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Int 0798-2022

Public notification regarding release of oil.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfrontsintroduced 2022-10-27

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2022-10-27Passed: 2023-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection and the Office of Emergency Management to post on their websites information about the release of oil.

Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and WaterfrontsDepartment of Environmental Protection and Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability and Office of Recovery and Resiliency.

How it compares

14% of similar bills passed

7 passed · 43 died

This bill: 430 days in committee

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Sponsors (3)

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams(prime)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2022-10-27 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2022-10-27 · City Council
ActionRe-referred to Committee by Council
2023-03-07 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2023-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2022-10-27 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Section 24-609 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision c to read as follows: c. 1. The commissioner shall report on the department's website regarding any release of oil of any kind or in any form, including petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil, of which the commissioner has been notified by any means. The commissioner shall update such report by the first of the month and shall submit annual reports no later than January 15 to the speaker of the council. 2. Such report shall include: (a) The chemical name or common name of the oil; (b) The location of release of the oil; (c) The quantity of the oil that was released; (d) The date on which the oil was released; (e) The name of the party that was responsible for the release of the oil; and (f) Any actions taken with regard to environmental remediation. 3. The commissioner shall notify the speaker of the council, individual council members whose districts are affected and affected community boards as soon as practicable regarding any release specified in paragraph 1 of this subdivision. � 2. Chapter 1 of title 30 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 30-117 to read as follows: � 30-117. Reporting of the release of oil. a. The commissioner shall report on the office's website regarding any release of any oil of any kind or in any form, including petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil, of which the commissioner has been notified by any means. The commissioner shall update such report by the first of the month and shall submit annual reports no later than January 15 to the speaker of the council. Such report shall include: 1. The chemical name or common name of the oil; 2. The location of release of the oil; 3. The quantity of the oil that was released; 4. The date on which the oil was released; 5. The name of the party that was responsible for the release of the oil; and 6. Any actions taken with regard to environmental remediation. b. The commissioner shall notify the speaker of the council, individual council members whose districts are affected and affected community boards as soon as practicable regarding any release specified in subdivision a of this section. � 3. This law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law. Session 12 JSA LS # 925 5/2/2022 Session 11 ADW/JJD LS #5486 Int. #1019-2018 1 2