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A01694 Summary:

BILL NOA01694 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal (MS)

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COSPNSROtis, Paulin, Dinowitz, Steck

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MLTSPNSRColton, Cook, Glick

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Add Art 35-B §§3560 - 3562, Pub Health L; amd §18-a, Pub Serv L

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Relates to the protection of public health from exposure to radon in natural gas; requires continuous monitoring of the level of radon in the natural gas delivered; relates to a compliance assurance system; requires public reporting.

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BILL NOA01694 

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01/14/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1694

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, OTIS, PAULIN, DINOWITZ, STECK --
 Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, COOK, GLICK -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the public service law, in
 relation to the protection of public health from exposure to radon in
 natural gas

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

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds that
 2 radon and its radioactive progeny are a major cause of lung cancer, and
 3 that there is no safe exposure level for public health protection. New
 4 York State has benefited from low levels of those elements in natural
 5 gas delivered to consumers, due to the low levels of radioactivity
 6 occurring in the gas from the sources upon which New York has primarily
 7 relied. However, there is now concern that natural gas may be coming to
 8 New York State from sources with high levels of radioactivity from those
 9 elements. It is the intent of this act to prevent levels of radon and
 10 its radioactive progeny from exceeding current levels in gas distributed
 11 to residential and other consumers, mindful of internationally-recog-
 12 nized mitigation action levels. It is the intent of this act to only
 13 regulate the distribution of gas within the state.
 14 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 35-B to
 15 read as follows:
 16 ARTICLE 35-B
 17 RADON
 18 Section 3560. Definitions.
 19 3561. Protection from radon.
 20 3562. Gas corporation requirements.
 21 § 3560. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context
 22 clearly requires otherwise:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04150-01-5

 A. 1694 2

 1 1. "Bq/m{3}" means Becquerel per cubic meter, where 1 Bq corresponds
 2 to one radioactive disintegration per second. 100 Bq/m{3} is equal to
 3 2.7 pCi/l.
 4 2. "Curie" is a unit of radioactivity. One Curie is equal to 3.7 x
 5 10{10} radioactive decays per second. One pico Curie (pCi) is 1x10{-12}
 6 Curies.
 7 3. "Delivery point" means, as determined by the commissioner under
 8 this article, a point in a gas corporation's distribution system.
 9 4. "Gas" and "gas corporation" shall have the same meanings as they
 10 are defined and used in the public service law.
 11 § 3561. Protection from radon. 1. It is the responsibility of the
 12 commissioner to minimize, through the application of the ALARA (as low
 13 as reasonably achievable) principle, the risk to members of the public
 14 posed by exposure to radon and its radioactive progeny. To achieve this
 15 goal, the commissioner may call for the assistance of the department of
 16 environmental conservation and the public service commission as neces-
 17 sary to support permitting, monitoring, compliance auditing and enforce-
 18 ment action as directed by the commissioner.
 19 2. The commissioner shall establish a system for determining, and
 20 (where the commissioner deems it appropriate) designating, delivery
 21 points where gas from a pipeline is transferred to a gas corporation's
 22 distribution system that are appropriate and practicable for monitoring
 23 levels of radon and its radioactive progeny to achieve the purposes of
 24 this article.
 25 3. In order to achieve th