NYCDOB Service Notices: Updates to Boiler & Elevator Inspections
Updated: January 24, 2022
DOB NOW: Safety will be updated January 24, 2022 to incorporate changes to the annual boiler inspection requirements.
Key Updates for Reporting Year 2022 & Later
Inspection Reports
- 14 days to file after inspection date (was previously 45 days).
- Late filings will incur a $50 late penalty for every 30-day period after the due date.
- NOTE: Late penalties will be waived for reports with inspection dates from January 1 through January 21, 2022 when the system was not available.
- Filings not submitted by January 14 of the following year will not be accepted and failure to file violations will be issued.
- Late penalties must be paid with the filing fee at time of filing.
- Payment is the last step of the filing process.
- Subsequent Inspection Reports (Affirmation of Corrections)
- 104 days to correct, inspect, and file after initial inspection date (was previously 180 days).
- Late filings will incur a $50 late penalty for every 30-day period after initial inspection date.
- Extension Requests may be granted.
- Up to two 45-day extension requests may be submitted (was previously one 180-day extension).
- First request must be filed within 104 days of initial inspection date.
- Second request must be filed within 149 days of initial inspection date when granted the first extension.
- A $15 filing fee for extension requests (no change).
- 14 days to file after subsequent inspection date, otherwise inspection must be redone.
- Test Notifications – Internal Inspections
- Must be submitted through DOB NOW: Safety (was previously done by email).
See Additional information in the NYCDOB Service Notice
Updates to Elevator Inspections in DOB NOW: Safety
DOB NOW: Safety will be updated January 24, 2022 to incorporate changes to elevator inspection and test requirements.
Key Updates for Reporting Year 2022 & Later
Periodic Inspections
- Periodic inspections must be performed by an approved Elevator Agency and submitted through DOB NOW: Safety (was previously performed by a contracted inspection agency on behalf of DOB).
- The inspection company cannot be the same as the owner’s maintenance company.
- The Elevator Agency Inspector must provide the eFiling account email address of the maintenance company’s director, who will then be able to view the inspection report detail.
- Filing fee will be $30.
- 14 days to file after inspection date.
- Late filings will incur a $150 late penalty for every 30-day period after the due date. NOTE: Late penalties will be waived for reports with inspection dates from January 1 through January 21, 2022 when the system was not available.
- Inspection date must be at least 90 days from the initial inspection date of an accepted Cat 1 test or periodic inspection.
- Filings not submitted by January 14 of the following year will not be accepted and failure to file violations will be issued.
- Any late penalties will have to be paid at time of filing. Category Tests
- 21 days to file after inspection date (was previously 60 days)
- Late filings will incur a late penalty for every 30-day period after the due date (was previously assessed per calendar month) NOTE: Late penalties will be waived for reports with inspection dates from January 1 through January 21, 2022 when the system was not available.
- Cat 1 Tests: Inspection date must be at least 6 months from the initial inspection date of another Cat 1 test and at least 90 days from the initial inspection date of any periodic inspection.
- Cat 1 Tests: Filings not submitted by January 21 of the following year will not be accepted and failure to file violations will be issued.
- Cat 5 Tests: Filings not submitted by the 21st day of the month following the five-year anniversary will not be accepted and failure to file violations will be issued.
Affirmation of Corrections – Periodic Inspections & Category 1 Tests
- 104 days to correct, inspect and file after initial inspection date (was previously 180 days for Category 1 tests)
- No filing fee for Periodic Affirmation of Corrections but will be changed to $40 in the future.
- Late filings will incur a late penalty for every 30-day period after initial inspection date.
- Extension Requests may be granted (for Category 1 tests only)
- Up to two 45-day extension requests may be submitted.
- First request must be filed within 104 days of initial inspection date.
- Second request must be filed within 149 days of initial inspection date.
- No fee for extension requests at onset but a fee may be charged in the future.
- 14 days to file after the affirmation of correction inspection date, otherwise inspection must be redone.
Test Notifications
- Must be submitted five days prior to test (was previously ten days prior)
See additional information in the NYCDOB service notice
See additional information in the NYCDOB industry notice
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Local Law 87 of 2009: Energy Efficiency Report (EER) Submissions Will Not be Accepted if Penalties are Outstanding
Beginning with the Energy Efficiency Report (EER) submissions due by December 31, 2021, the Department of Buildings will not accept an EER submission from an owner who owes penalties for prior violations until those penalties are paid in full.
Title 1 of the Rules of the City of New York §103-07(n) states DOB “will not accept any outstanding EER submission if outstanding penalties are not paid in full.”
Download this service notice for additional information.
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