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Amend the amendment in section 2 in §1694 in subsection 1 by striking out all of paragraphs B, C and D (page 3, lines 25 to 30 in amendment) and inserting the following:
 
‘B.  The chemical has been found through sampling and analysis to be present in household dust, indoor air, drinking water or elsewhere in the home environment at exposure levels shown to be harmful to human health and the environment;
 
C.  The chemical has been found through monitoring to be present in fish, wildlife or the natural environment at exposure levels shown to be harmful to human health and the environment;
 
D. The chemical has been added to or is present in a consumer product used or present in the home at exposure levels shown to be harmful to human health and the environment;’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment allows the Commissioner of Environmental Protection to add a priority chemical to its list of chemicals of high concern if the chemical has been found to be at exposure levels shown to be harmful to human health and the environment.