The local law amends Title 24 of the New York City Administrative Code, adding a new section a. 5. to 24-503 to require the maintenance measures needed to assure that sewage backups occur no more frequently that fifty per one hundred miles of sewer line, including quarterly cleaning for at least one year.
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Int. No. 1468
By Council Members Constantinides, Salamanca, Menchaca and Richards
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:
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.
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