STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A winter operations advisory will go into effect Sunday evening, The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) announced.

The advisory is the department’s lower level snow-combating notification.

According to the department, weather models predict snow totals between a coating and 1.8 inches, starting Sunday evening around 7 p.m. and continuing overnight.

Staten Island and the Jamaica Bay region could see snowfall towards the higher ends of those predictions.

The department will deploy more than 700 salt spreaders. Specialized bike lane spreaders are filled and ready to go when needed, and the department has hundreds of millions of pounds of salt on hand. DSNY will monitor and plan salting by using the new Bladerunner 2.0 tracking operation.

Garbage collection is already suspended on Monday due to the Presidents’ Day holiday, DSNY said.

“This winter weather is unlikely to substantially impact collection further, and residents with Monday collection should place it out Monday night for post-holiday service,” the department said in a press statement. “The small number of residents who receive collection from alleyways have also been asked to place material curbside until Thursday due to ongoing snow operations.”

Attempting to melt

Sunday’s winter weather operations come as DSNY continues to melt the snow from January’s winter storm. DSNY has melted more than 400 million pounds of snow at 13 melters in all 5 boroughs, according to the department.

“New Yorkers should know: DSNY is working to ensure your safety. Do your part both for yourself and for the Strongest by staying off the roads during active precipitation or, if you absolutely must drive, by doing so slowly, safely and carefully,” the department said.

According to the department, in a snow event all residents are responsible for clearing snow from sidewalks.

DSNY has written more than 4,000 summonses for failure to do so since the Jan. 25 storm, the department added.

More information about the city’s winter weather response can be found by visiting the City’s Severe Weather website at nyc.gov/snow, by calling 311 or by signing up for NotifyNYC, the City’s free emergency notification system.