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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6960
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     January 6, 2020
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to water
          saving performance standards
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 8 of section 15-0314 of the environ-
     2  mental conservation law, as amended by a chapter of the  laws  of  2019,
     3  amending  the  environmental  conservation  law relating to water saving
     4  performance standards, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 354-A
     5  and A. 2286, is amended to read as follows:
     6    2. The water  saving  performance  standards  for  sink  and  lavatory
     7  faucets, shower heads, drinking water fountains, urinals and water clos-
     8  ets,  including  tank-type  toilets, flushometer-tank toilets, flushome-
     9  ter-valve  toilets,  electromechanical  hydraulic  toilets,   dual-flush
    10  toilets  and  all  other  types  of  toilets  that use water shall be as
    11  follows:
    12    (a) for lavatory faucets, at a constant water pressure of sixty pounds
    13  per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed 1.5 gallons of water  per
    14  minute (or .25 gallons per cycle for lavatory faucets designed as meter-
    15  ing  faucets)  and provided that those faucet models installed in public
    16  buildings must be of a self-closing variety  and  must  be  designed  to
    17  limit  the  discharged flow rate of water to a maximum of .5 gallons per
    18  minute at a constant water pressure of sixty pounds per square  inch  or
    19  must  be  of  the  metering type which limit the discharge of water to a
    20  maximum of .25 gallons per cycle; and
    21    (b) for sink faucets, at a constant water pressure of sixty pounds per
    22  square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed  2.2  gallons  of  water  per
    23  minute; and
    24    (c)  for  shower heads, at a constant water pressure of [sixty] eighty
    25  pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not  exceed  2.0  gallons  of
    26  water per minute; and
    27    (d) for urinals and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall
    28  not  exceed  an  average  of  0.5 gallons of water per flush (except for
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
        S                                                          LBD14101-01-9
        S. 6960                             2
 
     1  urinals designated and marketed exclusively for use in prisons or mental
     2  health care facilities); and
     3    (e)  except for water closets and toilets designed and marketed exclu-
     4  sively for use in prisons or mental  health  care  facilities,  (1)  for
     5  water closets and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall not
     6  exceed an average of 1.28 gallons of water per flush; (2) for dual-flush
     7  tank-type water closets, the average of two reduced flushes and one full
     8  flush  shall not exceed [an average of] 1.28 gallons of water per flush;
     9  and (3) for dual-flush flushometer-valve  water  closets,  maximum  flow
    10  shall not exceed an average of 1.28 gallons of water per flush; and
    11    (f) drinking water fountains must be of a self-closing variety.
    12    3.  Each  shower  head, sink or lavatory faucet, both box and product,
    13  shall be marked and labeled, and each water closet or  urinal,  or  each
    14  component  if  the  water  closet  or urinal is comprised of two or more
    15  components, both box and product, shall be marked and labeled in accord-
    16  ance with the latest  revision  of  the  standards  designated  American
    17  National  Standards, written under American National Standards Institute
    18  (ANSI), and, as applicable, the following United  States  [environmental
    19  protection  agency]  Environmental  Protection Agency watersense program
    20  specification: showerheads (July 26, 2018), tank-type toilets  (June  2,
    21  2014), lavatory faucets (October 1, 2007), flushing urinals ([October 8]
    22  August 14, 2009), and flushometer-valve toilets (December 17, 2015).
    23    8.  The commissioner, to the extent practicable and appropriate, shall
    24  utilize  the  latest  revision  of  the  standards  designated  American
    25  National  Standards, written under American National Standards Institute
    26  (ANSI) procedures in determining requirements under this  section,  and,
    27  as  applicable,  the  following  United States [environmental protection
    28  agency] Environmental Protection Agency  watersense  program  specifica-
    29  tion:  showerheads  (July  26,  2018), tank-type toilets (June 2, 2014),
    30  lavatory faucets (October 1, 2007), flushing urinals ([October 8] August
    31  14, 2009), and flushometer-valve toilets (December 17, 2015).
    32    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    33  manner  as  a  chapter  of  the laws of 2019, amending the environmental
    34  conservation law relating to  water  saving  performance  standards,  as
    35  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  354-A  and A. 2286, takes
    36  effect.