Establishes maximum contaminant levels in drinking water for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); sets such levels at 4 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and 10 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA), and perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS).
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9661
IN SENATE
May 16, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing maxi-
mum contaminant levels in drinking water for certain per- and poly-
fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1112 of the public health law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 12-a to read as follows:
3 12-a. The commissioner shall establish a maximum contaminant level of:
4 a. 4 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS)
5 and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); and
6 b. 10 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA),
7 perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid
8 (HFPO-DA), and perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS).
9 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
10 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
11 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
12 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
13 effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15701-01-4
