What's happening
This bill creates a grant program to help New York dry cleaners switch from perchloroethylene to nontoxic, nonsmog-forming cleaning systems.
Why it matters
Targets Environmental & Public Health Risks. By incentivizing the switch away from perchloroethylene—a chemical linked to smog formation and health hazards—this bill aims to directly reduce air pollution and potential health risks in communities, especially those historically exposed to higher levels of air contaminants.
Focuses on Environmental Justice. The program specifically prioritizes grants for dry cleaners in areas most impacted by air pollution, including “environmental justice communities,” which often face disproportionate environmental burdens.
Provides Substantial Financial Support. Eligible dry cleaning businesses can receive grants of $10,000 to completely replace toxic systems, helping overcome the financial barrier to adopting safer, more sustainable technologies.
Mandates Ongoing Accountability. The bill requires the Department of Environmental Conservation to report every three years on the program’s effectiveness, ensuring ongoing oversight and possible adjustments to maximize public benefit.
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Incentives for Nontoxic Dry Cleaning
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History
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6021
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 21, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the creation of a nontoxic dry cleaning incentive grant program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new article 48 to read as follows:
ARTICLE 48
NONTOXIC DRY CLEANING Section 48-0101. Nontoxic dry cleaning incentive grant program. § 48-0101. Nontoxic dry cleaning incentive grant program.
1. The commissioner shall develop and implement a grant program from moneys appropriated for such purpose that provides incentives for dry cleaners in the state that utilize perchloroethylene in their operations to transition to utilizing dry cleaning systems determined by the department to be nontoxic and nonsmog-forming.
2. To be eligible for a grant pursuant to this section, applicants shall completely replace their perchloroethylene-based dry cleaning system with a system that the department determines to be appropriate and has determined to be nontoxic and nonsmog-forming. The department shall determine the eligibility of grant recipients pursuant to publicly available criteria with consideration given to ensuring an equitable geographic distribution.
3. (a) The department shall make grants available in the amount of ten thousand dollars to any eligible dry cleaning operation for the purchase of a professional dry cleaning system that uses a nontoxic and nonsmogforming process.
(b) The department shall ensure that the grant moneys provided pursuant to this section are awarded in a manner that directly reduces air contaminants or reduces the public health risk associated with air
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contaminants in communities with the most significant exposure to air contaminants or localized air contaminants, or both, including, but not limited to, environmental justice communities.
4. Commencing April second, two thousand eighteen, and every three years thereafter, the department shall provide a report to the legislature evaluating the effectiveness of the grant program.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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