STATE OF NEW YORK
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2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 20, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. SEPULVEDA, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, MONTESANO, COOK,
KAVANAGH, FAHY, LUPARDO, GALEF, GRAF, McDONALD, LAVINE, CRESPO,
COLTON, BLAKE, LIFTON, RICHARDSON, McLAUGHLIN, MURRAY, CAHILL, HOOPER,
OTIS, JEAN-PIERRE, ABINANTI, WILLIAMS, DE LA ROSA, D'URSO, ORTIZ,
LAWRENCE, VANEL, GJONAJ, HARRIS, BARRON, LOPEZ, SEAWRIGHT -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, HYNDMAN, O'DONNELL, PERRY, RIVERA,
SIMON, THIELE, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said
committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommit-
ted 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;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 department contacts; public notices; violations; and enforcement actions
2 taken by the state. The commissioner shall coordinate with the United
3 States environmental protection agency to ensure that the information
4 available may be accessed through the United States environmental
5 protection agency's "Drinking Water Watch" website. The commissioner
6 shall also provide the covered public water system with information
7 relating to potential funding sources provided by the state and federal
8 government for mitigation or remedial activities, and to reduce the
9 exposure to emerging contaminants.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
11 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
