Common Contracts

Memorandum of Understanding

June 13th, 2018

• Filed
  June 13th, 2018

This Memorandum of Understanding (the “Memorandum”) by and between The Plumbing Foundation City of New York, Inc., located at 535 8th Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10018 (hereinafter referred to as “the Foundation”) and all Gas Operator Qualification Members (hereinafter referred to as “GOQ Members” or “member employers”) (collectively, the “Parties”). The Parties agree to the terms of this Memorandum for the purpose of establishing the Foundation as the OQ Administrator as defined herein with respect to the requirement for Licensed Master Plumbers (“LMPs”) and those within their employ to comply with changes to the New York Code of Rules and Regulations (“NYCRR”) related to gas. Specifically, in Case No. 14-G-0357, the New York State Public Service Commission (the “PSC”) proposed a change to the definition of “service line” which will require LMPs and/or those in their employ to conduct interior natural gas distribution jurisdictional piping safety inspections and leak surveys in a