S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8634
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 22, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. LEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing maxi-
mum contaminant levels and a hazard index in drinking water for
certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 1112 of the public health law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 12-a to read as follows:
12-A. A. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL
OF:
(I) NO HIGHER THAN 4 PARTS PER TRILLION (PPT) FOR PERFLUOROOCTANE
SULFONIC ACID (PFOS) AND PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID (PFOA); AND
(II) NO HIGHER THAN 10 PARTS PER TRILLION (PPT) FOR PERFLUORONONANOIC
ACID (PFNA), PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE (PFHXS), AND HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE
OXIDE DIMER ACID (HFPO-DA).
B. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A HAZARD INDEX TO ADDRESS CUMULA-
TIVE EXPOSURE TO MULTIPLE PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES. THE
HAZARD INDEX SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID
(PFNA), PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE (PFHXS), HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE OXIDE
DIMER ACID (HFPO-DA), AND PERFLUOROBUTANE SULFONATE (PFBS).
C. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE THAT PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS COMPLY
WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS AND HAZARD INDEX
REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION BY MAY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06979-03-5