Samuel Eluto of BTEA seeks clearer operational-idling definitions

But thank you, Council Member Epstein and Chair Gennaro.

We're going to share recommendations.

Yeah, could you say your name for the record, please?

Samuel Ludo, Director of Member Relations for the Building Trade Employers Association.

I know Council Member Epstein acknowledged that the process is currently flawed to give notice to our contractors, and that's a priority.

But another priority is really understanding the oath mechanism to have that deliberation, right?

There's been a discussion throughout this council hearing about what qualifies as idling, and we think that there should be stronger definitions, clarifications, enforcements, and also requirements for evidence because, you know, if our council...

If we get notice, there's still discrepancies about what should be considered operational idling.

And, you know, our members, 24 different associations, we have, you know, everything from decontamination units.

So, you know, when you're cleaning out asbestos, you need to have that kind of working, you know, engine running.

But even, you know, one of our members, the demolition contractors, in order to take all that garbage, you have to do things like compress it, which necessarily isn't captured in these other discussions about what is considered

operational idling, what is considered the regeneration process.

My understanding is it's a little bit different for demolition contractors or it's a little bit different for asbestos and remediation.

So, you know.

The bus guys have their own thing going on.

There's other things, but, you know, we're going to send very specific recommendations, which we think are, you know, we think there should be good, you know, environmental, you know, remediation and good environmental justice policies.

But we also think that our members shouldn't be unfairly targeted by policies.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And, yeah, I appreciate that.

BTEA, right?

Yep.

BTEA, right.

Okay.

Thank you both.

And, oh, here we go.

Here we go.

Here we go.

How am I supposed to follow?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Zach Miller.

Zach Miller.