The New York City Council - File #: Int 1063-2018

• File #: Int 1063-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Requiring notice when contaminants are found in soil.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Laid Over in Committee
• File created: 8/8/2018
• In control: Committee on Environmental Protection
• On agenda: 8/8/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring notice when contaminants are found in soil
• Sponsors: Robert F. Holden, Kalman Yeger , Fernando Cabrera , Paul A. Vallone, Daniel Dromm , Joseph C. Borelli, Eric A. Ulrich

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Laid Over by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Laid Over by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Laid Over by Committee
9/19/2018	*	City Council	Re-referred to Committee by Council
8/8/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
8/8/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 1063

By Council Members Holden, Yeger, Cabrera, Vallone, Dromm, Borelli and Ulrich

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring notice when contaminants are found in soil
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Title 4 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 4-212 to read as follows:
? 4-212 Notice of soil contaminants in city development projects. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
City development project. The term "city development project" means a project undertaken by an agency, a city economic development entity, or by a party in contract with the city, for the purpose of improvement or development of real property, including, but not limited to, street, road and sewer improvements and maintenance.
City economic development entity. The term "city economic development entity" means a local development corporation, not-for-profit corporation, public benefit corporation, or other entity that provides or administers economic development benefits and with which the department of small business services serves as a liaison pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision one of section 1301 of the New York city charter.
Contaminant. The term "contaminant" means any element, substance, compound, or mixture, including disease-causing agents, which after release into the environment and upon exposure, ingestion, inhalation, or assimilation into any organism, either directly from the environment or indirectly by ingestion through food chains, will or may reasonably be anticipated to cause death, disease, behavioral abnormalities, cancer, genetic mutation, physiological malfunctions (including malfunctions in reproduction) or physical deformations, in such organisms or their offspring.
Relevant civic organization. The term "relevant c...