New York S 9115: Relates to the management of PFAS in biosolids

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S09115 Summary:

BILL NOS09115A

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SAME ASSAME AS A10138-A

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRADDABBO, FAHY, SERRANO

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 27 Title 8 §§27-0801 - 27-0805, §71-2704, En Con L; add Art 11-C §151-p, Ag & Mkts L; add §95-l, St
Fin L

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Relates to the management of PFAS in biosolids in the state by requiring testing and reporting of certain groundwater, biosolids, and soil and establishing a moratorium on the sale and use of biosolids; establishes the PFAS agricultural response program and fund to assist farms found to have levels of PFAS contamination which exceed regulatory standards.

Go to top S09115 Actions:

BILL NOS09115A

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02/04/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

03/03/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

03/03/2026PRINT NUMBER 9115A

03/10/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

05/28/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

05/28/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1397

06/04/2026PASSED SENATE

06/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9115--A

 IN SENATE

 February 4, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
 management of PFAS in biosolids; and to amend the agriculture and
 markets law and the state finance law, in relation to establishing the
 PFAS agricultural response program and the agricultural PFAS response
 fund

 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 8 to read as follows:
 3 TITLE 8
 4 MANAGEMENT OF PFAS IN BIOSOLIDS
 5 Section 27-0801. Definitions.
 6 27-0803. Testing and reporting.
 7 27-0805. Moratorium on the sale and use of biosolids.
 8 § 27-0801. Definitions.
 9 As used in this title:
 10 1. "Biosolids" means the accumulated semi-solids, solids or liquids
 11 resulting from treatment of wastewaters from publicly or privately owned
 12 or operated sewage treatment plants.
 13 2. "Enterprise budget" means an estimation of the revenue, costs, and
 14 profits for a farm.
 15 3. "Monitoring" means sampling of biosolids from wastewater treatment
 16 facilities, soil samples and/or water samples from agricultural land to
 17 determine the concentration of PFAS present.
 18 4. "Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances" or "PFAS" means a
 19 class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully
 20 fluorinated carbon atom.
 21 5. "Permit holder" means a farmer or other landowner authorized to
 22 spread biosolids under a permit granted pursuant to NYCRR Part 361-2.4.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14447-05-6

 S. 9115--A 2

 1 6. "Wastewater treatment facility" means any facility that treats
 2 wastewater, including but not limited to municipal sewage treatment
 3 plants, industrial wastewater treatment plants, and septage treatment
 4 facilities.
 5 7. "Class A biosolids" means biosolids that have been highly treated
 6 to reduce pathogens to undetectable levels, allowing unrestricted use.
 7 8. "Class B biosolids" means biosolids that have been moderately
 8 treated to reduce pathogens to lower but detectable levels, and which
 9 may require site restrictions, buffer zones, and waiting periods for
 10 harvesting of crops or public access.
 11 § 27-0803. Testing and reporting.
 12 1. No later than one year from the effective date of this title, the
 13 department, in consultation with the department of health, shall promul-
 14 gate rules and regulations which add perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
 15 substances as a parameter of concern for analysis within NYCRR Part
 16 361.2.4.
 17 (a) Such regulations shall