Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Jan 17, 2017 |
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Assembly Bill A494
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LUPARDO
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Linda Rosenthal
Richard Gottfried
David Weprin
Thomas Abinanti
multi-Sponsors
Kevin Cahill
William Colton
Steven Englebright
Deborah Glick
2017-A494 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A494 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides for trichloroethylene (TCE) exposure prevention; directs the department of health to prescribe a maximum indoor air contaminant level for trichloroethylene, for such standard, the targeted risk of residual contamination shall be based on the most protective underlying assumptions and cancer potency factor and shall not exceed an excess cancer risk of one in one-million for carcinogenic end points and a hazard index of one for non-cancer end points, in order to minimize health risks associated to exposure to trichloroethylene.
2017-A494 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 494 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO, ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED, WEPRIN, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAHILL, COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT, GLICK, JAFFEE, KAVANAGH, LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and the environmental conservation law, in relation to trichloroethylene (TCE) exposure prevention THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 13 of the public health law is amended by adding a new title 12-B to read as follows: TITLE 12-B - TRICHLOROETHYLENE EXPOSURE PREVENTION SECTION 1389-F. MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS FOR TRICHLOROETHYLENE (TCE). § 1389-F. MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS FOR TRICHLOROETHYLENE (TCE). THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PRESCRIBE A MAXIMUM INDOOR AIR CONTAMINANT LEVEL FOR TRICHLOROETHYLENE, FOR SUCH STANDARD, THE TARGETED RISK OF RESIDUAL CONTAMINATION SHALL BE BASED ON THE MOST PROTECTIVE UNDERLYING ASSUMP- TIONS AND CANCER POTENCY FACTOR AND SHALL NOT EXCEED AN EXCESS CANCER RISK OF ONE IN ONE MILLION FOR CARCINOGENIC END POINTS AND A HAZARD INDEX OF ONE FOR NON-CANCER END POINTS, IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED TO EXPOSURE TO TRICHLOROETHYLENE. § 2. Paragraph i of subdivision 1 of section 3-0301 of the environ- mental conservation law, as amended by chapter 654 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: i. Provide for prevention and abatement of all water, land and air pollution, INCLUDING INDOOR AIR, AND including, but not limited to, that related to hazardous substances, particulates, gases, dust, vapors, noise, radiation, odor, nutrients and heated liquids. IN ESTABLISHING REMEDIATION STANDARDS AND ACTION LEVELS FOR INDOOR AIR, LEVELS UTILIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN ANY PROGRAMS WHERE LEVELS OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS ARE REGULATED, MONITORED, OR REPORTED SHALL BE AT LEAST AS STRINGENT AS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02177-01-7
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