Int 1164-2018
Reporting the results of cooling tower inspections and to repeal certain provisions of Local Law 77 for the year 2015, relating to cooling towers.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Healthintroduced 2018-10-17Local Law 2019/078
Enacted as Local Law 2019/078.
Official record · Legistar
Agenda: 2018-10-17Passed: 2019-04-28Enacted: 2019-04-28
Summary
This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), in consultation with the Department of Buildings (DOB) to annually report to the Council on the results of building cooling tower inspections and make such results available online.
Committee on Health — Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and EMS (health-related issues).
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17 passed · 33 died
This bill: 160 days in committee
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Sponsors (6)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2018-10-17 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2018-10-17 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2018-10-23 · Committee on Health
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2018-10-23 · Committee on Health
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2018-10-23 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2018-10-23 · Committee on Housing and Buildings
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-03-26 · Committee on Health
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2019-03-26 · Committee on Health
ActionAmended by Committee
2019-03-26 · Committee on Health
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2019-03-26 · Committee on Health
AdvancedApproved by Council
2019-03-28 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2019-03-28 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2019-04-28 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2019-04-30 · City Council
Votes (5)
Aye (4)
Mark LevineInez D. BarronMathieu EugeneKeith Powers
Absent (1)
Alicka Ampry-Samuel
Heard at (5)
City Council · 2019-03-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Health · 2019-03-26 · 3:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
Committee on Housing and Buildings · 2018-10-23 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Health · 2018-10-23 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2018-10-17 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (19)
- Summary of Int. No. 1164-A
- Summary of Int. No. 1164
- Int. No. 1164
- October 17, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 10-17-2018
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - October 17, 2018
- Committee Report 10/23/18
- Hearing Testimony 10/23/18
- Hearing Transcript 10/23/18
- Proposed Int. No. 1164-A - 3/6/19
- Committee Report 3/26/19
- Hearing Transcript 3/26/19
- March 28, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 3-28-19
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - March 28, 2019
- Int. No. 1164-A (FINAL)
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
- Local Law 78
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 3 of local law number 77 for the year 2015 is REPEALED.
� 2. Section 17-194.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding two new subdivisions l and m to read as follows:
l. The commissioner, in consultation with the department of buildings, shall submit a report to the mayor and the speaker of the city council on or before May 15 each year until May 15, 2025, reporting on the following information for the prior year:
1. The number of new cooling tower registrations pursuant to section 28-317.3 and the number of notifications of discontinued use of a cooling tower pursuant to section 28-317.3.1 received by the department of buildings through November 1 of the prior year;
2. The number of annual certifications that a cooling tower was inspected, tested, cleaned and disinfected pursuant to section 28-317.5 received by the department of buildings through November 1 of the prior year;
3. The number of reports of tests for the presence of microbes that reveal levels that present a serious health threat received by the department pursuant to paragraph 2 of subdivision e of this section;
4. The number of inspections of cooling towers conducted pursuant to subdivision i of this section and the rules of the department, the number and types of any violations cited during such inspections, and the number of buildings registered pursuant to subdivision b of this section by November 1 of the prior year that were not inspected;
5. The number of cleanings, disinfections or other actions performed by or on behalf of the department pursuant to subdivision f of this section; and
6. The number of persons diagnosed with legionnaires' disease in the city in each of the previous 10 years, to the extent known or reasonably discoverable by the department.
m. In addition to the requirements of section 23-502, the results of each inspection of a cooling tower by the department conducted after the effective date of this section pursuant to paragraph 1 of subdivision i of this section shall be posted in a searchable format on the website of the department and maintained on such website for no less than three years.
� 3. This local law takes effect 90 days after it becomes law.
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