Int 0675-2005

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section one. Chapter 1 of title 16 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 16-141 to read as follows: §16-141 Limitations on transloading within the city of New York. a. No more than twenty five percent of the aggregate number of containers used for transporting solid waste in any year that were filled at the City’s marine transfer stations known as hamilton avenue, in Brooklyn, southwest brooklyn in Brooklyn, east 91st street in Manhattan, and north shore in Queens, or at any other marine transfer stations that are owned or operated by or on behalf of the city, shall be transloaded in any one year at an intermodal or other facility or combination of facilities located in any one borough of the city of New York. b. “Transloading” shall be defined for the purposes of this section as the transfer of any container as described in subdivision a of this section for the purpose of moving such container from one transportation vehicle to another, such as, but not limited to, from a barge to a train. §2. This law shall take effect immediately upon its enactment into law.