Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Long Island Rail Road: Compliance with Executive Order 134-Environmental Impact of Cleaning of Facilities

The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) provides commuter train service between New York City and Long Island. Executive Order 134 required State agencies and certain public authorities such as LIRR to procure and use cleaning products that minimize the potential impacts to human health and the environment. It also required the agencies to conduct an assessment of their programs to promote environmentally safe cleaning and transition to certain conforming products within specified time periods. We found that LIRR was not in compliance with the Executive Order, and recommended actions that would bring it into compliance.

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