Bill Text: NY A00574 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Requires the department of health to periodically review the United States environmental protection agency's contaminant candidate list, and make a determination whether the department of health should establish rules and regulations for the protection from contamination by any or all of the contaminants on the contaminant candidate list.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to health [A00574 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00574-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                           574
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 9, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to requiring the
          department of health to periodically review the United States environ-
          mental protection agency's contaminant  candidate  list,  and  make  a
          determination  whether the department of health should establish rules
          and regulations for the protection from contamination by any or all of
          the contaminants on the contaminant candidate list
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  1100-b to read as follows:
     3    § 1100-b. Contaminant study. 1. The department  shall,  no  less  than
     4  once  every  five years, conduct a review of the most recent publication
     5  of the  United  States  environmental  protection  agency's  contaminant
     6  candidate  list,  and make a determination whether the department should
     7  establish rules and regulations for the protection from contamination by
     8  any or all of the contaminants on the contaminant candidate list of  any
     9  or all public supplies of potable waters and water supplies of the state
    10  or  United  States, institutions, parks, reservations or posts and their
    11  sources within the state.
    12    2. The department shall publish the findings of their periodic  review
    13  on  the  department's  website, and shall submit a written report to the
    14  governor, the speaker of the assembly, and the  temporary  president  of
    15  the senate. Such report shall include:
    16    (a) identification of the specific measures taken by the department to
    17  make  a  determination whether the department should regulate any or all
    18  of the contaminants on the contaminant candidate list;
    19    (b) evaluation of the resources  available  to  implement  such  regu-
    20  lations, and whether such resources are sufficient;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01814-01-7
        A. 574                              2
     1    (c)  recommendations  for legislation or any other specific actions or
     2  changes needed to effectively implement the provisions of this section.
     3    3.  The first such review as required by this section shall take place
     4  within one year of the effective date of this section.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.