The New York City Council - File #: Int 0422-2018

• File #: Int 0422-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Lead Package - Soil lead hazards for certain private dwellings.
• 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 soil lead hazards for certain private dwellings
• Sponsors: Costa G. Constantinides, Laurie A. Cumbo, Ben Kallos

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Amendment Proposed by Comm
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Amendment Proposed by Comm
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Amendment Proposed by Comm
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
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Proposed Int. No. 422-A

By Council Members Constantinides, Cumbo and Kallos

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to soil lead hazards for certain private dwellings
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Section 27-2056.1 of the administrative code of the city of New York is REPEALED and a new section 27-2056.1 is added to read as follows:
? 27-2056.1 Reserved.
? 2. Paragraph 11 of section 27-2056.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 1 for the year 2004, is amended to read as follows:
(11) "Remediation" or "Remediate" shall mean (i) with respect to a lead-based paint hazard, the reduction or elimination of a lead-based paint hazard through the wet scraping and repainting, removal, encapsulation, enclosure, or replacement of lead-based paint, or other method approved by the commissioner of health and mental hygiene or (ii) with respect to other hazardous conditions concerning lead, the reduction or elimination of such condition in a manner approved by such commissioner or specified by law or rule.
? 3. Article 14 of subchapter 2 of chapter 2 of title 27 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 27-2056.3.1 to read as follows:
? 27-2056.3.1 Owners' responsibility with respect to lead in soil at certain private dwellings. a. For the purposes of this section, the term "covered soil area" means area that is (i) partially or wholly covered in bare soil and (ii) accessible to persons other than those employed to maintain such premises.
b. Lead levels in covered soil areas on the premises of a private dwelling where each dwelling unit is occupied by persons other than the owner or the owner's family shall be below the soil lead reference levels established by rule of the department of health and mental hygiene.
c. The owner of a dwelling subject to s...