Bill Text: NY A07854 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits the sale of pavement products containing coal tar; prohibits the use of pavement products containing coal tar.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-18 - REFERRED TO RULES [A07854 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07854-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7854--B
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 19, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ROSENTHAL, LIFTON, MURRAY, P. RIVERA, WEPRIN,
         COOK, MILLMAN, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, GOTT-
         FRIED, ORTIZ, PAULIN, THIELE -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
         tee  on  Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the Committee on
         Environmental Conservation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2
         --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
         and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said  commit-
         tee  with  amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to
         said committee
       AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
         prohibiting coal tar in pavement products
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
    2  new section 37-0115 to read as follows:
    3  S 37-0115. COAL TAR; PROHIBITED.
    4    1.  A  PERSON  SHALL  NOT  SELL  OR  OFFER FOR SALE A PAVEMENT PRODUCT
    5  CONTAINING COAL TAR.
    6    2. A PERSON SHALL NOT APPLY A PAVEMENT  PRODUCT  THAT  IS  LABELED  AS
    7  CONTAINING COAL TAR ON A DRIVEWAY OR PARKING AREA.
    8    3.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY AIRPORTS NOT
    9  REQUIRED UNDER FEDERAL LAW TO USE A COAL TAR PAVEMENT PRODUCT.
   10    4. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS  SHALL  HAVE  THE
   11  FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   12    A.  "COAL TAR" MEANS A LIQUID OF HIGH VISCOSITY WITH VARIABLE MIXTURES
   13  OF PHENOLS, POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS  (PAHS),  AND  HETEROCYCLIC
   14  COMPOUNDS.
   15    B.  "PAVEMENT  PRODUCT" MEANS A MATERIAL THAT IS FOR USE ON AN ASPHALT
   16  OR CONCRETE SURFACE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SEALCOAT.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013; provided  that  subdivi-
   18  sion  two  of  section  37-0115 of the environmental conservation law as
   19  added by section one of this act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11517-05-2