Assembly Bill A9596

                             
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                                   9596
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 21, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. CONRAD -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to stan-
   dards relating to hydrofluorocarbon substances
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 19-0301 of the environmental  conservation  law  is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.   A.   ANY  RULES  OR  REGULATIONS  RELATING  TO  HYDROFLUOROCARBON
 SUBSTANCES ESTABLISHED OR IMPLEMENTED BY THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  CONFORM
 WITH,  AND  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED,  ANY APPLICABLE RULES OR REGULATIONS SET
 FORTH IN 40 C.F.R. PART 84, AS IN EFFECT ON OCTOBER FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FIVE.    FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION, "HYDROFLUOROCARBON
 SUBSTANCES" SHALL MEAN ANY  SUBSTANCES  USED  IN  AIR  CONDITIONING  AND
 REFRIGERATION  EQUIPMENT,  AEROSOL  PROPELLANTS,  FOAMS, OR SOLVENTS, AS
 LISTED OR REGULATED PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. § 7675  AND  ITS  IMPLEMENTING
 REGULATIONS AT 40 C.F.R. PART 84.
   B.  ANY  STATE  REGULATION,  REQUIREMENT,  OR  PROHIBITION RELATING TO
 HYDROFLUOROCARBON SUBSTANCES THAT IMPOSES STANDARDS MORE STRINGENT  THAN
 THOSE SET FORTH IN 40 C.F.R. PART 84, AS IN EFFECT ON OCTOBER FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE, IS HEREBY REPEALED, SUPERSEDED, AND OF NO FURTHER
 FORCE OR EFFECT TO THE EXTENT IT IS MORE STRINGENT THAN SUCH  APPLICABLE
 FEDERAL REGULATION.
   C. NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO:
   (1)  LIMIT  THE STATE'S AUTHORITY TO REGULATE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
 GENERALLY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (2) RESTRICT PROGRAMS ADDRESSING ENERGY  EFFICIENCY,  ELECTRIFICATION,
 REFRIGERANT  RECLAMATION, OR OTHER MEASURES CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW YORK
 STATE CLIMATE LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT; OR
   (3) PREVENT THE DEPARTMENT  FROM  ENFORCING  LABELING,  REPORTING,  OR
 RECLAMATION  REQUIREMENTS IDENTICAL TO FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PURPOSES
 OF CONSISTENCY AND COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE.
   § 2. Severability. If any clause,  sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,
 section  or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD14387-01-6
 A. 9596                             2
 
 jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,  impair,  or
 invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation
 to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part thereof
 directly  involved  in the controversy in which such judgment shall have
 been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature
 that this act would have been enacted even if  such  invalid  provisions
 had not been included herein.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.