NY Env Conserv L § 8-0117 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 8 - Environmental Quality Review 8-0117 - Phased Implementation.

§ 8-0117. Phased implementation.   1.  With  respect  to  the  actions  directly  undertaken by any state agency, the requirement of an environmental impact statement pursuant to subdivision two of section 8-0109 of this article shall take  effect  on the first day of September, nineteen hundred seventy-six.   2.  With  respect  to  actions or classes of actions identified by the department as likely to  require  preparation  of  environmental  impact statements  pursuant to subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c) of subdivision two of section 8-0113 of this article directly undertaken by  any  local agency,  whether  or  not such actions are supported in whole or in part through contracts, grants, subsidies, loans, or other forms  of  funding assistance  from  one  or  more  state  agency; and all other actions or classes of actions identified by the department  as  likely  to  require preparation  of environmental impact statements pursuant to subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c) of  subdivision  two  of  section  8-0113  of  this article  supported  in  whole  or  in  part  through  contracts, grants, subsidies, loans, or other forms of funding assistance from one or  more state  agency,  the  requirement  of  an  environmental impact statement pursuant to subdivision two of section 8-0109 of this article shall take effect on the first day of June, nineteen hundred seventy-seven.   3. With respect to actions or classes of  actions  identified  by  the department  as  likely  to  require  preparation of environmental impact statements pursuant to subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c) of  subdivision two  of  section  8-0113  of  this article supported in whole or in part through contracts, grants, subsidies, loans, or other forms  of  funding assistance from one or more local agency; and with respect to actions or classes  of  actions  identified  by the department as likely to require preparation of environmental impact statements pursuant to  subparagraph (i)  of  paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision  two  of section 8-0113 of this article  involving  the  issuance  to  a  person  of  a  lease,  permit, certificate  or other entitlement for use or permission to act by one or more state or local agency, the requirement of an  environmental  impact statement  pursuant to subdivision two of section 8-0109 of this article shall take effect on  the  first  day  of  September,  nineteen  hundred seventy-seven.   4.  With  respect to all other actions not included in subdivision two or three of  this  section  which  are  subject  to  this  article,  the requirement of an environmental impact statement pursuant to subdivision two of section 8-0109 of this article shall take effect on the first day of November, nineteen hundred seventy-eight.   5.  Agencies  subject  to  this  article  shall  adopt and publish the additional  necessary  procedures  described  in  subdivision  three  of section 8-0113 of this article, as follows:  (a)  With  respect  to actions included within subdivision one of this section, no later than August 1, 1976.  (b) With respect to actions included within subdivision  two  of  this section, no later than April 1, 1977.  (c)  With respect to actions included within subdivision three of this section, no later than July 1, 1977.  (d) With respect to actions included within subdivision four  of  this section, no later than November 1, 1978.   Any  agency  which  has  not  adopted  and  published  the  additional necessary procedures described in subdivisions two and three of  section 8-0113  of this article according to the dates set forth in this section shall  utilize  those  procedures  found  in  Part  617  of  title   six (environmental  conservation)  of the official compilation of the codes, rules and  regulations  of  the  state  of  New  York  for  purposes  of  implementing this article until such time as such agency has adopted and published its own procedures.