The New York City Council - File #: Int 0424-2018

• File #: Int 0424-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Reducing sewer system backups.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Laid Over in Committee
• File created: 2/14/2018
• In control: Committee on Environmental Protection
• On agenda: 2/14/2018
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reducing sewer system backups
• Sponsors: Costa G. Constantinides, Kalman Yeger
• Indexes: Oversight

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/25/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Hearing Held by Committee
6/25/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Laid Over by Committee
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 424

By Council Members Constantinides and Yeger

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reducing sewer system backups

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 5 of title 24 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 24-503.1 to read as follows:

§ 24-503.1 Repeat sewer backups. a. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Sewer system. The term “sewer system” means all sewers, drains, pipes and appurtenances owned, operated or maintained by the city and used to convey sewage.

Sewer backup. The term “sewer backup” means a non-permitted release of sewage from the sewer system.

b. The commissioner of environmental protection shall ensure that where a sewer backup occurs more than once, at the same location within a twelve month period, the portion of the  sewer system causing the second or subsequent backup is identified and cleaned within 10 days of such subsequent backup.

§2. This local law takes effect immediately.

SS 11/9/16/SS, MMB (2018)

LS #8935/Int 1468-2017

NEW LS # 131

1/5/18; 4:47 p.m.