Bill Text: NY A09998 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes environmental standards for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-07 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A09998 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A09998-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9998 IN ASSEMBLY March 7, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, DINOWITZ, DE LA ROSA, SEAWRIGHT, ABBATE, D'URSO, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend chapter 154 of the laws of 1921, relating to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, in relation to establishing environmental standards for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Chapter 154 of the laws of 1921, relating to the Port 2 Authority of New York and New Jersey, is amended by adding a new article 3 X-A to read as follows: 4 ARTICLE X-A 5 § 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following 6 words and terms shall have the following meanings: 7 1. "Building or facility" means a single building or facility or a 8 group of buildings or structures at a single site that is owned, leased, 9 operated or funded by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey that 10 exceeds ten thousand square feet of space. For the purposes of this 11 title, the term "facility" shall include any highway, parkway or public 12 road owned, operated or maintained by the Port Authority of New York and 13 New Jersey. 14 2. "Cogeneration" means the simultaneous generation of two different 15 forms of useful energy using one single primary energy source, such as 16 the production of electricity using waste energy, such as steam; or the 17 use of steam from electric power generation as a source of heat. 18 3. "Distributed generation" means electricity that is generated from 19 small energy sources that are located near or in the building or facili- 20 ty where the electricity is used. Distributed energy resource systems 21 are small-scale power generation technologies used to provide an alter- 22 native to or enhancement of the traditional electric power system, such 23 as solar panels or small wind turbines. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07602-01-7A. 9998 2 1 4. "Fuel cell" means a device that produces electricity directly from 2 hydrogen or hydrocarbon fuel through a non-combustive electro-chemical 3 process. 4 5. "Renewable energy" means energy produced from the following sourc- 5 es: solar thermal, photovoltaics, wind, hydroelectric, geo-exchange, 6 tidal/wave energy and high-efficiency biomass. 7 § 2. Energy targets. 1. All buildings or facilities or vehicles or 8 vehicle fleets owned or leased, under which the Port Authority of New 9 York and New Jersey pays directly for energy, or operated by the Port 10 Authority of New York and New Jersey, shall meet the following targets 11 and timetable to achieve reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, energy 12 and water consumption: 13 (a) reduce greenhouse gas emissions that result from Port Authority of 14 New York and New Jersey operations from the established baseline meas- 15 urements by fifteen percent by the year two thousand twenty-two, twen- 16 ty-five percent by the year two thousand twenty-seven and fifty percent 17 by the year two thousand thirty-two. Emission reductions shall be meas- 18 ured on an absolute basis and not adjusted for facility expansion, load 19 growth or weather; 20 (b) reduce overall energy consumption at buildings or facilities or 21 vehicles or vehicle fleets owned or leased, under which the Port Author- 22 ity of New York and New Jersey pays directly for energy, by the Port 23 Authority of New York and New Jersey from the established baseline meas- 24 urements by fifteen percent by the year two thousand twenty-two, twen- 25 ty-five percent by the year two thousand twenty-seven and fifty percent 26 by the year two thousand thirty-two; 27 (c) reduce potable water use from the established baseline measurement 28 by ten percent by the year two thousand twenty-two, twenty percent by 29 the year two thousand twenty-seven and thirty percent by the year two 30 thousand thirty-two; and 31 (d) obtain by generation or procurement fifteen percent of annual 32 electricity consumption from renewable sources and/or from distributed 33 generation or cogeneration by the year two thousand twenty-two, twenty- 34 five percent by the year two thousand twenty-seven and fifty percent by 35 the year two thousand thirty-two. 36 2. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey shall establish a 37 baseline measurement of greenhouse gas emissions, electricity and water 38 consumption levels for the period beginning January first, two thousand 39 fourteen and ending December thirty-first, two thousand fifteen for such 40 building or facility or vehicle or vehicle fleet. The baseline measure- 41 ment shall be the average of the two year period. 42 § 3. Energy assessments and efficiency plan. 1. Energy assessments. 43 The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey shall conduct an annual 44 onsite assessment and evaluation of energy and water consumption and 45 expenses of any building or facility it owns, leases or operates. The 46 assessment shall include the following information: 47 (a) the total number of buildings and facilities owned, leased or 48 operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the total 49 square footage for such buildings and facilities; 50 (b) the total annual energy consumption, listed by energy source, for 51 each building or facility; 52 (c) the total annual energy cost calculated per square foot, and list- 53 ed by energy source, for each building or facility; 54 (d) the total annual water consumption for each building or facility; 55 (e) the total annual cost for fuel used by authority-owned vehicles, 56 listed by fuel type and the average mileage efficiency of vehicles byA. 9998 3 1 vehicle class owned or leased by the Port Authority of New York and New 2 Jersey; and 3 (f) a breakdown by percentage of the total renewable energy used by 4 each building or facility. 5 2. Energy efficiency plan. (a) Based on the initial assessment 6 conducted pursuant to subdivision one of this section, the Port Authori- 7 ty of New York and New Jersey shall develop an energy efficiency plan to 8 meet the targets, goals and timetable established pursuant to subdivi- 9 sion one of section two of this article. Such plan shall be submitted to 10 the governors and legislatures of both states. 11 (b) The plan shall describe specific measures to be taken to reduce 12 the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's greenhouse gas emis- 13 sions, energy and water consumption in accordance with such targets and 14 goals. The plan shall also describe any policies adopted, and projects 15 pursued, by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to increase 16 the use of renewable energy sources and other alternative sources, such 17 as distributive generation and cogeneration. 18 (c) The plan shall: 19 (1) provide a detailed and comprehensive plan for achieving the 20 targets and goals set forth in section two of this article; and 21 (2) be implemented in a cost-effective manner. 22 (d) The plan shall be amended to reflect any changes or updates 23 reported in the annual assessment pursuant to subdivision one of this 24 section. 25 (e) With respect to buildings and facilities that contain less than 26 ten thousand square feet in space, the Port Authority of New York and 27 New Jersey is encouraged to assess, develop and implement efficiency and 28 waste management plans consistent with the targets, goals and timetables 29 required pursuant to this article. 30 § 4. Solid waste management plan. 1. For purposes of this section, 31 "solid waste" shall mean all putrescible and non-putrescible materials 32 or substances discarded or rejected as being spent, useless, worthless 33 or in excess to the owners at the time of such discard or rejection, 34 including, but not limited to, garbage, refuse, industrial and commer- 35 cial waste, sludges from air or water control facilities, rubbish, 36 ashes, contained gaseous material, incinerator residue, demolition and 37 construction debris, discarded automobiles and offal but not including 38 sewage and other highly diluted water carried materials or substances 39 and those in gaseous form. "Solid waste" shall not include source, 40 special nuclear or by-product material as defined in the atomic energy 41 act of 1954, as amended. 42 2. (a) The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey shall prepare and 43 submit to the commissioner of the New York state department of environ- 44 mental conservation and the commissioner of the New Jersey state depart- 45 ment of environmental protection for review and approval, a solid waste 46 management plan for at least a ten-year period. 47 (b) The solid waste management plan shall, at a minimum: 48 (1) identify, describe and characterize the solid waste stream to be 49 managed in the planning period; 50 (2) assess existing and alternate proposed solid waste management 51 programs and facilities; 52 (3) identify the parties with responsibility to implement each element 53 of the plan and the steps which must be undertaken by each; and 54 (4) set forth a timetable for implementing the plan, including estab- 55 lishing annual goals.A. 9998 4 1 (c) Such plan shall strive to achieve the objectives of the state 2 solid waste management policy set forth in section 27-0106 of the envi- 3 ronmental conservation law, provide for or take into account management 4 of all solid waste within the planning unit, and embody, as may be 5 appropriate to the circumstances, sound principles of solid waste 6 management, natural resources conservation, energy production, and 7 employment creating opportunities. 8 (d) The plan shall be deemed complete if it contains all the elements 9 set forth in paragraph (b) of this subdivision. Thereafter such plan 10 shall become the solid waste management plan in effect for the Port 11 Authority of New York and New Jersey. If the plan as submitted does not 12 contain the elements set forth in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, the 13 commissioner of the New York state department of environmental conserva- 14 tion or the commissioner of the New Jersey state department of environ- 15 mental protection shall state the reasons for its determination and 16 require the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to re-submit an 17 amended plan for approval. 18 § 5. Sustainability coordinator. 1. The Port Authority of New York and 19 New Jersey shall appoint a sustainability coordinator to organize, coor- 20 dinate, oversee and report on the energy efficiency and waste management 21 activities of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The coordi- 22 nator shall, among other duties and responsibilities: 23 (a) prepare the energy efficiency and solid waste management plans; 24 (b) organize, coordinate and oversee the implementation of the effi- 25 ciency activities contained in the efficiency plan; 26 (c) organize, coordinate and oversee the implementation of the solid 27 waste management plan; 28 (d) submit the progress reports required pursuant to section eight of 29 this article; and 30 (e) disseminate all applicable information to authority staff, and 31 tracking and reporting all requested energy consumption or waste manage- 32 ment data. 33 2. The commissioner of the New York state department of environmental 34 conservation and the commissioner of the New Jersey state department of 35 environmental protection shall develop and conduct a training program 36 for the sustainability coordinator and assist him or her with the train- 37 ing of appropriate staff, vendors and contractors. 38 § 6. New construction, renovations and leases. 1. (a) The design and 39 construction of any new buildings or facilities, or the substantial 40 renovation of an existing building or facility, by the Port Authority of 41 New York and New Jersey shall comply with the environmental and sustain- 42 ability standards and regulations promulgated jointly by the commission- 43 er of the New York state department of environmental conservation and 44 the commissioner of the New Jersey state department of environmental 45 protection. This subdivision shall also apply to a building or facility, 46 fifty percent or more of the funding for the purchase, lease, design, 47 construction or substantial renovation thereof is funded directly or 48 indirectly by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 49 (b) For the purposes of this section, the term "substantial reno- 50 vation" shall mean: a capital project in which the scope of work 51 involves at least two of the following primary building systems: elec- 52 trical, plumbing, boiler, elevator, HVAC, roof replacement, window 53 replacement, lighting or external masonry, painting and plastering; and 54 the building area in which the construction is performed will be unoccu- 55 pied due to the nature of the construction for thirty days or more.A. 9998 5 1 2. Any leases entered into by the Port Authority of New York and New 2 Jersey, including the renegotiation or extension of existing leases, 3 shall: 4 (a) incorporate lease provisions that encourage energy and water effi- 5 ciency wherever life-cycle cost-effective. Build-to-suit lease solicita- 6 tions shall contain criteria encouraging sustainable design and develop- 7 ment, energy efficiency, and verification of facility performance; 8 (b) include a preference for facilities having the Energy Star build- 9 ing label in their selection criteria for acquiring leased facilities; 10 and 11 (c) encourage lessors to apply for an Energy Star building label and 12 to explore and implement projects that will reduce costs, including 13 projects carried out through the lessors' energy-savings contracts. 14 § 7. Procurement. 1. Procurement from specification list. (a) All 15 purchases of commodity, equipment, services and technologies made by the 16 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey shall be pursuant to procure- 17 ment lists and specifications promulgated jointly by the New York state 18 office of general services and the New Jersey state division of purchase 19 and property. 20 (b) In addition, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey shall 21 procure commodities, equipment, services and technologies that meet or 22 exceed the following minimum specifications: 23 (1) Recycled content. All copy paper and other paper supplies for 24 which the United States environmental protection agency has developed 25 recycled content recommendations pursuant to section six thousand two of 26 the federal resource conservation and recovery act shall be required to 27 meet or exceed the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's minimum 28 post-consumer material content percentages recommended in the most 29 recent recovered materials advisory notice issued for such commodity in 30 the federal register; provided, however, that xerographic paper shall 31 contain no less than thirty percent post-consumer recycled content. All 32 copy and janitorial paper shall be processed chlorine-free to the extent 33 practicable. All state authorities shall print publications on recycled 34 paper, and minimum percentages shall be met unless costs for such paper 35 exceed the cost of other available commodities by more than ten percent. 36 (2) Waste reduction. State authorities shall seek to reduce waste in 37 products and packaging, including the formulation of policies to promote 38 the use of double-sided copying and printing to the greatest extent 39 practicable. State authorities shall favor durability, repairability and 40 reuse when purchasing supplies. 41 2. If a commodity or equipment is not on the procurement list, the 42 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey shall select Energy Star and 43 energy-efficient products when acquiring energy-using products or equip- 44 ment. For products or equipment for which Energy Star labels are not yet 45 available, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey shall procure 46 products and equipment with the highest energy efficiency ratings for 47 such products or equipment as is practicable. 48 3. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey may procure a commod- 49 ity, equipment, service or technology through a process that does not 50 comply with this section when the purchase of the commodity, equipment, 51 service or technology is necessary to respond to an emergency which 52 endangers public health or safety, provided such authority shall within 53 seven business days file a written report with the authority's budget 54 office and the office of the state comptroller, which shall become part 55 of the procurement record. The report shall contain the following infor- 56 mation:A. 9998 6 1 (a) a description of the emergency that prevented compliance with 2 subdivisions one and two of this section; 3 (b) the name of the commodity or technology, or a description of the 4 service, its use and intensity of use; 5 (c) a description of the steps being taken to safeguard public health 6 and safety during the emergency; and 7 (d) an explanation of how such an emergency can be avoided in the 8 future. 9 4. (a) Beginning one year after the effective date of this section, 10 the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, when procuring commod- 11 ities, equipment, services or technology shall follow practices and 12 develop solicitation specifications that meet or exceed the minimum 13 specifications established in subdivision one of this section. All such 14 contracts shall include a statement describing how such minimum specifi- 15 cations were met. 16 (b) In the event that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 17 receives no bids or proposals that meet the specifications developed 18 pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision, such authority may with- 19 draw the request for bids or proposals and begin a new procurement with 20 new specifications that do not meet the specifications developed pursu- 21 ant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision and award a contract in accord- 22 ance with other applicable statutes; provided, however that such author- 23 ity shall document the reasons why such procurement does not meet the 24 minimum specifications established in subdivision one of this section, 25 and submit such documentation for inclusion in the annual report 26 required pursuant to this article and to the office of the state comp- 27 troller of the state of New York and the office of the state comptroller 28 of the state of New Jersey for inclusion in the procurement record. 29 5. (a) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the 30 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to procure a commodity, equip- 31 ment, service or technology that does not meet the form, function and 32 utility required by such authority, or as requiring the Port Authority 33 of New York and New Jersey to procure a commodity, equipment, service or 34 technology the cost of which exceeds the cost of an alternative avail- 35 able commodity or service by more than ten percent. 36 (b) When determining and comparing costs, the Port Authority of New 37 York and New Jersey shall consider the following definition. "Costs" as 38 used in this article shall be quantifiable and may include, without 39 limitation, the price of the given good or service being purchased; the 40 administrative, training, storage, maintenance or other overhead associ- 41 ated with a given good or service; the value of warranties, delivery 42 schedules, financing costs and foregone opportunity costs associated 43 with a given good or service; and the life span and associated life 44 cycle costs of the given good or service being purchased. Life cycle 45 costs may include, but shall not be limited to, costs or savings associ- 46 ated with construction, energy use, maintenance, operation, and salvage 47 or disposal. 48 6. Training and education. The New York state office of general 49 services and the New Jersey state division of purchase and property, 50 with the assistance of the New York state department of environmental 51 conservation and the New Jersey state department of environmental 52 protection, the New York state department of health and the New Jersey 53 state department of health and senior services, and the office of the 54 state comptroller of the state of New York and the office of the state 55 comptroller of the state of New Jersey, within twelve months of the 56 effective date of this section, shall design and begin implementation ofA. 9998 7 1 a training program for senior managers and Port Authority of New York 2 and New Jersey staff involved in procurement to familiarize them with 3 their responsibilities under this section and ensure the effective and 4 efficient implementation of the provisions of this section. Such program 5 shall provide for new employee training and ongoing training. 6 § 8. Reports. 1. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey shall 7 prepare and submit to the governors of the states of New York and New 8 Jersey and the state legislatures of New York and New Jersey an annual 9 progress report in a form or manner, containing such information or 10 data, and on such date determined by the council. The report shall be 11 certified as accurate and complete by the executive director of the Port 12 Authority of New York and New Jersey. 13 2. At a minimum, such report shall describe: 14 (a) the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's efforts regarding 15 reduction in energy and water consumption; waste reduction and recycling 16 activities; recycled product procurement; quantities of material recy- 17 cled; 18 (b) the progress made toward achieving the target and goals mandated 19 in this article; 20 (c) the progress made toward increasing the use of renewable energy 21 sources; and 22 (d) barriers to achieving progress toward meeting the targets and 23 goals. 24 § 2. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part 25 of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to 26 be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the 27 remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, 28 sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the 29 controversy in which the judgment shall have been rendered. 30 § 3. This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the 31 state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this 32 act, but if the state of New Jersey shall have already enacted such 33 legislation, this act shall take effect immediately; provided that the 34 chairman of the port authority of New Jersey shall notify the legisla- 35 tive bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of the enactment of 36 the legislation provided for in section one of this act in order that 37 the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base 38 of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance 39 of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and 40 section 70-b of the public officers law.
