§ 24-163.2 Alternative fuel buses and sanitation vehicles.
AC § 24-163.2
Editor's note: this section has been repealed by L.L. 2023/140, 10/23/2023, eff. 7/1/2028. For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2023/140. a. Definitions. When used in this section: "Alternative fuel bus" means a bus that is operated using solely an alternative fuel or is operated using solely an alternative fuel in combination with gasoline or diesel fuel, and shall not include bi-fuel motor vehicles. "Alternative fuel sanitation vehicle" means a sanitation vehicle that is operated using solely an alternative fuel or is operated using solely an alternative fuel in combination with gasoline or diesel fuel, and shall not include bi-fuel motor vehicles. "Alternative fuel street sweeping vehicle" means a vehicle used by the department of sanitation for street cleaning purposes that is operated using solely an alternative fuel or is operated using solely an alternative fuel in combination with gasoline or diesel fuel, and shall not include bi-fuel motor vehicles. "Bus" means a motor vehicle that is designed to transport more than twenty individuals. "Recyclable materials" means solid waste that may be separated, collected, processed, marketed and returned to the economy in the form of raw materials or products, including but not limited to types of metal, glass, paper, plastic, food waste, tires and yard waste. "Sanitation vehicle" means a vehicle used by the department of sanitation for street cleaning purposes or for the collection of solid waste or recyclable materials. "Solid waste" means all materials or substances discarded or rejected as being spent, useless, or worthless, including but not limited to garbage, refuse, industrial and commercial waste, sludges from air or water pollution control facilities or water supply treatment facilities, rubbish, ashes, contained gaseous material, incinerator residue, demolition and construction debris and offal, but not including sewage and other highly diluted water-carried materials or substances and those in gaseous forms. b. For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2005, and for each fiscal year thereafter, at least twenty percent of the buses the city purchases in such fiscal year shall be alternative fuel buses. c.
(1)Beginning no later than March 1, 2006, the commissioner of sanitation shall implement a program for testing the mechanical reliability and operational feasibility of alternative fuel street sweeping vehicles. Such program shall include a pilot project regarding the exclusive utilization of alternative fuel street sweeping vehicles in at least four sanitation districts, to be identified at the discretion of the commissioner of sanitation. At least one such district shall be located in an area where high rates of asthma are found and the commissioner shall consider asthma rates in his or her determination of where such other districts will be located.
(2)The department of sanitation shall collect and analyze data to further develop its initiatives for and assess the feasibility of incorporating new alternative fuel sanitation vehicles and technology into its fleet. d.
