COMMISSIONER HAS ESTABLISHED A  MAXIMUM  CONTAMINANT  LEVEL  AS  OF  THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND FOR WHICH THE COMMISSIONER ESTAB-
 LISHES  A  MAXIMUM  CONTAMINANT  LEVEL  AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION.  WHEN ESTABLISHING A MCLG, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  CONSIDER
 THE ADVERSE HEALTH RISK TO SENSITIVE SUB-POPULATIONS, INCLUDING INFANTS,
 CHILDREN,  THE  ELDERLY,  AND  THOSE WITH COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS AND
 CHRONIC DISEASES.  FOR MICROBIAL CONTAMINANTS THAT MAY PRESENT A  PUBLIC
 HEALTH  RISK, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SET THE MCLG AT ZERO.  FOR CHEMICAL
 CONTAMINANTS THAT ARE CARCINOGENS, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SET  THE  MCLG
 AT  ZERO  IF  BOTH  OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE PRESENT: (A) THERE IS EVIDENCE
 THAT A CHEMICAL MAY CAUSE CANCER; AND (B) THERE IS NO DOSE  BELOW  WHICH
 THE  CHEMICAL  IS CONSIDERED SAFE.   IF A CHEMICAL IS CARCINOGENIC AND A
 SAFE DOSE CAN BE DETERMINED, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL SET THE  MCLG  AT  A
 LEVEL  ABOVE ZERO THAT IS SAFE.  FOR CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS THAT ARE NON-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06115-01-3
              

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