By December 2015 $187 million has been spent toward the implementation of green infrastructure in New York City. The Department of Environmental Protection began a Research and Development Program to build on existing monitoring and substantially expand the agency's ability to collect new data. Priority Areas have been identified for planned system improvements. Construction activity has peaked on many right-of-way green infrastructure contracts, with more than 1,000 practices constructed and another 1,500 substantially completed. The DEP initiated design retrofits on over 100 publicly owned properties this year.
DEP's Green Infrastructure Program is part of a broader commitment to improve water quality across New York City, pursuing new ways of managing stormwater in light of climate change impacts and an evolving regulatory landscape. The goal of the Program is to reduce combined sewer overflows (CSO) by managing the equivalent of stormwater generated by one inch of precipitation on 10% of the impervious surfaces in the combined sewer tributary areas of New York City by 2030.
HAZMAT reports are required by Local Laws 26 and 92, also known as the Community Right-to-Know Laws as well as information about DEP's comprehensive Right-to-Know Program. Community Right-to-Know Laws require certain facilities to report information about hazardous substances they store, use, and process. Having a database of this information protects community members, facility workers, emergency response personnel, and the environment in the event of an accidental or premeditated hazardous substance release.
Fiscal year annual update to New York City Department of Environmental Protection recycling plan, produced in compliance with Local Law 36, governing waste prevention, reuse and recycling by City agencies.
The Demand Management Unit within DEP is tasked with development of a citywide strategy that will outline DEP's plan for implementation of water demand management projects between now and 2021. The Water Demand Management Plan identifies six key strategies for managing water demand in New York City in light of the Water for the Future program, and details 21 specific initiatives to be implemented over the next eight years in order to achieve targeted water demand reductions.
According to Local Law 36 (2010), NY City Mayoral and Non-Mayoral Agencies are required to establish a Waste Prevention, Reuse, and Recycling Plan to bring the agency into compliance with the Recycling Law (Local Law 19 of 1989).
Local Law Air Reports are required annually by Local Law 77 of 2003 and Local Laws 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42 of 2005. These reports document the use of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel and the best available control technologies to redcue particulate matter and nitrogen oxides in the environment.
In accordance with Section VIII of the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permits for the fourteen New York City municipal wastewater treatment plants, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection reports annually on its ongoing program related to the Best Management Practices (BMP's) for Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO's).
Local Law Air Reports are required annually by Local Law 77 of 2003 and Local Laws 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42 of 2005. These reports document the use of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel and the best available control technologies to redcue particulate matter and nitrogen oxides in the environment.
Local Law Air Reports are required annually by Local Law 77 of 2003 and Local Laws 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42 of 2005. These reports document the use of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel and the best available control technologies to redcue particulate matter and nitrogen oxides in the environment.