{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-27-2119","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 27-2119","heading":"Phase-out of mercury-containing flooring","body":"§ 27-2119. Phase-out of mercury-containing flooring.\n  1. Commencing a year after the calendar year in which this section\ntakes effect, no public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school\nshall install a mercury-containing floor nor shall any school install a\nfloor over a mercury-containing floor prior to removal of the\nmercury-containing floor.\n  2. The time weighted average mercury vapor exposure for an employee or\nstudent of a public or nonpublic elementary or secondary school shall\nnot exceed 750 ng/m (3).\n  3. For purposes of this section:\n  (a) \"mercury-containing floor\" shall mean a floor containing\nphenyl-mercuric-acetate catalyst.\n  (b) \"time weighted average\" shall mean an employee's average airborne\nexposure in an eight-hour work shift of a forty-hour work week or for a\nperson under the age of eighteen shall mean sixteen hours or less per\nweek averaged over the school year.","path":["Environmental Conservation Law","Article 27. Reduction, Collection, Reuse, Recycling, Treatment and Disposal of Solid Waste","Title 21. Mercury-added Consumer Products"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/ENV/27-2119","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"ba6ced93f1c24991b76783952b0feecf8e8d6a93282c402f98cff771c47494d5","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-27-2117","next":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-27-2201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}