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NY Env Conserv L § 37-0201 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 37 - Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment Title 2 - Hazardous Packaging 37-0201 - Legislative Findings and Intent.

§ 37-0201. Legislative findings and intent.The legislature finds and declares that:1.  The  management of solid waste can pose a wide range of hazards to   public health and safety and to the environment; and2. Packaging comprises a significant percentage of the  overall  solid   waste stream; and3.  The  presence  of heavy metals in packaging is a part of the total   concern in light of their likely  presence  in  emissions  or  ash  when   packaging  is  incinerated, or in leachate when packaging is landfilled;   and4. Lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium,  on  the  basis  of   available  scientific  and  medical evidence, are of particular concern;   and5. It is desirable as  a  first  step  in  reducing  the  toxicity  of   packaging  waste  to  eliminate  the  addition  of these heavy metals to   packaging; and6. The intent of this title is to achieve this reduction  in  toxicity   without  impeding  or  discouraging  the  expanded  use of post-consumer   materials in the production of packaging and its components.
NY Env Conserv L § 37-0203 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 37 - Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment Title 2 - Hazardous Packaging 37-0203 - Definitions.

§ 37-0203. Definitions.For the purposes of this title, the term:1. "Distributor" shall mean any person, firm, association, partnership   or  corporation,  who or which imports or causes to be imported into the   state, any container,  whether  filled  or  unfilled,  used  to  package   products.2.  "Manufacturer" shall mean a person, firm, association, partnership   or corporation, who or which makes containers  to  be  used  to  package   products.3.  "Package"  means  a  container  providing  a  means  of marketing,   protecting or handling a product and shall include a  unit  package,  an   intermediate package and a shipping container. "Package" shall also mean   and  include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  such  unsealed receptacles as   carrying cases,  crates,  cups,  pails,  rigid  foil  and  other  trays,   wrappers and wrapping films, bags and tubs.4.  "Packaging  component"  means  any  individual assembled part of a   package such as, but not limited to, any interior or exterior  blocking,   bracing,  cushioning,  weatherproofing,  exterior  strapping,  coatings,   closures, inks and labels.* 5. "Food packaging" means a package or packaging component  that  is   intended  for direct food contact and is comprised, in substantial part,   of paper, paperboard, or other materials originally derived  from  plant   fibers.* NB Effective December 31, 2022* 6.   "Perfluoroalkyl   and   polyfluoroalkyl  substances"  or  "PFAS   substances" shall mean, for the purposes of food packaging, a  class  of   fluorinated  organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated   carbon atom.* NB Effective December 31, 2022
NY Env Conserv L § 37-0205 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 37 - Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment Title 2 - Hazardous Packaging 37-0205 - Prohibitions.

§ 37-0205. Prohibitions.1.  No package or packaging component shall be offered for sale or for   promotional purposes by a manufacturer or distributor which includes  in   the package itself, or in any packaging component, inks, dyes, pigments,   adhesives,  stabilizers  or  any other additives to which lead, cadmium,   mercury or hexavalent chromium has been included as  an  element  during   manufacture  or  distribution  in excess of the concentration levels set   forth in subdivision three of this section.2. No product shall be offered for sale or for promotional purposes by   a manufacturer or distributor  in  a  package  which  includes,  in  the   package  itself  or  in  any  of  its  packaging components, inks, dyes,   pigments, adhesives, stabilizers or any other additives to  which  lead,   cadmium,  mercury or hexavalent chromium has been included as an element   during manufacture or distribution in excess of the concentration levels   set forth in subdivision three of this section.3. The sum of the concentration levels of lead,  cadmium,  mercury  or   hexavalent  chromium present in any package or packaging component shall   not exceed the following prior to incineration:600 parts per million by weight (0.06%), effective January 1, 1992250 parts per million by weight (0.025%), effective January 1, 1993100 parts per million by weight (0.01%), effective January 1, 1994.
NY Env Conserv L § 37-0207 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 37 - Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment Title 2 - Hazardous Packaging 37-0207 - Exemptions.

§ 37-0207. Exemptions.All  packaging and packaging components shall be subject to this title   except the following:1. Those packages or packaging components which have been delivered to   a distributor or  manufacturer  prior  to  January  1,  1992;  or  those   packages  or  packaging  components  with  a  code  indicating  date  of   manufacture that were manufactured prior to January 1, 1992; or2. Those packages or packaging  components  to  which  lead,  cadmium,   mercury  or  hexavalent  chromium  have been added in the manufacturing,   forming, printing or distribution process in order to comply with health   or safety  requirements  of  federal  law  or  for  which  there  is  no   practicable  alternative,  as  determined  by the commissioner, provided   that the manufacturer of a package or packaging component must  petition   the department for any exemption from the provisions of this title for a   particular  package  or  packaging  component based on either criterion;   provided further that the department may grant a two year  exemption  if   warranted  by  the  circumstances;  and  provided  further  that such an   exemption may upon meeting  either  criterion  of  this  subdivision  be   renewed for two years; or3.  Packages  and  packaging components that exceed the maximum levels   set forth in subdivision three of section 37-0205  of  this  title  only   because  of  the  addition of post-consumer materials, provided that the   exemption for this subdivision shall expire on January 1, 1996.4. Until  January  first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-four,  any  glass   container  that is intended for reuse or refilling that uses pigments in   or on the  container  that  exceed  the  maximum  levels  set  forth  in   subdivision three of section 37-0205 of this title.
NY Env Conserv L § 37-0209 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 37 - Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment Title 2 - Hazardous Packaging 37-0209 - Prohibition on the Use of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Food Packaging.

* § 37-0209. Violations.1.  A  violation of any of the provisions of this title or any rule or   regulation promulgated pursuant thereto shall be punishable in the  case   of  a  first  violation,  by  a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand   dollars. In the  case  of  a  second  and  any  further  violation,  the   liability  shall  be  for  a  civil  penalty  not  to exceed twenty-five   thousand dollars for each violation.2. No manufacturer or distributor  of  a  product  shall  be  held  in   violation  of this title who can show that, in the purchase of a package   or packaging component, he or she relied in good faith  on  the  written   assurance  of  the manufacturer of such packaging or packaging component   that such packaging or packaging component met the requirements of  this   title.  Such  written  assurance shall take the form of a certificate of   compliance  stating  that  a  package  or  packaging  component  is   in   compliance  with the requirements of this title, provided however, where   compliance is achieved under an exemption provided in subdivision two or   three of section 37-0207 of this title, the certificate shall state  the   specific  basis  upon which the exemption is claimed. The certificate of   compliance  shall  be  signed  by  an   authorized   official   of   the   manufacturing or distributing company.* NB Effective until December 31, 2022   * § 37-0209. Prohibition    on    the    use   of   perfluoroalkyl   andpolyfluoroalkyl substances in food packaging.1. No person shall distribute, sell or offer for sale  in  this  state   food  packaging  containing  perfluoroalkyl  and  polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS)   substances as intentionally added chemicals.2. For purposes of this section, "intentionally added chemical"  shall   have  the  same meaning as subdivision eleven of section 37-0901 of this   article.* NB Effective December 31, 2022
NY Env Conserv L § 37-0211 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 37 - Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment Title 2 - Hazardous Packaging 37-0211 - Violations.

* § 37-0211. Reports.The  department  shall  include  a report on the effectiveness of this   title as part of its annual solid waste management plan as  required  by   section  27-0103  of  this chapter. The report shall contain a review of   other toxic substances contained in packaging and recommend additions to   the list of hazardous ingredients set forth in this title  in  order  to   further  reduce  the  toxicity  of  packaging waste, and shall contain a   recommendation whether to continue the  recycling  exemption  as  it  is   provided  for in subdivision three of section 37-0207 of this title, and   a description of the nature of the substitutes used in lieu of the lead,   mercury, cadmium, or hexavalent chromium.  The  department  may  include   recommendations  of  the  source  reduction council of the conference of   North-Eastern governors in  the  report.  Recommendations  made  by  the   department  to  eliminate  toxic substances contained in packaging shall   include a determination of  whether  the  ingredient  presents  or  will   present  an unreasonable risk to health or the environment, based upon a   recognized  risk  assessment  protocol  and  taking  into  account   the   magnitude and severity of the harm against the benefits of the substance   or mixture to society as well as the availability of substitutes for the   substance  or  mixture  and  other  adverse  effects which such proposed   action to eliminate such ingredient may have on society.* NB Effective until December 31, 2022   * § 37-0211. Violations.1. A violation of any of the provisions of this title or any  rule  or   regulation  promulgated pursuant thereto shall be punishable in the case   of a first violation, by a civil penalty  not  to  exceed  ten  thousand   dollars.  In  the  case  of  a  second  and  any  further violation, the   liability shall be  for  a  civil  penalty  not  to  exceed  twenty-five   thousand dollars for each violation.2.  No  manufacturer  or  distributor  of  a  product shall be held in   violation of this title who can show that, in the purchase of a  package   or  packaging  component,  he or she relied in good faith on the written   assurance of the manufacturer of such packaging or  packaging  component   that  such packaging or packaging component met the requirements of this   title. Such written assurance shall take the form of  a  certificate  of   compliance   stating  that  a  package  or  packaging  component  is  in   compliance with the requirements of this title, provided however,  where   compliance is achieved under an exemption provided in subdivision two or   three  of section 37-0207 of this title, the certificate shall state the   specific basis upon which the exemption is claimed. The  certificate  of   compliance   shall   be   signed   by  an  authorized  official  of  the   manufacturing or distributing company.* NB Effective December 31, 2022
NY Env Conserv L § 37-0213 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 37 - Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment Title 2 - Hazardous Packaging 37-0213 - Reports.

* § 37-0213. Rules and regulations.The  commissioner  shall  have  the  power  to  adopt  such  rules and   regulations to provide for the effective application and enforcement  of   this title. The commissioner, to the extent practicable and appropriate,   shall  utilize  the  standards  designated  by  the American Society for   Testing and Materials in  determining  "unit  packaging",  "intermediate   packages" and "shipping containers".* NB Effective until December 31, 2022   * § 37-0213. Reports.The  department  shall  include  a report on the effectiveness of this   title as part of its annual solid waste management plan as  required  by   section  27-0103  of  this chapter. The report shall contain a review of   other toxic substances contained in packaging and recommend additions to   the list of hazardous ingredients set forth in this title  in  order  to   further  reduce  the  toxicity  of  packaging waste, and shall contain a   recommendation whether to continue the  recycling  exemption  as  it  is   provided  for in subdivision three of section 37-0207 of this title, and   a description of the nature of the substitutes used in lieu of the lead,   mercury, cadmium, or hexavalent chromium.  The  department  may  include   recommendations  of  the  source  reduction council of the conference of   North-Eastern governors in  the  report.  Recommendations  made  by  the   department  to  eliminate  toxic substances contained in packaging shall   include a determination of  whether  the  ingredient  presents  or  will   present  an unreasonable risk to health or the environment, based upon a   recognized  risk  assessment  protocol  and  taking  into  account   the   magnitude and severity of the harm against the benefits of the substance   or mixture to society as well as the availability of substitutes for the   substance  or  mixture  and  other  adverse  effects which such proposed   action to eliminate such ingredient may have on society.* NB Effective December 31, 2022
NY Env Conserv L § 37-0215 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 37 - Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment Title 2 - Hazardous Packaging 37-0215 - Rules and Regulations.

* § 37-0215. Rules and regulations.The  commissioner  shall  have  the  power  to  adopt  such  rules and   regulations to provide for the effective application and enforcement  of   this title. The commissioner, to the extent practicable and appropriate,   shall  utilize  the  standards  designated  by  the American Society for   Testing and Materials in  determining  "unit  packaging",  "intermediate   packages" and "shipping containers".* NB Effective December 31, 2022
NY Env Conserv L § 37-0301 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 37 - Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment Title 3 - Government Agency Reporting of Toxic Chemical Releases 37-0301 - Definitions.

§ 37-0301. Definitions.   As  used  in  this title, the following terms shall have the following meanings:   1. "Facility" means all buildings, equipment,  structures,  and  other stationary items located on a single site or adjacent sites and owned or operated  by  the  same  person  (or  by  any  person  who  controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person).   2. "State agency" means:  (a) each state department;  (b) division of military and naval affairs, division of state  police, division of housing and community renewal, division for youth, office of general services, office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, and state university of New York;  (c)  any  division,  board, commission, office, or bureau of any state department which is required to obtain a permit issued by the department or which undertakes an activity for which  it  must  register  with  the department; and  (d)   dormitory  authority  of  the  state  of  New  York,  facilities development   corporation,   metropolitan    transportation    authority (including the operations of all of its operating units), New York state energy  research and development authority, New York state environmental facilities corporation, New  York  state  olympic  regional  development authority,  New  York  state  thruway  authority,  New  York state urban development corporation, port authority of New York and New Jersey,  and power authority of the state of New York.   3.  The  term  "manufacture"  means  to  produce,  prepare, import, or compound a toxic chemical.   4. The term "process" means the preparation of a toxic chemical, after its manufacture, for distribution  in  commerce  in  the  same  form  or physical  state  as, or in a different form or physical state from, that in which it was received by the person so preparing such chemical, or as part of an article containing the toxic chemical.   5. The term "release" means any spilling, leaking,  pumping,  pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or   disposing  into  the  environment  (including  the  abandonment  or discarding of barrels, containers, and other closed receptacles) of  any hazardous chemical, extremely hazardous substance, or toxic chemical.   6.  The  term "toxic chemical" means a substance on the list described in 42 U.S.C. § 11023(c).
NY Env Conserv L § 37-0303 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 37 - Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment Title 3 - Government Agency Reporting of Toxic Chemical Releases 37-0303 - Applicability.

§ 37-0303. Applicability.The  provisions  of this title shall apply to every facility owned by,   or operated on behalf of, a state agency that manufactures or  processes   greater  than  twelve  thousand  five hundred pounds per year of a toxic   chemical, or otherwise uses greater than five thousand pounds  per  year   of a toxic chemical.
NY Env Conserv L § 37-0305 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 37 - Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment Title 3 - Government Agency Reporting of Toxic Chemical Releases 37-0305 - Toxic Chemical Release Form.

§ 37-0305. Toxic chemical release form.1.  The owner or operator of each facility subject to the requirements   of this title shall complete a toxic chemical release form as  published   pursuant  to  subsection  (g)  of  42  U.S.C.  §  11023,  as amended and   subsections (a) and (b) of 42 U.S.C. § 13106, as amended for each  toxic   chemical  listed  pursuant  to  subsection  (c) of 42 U.S.C. § 11023, as   amended that was manufactured or processed in  quantities  greater  than   twelve  thousand  five  hundred  pounds  per  year, or otherwise used in   quantities greater than five thousand pounds per year at  each  facility   during  the preceding calendar year. Such form shall be submitted to the   commissioner on or before July first, nineteen  hundred  ninety-six  and   thereafter  on  or  before  July first and shall contain data reflecting   releases during the preceding calendar year.2. The commissioner may require that submittal be on diskette or other   compatible electronic media.3. A facility specified in section 37-0303 of  this  title  is  exempt   from  the  reporting  requirement  set  forth in subdivision one of this   section if the owner or operator of the facility certifies in writing to   the commissioner that no toxic chemical is manufactured or processed  in   quantities greater than twelve thousand five hundred pounds per year, or   otherwise  used in quantities greater than five thousand pounds per year   at the facility. The certification must be submitted to the commissioner   by the first applicable reporting date set forth in subdivision  one  of   this  section.  Such  facility is exempt from further reporting unless a   toxic chemical is manufactured  or  processed  in  quantities  exceeding   twelve  thousand  five  hundred  pounds  per  year, or otherwise used in   quantities exceeding five thousand pounds per year at the facility.  The   commissioner  may  request, from the owner or operator, documentation to   support a claim that a facility qualified for this exemption.
NY Env Conserv L § 37-0307 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 37 - Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment Title 3 - Government Agency Reporting of Toxic Chemical Releases 37-0307 - Availability of Information.

§ 37-0307. Availability of information.1. The release forms required under this title are intended to provide   information to government agencies and the public, including citizens of   communities  surrounding  covered  facilities. The release form shall be   available to inform persons about releases of  toxic  chemicals  to  the   environment;  to  assist  government  agencies,  researchers,  and other   persons in the conduct of research and data gathering;  to  aid  in  the   development  of  appropriate regulations, guidelines, and standards; and   for similar purposes. Each  release  form  shall  be  printed  out  upon   request  and  made  available during normal working hours to the general   public at the main office of the department and at the  regional  office   that encompasses the region in which the facility is located.2.  The  commissioner  shall  maintain in a computer data base a toxic   chemical inventory based on data submitted to the commissioner  pursuant   to  this  title.  Such  data  shall  be made available upon request as a   printout and diskette, as per request.3. By December thirty-first of each year, the commissioner shall issue   a written report that shall be available at no charge to the  public  in   which  the information compiled pursuant to this title is summarized for   each facility subject to the provisions of this title.
NY Env Conserv L § 37-0501 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 37 - Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment Title 5 - Bisphenol A 37-0501 - Short Title.

§ 37-0501. Short title.This  title  shall  be known and may be cited as the "bisphenol A-free   children and babies act".
NY Env Conserv L § 37-0503 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 37 - Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment Title 5 - Bisphenol A 37-0503 - Definitions.

§ 37-0503. Definitions.As  used  in  this title, "child care product" means all pacifiers and   unfilled beverage containers to be used by children  under  three  years   old  for  the  consumption of liquids including pacifiers, baby bottles,   baby bottle liners and cups, cup lids, straws and sippy cups.
NY Env Conserv L § 37-0505 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 37 - Substances Hazardous or Acutely Hazardous to Public Health, Safety or the Environment Title 5 - Bisphenol A 37-0505 - Child Care Products.

§ 37-0505. Child care products.1.  Beginning  December  first,  two  thousand  ten,  no person, firm,   partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation shall   sell or offer for sale any child care product  intended  for  use  by  a   child three years of age or younger containing bisphenol A.2.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall not apply to the sale or   distribution of child care products resold or  offered  for  resale,  or   distributed by consumers for consumer use.