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Restricting the use of bottled water at state facilities

Restricting the use of bottled water at state facilities
Executive Order No.7-18,* issued June 3, 2009

Governor David A. Paterson has issued an Executive Order, Executive Order 18, directing that ?Within 180 days of the issuance of this Order, every executive agency shall develop and begin implementation of a plan to eliminate the expenditure of State funds for the purchase of bottled water for use at executive agency facilities. The goal of the plan shall be to eliminate such expenditure by May 1, 2010. Each agency shall provide a copy of its plan to the Commissioner of General Services.?

The plan, at a minimum, must provide ?(a) a description of the specific projects, programs, actions and policies to be undertaken to achieve compliance with this Order; (b) a description of any ongoing use of bottled water and the extent to which such use complies with this Order; (c) an assessment of the capability of existing facilities to provide tap water for consumption, including accessibility of water fountains and tap water dispensers, water quality, and constraints on access to tap water for consumption in place of bottled water; (d) identification of reasonable improvements that can be made to agency facilities to provide or increase reasonable access to tap water for consumption in place of bottled water; and (e) a description of steps the agency will take to avoid new contractual commitments to purchase bottled water. Such plan shall not entail the replacement of bottled water with less healthful alternative bottled beverages.?

The text of Executive Order 7-18 is posted on the Internet at:
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2009/jun3/pdfs/exorders.pdf

* Executive Order 7.15 indicates that this is the 15th Executive Order issued by Governor Paterson. Executive Orders issued by previous governors are designated 1.xx, 2.xx, 3.xx, etc., commencing with Executive Order 1.1 issued by the late Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller.

Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on June 10, 2009 (boomark / email).