Bill Text: NY S00495 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for trichloroethylene (TCE) exposure prevention; directs the department of health to prescribe a maximum indoor air contaminant level for trichloroethylene, for such standard, the targeted risk of residual contamination shall be based on the most protective underlying assumptions and cancer potency factor and shall not exceed an excess cancer risk of one in one-million for carcinogenic end points and a hazard index of one for non-cancer end points, in order to minimize health risks associated to exposure to trichloroethylene.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-04 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S00495 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S00495-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 495 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SQUADRON, HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and the environmental conservation law, in relation to trichloroethylene (TCE) exposure prevention The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Article 13 of the public health law is amended by adding a 2 new title 12-B to read as follows: 3 Title 12-B - TRICHLOROETHYLENE EXPOSURE PREVENTION 4 Section 1389-f. Maximum contaminant levels for trichloroethylene (TCE). 5 § 1389-f. Maximum contaminant levels for trichloroethylene (TCE). The 6 department shall prescribe a maximum indoor air contaminant level for 7 trichloroethylene, for such standard, the targeted risk of residual 8 contamination shall be based on the most protective underlying assump- 9 tions and cancer potency factor and shall not exceed an excess cancer 10 risk of one in one million for carcinogenic end points and a hazard 11 index of one for non-cancer end points, in order to minimize health 12 risks associated to exposure to trichloroethylene. 13 § 2. Paragraph i of subdivision 1 of section 3-0301 of the environ- 14 mental conservation law, as amended by chapter 654 of the laws of 2005, 15 is amended to read as follows: 16 i. Provide for prevention and abatement of all water, land and air 17 pollution, including indoor air, and including, but not limited to, that 18 related to hazardous substances, particulates, gases, dust, vapors, 19 noise, radiation, odor, nutrients and heated liquids. In establishing 20 remediation standards and action levels for indoor air, levels utilized 21 by the department in any programs where levels of hazardous chemicals 22 are regulated, monitored, or reported shall be at least as stringent as 23 those set in section thirteen hundred eighty-nine-f of the public health 24 law for any contaminant listed therein; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02177-01-7S. 495 2 1 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 27-2403 of the environmental conserva- 2 tion law, as added by chapter 707 of the laws of 2006, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 1. (a) A person identified as a responsible party pursuant to title 5 thirteen of this article or a participant as defined in paragraph (a) of 6 subdivision one of section 27-1405 of this article shall provide within 7 thirty days of validation of any test undertaken pursuant to this arti- 8 cle or article twelve of the navigation law the results of any such test 9 to any identifiable owner of real property that has been tested. In the 10 event that such a test is undertaken by the department, the department 11 shall provide, within thirty days of validation of such test, the 12 results of such test to any identifiable owner of real property that has 13 been tested. 14 (b) Any maximum contaminant level set by the department of health 15 pursuant to section thirteen hundred eighty-nine-f of the public health 16 law shall be utilized in determining the applicability of this section 17 for any contaminant listed therein. 18 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.