Senate Bill S7041

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits industrial uses of products or substances containing perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation 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-S7041 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §37-0122, En Con L

2023-S7041 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use in an industrial plant of any product or substance that contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, including vats, conveyor belts, molds, ovens, pans, pots, chemicals used as mold releasers, lubricants, seals and coatings.

2023-S7041 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7041 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7041
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
   vation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting  industrial  uses  of  products  or  substances containing
   perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new section 37-0122 to read as follows:
 § 37-0122. PROHIBITION AGAINST INDUSTRIAL  USES  OF  PERFLUOROALKYL  AND
              POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES.
   1. NO PERSON SHALL USE IN AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT ANY PRODUCT OR SUBSTANCE
 THAT  CONTAINS  PERFLUOROALKYL  AND  POLYFLUOROALKYL,  INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO VATS, CONVEYOR BELTS, MOLDS,  OVENS,  PANS,  POTS,  CHEMICALS
 USED AS MOLD RELEASERS, LUBRICANTS, SEALS, AND COATINGS.
   2.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, "INDUSTRIAL PLANT" SHALL HAVE THE
 SAME MEANING SET FORTH IN SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THE  PUBLIC
 AUTHORITIES LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect three years after it shall have become
  a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11403-01-3



              

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