New York S 4030: Relates to emissions of toxic air contaminants

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S04030 Summary:

BILL NOS04030A

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SAME ASSAME AS A06416-A

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SPONSORFERNANDEZ

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COSPNSRJACKSON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §19-0330, En Con L

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Directs the department of environmental conservation to promulgate air quality standards for emissions of certain toxic air contaminants.

Go to top S04030 Actions:

BILL NOS04030A

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

02/11/20251ST REPORT CAL.330

02/12/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/24/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/22/2025PASSED SENATE

04/22/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/22/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/13/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/13/2026PRINT NUMBER 4030A

01/20/20261ST REPORT CAL.103

01/21/20262ND REPORT CAL.

01/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

02/10/2026PASSED SENATE

02/10/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

02/10/2026referred to environmental conservation

05/04/2026substituted for a6416a

05/04/2026ordered to third reading cal.410

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4030--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, WEBB -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
 mental 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 committee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to emis-
 sions of toxic air contaminants

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

 1 Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 19-0330 to read as follows:
 3 § 19-0330. Air quality standards for toxic air contaminants.
 4 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms
 5 shall have the following meanings:
 6 a. "Adjacent to" shall mean within a radius of one mile.
 7 b. "Disadvantaged community" shall have the same meaning as in subdi-
 8 vision five of section 75-0101 of this chapter.
 9 c. "Fenceline" shall mean the property boundary of a major source.
 10 d. "Major source" shall mean stationary air contamination source that
 11 emits or has the potential to emit ten tons per year or more of a toxic
 12 air contaminant or twenty-five tons per year or more of a combination of
 13 toxic contaminants.
 14 e. "Toxic air contaminant" shall mean benzene, formaldehyde, vinyl
 15 chloride, polychlorinated dibenzodioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans,
 16 trichloroethylene, mercury and any other substances added by the depart-
 17 ment.
 18 2. Promulgation of standards. a. The department shall, on or before
 19 December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-eight, promulgate ambient air
 20 quality standards for the following toxic air contaminants: benzene,
 21 formaldehyde, vinyl chloride, polychlorinated dibenzodioxins, polychlo-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07000-02-6

 S. 4030--A 2

 1 rinated dibenzofurans, trichloroethylene and mercury. Such standards may
 2 be hourly, rolling eight-hour or annual, or any combination thereof, as
 3 determined by the department in consultation with the department of
 4 health.
 5 b. The ambient air quality standards for toxic air contaminants shall
 6 be based on the best available scientific data concerning the potential
 7 adverse human health effects of each contaminant.
 8 3. Beginning January first, two thousand twenty-nine, the department
 9 shall incorporate toxic air contaminants into each major source permit.
 10 4. No later than December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-eight, the
 11 department shall establish regulations specifying when and how fenceline
 12 monitoring will be required for toxic air contaminants by major sources.
 13 Such regulations shall at a minimum take into consi