Bill Text: NY S01212 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Establishes environmental standards for lead in ambient air and lead contamination in soils and lead dust on floors and window sills.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S01212 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S01212-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Establishes environmental standards for lead in ambient air and lead contamination in soils and lead dust on floors and window sills.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION [S01212 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S01212-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1212 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. CLEARE, KRUEGER, MANNION, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT directing the departments of environmental conservation and health to establish environmental standards for ambient lead and lead contamination in soils; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds and declares 2 that there is a present need to establish New York standards with 3 respect to levels of ambient lead and levels of lead contamination in 4 soils and on floors and window sills. The legislature finds that the 5 current regulatory standards are inadequate to protect the general 6 public and particularly small children from the harmful effects of 7 ingesting or inhaling lead dust, often resulting from lead paint, and 8 coming into contact with lead on exposed surfaces. The legislature 9 declares that it shall be the responsibility of the commissioner of 10 environmental conservation, in consultation with the commissioner of 11 health, to adopt standards for ambient lead and lead contamination of 12 soil and windows and floors, in a manner that would be fully protective 13 of children's health, and in accordance with the procedures set forth in 14 the environmental conservation law. 15 § 2. a. No later than March 31, 2024, the departments of environmental 16 conservation and health shall propose new standards, and update any 17 existing standards as appropriate, for dust lead hazards, soil-lead 18 hazards and ambient air quality standards for the level of lead in vari- 19 ous media that will result in blood lead levels that are no higher than 20 a target that is fully protective of human health and which at a minimum 21 include consideration of recommendations from the centers for disease 22 control. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04790-01-3S. 1212 2 1 b. No later than June 1, 2024, such departments shall issue a report 2 to the legislature describing the status of such reviews, adoptions, and 3 revisions and expected health improvements resulting therefrom. 4 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 5 have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed July 1, 2024. 6 Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule 7 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec- 8 tive date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such 9 date.