 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3583
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 29, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. ASHBY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law and the environmental conservation
          law, in relation to 1,4-Dioxane levels
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  1100-b to read as follows:
     3    § 1100-b. 1,4-Dioxane. 1. The commissioner shall establish  a  maximum
     4  contaminant  level  of  0.35  parts  per  billion  for  the  presence of
     5  1,4-Dioxane in public supplies of potable water.
     6    2. Such standard for 1,4-Dioxane shall be  implemented  in  accordance
     7  with  department  regulations and the state administrative procedure act
     8  and be completed as soon as  practicable,  including  implementation  by
     9  emergency rule if determined by the commissioner as necessary to protect
    10  public health.
    11    §  2.  The  environmental  conservation law is amended by adding a new
    12  section 17-0307 to read as follows:
    13  § 17-0307. 1,4-Dioxane.
    14    1. The department, in consultation  with  the  department  of  health,
    15  shall  establish  a  maximum contaminant level of 0.35 parts per billion
    16  for the presence of 1,4-Dioxane in ground water and runoff water from  a
    17  wastewater treatment plant or water supply treatment plant.
    18    2.  Such  standard  for 1,4-Dioxane shall be implemented in accordance
    19  with department regulations and the state administrative  procedure  act
    20  and  be  completed  as  soon as practicable, including implementation by
    21  emergency rule if determined by the commissioner as necessary to protect
    22  public health.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02031-01-9
Relates to 1,4-Dioxane levels

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