New York S 7552: Establishes extended producer responsibility for gas cylinders

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S07552 Summary:

BILL NOS07552B

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SAME ASSAME AS A08195-B

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SPONSORKAVANAGH

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 27 Title 34 §§27-3401 - 27-3419, amd §71-1701, En Con L

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Establishes extended producer responsibility for gas cylinders; provides that no later than December 31, 2029 a producer shall submit a plan for the establishment of a collection program for gas cylinders.

Go to top S07552 Actions:

BILL NOS07552B

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04/22/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

04/30/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

04/30/2026PRINT NUMBER 7552A

05/15/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

05/15/2026PRINT NUMBER 7552B

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7552--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 establishing extended producer responsibility for gas cylinders

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

 1 Section 1. Article 27 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 2 by adding a new title 34 to read as follows:
 3 TITLE 34
 4 EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR GAS CYLINDERS
 5 Section 27-3401. Definitions.
 6 27-3403. Disposal ban.
 7 27-3405. Producer plan.
 8 27-3407. Producer responsibilities.
 9 27-3409. Retailer responsibilities.
 10 27-3411. Department responsibilities.
 11 27-3413. Gas cylinders stewardship advisory board.
 12 27-3415. Penalties.
 13 27-3417. Limits on liability for antitrust, restraint of trade,
 14 or unfair trade practices.
 15 27-3419. Rules and regulations.
 16 § 27-3401. Definitions.
 17 For the purpose of this title, the following terms shall have the
 18 following meanings:
 19 1. "Brand" means a name, symbol, word, or mark that attributes a gas
 20 cylinder to the owner or licensee of the brand as the producer.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11395-07-6

 S. 7552--B 2

 1 2. "Collection program" or "program" means a program financed and
 2 implemented by producers, either individually or through a represen-
 3 tative organization, that provides for, but is not limited to, the
 4 collection, transportation, reuse, recycling, proper end-of-life manage-
 5 ment, or an appropriate combination thereof, of discarded gas cylinders.
 6 3. "Collection site" means a permanent location in the state at which
 7 discarded gas cylinders may be returned by a consumer. Collection sites
 8 shall accept all types of gas cylinders as defined by this title regard-
 9 less of brand.
 10 4. "Consumer" means a person located in the state who purchases, owns,
 11 leases, or uses a gas cylinder, including but not limited to an individ-
 12 ual, a business, corporation, limited partnership, not-for-profit corpo-
 13 ration, the state, a public corporation, public school, school district,
 14 private or parochial school, or board of cooperative educational
 15 services or government entity.
 16 5. "Discarded gas cylinder" means a gas cylinder that a consumer has
 17 used and disposed of in the state and is no longer used for its manufac-
 18 tured purpose.
 19 6. "Energy recovery" means the process by which all or a portion of
 20 solid waste materials are processed or combusted in order to utilize the
 21 heat content or other forms of energy derived from such solid waste
 22 materials.
 23 7. "Gas cylinder" means any nonrefillable or refillable cylinder
 24 supplied to a consumer for personal, family or household u