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- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Creates a nontoxic dry cleaning incentive grant and demonstration program and establishes an account to fund such grant and demonstration program
In Assembly Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor Steven Englebright
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Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law and the state finance law, in relation to the creation of a nontoxic dry cleaning incentive grant and demonstration program and establishes an account to fund such grant and demonstration program
Purpose
To protect clean air and public health by: Phasing out the use of perchloroethylene in dry cleaning operations by 2015; and Providing a Non-toxic Dry-cleaning Incentive Program to help dry cleaners transition from the use of toxic perchloroethylene in the dry cleaning process to safer methods of cleaning clothes.
Summary of provisions
Establishes a Non-toxic Dry-cleaning Incentive Trust Account through a $3 fee on each gallon of perchloroethylene purchased for use in New York State. The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) shall establish a grant program that provides incentives for dry cleaners in the state that use perchloroethylene to transition to non-toxic alternatives. The DEC shall administer this fund with not more than 5W of the fund to be used for administrative costs. The grants shall be available in the amount of $10,000 to any eligible dry cleaning operation for the purchase of new equipment to aid in that operation's transition to a non-toxic cleaning process, as determined by the DEC.
Justification
Occupational health studies have found elevated rates of lung, cervical, bladder and other cancers in dry cleaning workers. Laboratory studies have found increased numbers of cancerous tumors in animals exposed to perchloroethylene. This bill establishes a date for the phase out of perchloroethylene that is far enough in the future that dry cleaners will be able to plan their transition to other methods. It also provides grants to help in the transition that are funded by a fee on perchloroethylene, thus incentivizing the transition and disincentivizing the continued use of perchloroethylene
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Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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