Assembly Bill A10624

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes extended producer responsibility for household appliances and refrigerants

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A10624 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6105
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 27 Title 34 §§27-3401 - 27-3419, amd §71-1701, En Con L; add §97-uuuu, St Fin L

2023-A10624 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes extended producer responsibility for household appliances and refrigerants; provides that no later than December 31, 2025, producers shall submit a plan to the department of environmental conservation for the establishment of a collection program for certain covered products.

2023-A10624 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10624
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 20, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the state finance
   law, in relation to establishing extended producer responsibility  for
   household appliances and refrigerants
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new title 34 to read as follows:
                                  TITLE 34
              EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR HOUSEHOLD
                        APPLIANCES AND REFRIGERANTS
 SECTION 27-3401. DEFINITIONS.
         27-3403. HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND REFRIGERANT DISPOSAL BAN.
         27-3405. PRODUCER PLAN.
         27-3407. PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITIES.
         27-3409. RETAILER REQUIREMENTS.
         27-3411. DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES.
         27-3413. POST-CONSUMER REQUIREMENTS.
         27-3415. ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES.
         27-3417. PREEMPTION.
         27-3419. RULES AND REGULATIONS.
 § 27-3401. DEFINITIONS.
   AS USED IN THIS TITLE:
   1. "BRAND" MEANS A NAME, SYMBOL, WORD, OR  MARK  THAT  ATTRIBUTES  THE
 PRODUCT TO THE OWNER OR LICENSEE OF THE BRAND AS THE PRODUCER.
   2. "BULK REFRIGERANT" MEANS A REGULATED REFRIGERANT IN ANY AMOUNT THAT
 IS  IN  A  CONTAINER FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OR STORAGE OF THAT SUBSTANCE
 SUCH AS CYLINDERS, DRUMS, ISO TANKS, AND SMALL CANS, AS DEFINED UNDER 40
 CFR § 84. A REGULATED REFRIGERANT THAT MUST FIRST BE TRANSFERRED FROM  A
 CONTAINER  TO  ANOTHER CONTAINER, VESSEL, OR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN ORDER
 TO REALIZE ITS INTENDED USE IS A BULK REFRIGERANT. THIS DEFINITION  DOES
 NOT  INCLUDE A REGULATED REFRIGERANT IN AN AEROSOL CAN, IN A FOAM, OR IN
 A MANUFACTURED PRODUCT SUCH AS AN APPLIANCE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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