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S03207 Summary:

BILL NOS03207A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A08634
 
SPONSORKAVANAGH
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §1112, Pub Health L
 
Establishes maximum contaminant levels in drinking water for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); sets such levels at no higher than 4 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and no higher than 10 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), and hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA).
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S03207 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         3207--A
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 24, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing maxi-
          mum  contaminant  levels  and  a  hazard  index  in drinking water for
          certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl 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. a. The commissioner shall establish a maximum contaminant  level
     4  of:
     5    (i)  no  higher  than  4  parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorooctane
     6  sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); and
     7    (ii) no higher than 10 parts per trillion (ppt) for  perfluorononanoic
     8  acid  (PFNA), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), and hexafluoropropylene
     9  oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA).
    10    b. The commissioner shall establish a hazard index to address  cumula-
    11  tive  exposure  to  multiple  per-  and  polyfluoroalkyl substances. The
    12  hazard index shall include but not be limited to perfluorononanoic  acid
    13  (PFNA),  perfluorohexane  sulfonate  (PFHxS),  hexafluoropropylene oxide
    14  dimer acid (HFPO-DA), and perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS).
    15    c. The commissioner shall require that  public  water  systems  comply
    16  with the requirements of the maximum contaminant levels and hazard index
    17  required by this subdivision by May first, two thousand twenty-nine.
    18    §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
    19  law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
    20  rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act  on  its
    21  effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
    22  effective date.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06979-02-5
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