New York S 1459: Establishes extended producer responsibility for household appliances and refrigerants

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S01459 Summary:

BILL NOS01459 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02164

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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; add §97-uuuu, St Fin L

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Establishes extended producer responsibility for household appliances and refrigerants; provides that no later than December 31, 2027, producers shall submit a plan to the department of environmental conservation for the establishment of a collection program for certain covered products.

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BILL NOS01459 

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1459

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law and the state finance
 law, in relation to establishing extended producer responsibility for
 household appliances and refrigerants

 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 HOUSEHOLD
 5 APPLIANCES AND REFRIGERANTS
 6 Section 27-3401. Definitions.
 7 27-3403. Household appliance and refrigerant disposal ban.
 8 27-3405. Producer plan.
 9 27-3407. Producer responsibilities.
 10 27-3409. Retailer requirements.
 11 27-3411. Department responsibilities.
 12 27-3413. Post-consumer requirements.
 13 27-3415. Enforcement and penalties.
 14 27-3417. Preemption.
 15 27-3419. Rules and regulations.
 16 § 27-3401. Definitions.
 17 As used in this title:
 18 1. "Brand" means a name, symbol, word, or mark that attributes the
 19 product to the owner or licensee of the brand as the producer.
 20 2. "Bulk refrigerant" means a regulated refrigerant in any amount that
 21 is in a container for the transportation or storage of that substance
 22 such as cylinders, drums, ISO tanks, and small cans, as defined under 40
 23 CFR § 84. A regulated refrigerant that must first be transferred from a
 24 container to another container, vessel, or piece of equipment in order
 25 to realize its intended use is a bulk refrigerant. This definition does
 26 not include a regulated refrigerant in an aerosol can, in a foam, or in
 27 a manufactured product such as an appliance.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04177-01-5

 S. 1459 2

 1 3. "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, or discarded products.
 6 4. "Collection site" means a permanent location in the state at which
 7 discarded products may be returned by a consumer. Collection sites shall
 8 accept all types of discarded products as defined by this title regard-
 9 less of brand.
 10 5. "Closed loop recycling" means recycling in which materials that are
 11 reclaimed are returned to the original process or processes in which
 12 they were generated and they are reused in the production process.
 13 6. "Consumer" means a person located in the state who purchases, owns,
 14 leases, or uses covered products, including but not limited to an indi-
 15 vidual, a business, corporation, limited partnership, not-for-profit
 16 corporation, the state, a public corporation, public school, school
 17 district, private or parochial school, or board of cooperative educa-
 18 tional services or governmental entity.
 19 7. "Covered product" means any product that is a household appliance,
 20 pre-charged equipment, or regulated refrigerant, as defined in this
 21 section.
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