Bill Text: NY S02841 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires each public water system that serves less than ten thousand individuals to test drinking water for the presence of 1,4-Dioxane.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S02841 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S02841-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2841 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- 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 requiring 1,4-Dioxane testing of public water systems that serve less than 10,000 individuals The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 1151-a to read as follows: 3 § 1151-a. 1,4-Dioxane Testing. 1. Each public water system as defined 4 in the state sanitary code that serves less than ten thousand individ- 5 uals shall test drinking water for the presence of 1,4-Dioxane. The 6 department shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the 7 provisions and purposes of this section. Such rules and regulations 8 shall at a minimum include: 9 (a) a listing, which shall be updated annually and posted on the 10 department's website, of laboratories certified by the department pursu- 11 ant to section five hundred two of this chapter that are able to test 12 drinking water for 1,4-Dioxane. Such listing shall include the name and 13 contact information for each certified laboratory; 14 (b) information in writing and through the department's website that 15 provides up to date information on scientific studies, scientific based 16 research and any other relevant materials related to routes of exposure, 17 health effects, federal standards and guidelines, guidelines and stand- 18 ards set by other states, remediation techniques or treatments, and any 19 other information the commissioner determines appropriate for 20 1,4-Dioxane; 21 (c) any testing results for 1,4-Dioxane previously submitted in annual 22 water quality reports as prescribed by the state sanitary code and 23 performed pursuant to monitoring required under the federal Safe Drink- 24 ing Water Act; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09089-01-9S. 2841 2 1 (d) approximate cost of testing drinking water for 1,4-Dioxane for 2 public water suppliers and for individual onsite water supply systems; 3 2. The department shall reimburse public water systems performing 4 drinking water testing pursuant to this section for one hundred percent 5 of the laboratory costs associated with any initial testing. 6 3. Laboratories shall submit such results to the department electron- 7 ically in the manner prescribed pursuant to section five hundred two of 8 this chapter. 9 4. Public water systems shall include any test results performed 10 pursuant to this section in annual water quality reports and shall post 11 test results to a publicly accessible internet site. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.