City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2010-0568

• File #: 2010-0568
• Version: 4
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 6/1/2010
• In control: Committee on Land Use and Economic Development
• Final action: 7/12/2011
• Enactment date: 7/12/2011
• Enactment #: 11
• Effective date: 7/22/2011
• Title: Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title I-Administrative, Chapter 161-Contracts, by adding language regarding the retrofitting of construction vehicles at City subsidized projects. This bill shall be known as the “Clean Air Act of 2010.”
• Sponsors: William Peduto, Bruce A. Kraus, Natalia Rudiak, Douglas Shields, Darlene M. Harris, Theresa Kail-Smith
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 01 - ADMINISTRATIVE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/25/2011	4	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
7/12/2011	4	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
7/6/2011	3	Standing Committee	AMENDED	Pass
7/6/2011	4	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended as Amended	Pass
6/29/2011	3	Standing Committee	AMENDED
6/29/2011	3	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
6/22/2011	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
6/22/2011	1	Standing Committee	AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE	Pass
7/1/2010	1	Committee on Hearings	Public Hearing Held
6/9/2010	1	Standing Committee
6/9/2010	1	Standing Committee
6/1/2010	1	City Council	Read and referred

Title
Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title I-Administrative, Chapter 161-Contracts, by adding language regarding the retrofitting of construction vehicles at City subsidized projects. This bill shall be known as the “Clean Air Act of 2010.”

Body
Be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:


Section 1. Supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title I-Administrative, Chapter 161-Contracts, by adding language regarding the retrofitting of construction vehicles at City subsidized projects as follows:

161.42 Clean Construction Diesel Operations

161.42.A Purpose

To minimize human exposure and health risks from diesel particulate emissions and to reduce the health costs, missed school days, lost worker productivity and premature mortality linked to exposure to diesel particulate matter (PM) and other diesel pollutants.

161.42.B Applicability and Funding

(1) (I) All solicitations by the City, on and after January September 1, 2011, for a contract for a construction project, and all contracts entered into as a result of such solicitation, shall include a specification that all contractors in the performance of such contract shall meet the following requirements of subsection (3) of this Section.

(II) With respect to each application by the City for funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and/or the federal government for a contract, the cost of the construction project(s) applied for shall include the reimbursable emission reduction costs as described in subparagraph (III) of this subsection.

(III) All incremental equipment and installation costs incurred by a contractor for a specific project that are necessary to bring non-road and on-road vehicles into compliance with the requirements set forth in subsection (3) of this Section shall be fully reimbursed from project funds within 30 days from the completion of the installation of the emission control technology, provided that:

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