Details Meeting Name: Committee on Environmental Protection (inactive) Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 12/15/2022 12:30 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Committee Room - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (13) 13 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                     Roll call Not available T2022-2433 *       Oversight - New York City's air quality, and its effects on public health. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2022-2433 *       Oversight - New York City's air quality, and its effects on public health. Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0279-2022 * Keith Powers     Purchase of zero emission vehicles by the city. Introduction This bill would require that all light- and medium-duty vehicles procured by the City after July 1, 2025 be zero emission vehicles such that all light- and medium-duty vehicles in the City’s fleet are zero emission vehicles by July 1, 2035. This bill would also require that all heavy-duty vehicles procured by the City after July 1, 2028 be zero emission vehicles, such that all heavy-duty vehicles in the City’s fleet are zero emission vehicles by July 1, 2038. Further, this bill would require that all motorcycles in the City’s fleet are zero emission vehicles by July 1, 2035. The requirements to procure zero emission vehicles are subject to certain exceptions, such as cost, availability, and lack of charging infrastructure. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0279-2022 * Keith Powers     Purchase of zero emission vehicles by the city. Introduction This bill would require that all light- and medium-duty vehicles procured by the City after July 1, 2025 be zero emission vehicles such that all light- and medium-duty vehicles in the City’s fleet are zero emission vehicles by July 1, 2035. This bill would also require that all heavy-duty vehicles procured by the City after July 1, 2028 be zero emission vehicles, such that all heavy-duty vehicles in the City’s fleet are zero emission vehicles by July 1, 2038. Further, this bill would require that all motorcycles in the City’s fleet are zero emission vehicles by July 1, 2035. The requirements to procure zero emission vehicles are subject to certain exceptions, such as cost, availability, and lack of charging infrastructure. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0606-2022 * Alexa Avilés     Motor vehicles idling adjacent to and within certain parks. Introduction This bill would amend the idling law to restrict idling to one minute when adjacent to or within parks that have a designated name and are identified as a park on the Department of Parks and Recreation’s website. This bill would also create an affirmative defense that the park was not easily identifiable as a park by signage or otherwise at the time a violation occurred. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0606-2022 * Alexa Avilés     Motor vehicles idling adjacent to and within certain parks. Introduction This bill would amend the idling law to restrict idling to one minute when adjacent to or within parks that have a designated name and are identified as a park on the Department of Parks and Recreation’s website. This bill would also create an affirmative defense that the park was not easily identifiable as a park by signage or otherwise at the time a violation occurred. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0612-2022 * Tiffany Cabán     Monitoring power plants performance. Introduction This bill would amend section 20 of the New York City Charter to add a new subdivision k requiring the department to track all department of environmental conservation reports on Title V power plants and, when any power plant is not in compliance with its permits, submit comments on the proposed renewal. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0612-2022 * Tiffany Cabán     Monitoring power plants performance. Introduction This bill would amend section 20 of the New York City Charter to add a new subdivision k requiring the department to track all department of environmental conservation reports on Title V power plants and, when any power plant is not in compliance with its permits, submit comments on the proposed renewal. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0684-2022 * Julie Menin     Increasing civil penalties for idling infractions by trucks and buses. Introduction This bill would increase the civil penalty imposed for drivers of buses and trucks who violate the anti-idling provision of the Air Pollution Control code. The penalty increases after the first and second violation. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0684-2022 * Julie Menin     Increasing civil penalties for idling infractions by trucks and buses. Introduction This bill would increase the civil penalty imposed for drivers of buses and trucks who violate the anti-idling provision of the Air Pollution Control code. The penalty increases after the first and second violation. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0707-2022 * Alexa Avilés     Air quality monitoring at designated “heavy use” thoroughfares. Introduction This bill requires the Department of Enviromental Protection (DEP) to designate heavy-use thoroughfares in every borough, and install street level air monitors at a minimum at two major intersections on every designated heavy use thoroughfare and at every park or playground adjacent to a heavy use thoroughfare. The bill also requires the issuance of a report to the mayor and to the speaker of the council containing the results of the air quality monitoring of designated heavy use thoroughfares and recreational areas. Where the results of the air quality monitoring indicate that levels of any regulated air contaminant constitute a violation of an existing standard, DEP along with the Department of Transportation and the Department of Education shall implement mitigation measures that reduce exposure risks. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0707-2022 * Alexa Avilés     Air quality monitoring at designated “heavy use” thoroughfares. Introduction This bill requires the Department of Enviromental Protection (DEP) to designate heavy-use thoroughfares in every borough, and install street level air monitors at a minimum at two major intersections on every designated heavy use thoroughfare and at every park or playground adjacent to a heavy use thoroughfare. The bill also requires the issuance of a report to the mayor and to the speaker of the council containing the results of the air quality monitoring of designated heavy use thoroughfares and recreational areas. Where the results of the air quality monitoring indicate that levels of any regulated air contaminant constitute a violation of an existing standard, DEP along with the Department of Transportation and the Department of Education shall implement mitigation measures that reduce exposure risks. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available