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The commissioner of buildings shall cause all wires, currents and appliances that may be introduced into or placed in any building or structure in the city to be inspected, and shall furnish a certificate of such inspection to any person or corporation applying therefor.
The commissioner of buildings shall from time to time submit for the consideration of the council proposed local laws in relation to electric wires, appliances and currents for furnishing light, heat or power when introduced into or placed in any building or structure in the city. Such proposed local laws shall prescribe the method of construction, operation, location, arrangement, insulation and use of such wires, appliances and currents as the commissioner of buildings shall from time to time deem necessary for the protection of life and property.
a. As used in this section, the terms "gas corporation" and "gas plant" shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in section 2 of the public service law.
b. Each gas corporation that owns, operates or manages a gas plant located in whole or in part in the city shall by July first in each year, beginning in 2017, submit to an agency or office designated by the mayor a report on gas asset conditions consistent with the reporting requirements of section 255.951 of title 16 of the New York codes, rules and regulations and 49 CFR § 191.11, including the operator's mains and services inventory by material, diameter, vintage and leaks; a summary of major planned infrastructure projects in the city; the gas corporation's investment priorities in the next year; and such other information as such designated agency or office may require by rule.
c. Each gas corporation will meet annually with the head of such designated agency or office, the speaker of the council and the mayor, or designees of such persons, to discuss the information set forth in subdivision b of this section and related gas safety issues, including planned infrastructure in the city, leak reporting and surveillance activities, the operator's integrity management program and the general condition of the operator's gas assets.
(L.L. 2016/156, 12/6/2016, eff. 12/6/2016)
a. An agency or office designated by the mayor shall seek to identify risk factors that correlate to or otherwise indicate a violation of any law or rule that (i) relates to the delivery by pipe, or usage of, gas in residential or commercial buildings and (ii) poses a hazard to health and safety or a risk of damage to property. Such risk factors may include, but need not be limited to, unauthorized gas usage; unusual gas usage for a building based on its historic usage or usage for buildings of similar size, type or occupancy; abandoned structures; or structures condemned by the city.
b. In developing such risk factors, such designated agency or office shall (i) seek the cooperation of each gas corporation that owns, operates or manages a gas plant located in whole or in part in the city and with each organized labor association that contracts with such corporations and (ii) share with each such corporation appropriate information necessary to minimize impacts of such risk factors. The terms "gas corporation" and "gas plant" as used in this section shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in section 2 of the public service law.
c. By December first 2017, and every third year thereafter, such designated office or agency shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and make publicly available online, a report on how the city has made use of such risk factors in targeting enforcement of laws and rules relating to the delivery by pipe or usage of gas in residential and commercial buildings and the efficacy of such targeted enforcement.
(L.L. 2016/155, 12/6/2016, eff. 12/6/2016)