Please note: this meeting has been deferred. Details Meeting Name: Committee on Environmental Protection (inactive) Agenda status: Deferred Meeting date/time: 10/23/2017 Deferred Minutes status: Deferred   Meeting location: 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl. Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Not available   Meeting video: Not available   Attachments: Attachments - Int. No. 821, Attachments - Int. No. 972, Attachments - Int. No. 1425, Attachments - Int. No. 1468 Meeting Items (4) 4 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia Int 0821-2015 * Donovan J. Richards     Backflow prevention device reporting and certification. Introduction Backflow is when drinking water is contaminated with non-drinkable water, predominately due to plumbing cross-connections. This local law would repeal Administrative Code § 24-343.1(d), relating to backflow prevention device reporting and certification, and replace it with a new subdivision d containing reporting requirements relating to backflow prevention devices. The new provision would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to report annually to the Council on the number of facilities and hazardous facilities estimated to require the installation of backflow prevention devices, the number of such facilities in which backflow prevention devices have already been installed, the number of test reports filed with DEP in the preceding year, and the number of violations issued for failure to install a backflow prevention device and for failure to file a required test report with DEP.     Action details Not available Int 0972-2015 * Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.     Fire hydrant signage Introduction This bill would require the department of environmental protection to place signage on fire hydrants indicating that opening or tampering with the hydrants is prohibited, and provide information on penalties and as well as how to request a hydrant be opened, such as for a spray cap.     Action details Not available Int 1425-2017 * Costa G. Constantinides     Requiring the city to prepare a plan to prevent sewer system backups. Introduction This bill would require, that by December 31, 2018, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection submit a plan to prevent sewer backups to the Mayor and the Council. Such plan would also have to be posted on the Department of Environmental Protection’s website.     Action details Not available Int 1468-2017 * Costa G. Constantinides     Reducing sewer system backups. Introduction 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.     Action details Not available