Bill Text: NY S06535 | 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: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-25 - PRINT NUMBER 6535C [S06535 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06535-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6535--B
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 23, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
         vation -- 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  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.
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