N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 37-0119: Prohibition against certain uses of trichloroethylene

* § 37-0119. Prohibition against certain uses of trichloroethylene.

1. No person shall use trichloroethylene as a vapor degreaser, an

intermediate chemical to produce other chemicals, a refrigerant, or an

extraction solvent or in any other manufacturing or industrial cleaning

process or use.

2. For purposes of this section:

(a) "Extraction solvent" means a solvent used to separate a specific

substance from a mixture.

(b) "Refrigerant" means a chemical that is used as a heat carrier in a

cooling mechanism and that changes from liquid to gas and back again in

the refrigeration cycle.

(c) "Trichloroethylene" means a chemical with the Chemical Registry

Abstract Services Number of 79-01-6.

(d) "Vapor degreaser" means a substance boiled to a vapor that

condenses onto metal parts, causing beading and dripping, and that

removes contaminants from the parts.

3. Severability. The provisions of this section shall be severable and

if any portion thereof or the applicability thereof to any person or

circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this section and the

application thereof shall not be affected thereby.

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