Bill Text: NY S02889 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the commissioner of the department of health to provide educational materials on the department's website concerning the state's public drinking water systems and to participate in the federal drinking water watch program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-31 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S02889 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S02889-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2889--B 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 18, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. DILAN, BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the department of health to provide educational materials on the depart- ment's website concerning the state's public drinking water systems and to participate in the federal water watch program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 1112 of the public health law, as 2 added by section 1 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 9. The commissioner shall work in consultation with the commissioner 5 of the department of environmental conservation to develop educational 6 materials, and may take into consideration recommendations of the drink- 7 ing water quality council established pursuant to section eleven hundred 8 thirteen of this title. Such educational materials shall be made avail- 9 able to the covered public water system and the general public , includ- 10 ing through a link conspicuously noted on the department's website, 11 relating to methodologies for reducing exposure to emerging contaminants 12 and potential actions that may be taken to mitigate or remediate emerg- 13 ing contaminants. Such link shall also include access to basic system 14 information, including system identification number, name and type; 15 department contacts; public notices; violations; and enforcement actions 16 taken by the state. The commissioner shall coordinate with the United 17 States environmental protection agency to ensure that the information 18 available may be accessed through the United States environmental 19 protection agency's "Drinking Water Watch" website. The commissioner 20 shall also provide the covered public water system with information EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01376-05-7S. 2889--B 2 1 relating to potential funding sources provided by the state and federal 2 government for mitigation or remedial activities, and to reduce the 3 exposure to emerging contaminants. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 5 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
