2006 New York Code - Procurement And Use Of Environmentally-sensitive Cleaning And Maintenance Products.

 
    § 409-i. Procurement and use of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and
  maintenance  products.  1. For the purpose of this section the following
  terms shall mean:
    (a) "Elementary  or  secondary  school"  means  a  facility  used  for
  instruction  of  elementary  or  secondary  students  by: (i) any school
  district, including a special act school  district  and  a  city  school
  district  in  a  city  having  a  population  of one hundred twenty-five
  thousand inhabitants or more, (ii) a board  of  cooperative  educational
  services,  (iii)  a  charter school, (iv) an approved private school for
  the education of  students  with  disabilities,  (v)  a  state-supported
  school for the deaf or blind operated pursuant to article eighty-five of
  this  chapter,  and  (vi)  any  other private or parochial elementary or
  secondary school.
    (b)  "Environmentally-sensitive  cleaning  and  maintenance  products"
  means  those  cleaning  and  maintenance  products that minimize adverse
  impacts on children's health and the environment.
    (c)  "Facility"  means  any  school  building  or  facility  used  for
  instructional  purposes  and the surrounding grounds or other sites used
  for playgrounds, athletics or other instructional purposes.
    2. The commissioner of general  services,  in  consultation  with  the
  commissioner and the commissioners of environmental conservation, health
  and  labor,  shall  establish and from time to time amend guidelines and
  specifications for environmentally-sensitive  cleaning  and  maintenance
  products  for use in elementary and secondary school facilities. For the
  purpose of developing  appropriate  criteria  for  such  guidelines  and
  specifications,  such  commissioners  shall review and evaluate existing
  research regarding environmentally-sensitive  cleaning  and  maintenance
  products,  including but not limited to, research and guidance issued by
  the United States environmental protection agency and the office of  the
  federal  environmental  executive.  In  developing  such guidelines, the
  commissioner of general services shall  provide  public  notice  and  an
  opportunity  to comment. Such guidelines shall be followed by elementary
  and secondary schools to identify and procure  environmentally-sensitive
  cleaning  and  maintenance  products  which  are  available in the form,
  function and utility generally used by elementary and secondary  schools
  in their facilities.
    3.  The  commissioner  of  general  services  shall disseminate to all
  elementary and secondary schools guidelines and specifications  for  the
  purchase  and  use of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance
  products  in  elementary  and  secondary  schools  for  use   in   their
  facilities.  The commissioner of general services shall also prepare and
  disseminate to all elementary and secondary schools  a  sample  list  of
  such  environmentally-sensitive  cleaning  and maintenance products that
  meet these guidelines or specifications.  The  commissioner  of  general
  services  shall  provide  assistance  and  guidance  to  elementary  and
  secondary schools in carrying out  the  requirements  of  this  section.
  Elementary   and   secondary   schools  shall  follow  such  guidelines,
  specifications and sample list when purchasing cleaning and  maintenance
  products for use in their facilities.
    4.  Elementary  and  secondary schools shall notify their personnel of
  the availability of such guidelines, specifications and sample list.
    5. On or before June first, two thousand  seven,  the  department,  in
  consultation  with  the office of general services, shall issue a report
  providing  an  analysis  of  the   impact   of   such   guidelines   and
  specifications    on    the   purchasing,   procurement   and   use   of
  environmentally-sensitive   cleaning   and   maintenance   products   by
  elementary and secondary schools. Nothing in this section shall preclude
  an  elementary  or secondary school from depleting existing cleaning and
  maintenance supply stores purchased prior to the effective date of  this
  section.