Bill Text: NY A10577 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10577 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires that any rules or regulations related to hydrofluorocarbon substances conform with, and shall not exceed, any applicable rules and regulations set by the United States environmental protection agency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-06-20 - referred to environmental conservation [A10577 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A10577-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10577

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 20, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Conrad) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          requiring  hydrofluorocarbon  substance  standards  conform  with  the
          United States environmental protection agency rules and regulations

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  19-0301 of the environmental conservation law is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6. Any rules or regulations relating to  hydrofluorocarbon  substances
     4  established  or  implemented  by  the department shall conform with, and
     5  shall not exceed, any applicable rules or regulations set forth  by  the
     6  United  States  environmental protection agency relating to hydrofluoro-
     7  carbon substances.  For the purposes of this subdivision,  "hydrofluoro-
     8  carbon  substances"  shall  mean any substances used in air conditioning
     9  and refrigeration equipment, aerosol propellants and foam end-uses.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15855-02-4