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                                   2286
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HUNTER, COLTON, THIELE, L. ROSENTHAL, ROZIC,
   QUART,  LIFTON,  DINOWITZ,  LUPARDO,  ZEBROWSKI,  PAULIN,   GOTTFRIED,
   MOSLEY,   GALEF,  JEAN-PIERRE,  ORTIZ,  STECK,  ABINANTI,  DE LA ROSA,
   WEPRIN, CARROLL, SOLAGES, GLICK, LAVINE, SEAWRIGHT, EPSTEIN,  PEOPLES-
   STOKES, RODRIGUEZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, LENTOL
   --  read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conserva-
   tion
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to water
   saving performance standards
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 8 of section 15-0314 of the environ-
 mental conservation law, as amended by chapter 161 of the laws of  2002,
 are amended to read as follows:
   2.  The  water  saving  performance  standards  for  sink and lavatory
 faucets, shower heads, drinking water fountains, urinals and water clos-
 ets, including tank-type toilets,  flushometer-tank  toilets,  flushome-
 ter-valve   toilets,  electromechanical  hydraulic  toilets,  DUAL-FLUSH
 TOILETS and all other types of  toilets  that  use  water  shall  be  as
 follows:
   (a)  for  lavatory  faucets,  at a constant water pressure of [eighty]
 SIXTY pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not  exceed  [2.5]  1.5
 gallons  of  water  per  minute  (or  .25 gallons per cycle for lavatory
 faucets designed as metering faucets) and  provided  that  those  faucet
 models  installed  in public buildings must be of a self-closing variety
 and must be designed to limit the discharged flow rate  of  water  to  a
 maximum  of  .5 gallons per minute AT A CONSTANT WATER PRESSURE OF SIXTY
 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH or must be of the metering type which  limit  the
 discharge of water to a maximum of .25 gallons per cycle; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (b)  for  sink faucets, at a constant water pressure of [eighty] SIXTY
 pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed [2.5] 2.2  gallons
 of water per minute; and
   (c)  for  shower heads, at a constant water pressure of [eighty] SIXTY
 pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed [2.5] 2.0  gallons
 of water per minute; and
   (d) for urinals and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall
 not  exceed  an  average  of [one gallon] 0.5 GALLONS of water per flush
 (EXCEPT FOR URINALS DESIGNATED AND MARKETED EXCLUSIVELY FOR USE IN PRIS-
 ONS OR MENTAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES); and
   (e) EXCEPT FOR WATER CLOSETS AND TOILETS DESIGNED AND MARKETED  EXCLU-
 SIVELY  FOR  USE  IN  PRISONS  OR MENTAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, (1) for
 water closets and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall not
 exceed an average of [one and six-tenths]  1.28  gallons  of  water  per
 flush;  (2)  FOR  DUAL-FLUSH TANK-TYPE WATER CLOSETS, THE AVERAGE OF TWO
 REDUCED FLUSHES AND ONE FULL FLUSH SHALL NOT EXCEED AN AVERAGE  OF  1.28
 GALLONS  OF  WATER  PER  FLUSH; AND (3) FOR DUAL-FLUSH FLUSHOMETER-VALVE
 WATER CLOSETS, MAXIMUM FLOW SHALL NOT EXCEED AN AVERAGE OF 1.28  GALLONS
 OF WATER PER FLUSH; and
   (f) drinking water fountains must be of a self-closing variety.
   3.  Each  shower  head, sink or lavatory faucet, both box and product,
 shall be marked and labeled, and each water closet or  urinal,  or  each
 component  if  the  water  closet  or urinal is comprised of two or more
 components, both box and product, shall be marked and labeled in accord-
 ance with the latest  revision  of  the  standards  designated  American
 National  Standards, written under American National Standards Institute
 (ANSI), AND, AS APPLICABLE, THE FOLLOWING  UNITED  STATES  ENVIRONMENTAL
 PROTECTION  AGENCY  WATERSENSE  PROGRAM SPECIFICATION: TANK-TYPE TOILETS
 (JUNE 2, 2014), LAVATORY FAUCETS (OCTOBER  1,  2007),  FLUSHING  URINALS
 (OCTOBER 8, 2009), AND FLUSHOMETER-VALVE TOILETS (DECEMBER 17, 2015).
   8.  The commissioner, to the extent practicable and appropriate, shall
 utilize  the  latest  revision  of  the  standards  designated  American
 National  Standards, written under American National Standards Institute
 (ANSI) procedures in determining requirements under this  section,  AND,
 AS  APPLICABLE,  THE  FOLLOWING  UNITED  STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
 AGENCY WATERSENSE PROGRAM  SPECIFICATION:  TANK-TYPE  TOILETS  (JUNE  2,
 2014),  LAVATORY FAUCETS (OCTOBER 1, 2007), FLUSHING URINALS (OCTOBER 8,
 2009), AND FLUSHOMETER-VALVE TOILETS (DECEMBER 17, 2015).
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2022.