In accordance with Section VIII of the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permits for the 14 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
The Annual Report provides an update on the NYC Green Infrastructure Program including all of the achievements and advancements through 2023 and outlines what is in store for 2024.
Local laws 38, 39 (amended by LL 73 of 2013), 40, 41 and 42 of 2005 and 43 of 2010 (amended by LL 119 of 2016) require NYC DEP to report the use of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel, compliance with biodiesel requirements, and control technologies used to reduce particulate matter and nitrogen oxides.
The report evaluates the City’s storm operations, interagency coordination,
public communications, community preparedness, and long-term projects and plans to manage
stormwater.
Pursuant to Local Laws 60 and 64 of 2017, the EJNYC Report studies environmental burdens affecting communities of color and low-income communities and disparities in environmental benefits. The report also looks at how City processes meaningfully involve key stakeholders.
This study demonstrates that a new state-of-the-art wastewater resource recovery facility in the upper East River could transform the DEPs operations by connecting several separate drainage areas thereby increasing flexibility in a location with space to support future upgrades and maintenance.
An annual report on the number and location of tree inspections or assessments including the number of requests for inspections and the number of inspections resulting in further action taken.
This report provides an update of the specific information required by Section 24-530.b of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, entitled Southeast Queens Flood Mitigation Plan (enacted by Local Law 56 of 2017). The initial report was submitted on March 20, 2018.
This report provides specific information as required by Section 24-343.1.d of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, entitled Backflow Prevention Device Reporting (enacted by Local Law 58 of 2019).
This report details the number of idling violations issued by the Department of Environmental Protection as well as the number of citizen complaint filings and the civil penalties imposed for each enforcement action.