STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9952--B IN ASSEMBLY February 28, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, FAHY, STECK, D'URSO, THIELE, DICKENS, DARLING, EPSTEIN, JACOBSON, GLICK, GALEF, SIMON, CAHILL, LENTOL, GOTT- FRIED, SCHMITT, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT prohibiting the incineration of aqueous film-forming foam containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in certain cities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. 1. The disposal by incineration of aqueous film-forming 2 foam that contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances shall 3 be prohibited in a city with an environmental justice area designated by 4 the department of environmental conservation and a population of not 5 less than sixteen thousand and not more than seventeen thousand based 6 upon the two thousand ten federal census. The commissioner of environ- 7 mental conservation may promulgate any rules or regulations he or she 8 may deem necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this act. 9 2. For the purposes of this act: 10 (a) "incineration" includes but is not limited to burning, combustion, 11 pyrolysis, gasification, thermal oxidation (including flameless and 12 regenerative), acid recovery furnace/oxidizer, ore roaster, cement kiln, 13 lightweight aggregate kiln, industrial furnace, boiler and process heat- 14 er; and 15 (b) "perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances" means a class of 16 fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated 17 carbon atom. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15624-06-0