Meeting is free and open to the public.
NY New York now requires major surface water polluters to post notification signs near discharge points. The signs identify the name of the permit holder, permit number, and tell how citizens can obtain specific information on the nature of the pollution discharge, including inspecting copies of the discharge permit and quarterly discharge monitoring reports. They also provide telephone numbers for the permit holder and the regional office of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, which is responsible for enforcing the permits. The act, signed in October of 1996 by Governor George Pataki, has now been established. Those polluters who have not complied are all non-major polluters who will all comply by 2001 as they renew their state waste water discharge permits.