§ 31-02 Reporting.
RCNY § 31-02
(a)A building owner with one or more drinking water tanks used to store potable water must, by January 15 of each year, report to the Department the results of the annual inspections conducted for each such drinking water tank during the previous calendar year. Inspection outcomes must be filed either through an online, interactive electronic submission system on the DOHMH website, or by submitting either a Drinking Water Storage Tank Inspection Reporting form, or a Multiple Drinking Water Storage Tanks Inspection Reporting form, as provided in subdivision (b) of this section.
(b)(1) The Department will make an online, interactive electronic submission system, as well as a Drinking Water Storage Tank Inspection Reporting form and a Multiple Drinking Water Storage Tanks Inspection Reporting form, available on its website. Both forms will also be available on request by calling 311.
(2)Inspection results submitted on a Drinking Water Storage Tank Inspection Reporting form and a Multiple Drinking Water Storage Tanks Inspection Reporting form must conform to the following: (A) Inspection results for a building containing only one drinking water tank must be submitted using the Drinking Water Storage Tank Inspection Reporting form. Inspection results for a building containing two (2) or more drinking water tanks must be submitted using the Multiple Drinking Water Storage Tanks Inspection Reporting form. (B) Such reporting forms must be completed using either a digitally or mechanically typed font. (C) Building premises information submitted on such reporting forms must be in conformance with the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) Building Information System (BIS). The required Building Identification Number (BIN) and standardized building address can be obtained by using the DOB BIS website (www.nyc.gov/bis). Paper reporting forms that do not contain such required standardized building information will not be accepted as valid documentation of an annual inspection. (D) The appropriate form must be delivered or mailed to the Department's Office of Public Health Engineering at: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Office of Public Health Engineering Drinking Water Storage Tank Inspection Reporting Program 42-09 28th Street, 14th Floor Long Island City, NY 11101-4132 (E) Any paper reporting form deemed incomplete, erroneous or otherwise unacceptable will be returned to the sender and will not be considered as documentation of the required annual inspections.
(c)All inspection results filed with the Department pursuant to this section will be publicly available.
