Establishes maximum contaminant levels and a hazard index in drinking water for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

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Establishes maximum contaminant levels and a hazard index in drinking water for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

Establishes maximum contaminant levels and a hazard index in drinking water for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) 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).

What This Bill Does

• Establishes maximum contaminant levels and a hazard index in drinking water for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) 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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Official Summary Text

Establishes maximum contaminant levels and a hazard index in drinking water for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
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).

Current Bill Text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          3207

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 24, 2025
                                       ___________

        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.
                                                                   LBD06979-01-5