The New York City Council - File #: Int 1149-2018

• File #: Int 1149-2018
• Version: B
• Name: Documentation and submission of cooling tower inspections and certifications.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 10/17/2018
• In control: Committee on Housing and Buildings
• On agenda: 10/17/2018
• Final action: 4/28/2019
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to documentation, submission and public availability of cooling tower inspections and certifications
• Sponsors: Ben Kallos, Kalman Yeger , Vanessa L. Gibson, Bill Perkins, Diana I. Ayala, Carlina Rivera
• Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/30/2019	B	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
4/28/2019	B	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
3/28/2019	B	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
3/28/2019	B	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
3/25/2019	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
3/25/2019	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Amendment Proposed by Comm
3/25/2019	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Amended by Committee
3/25/2019	B	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Approved by Committee	Pass
10/23/2018	*	Committee on Health	Laid Over by Committee
10/23/2018	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
10/23/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Laid Over by Committee
10/23/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
10/17/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
10/17/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1149-B

By Council Members Kallos, Yeger, Gibson, Perkins, Ayala and Rivera

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to documentation, submission and public availability of cooling tower inspections and certifications
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision f of section 17-194.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 77 for the year 2015, is amended to read as follows:
f. Inspections, cleaning and disinfection. All inspections, cleaning and disinfection required by this section shall be performed by or under the supervision of a qualified person. For any inspection that includes tests conducted pursuant to paragraph 2 of subdivision e of this section, such qualified person shall, within five days of such inspection, report to the department the date on which such inspection occurred, and the department shall make that date available on a city website. The owner shall ensure that such report is submitted to the department by the qualified person within five days of the inspection. When the department inspects a property pursuant to paragraph 1 of subdivision i of this section, it shall check the accuracy of the dates reported pursuant to this subdivision against the dates of inspection in the records of the property owner.
? 2. Subdivision h of section 17-194.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 77 for the year 2015, is amended to read as follows:
h. Recordkeeping. 1. An owner shall keep and maintain records of all inspections and tests performed pursuant to this section for at least three years. An owner shall maintain a copy of the maintenance program and plan required by subdivision c of this section on the premises where a cooling tower is located. Such records and plan shall be made available to the department immediately upon request.
2. An owner shall make available the resul...