Issue Position: Clean Water

Issue Position

All New Yorkers deserve access to clean drinking water. Recent environmental issues in Hoosick and Nassau have highlighted the need for our State to take a leadership roll in protecting our natural resources.

I have championed efforts to protect our drinking water including:

Passing legislation requiring the Department of Environmental Conservation to keep track of communities which are being negatively impacted by pollution to better respond to and mitigate pollution. (A.1779)

I authored a bill banning 1,4-Dioxane from our cleaning products and cosmetics, a suspected carcinogen and toxic agent to the central nervous system passed with bipartisan support.

I voted to lower the threshold of "elevated lead levels" from 10 µg per deciliter of blood to 5 µg per deciliter of blood in children, which is now being followed by the Department of Health. (A.5779)

Additionally, I am advocating for the following pieces of legislation

Well Water and Water Supply Education Act

Requires licensed home inspectors and licensed real estate agents to provide clients with educational materials if a property is to be served by a private well. (A.1194-A)

Private Well Testing Act

Requires the testing of drinking water from private wells as a condition of the sale of real property. (A.1103-A)

Safest and Strictest 1,4-Dioxane Levels

Lowers the maximum contamination levels of 1,4-Dioxane from 1 part per billion (ppb) to 0.35 ppb in potable water, ground water and runoff water from wastewater treatment plants and water supply treatment plants. (A.3583

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