2016 New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 35 - (Environmental Conservation) DETERGENTS AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD CLEANSING PRODUCTS
35-0107 - Powers and duties of commissioner.

35-0107. Powers and duties of commissioner.
1.  The  commissioner  is  hereby authorized to promulgate regulations
  requiring manufacturers of  household  cleansing  products  distributed,
  sold  or  offered for sale in this state, to furnish to the commissioner
  for the public record as  herein  provided  information  regarding  such
  products  in  a form prescribed by the commissioner including the nature
  and extent of investigations and research performed by the  manufacturer
  concerning  the  effects  of  such  products  on  human  health  and the
  environment. These reports shall be  available  to  the  public  at  the
  department  of  environmental  conservation,  except  those portions the
  manufacturer determines, subject to the approval  of  the  commissioner,
  would  be,  if  disclosed,  seriously  prejudicial to the manufacturer's
  legitimate interest in trade secrets and economics of operation.
2. No later than February 1, 1973 the commissioner shall  prepare  and
  submit  a  comprehensive  report  to the governor and legislature on the
  status of progress made in research and development to  provide  a  safe
  and effective substitute for phosphates in household cleansing products.
3.  Whenever  the  commissioner  finds,  after investigation, that any
  ingredient of household cleansing products distributed, sold, offered or
  exposed for sale in this state,  other  than  an  ingredient  for  which
  limitations  are  set forth in subdivision 2 of section 35-0105, will or
  is  likely  to  materially  affect  adversely  human   health   or   the
  environment,  he  may,  after  public  hearing,  restrict  or  limit  by
  regulation the use of such ingredient in such products.