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NY A01694
Bill
Status
1/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Linda Rosenthal
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AI Summary
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Requires gas corporations to continuously monitor radon and radioactive progeny levels at delivery points and report results in real-time on publicly accessible websites
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Establishes maximum radon limits: 100 Bq/m³ averaged over one hour, 75 Bq/m³ over 24 hours, and 50 Bq/m³ over seven days at any delivery point
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Authorizes the Commissioner of Health to enforce compliance using the ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) principle, with civil fines up to $25,000 per day per non-compliant delivery point
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Requires the Department of Health to physically inspect and sample each delivery point at least twice per year as part of a compliance assurance system
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Prohibits gas corporations from building new storage facilities to mitigate radon levels and from passing harmful mitigation effects to other regions in the state
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Allows any person to commence civil action against non-compliant gas corporations or the commissioner for failure to enforce, with legal fees paid by the losing party
Legislative Description
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.
Last Action
referred to health
1/7/2026