STATE OF NEW YORK
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10081
IN ASSEMBLY
April 29, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting the incineration of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
substances as a means of disposal
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 37-0101 of the environmental conservation law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. "Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances" or "PFAS" shall
4 mean substances that include any member of the class of fluorinated
5 organic chemicals containing at least one fully flourished carbon atom.
6 § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new
7 section 37-0121 to read as follows:
8 § 37-0121. Prohibition against the incineration of perfluoroalkyl and
9 polyfluoroalkyl substances.
10 No person or entity shall incinerate, or cause to be incinerated, any
11 perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
12 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
13 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
14 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
15 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
16 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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