NY State Senate Bill 2017-S742A

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Feb 23, 2018	print number 742a
Feb 23, 2018	amend and recommit to environmental conservation
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2017-S742 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3368
Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 37 Title 9 §§37-0901 - 37-0905, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S4780, A6557
2015-2016: S2745, S3619, S3844, S5585, A7837
2019-2020: S1367, A6260
2021-2022: S2718, A3031

2017-S742 - Summary

Prohibits the use of chemical flame retardants on residential upholstered furniture.

2017-S742 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S742

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting the use of chemical flame retardants

 PURPOSE :

The purpose of this bill is to limit residential exposure to chemical
flame retardants and to increase fire safety.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends Article 37 of the Environmental Conservation Law by
adding a new Title 9, entitled Chemical Flame Retardants. This title
defines "chemical flame retardants," prohibits the use of chemical
flame retardants, and increases fire safety by requiring manufacturers
to certify, beginning December 1, 2020, that residential upholstered
furniture offered for sale in New York meets the requirements of the
"open flame flammability standard."

"Open flame flammability standard" is defined as a standard, developed
pursuant to the rules and regulations of the department, in
consultation with the office of fire prevention and control, requiring
residential upholstered furniture to not lead to flashover for at

least fifteen minutes of time. The standard must be reviewed no less
than ever two years and include an assessment of the standards used in
other states.

The section also authorizes the Department of Environmental
Conservation (DEC) to approve exemptions to the prohibition on the use
of chemical flame retardants upon a determination that the proposed
chemical flame retardant does not pose a risk to human health or the
environment.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The objective of this bill is to prohibit the use of chemical flame
retardants on residential upholstered furniture because of their
propensity to combust with rapidity, as well as their adverse health
consequences. These retardants are ineffective in preventing the
spread of fires and, more importantly, when combusted the chemicals
that are released form harmful byproducts that have the potential to
affect the health of firefighters, especially female firefighters.
Recent studies have shown that approximately 94 percent of couches
manufactured after 2005 contain chemical flame retardants. The amount
of chemical flame retardants present in this type of upholstered
furniture is capable of being measured in pounds.

Flame retardant chemicals were added to upholstered furniture in
response to a 1975 California flammability standard study, which was
conducted in response to concerns about the large number of cigarette
fires. However, the increased sale of flame-retardant chemicals has
not eradicated this issue because the chemicals are so ineffective.
The Chicago Tribune quoted an author of one study as saying, "the fire
just laughs at it."

The vast majority of furniture sold in the United States meets the
California standard due to California's large market share. However,
scientific studies have demonstrated that meeting the requirements of
the California standard does not accurately reflect real-world fire
behavior. A study conducted by the United States Department of
Commerce National Bureau of Standards found that there were no
significant differences in fire resistance between treated and
untreated foams.

Not only are chemical flame retardants ineffective, they pose
dangerous health risks when used daily as well as when ignited.
During normal use, chemical flame retardants migrate out of furniture
and into household dust. Toddlers typically show three times the level
of flame retardants in their blood streams as their parents because of
their tendency to put household items in their mouth. This exposure is
on top of what babies are born with. Furthermore, some chemical
retardants are suspected as carcinogenic. When combusted, chemical
flame retardants can form harmful by-products that have potential
adverse health risks to firefighters. A recent study in San Francisco
found that firefighters had two to three times the rate of flame
retardants in their blood stream than the average. 110 female
firefighters in the study experienced a risk of breast cancer that was
nearly six times higher than the general population.

Upholstered furniture can be highly volatile when ignited and has
become a leading cause of firefighter and household deaths because of
the rapid propensity to reach an inflamed, all-consumed stage, called
flashover. Statistics demonstrate that when firefighters are able to
arrive at a scene before the contents of a room have reached
flashover, a fire is able to be contained. This bill prohibits the
sale of residential upholstered furniture in New York that becomes
fully engulfed and subject to flashover in less than fifteen minutes
from the time it is exposed to a heat source and prohibits the use of
certain chemical flame retardants that are added to the composition of
the furniture. Furthermore, the chemical flame retardants as
stipulated in the legislation, are recognized as posing a danger to
both firefighters and citizens because of their toxic qualities when
used every day, as well as their particular gaseous qualities when
inhaled during a fire. For all of the foregoing reasons it is
imperative that this bill is enacted.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-2016: S.3844-A/A 7837-A Passed Assembly.
2013-2014: A.6557 Passed Assembly.
A.6557 of 2013-2014: Passed Assembly

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law; provided however, that section 37-0905 shall take effect
June 1, 2020, and the Department of Environmental Conservation may
adopt regulations necessary to implement the act prior to the
effective date.

2017-S742 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    742
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. RITCHIE, GOLDEN -- 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
   prohibiting the use of chemical flame retardants

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Article  37  of  the  environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding a new title 9 to read as follows:
                                  TITLE 9
                         CHEMICAL FLAME RETARDANTS
 SECTION 37-0901. DEFINITIONS.
         37-0903. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF CHEMICAL FLAME RETARDANTS.
         37-0905. INCREASED FIRE SAFETY.
 § 37-0901. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS TITLE:
   1. "CHEMICAL FLAME RETARDANTS" SHALL  MEAN  ANY  HALOGENATED  CHEMICAL
 FLAME  RETARDANT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TDCPP TRIS (1, 3 DICHOLO-
 RO-2-PROPYL) PHOSPHATE, AND ANY PHOSPHORUS-BROMINE FLAME RETARDANTS.
   2. "RESIDENTIAL UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE" SHALL MEAN  A  SOFA,  LOVESEAT,
 CHAIR,  OTTOMAN,  FOOTSTOOL,  OR  OTHER  ITEM OF FURNITURE, INTENDED FOR
 INDOOR USE IN A HOME THAT CONSISTS, IN WHOLE OR  IN  PART,  OF  LEATHER,
 PLASTIC,  FABRIC  OR OTHER MATERIAL THAT CONTAINS COTTON, WOOL, POLYURE-
 THANE OR OTHER NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC MATERIAL THAT IS PLACED IN  CUSHIONS
 OR ON THE FRAME OF THE FURNITURE.
 § 37-0903. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF CHEMICAL FLAME RETARDANTS.
   1. BEGINNING JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, NO PERSON, FIRM, PART-
 NERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY OR CORPORATION SHALL
 SELL OR OFFER  FOR  SALE  ANY  RESIDENTIAL  UPHOLSTERED  FURNITURE  THAT
 CONTAINS  CHEMICAL  FLAME  RETARDANTS  INTENTIONALLY-ADDED  IN  ORDER TO
 PROVIDE A SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTIC, APPEARANCE OR QUALITY, TO  PERFORM  A
 SPECIFIC FUNCTION, OR FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01978-01-7

 S. 742                              2
 
   2.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE SALE OR
 DISTRIBUTION OF RESIDENTIAL UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE RESOLD OR OFFERED  FOR
 RESALE, OR DISTRIBUTED BY CONSUMERS FOR CONSUMER USE.
 § 37-0905. INCREASED FIRE SAFETY.
   1. BEGINNING DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, EACH MANUFACTURER OF
 RESIDENTIAL  UPHOLSTERED  FURNITURE  THAT IS SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN
 THE STATE SHALL CERTIFY TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT  ANY  RESIDENTIAL  UPHOL-
 STERED  FURNITURE  SOLD  OR  OFFERED  FOR  SALE  IN  THE STATE MEETS THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THE OPEN FLAME FLAMMABILITY STANDARD.
   2. A. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "OPEN FLAME FLAMMABILITY STANDARD"
 SHALL MEAN A STANDARD, DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  OF
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE OF FIRE PREVENTION AND
 CONTROL, REQUIRING RESIDENTIAL UPHOLSTERED  FURNITURE  TO  NOT  LEAD  TO
 FLASHOVER  FOR  AT LEAST FIFTEEN MINUTES OF TIME. SUCH STANDARD SHALL BE
 REVIEWED FOR EFFECTIVENESS NO LESS  THAN  EVERY  TWO  YEARS,  WITH  SUCH
 REVIEW  INCLUDING,  AT  A  MINIMUM, EXAMINATION OF THE STANDARDS USED IN
 OTHER STATES.
   B. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "FLASHOVER" SHALL MEAN  THE  POINT
 AT  WHICH  ALL EXPOSED SURFACES OF THE RESIDENTIAL UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE
 REACH IGNITION TEMPERATURES AND FIRE SPREADS RAPIDLY.
   C. FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION  "MANUFACTURER"  SHALL  MEAN  A
 PERSON,  FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR
 CORPORATION THAT ASSEMBLES OR SUBSTANTIALLY ASSEMBLES RESIDENTIAL UPHOL-
 STERED FURNITURE FOR SALE IN THE STATE  OR  IMPORTS  RESIDENTIAL  UPHOL-
 STERED FURNITURE FOR SALE IN THE STATE.
   3.  THE  DEPARTMENT  MAY,  FOLLOWING  PUBLIC HEARINGS, ADOPT RULES AND
 REGULATIONS AUTHORIZING AN  EXEMPTION  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION
 37-0903  OF THIS TITLE UPON A DETERMINATION BY THE COMMISSIONER THAT THE
 PROPOSED CHEMICAL FLAME  RETARDANT  WILL  NOT  NEGATIVELY  AFFECT  HUMAN
 HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT. SUCH DETERMINATION MAY ONLY BE MADE AFTER THE
 COMPLETION  OF A COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, FOLLOWING A MODEL RECOMMENDED BY THE  CENTERS  FOR
 DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided however, that section 37-0905 of  the  envi-
 ronmental  conservation  law  as  added by section one of this act shall
 take effect June 1, 2020; provided, however, that  the  commissioner  of
 environmental  conservation is authorized and directed to promulgate any
 rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this  act
 on or before such effective date.

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2017-S742A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3368
Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 37 Title 9 §§37-0901 - 37-0905, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S4780, A6557
2015-2016: S2745, S3619, S3844, S5585, A7837
2019-2020: S1367, A6260
2021-2022: S2718, A3031

2017-S742A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of chemical flame retardants on residential upholstered furniture.

2017-S742A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S742A

SPONSOR: RITCHIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in
relation to prohibiting the use of chemical flame retardants

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to limit residential exposure to chemical
flame retardants and to increase fire safety.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Article 37 of the Environmental Conservation Law by
adding a new Title 9, entitled Chemical Flame Retardants. This title
defines "chemical flame retardants," prohibits the use of chemical flame
retardants, and increases fire safety by requiring manufacturers to
certify, beginning December 1, 2021, that residential upholstered furni-
ture offered for sale in New York meets the requirements of the "open
flame flammability standard."

"Open flame flammability standard" is defined as a standard, developed
pursuant to the rules and regulations of the department, in consultation
with the office of fire prevention and control, requiring residential
upholstered furniture to not lead to flashover for at least fifteen
minutes of time. The standard must be reviewed no less than ever two
years and include an assessment of the standards used in other states.

The section also authorizes the Department of Environmental Conservation
(DEC) to approve exemptions to the prohibition on the use of chemical
flame retardants upon a determination that the proposed chemical flame
retardant does not pose a risk to human health or the environment.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The objective of this bill is to prohibit the use of chemical flame
retardants on residential upholstered furniture because of their propen-
sity to combust with rapidity, as well as their adverse health conse-
quences. These retardants are ineffective in preventing the spread of
fires and, more importantly, when combusted the chemicals that are
released form harmful byproducts that have the potential to affect the
health of firefighters, especially female firefighters.  Recent studies
have shown that approximately 94 percent of couches manufactured after
2005 contain chemical flame retardants. The amount of chemical flame
retardants present in this type of upholstered furniture is capable of
being measured in pounds.

Flame retardant chemicals were added to upholstered furniture in
response to a 1975 California flammability standard study, which was
conducted in response to concerns about the large number of cigarette
fires. However, the increased sale of flame-retardant chemicals has not
eradicated this issue because the chemicals are so ineffective.  The
Chicago Tribune quoted an author of one study as saying, "the fire just
laughs at it."

The vast majority of furniture sold in the United States meets the Cali-
fornia standard due to California's large market share. However, scien-
tific studies have demonstrated that meeting the requirements of the
California standard does not accurately reflect real-world fire behav-
ior. A study conducted by the United States Department of Commerce
National Bureau of Standards found that there were no significant
differences in fire resistance between treated and untreated foams.

Not only are chemical flame retardants ineffective, they pose dangerous
health risks when used daily as well as when ignited.  During normal
use, chemical flame retardants migrate out of furniture and into house-
hold dust. Toddlers typically show three times the level of flame retar-
dants in their blood streams as their parents because of their tendency
to put household items in their mouth. This exposure is on top of what
babies are born with. Furthermore, some chemical retardants are
suspected as carcinogenic. When combusted, chemical flame retardants can
form harmful by-products that have potential adverse health risks to
firefighters. A recent study in San Francisco found that firefighters
had two to three times the rate of flame retardants in their blood
stream than the average. 110 female firefighters in the study experi-
enced a risk of breast cancer that was nearly six times higher than the
general population.

Upholstered furniture can be highly volatile when ignited and has become
a leading cause of firefighter and household deaths because of the rapid
propensity to reach an inflamed, all-consumed stage, called flashover.
Statistics demonstrate that when firefighters are able to arrive at a
scene before the contents of a room have reached flashover, a fire is
able to be contained. This bill prohibits the sale of residential uphol-
stered furniture in New York that becomes fully engulfed and subject to
flashover in less than fifteen minutes from the time it is exposed to a
heat source and prohibits the use of certain chemical flame retardants
that are added to the composition of the furniture. Furthermore, the
chemical flame retardants as stipulated in the legislation, are recog-
nized as posing a danger to both firefighters and citizens because of
their toxic qualities when used every day, as well as their particular
gaseous qualities when inhaled during a fire. For all of the foregoing
reasons it is imperative that this bill is enacted.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2015-2016: S.3844-A/A 7837-A Passed Assembly.
2013-2014: A.6557 Passed Assembly.
A.6557 of 2013-2014: Passed Assembly

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become a law; provided however, that section 37-0905 shall take effect
June 1, 2021, and the Department of Environmental Conservation may adopt
regulations necessary to implement the act prior to the effective date.

2017-S742A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  742--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RITCHIE, AVELLA, FUNKE, GOLDEN, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER,
   LARKIN, MARCELLINO, ROBACH, SERRANO, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
   mental Conservation -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Environmental
   Conservation  in  accordance  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting the use of chemical flame retardants
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.   Article 37  of  the  environmental  conservation  law  is
 amended by adding a new title 9 to read as follows:
                                  TITLE 9
                         CHEMICAL FLAME RETARDANTS
 SECTION 37-0901. DEFINITIONS.
         37-0903. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF CHEMICAL FLAME RETARDANTS.
         37-0905. INCREASED FIRE SAFETY.
 § 37-0901. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS TITLE:
   1.  "CHEMICAL  FLAME  RETARDANTS"  SHALL MEAN ANY HALOGENATED CHEMICAL
 FLAME RETARDANT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TDCPP TRIS (1, 3  DICHOLO-
 RO-2-PROPYL) PHOSPHATE, AND ANY PHOSPHORUS-BROMINE FLAME RETARDANTS.
   2.  "RESIDENTIAL  UPHOLSTERED  FURNITURE" SHALL MEAN A SOFA, LOVESEAT,
 CHAIR, OTTOMAN, FOOTSTOOL, OR OTHER  ITEM  OF  FURNITURE,  INTENDED  FOR
 INDOOR  USE  IN  A  HOME THAT CONSISTS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OF LEATHER,
 PLASTIC, FABRIC OR OTHER MATERIAL THAT CONTAINS COTTON,  WOOL,  POLYURE-
 THANE  OR OTHER NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC MATERIAL THAT IS PLACED IN CUSHIONS
 OR ON THE FRAME OF THE FURNITURE.
 § 37-0903. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF CHEMICAL FLAME RETARDANTS.
   1. BEGINNING JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, NO PERSON, FIRM, PART-
 NERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY  COMPANY  OR  CORPORATION  SHALL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01978-02-8

 S. 742--A                           2
 
 SELL  OR  OFFER  FOR  SALE  ANY  RESIDENTIAL  UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE THAT
 CONTAINS CHEMICAL  FLAME  RETARDANTS  INTENTIONALLY-ADDED  IN  ORDER  TO
 PROVIDE  A  SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTIC, APPEARANCE OR QUALITY, TO PERFORM A
 SPECIFIC FUNCTION, OR FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
   2.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE SALE OR
 DISTRIBUTION OF RESIDENTIAL UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE RESOLD OR OFFERED  FOR
 RESALE, OR DISTRIBUTED BY CONSUMERS FOR CONSUMER USE.
 § 37-0905. INCREASED FIRE SAFETY.
   1. BEGINNING DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, EACH MANUFACTUR-
 ER OF RESIDENTIAL UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE THAT IS SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE
 IN THE STATE SHALL CERTIFY TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT ANY RESIDENTIAL UPHOL-
 STERED  FURNITURE  SOLD  OR  OFFERED  FOR  SALE  IN  THE STATE MEETS THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THE OPEN FLAME FLAMMABILITY STANDARD.
   2. A. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "OPEN FLAME FLAMMABILITY STANDARD"
 SHALL MEAN A STANDARD, DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  OF
 THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE OF FIRE PREVENTION AND
 CONTROL, REQUIRING RESIDENTIAL UPHOLSTERED  FURNITURE  TO  NOT  LEAD  TO
 FLASHOVER  FOR  AT LEAST FIFTEEN MINUTES OF TIME. SUCH STANDARD SHALL BE
 REVIEWED FOR EFFECTIVENESS NO LESS  THAN  EVERY  TWO  YEARS,  WITH  SUCH
 REVIEW  INCLUDING,  AT  A  MINIMUM, EXAMINATION OF THE STANDARDS USED IN
 OTHER STATES.
   B. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "FLASHOVER" SHALL MEAN  THE  POINT
 AT  WHICH  ALL EXPOSED SURFACES OF THE RESIDENTIAL UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE
 REACH IGNITION TEMPERATURES AND FIRE SPREADS RAPIDLY.
   C. FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION  "MANUFACTURER"  SHALL  MEAN  A
 PERSON,  FIRM,  PARTNERSHIP,  ASSOCIATION,  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR
 CORPORATION THAT ASSEMBLES OR SUBSTANTIALLY ASSEMBLES RESIDENTIAL UPHOL-
 STERED FURNITURE FOR SALE IN THE STATE  OR  IMPORTS  RESIDENTIAL  UPHOL-
 STERED FURNITURE FOR SALE IN THE STATE.
   3.  THE  DEPARTMENT  MAY,  FOLLOWING  PUBLIC HEARINGS, ADOPT RULES AND
 REGULATIONS AUTHORIZING AN  EXEMPTION  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION
 37-0903  OF THIS TITLE UPON A DETERMINATION BY THE COMMISSIONER THAT THE
 PROPOSED CHEMICAL FLAME  RETARDANT  WILL  NOT  NEGATIVELY  AFFECT  HUMAN
 HEALTH OR THE ENVIRONMENT. SUCH DETERMINATION MAY ONLY BE MADE AFTER THE
 COMPLETION  OF A COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT CONDUCTED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, FOLLOWING A MODEL RECOMMENDED BY THE  CENTERS  FOR
 DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law; provided however, that section 37-0905 of  the  envi-
 ronmental  conservation  law  as  added by section one of this act shall
 take effect June 1, 2021; provided, however, that  the  commissioner  of
 environmental  conservation is authorized and directed to promulgate any
 rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this  act
 on or before such effective date.

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Senate Bill S742A

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

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2017-S742 - Details

2017-S742 - Summary

2017-S742 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S742 - Bill Text download pdf

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2017-S742A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S742A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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