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As a result of a Legionnaires\u2019 outbreak in 2015, all buildings with cooling towers, which includes evaporative condensers or fluid coolers that are part of a recirculated water system, such as the building\u2019s cooling, refrigeration or energy production systems and\/or any industrial process that requires water must comply with the Local Law 77 of 2015.<\/p>\n
Owners of these buildings must:[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1555377585831{padding-top: 20px !important;background-color: #05123a !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Register any new or existing equipment<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Develop and implement a maintenance program<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Get annual certification & conduct quarterly inspections of equipment in use<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Disinfect any equipment with any levels of microbes that can pose health risks<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Keep records of all inspections and tests for 3 years<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]NOTE<\/strong>: Owners must also clean, disinfect and inspect equipment after extended shut-down such as for seasonal usage. For this work as well as developing a maintenance program, an environmental consultant must be used.<\/p>\n Owners must notify the DOB within 30 days of removing\/permanently shutting down equipment stating that the equipment was cleaned and sanitized in compliance with DOH requirements.<\/p>\n If a violation is issued for any of the above requirements, Jaffa can help you resolve the fines.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1555378115254{background-color: #892323 !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n DOB<\/span><\/p>\n FAILURE TO:<\/strong><\/span> Registration of equipment must occur before initial operation. Disinfection is required 48 [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1553871694581{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text] What is it & what are your requirements? As a result of a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Capture-1.jpg?fit=571%2C458&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paXmTO-8M0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33728"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33728"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34396,"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33728\/revisions\/34396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What are your requirements if you permanently shutdown equipment?<\/h3>\n
How can the Jaffa team help me avoid this violation?<\/h3>\n
Contact us today<\/a> for more details.<\/h3>\n
PENALTIES<\/span><\/h3>\n
Who?<\/span><\/h3>\n
How much?<\/span><\/h3>\n
\nRegister, certify or inspect: $10,000 max<\/span>
\nDisinfect: $25,000 max<\/span>
\nProduce cooling tower maintenance plan: $1000 min.\/occurrence<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1567472598752{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #380000 !important;}”]<\/p>\nDeadline:<\/span><\/h3>\n
\nhours from testing. When severe health risks are present – 24 hours from testing.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Download this Information” style=”outline” color=”default” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jackjaffa.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F09%2FJaffa-Defines-Cooling-Towers.pdf||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"