When an NYC property shows an E-designation or Environmental Restrictive Declaration, start with that restriction, then match the OER notice to the exact DOB job. An Appendix C entry or recorded declaration identifies requirements; satisfaction, permits and certificates of occupancy appear in later OER and DOB records. Preserve the BBL, E-designation or declaration number, CEQR or ULURP reference, recorded date, and DOB job number.
OER’s Do I Have an E? page documents an address-to-BIS route for the tax block and lot, then a BBL lookup in Appendix C. Its E-Designation overview defines the air, noise, and hazardous-material program.
Trace the E-designation from Appendix C to the DOB job
Keep each item as a separate row in your notes:
- Appendix C Table 1 entry: use the BBL to find the E-number, then follow the CEQR or ULURP reference for the requirements.
- Appendix C Table 2 entry: capture the Restrictive Declaration number and recorded date, then locate the recorded document.
- Recorded Restrictive Declaration: this is the title-bound restriction. Recording it shows the restriction exists; satisfaction comes later.
- OER project notice: match the notice to the exact DOB job and work scope. A notice for one filing covers that filing only.
- DOB outcome: verify permit issuance, signoff, completion, temporary CO, or final CO in the DOB record that answers that question.
The initial declaration and a later site-management covenant can be different instruments. Keep their recording references separate.
Read the OER notice beside the DOB job
OER’s New Projects and Notices of No Objection page says the identified new-building and conversion filings require both a Notice to Proceed and a Notice of Satisfaction to DOB. Both are OER records; the DOB outcome sits in DOB’s own job record.
- Notice to Proceed: the OER-linked DOB Operational Bulletin 2014-026 says the notice states OER’s no-objection to approval of the application and issuance of the permit. Its scope stops there: an amended permit, signoff, certificate of completion and temporary or final CO wait for the later notice.
- Notice of Satisfaction: the bulletin says the work required by the Notice to Proceed has met the environmental requirements, including recorded covenants for ongoing site management when required. At that stage OER states its no-objection to signoff, completion and CO.
- DOB record: DOB’s own job record shows whether DOB issued the permit, signed off the job or issued a CO.
Keep the notice date, job number, scope, and referenced covenant. Preserve the bulletin version and attachment found with the file.
A fictional E-designation file with two DOB jobs
Imagine a fictional file with an E-number, an earlier recorded declaration, and a Notice to Proceed for “DOB Job A.” Another folder has a permit summary for “DOB Job B” and lacks a Notice of Satisfaction.
Keep the jobs apart. Connect the E-number to its CEQR or ULURP requirements, match the declaration by date and instrument reference, and keep the Notice to Proceed with Job A. For Job B, name the missing OER notice, covenant, DOB signoff, or occupancy record.
The exercise prevents a recorded restriction from becoming completion evidence and a notice for one scope from becoming clearance for another.
Recover a declaration or notice after an incomplete search
The Department of Finance ACRIS page describes images from 1966 forward for Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and Brooklyn; OER routes Staten Island to the Richmond County Clerk. The 1966 start date applies to ACRIS images; OER notices follow their own timeline.
For a missing notice, the OER contact page directs FOIL requests through NYC OpenRecords with “Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation (OER)” selected.
Prepare one narrow request packet:
- Property identity: address and BBL, with the borough written out.
- Restriction identity: E-number or declaration number, CEQR or ULURP reference, recorded date, and instrument reference if known.
- Project identity: DOB job number, approximate year, filing type, and work scope.
- Exact missing record: Notice to Proceed, Notice of Satisfaction, referenced covenant, or another named OER document.
- Reason for the request: the unanswered stage, such as permit issuance, environmental satisfaction, job signoff, or occupancy.
Match the OER record to the DOB permit and CO outcome
Use the NYC DOB permit search guide to match the job and its later DOB events. The building permit records guide explains why application, permit, inspection, completion, and occupancy records answer different questions.
A missing online OER notice doesn’t prove that no notice exists, and it says nothing about whether DOB issued or denied a permit, signoff, completion record or CO. State which record was found, which identifier links it to the project, and which later agency action remains unresolved.
Official OER, DOB and Department of Finance guidance checked October 6, 2026.