The New York City Council - File #: Int 0871-2018

• File #: Int 0871-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Requiring first-draw samples when testing for lead in water.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 5/9/2018
• In control: Committee on Health
• On agenda: 5/9/2018
• Final action: 4/14/2019
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring first-draw samples when testing for lead in water
• Sponsors: Joseph C. Borelli, Robert F. Holden, Ben Kallos, Brad S. Lander, Laurie A. Cumbo, Diana I. Ayala, Stephen T. Levin, Kalman Yeger , Carlina Rivera , Eric A. Ulrich

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/17/2019	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
4/14/2019	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
4/2/2019	A	Mayor	Hearing Scheduled by Mayor
3/13/2019	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
3/13/2019	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
3/12/2019	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
3/12/2019	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
3/12/2019	*	Committee on Health	Amendment Proposed by Comm
3/12/2019	*	Committee on Health	Amendment Proposed by Comm
3/12/2019	*	Committee on Health	Amended by Committee
3/12/2019	*	Committee on Health	Amended by Committee
3/12/2019	A	Committee on Health	Approved by Committee	Pass
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Environmental Protection	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Hearing Held by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Health	Laid Over 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 Environmental Protection	Laid Over by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Laid Over by Committee
9/27/2018	*	Committee on Housing and Buildings	Laid Over by Committee
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
5/9/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 871-A
By Council Members Borelli, Holden, Kallos, Lander, Cumbo, Ayala, Levin, Yeger, Rivera and Ulrich

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring first-draw samples when testing for lead in water
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Subchapter 1 of chapter 9 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by a local law for the year 2019, relating to investigation by the department of health and mental hygiene of places in which children identified with elevated blood lead levels routinely visit and the regulation of lead-based paint hazards in facilities providing day care services, as proposed in introduction number 464-b, is amended by adding a new section 17-913 to read as follows:
? 17-913 Testing water for lead. a. Whenever testing water for lead from a fixture or other source is required by law or rule, or an order issued by a court or agency of appropriate jurisdiction, such testing shall include (i) taking a first-draw sample from such source, (ii) taking at least one additional sample, when practicable, from such source, except that the department may by rule determine specific circumstances in which a first-draw sample is sufficient, and (iii) analysis of such samples by a laboratory certified to analyze water samples for lead by the federal environmental protection agency or a state agency having appropriate jurisdiction, unless otherwise provided for by federal, state, or local law or rule. For the purposes of this section, the term "first-draw sample" means a first draw tap sample for lead and copper, as such term is defined in section 5-1.1 of title 10 of the New York codes, rules and regulations.
b. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the department from requiring an additional sample from such source.
c. Notwithstanding subdivisions a and b of this section: (i) if the federal environmental protection a...