N.Y. ENV Law § 27-2119
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Phase-out of mercury-containing flooring
Official statutory text
§ 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.\n
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