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What is NYC FC § 311.4?

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This section mandates that owners of vacant or temporarily unoccupied buildings containing hazardous materials must comply with facility closure requirements. It specifies that such properties must be maintained free of hazardous materials unless approved by the commissioner. Applies to owners of buildings deemed unsafe or containing regulated hazardous materials.

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311.4 Removal of hazardous materials.

FC § 311.4

The owner of any vacant building, structure or premises, or part thereof, that contains hazardous materials and that is deemed unsafe pursuant to Article 216 of Title 28 of the Administrative Code shall comply forthwith with the facility closure requirements of FC 5001.6. The owner of a temporarily unoccupied building, structure or premises, or part thereof, that contains hazardous materials regulated by FC Chapter 50 shall comply with the facility closure requirements of FC 5001.6. Vacant and temporarily unoccupied buildings, structures or premises, and all parts thereof, shall thereafter be maintained free of hazardous materials, including hazardous waste material, except as approved by the commissioner.

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