New York State Assembly

 
•  Summary 
 
•  Actions 
 
•  Committee Votes 
 
•  Floor Votes 
 
•  Memo 
 
•  Text 
 
•  LFIN 
 
•  Chamber Video/Transcript 

A05541 Summary:

A05541 Actions:

A05541 Committee Votes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   Chair:Englebright      
DATE:03/16/2021AYE/NAY:24/5  Action: Favorable         
Englebright
Aye
Smullen
Nay
Glick
Aye
Miller
Nay
Colton
Aye
Tague
Nay
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Manktelow
Nay
O'Donnell
Aye
Brown
Aye
Gunther
Aye
Durso
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Lemondes
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Simpson
Nay
Fahy
Aye
Otis
Aye
Williams
Aye
Barrett
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Burke
Aye
Griffin
Aye
Epstein
Aye
McMahon
Aye
Burdick
Aye
Lunsford
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Aye
Septimo
Absent

A05541 Floor Votes:

A05541 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5541--B
                                                                Cal. No. 178
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 19, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, STECK, O'DONNELL, GRIFFIN, OTIS --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental  Conservation
          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted to said committee  --  ordered  to  a  third  reading,
          amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place on the order of
          third reading
 
        AN ACT directing  the  departments  of  environmental  conservation  and
          health  to establish environmental standards for ambient lead and lead
          contamination  in  soils;  and  providing  for  the  repeal  of   such
          provisions upon expiration thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature  finds  and  declares
     2  that  there  is  a  present  need  to  establish New York standards with
     3  respect to levels of ambient lead and levels of  lead  contamination  in
     4  soils  and  on  floors  and window sills. The legislature finds that the
     5  current regulatory standards  are  inadequate  to  protect  the  general
     6  public  and  particularly  small  children  from  the harmful effects of
     7  ingesting or inhaling lead dust, often resulting from  lead  paint,  and
     8  coming  into  contact  with  lead  on  exposed surfaces. The legislature
     9  declares that it shall be the  responsibility  of  the  commissioner  of
    10  environmental  conservation,  in  consultation  with the commissioner of
    11  health, to adopt standards for ambient lead and  lead  contamination  of
    12  soil  and windows and floors, in a manner that would be fully protective
    13  of children's health, and in accordance with the procedures set forth in
    14  the environmental conservation law.
    15    § 2. a. No later than March 31, 2023, the departments of environmental
    16  conservation and health shall propose  new  standards,  and  update  any
    17  existing  standards  as  appropriate,  for  dust lead hazards, soil-lead
    18  hazards and ambient air quality standards for the level of lead in vari-
    19  ous media that will result in blood lead levels that are no higher  than
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04918-07-1
        A. 5541--B                          2
 
     1  a target that is fully protective of human health and which at a minimum
     2  include  consideration  of  recommendations from the centers for disease
     3  control.
     4    b.  No  later than June 1, 2023, such departments shall issue a report
     5  to the legislature describing the status of such reviews, adoptions, and
     6  revisions and expected health improvements resulting therefrom.
     7    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     8  have  become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed July 1, 2023.
     9  Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule
    10  or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec-
    11  tive date are authorized to be made and  completed  on  or  before  such
    12  date.