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Subchapter 11
Gauges Utilizing Mercury
§20-696 Gauges Utilizing Mercury. It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute, sell or offer
for sale any gauge that utilizes mercury to test the pressure of gas piping, drainage or vent systems
or for any person to distribute, sell or offer for sale replacement mercury for use in such gauges.
§20-697 Penalty. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this subchapter shall
be subject to civil penalty of not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars
for each violation.
§3. Section 27-902 of the administrative code of the City of New York is amended by lettering
the existing section as subdivision "a" and by adding a new subdivision "b" to read as follows:
(b) No person shall use any portable equipment that utilizes mercury to test the
pressure of gas piping, drainage or vent systems.
§4. Subparagraph (b) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of section 27-922 of the administrative
code of the City of New York is amended to read as follows:
(b) Air Test. An air test may be used only when permission for this type of test is obtained
from the commissioner. The air test shall be made by attaching an air compressor testing apparatus
to any suitable opening, and, after closing all other inlets and outlets of the system, forcing air
into the system until there is a uniform gauge pressure of five psi [or sufficient pressure
to balance a column of mercury ten inches in height]. This pressure shall be held, without introducing
additional air, for a period of at least fifteen minutes.
§5. Subparagraph (a) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of section 27-922 of the administrative
code of the City of New York is amended to read as follows:
(a) Distribution pressures up to and including one-half psig. The completed piping is to
be tested with a [mercury] non-mercury gauge at a pressure [equal to a column of mercury six inches
in height] of three pounds per square inch gauge (psig) for a minimum of thirty minutes.
§6. Subdivision (d) of section 27-922 of the administrative code of the City of New York is hereby
amended by adding a new paragraph (4) to read as follows:
(4) The commissioner shall publish a list of non-mercury gauges certified by a nationally
recognized testing lab or promulgate rules with standards for non-mercury gauges within one hundred
and twenty days of this paragraph
§7. This local law shall take effect one hundred and eighty days after its enactment into law,
except that section six shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that the commissioner of
buildings and the commissioner of consumer affairs may promulgate any rules and take all other
actions necessary to implement sections one through five of this local law on or before the effective date.
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