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NY Env Conserv L § 17-0823 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 17 - Water Pollution Control Title 8 - State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 17-0823 - Power Plant Siting.

§ 17-0823. Power plant siting.In  the case of a major steam electric generating facility, as defined   in section one  hundred  forty  of  the  public  service  law,  for  the   construction  or  operation of which a certificate is required under the   former article eight of the public service  law,  or  a  major  electric   generating  facility  as  defined  in  section  one hundred sixty of the   public service law,  for  the  construction  or  operation  of  which  a   certificate  is  required  under  article ten of the public service law,   such certificate shall be deemed a permit under this section  if  issued   by  the  state  board  on electric generation siting and the environment   pursuant  to  federally  delegated  or  approved  environmental   permit   authority. Nothing herein shall limit the authority of the department of   health  and  the  department  to  monitor  the  environmental and health   impacts resulting from  the  operation  of  such  major  steam  electric   generating facility or major electric generating facility and to enforce   applicable  provisions of the public health law and this article and the   terms and conditions of the certificate governing the environmental  and   health  impacts  resulting from such operation. In such case all powers,   duties, obligations and privileges conferred upon the department by this   article shall  devolve  upon  the  New  York  state  board  on  electric   generation  siting  and  the environment. In considering the granting of   permits, such board shall apply the provisions of this article  and  the   Act.
NY Env Conserv L § 17-0825 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 17 - Water Pollution Control Title 8 - State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 17-0825 - Discharges of Industrial Waste to Publicly Owned Treatment Works.

§ 17-0825. Discharges  of  industrial  waste to publicly owned treatmentworks.Persons discharging industrial waste to  a  publicly  owned  treatment   works  shall  comply  with  toxic  effluent  standards  and pretreatment   standards and to monitoring, reporting, recording,  sampling  and  entry   requirements provided by the Act or adopted pursuant thereto.
NY Env Conserv L § 17-0826 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 17 - Water Pollution Control Title 8 - State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 17-0826 - Notification of Discharges Affecting Groundwaters.

§ 17-0826. Notification of discharges affecting groundwaters.Whenever a provision of this title is violated by a facility operating   under  or  pursuant  to  a  SPDES  permit  and  located  within  an area   designated pursuant to any federal or state statute  as  a  sole  source   aquifer,  all  public  water  purveyors  with  a service area or portion   thereof located within a three mile radius  of  the  violating  facility   shall  be notified by the department of such violation if the department   determines that the violation could have a  significant  impact  on  the   water  resources  of the area. The department's notices pursuant to this   section shall be made within fourteen days of  the  official  notice  of   noncompliance of the SPDES permit to the violating facility.For  the  purposes  of this section "public water purveyor" shall mean   any person, partnership, public or private corporation, municipality, or   public authority which sells water derived from a sole source aquifer to   at least five service connections or at least twenty-five individuals.
NY Env Conserv L § 17-0827 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 17 - Water Pollution Control Title 8 - State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 17-0827 - Conflicts of Interest.

§ 17-0827. Conflicts of interest.The  commissioner  of  the  department or his designee responsible for   issuance  of  SPDES  permits  hereunder,  is  hereby   prohibited   from   receiving, or during two years prior to approval of an application for a   permit  from  having  received,  a  significant  portion  of  his income   directly or indirectly from permit holders or applicants for  a  permit.   For the purposes of this section (a) "significant portion of his income"   shall  mean  ten  percent  of gross personal income for a calendar year,   except that it shall mean fifty percent of gross personal income  for  a   calendar  year  if  the  recipient  is  over  sixty  years of age and is   receiving such portion  pursuant  to  retirement,  pension,  or  similar   arrangement; (b) "income" includes retirement benefits, consultant fees,   and  stock  dividends;  and  (c)  income  is  not  received "directly or   indirectly from permit holders or applicants for a permit" where  it  is   derived from mutual-fund payments, or from other diversified investments   over  which  the  recipient  does  not  know the identity of the primary   sources of income.
NY Env Conserv L § 17-0828 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 17 - Water Pollution Control Title 8 - State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 17-0828 - Discharges Affecting Groundwaters.

§ 17-0828. Discharges affecting groundwaters.In  addition  to  any  other  requirements  imposed by this title, any   person seeking a SPDES permit or a renewal  hereunder,  within  an  area   designated  pursuant  to  any  federal or state statute as a sole source   aquifer, shall include as a part of the required information,  the  name   and address of all public water purveyors with a service area or portion   thereof  located within a three mile radius of the applicant's facility.   The names of all public water purveyors identified in the  SPDES  permit   application  or  renewal shall be included in the project description as   set forth when announced in the environmental notice bulletin.For the purposes of this section "public water  purveyor"  shall  mean   any person, partnership, public or private corporation, municipality, or   public authority which sells water derived from a sole source aquifer to   at least five service connections or at least twenty-five individuals.
NY Env Conserv L § 17-0829 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 17 - Water Pollution Control Title 8 - State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 17-0829 - Inspection and Entry.

§ 17-0829. Inspection and entry.  (a)  To  carry  out  the purposes of this Act or any rule, regulation, order, or permit, issued thereunder, the department  or  its  authorized representative, upon presentation of his credentials:  (1)  shall  have a right of entry to, upon, or through any premises in which any effluent source  is  located  or  in  which  any  records  are required to be maintained;  (2)  may  at  reasonable  times  have  access  to and copy any records required to be maintained;  (3) may inspect any monitoring equipment or method which is  required; and  (4)  may  have  access  to  and sample any discharges or pollutants to waters or to  publicly  owned  treatment  works  resulting  directly  or indirectly from activities or operations of the owner or operator of the premises in which the effluent source is located.  (b)  For the purposes of this section the term "effluent source" shall mean:  (1) a point source of the discharge of pollutants or  (2) a  source  of  introduction  of  pollutants  into  publicly  owned treatment works by an industrial user.
NY Env Conserv L § 17-0831 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 17 - Water Pollution Control Title 8 - State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 17-0831 - Environmental Monitors for Tankers.

§ 17-0831. Environmental monitors for tankers.1.  At  the  discretion  of  the commissioner, a tanker withdrawing or   transporting water where such withdrawal  or  transport  was  authorized   pursuant  to a permit issued under section 15-1506 of this chapter shall   be accompanied by an environmental monitor authorized by the department.2. It shall be the duty of such environmental monitor to  inspect  and   monitor the compliance of such tankers with all federal, state and local   requirements for operations and ballasting.3. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the department from entering   into  a  memorandum  of understanding with the board of commissioners of   pilots, created by article six of the navigation law, to allow  licensed   pilots to perform the functions of environmental monitors.4.  The  department is authorized to set environmental monitoring fees   to recover  all  costs  associated  with  such  monitors.  Every  tanker   withdrawing or transporting water where such withdrawal or transport was   authorized  pursuant  to  a  permit issued under section 15-1506 of this   chapter shall be subject to such fees.
NY Env Conserv L § 17-0901 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 17 - Water Pollution Control Title 9 - Procedure 17-0901 - Hearings.

§ 17-0901. Hearings.1. Public hearings shall be conducted by the commissioner, or his duly   designated  representative  or  representatives  prior to issuance of an   order  directing  any  person  to  discontinue  discharge   of   sewage,   industrial   waste  or  other  wastes  which  contravene  the  standards   established  for  any  waters  of  the  state  or  standards,  criteria,   limitations,  rules  or  regulations  promulgated or applied pursuant to   title 8 hereof.2. The hearings herein provided may be conducted by the  commissioner,   or  by  the duly designated hearing officer or officers, at any time and   place.3. A record, or summary thereof, of the proceedings of  said  hearings   shall  be  made  and filed with the department. If requested to do so by   any party concerned with said hearing, the full  stenographic  notes  of   the  testimony  presented  at said hearing shall be taken and filed. The   stenographer shall,  upon  the  payment  of  his  fees  allowed  by  law   therefor, furnish a certified transcript of the whole or any part of his   notes to any party to the action requiring the same.4.  In  any  such  hearing,  the  hearing officer or any member of the   hearing panel, may administer oaths, examine witnesses,  and  issue,  in   the  name of the department, notices of hearings and subpoenas requiring   the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence   relevant to any matter involved in any such hearing. A designation of  a   person  or  persons  by the commissioner to perform the functions herein   authorized shall be in writing and filed in the department.5. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey  a  notice  of  hearing  or   subpoena  issued  under  this  section,  the  supreme  court  shall have   jurisdiction,  upon  application  of  the  commissioner  or   his   duly   designated  representative,  to  issue an order requiring such person to   appear and testify or produce evidence, as the case may require, and any   failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by said court as   a contempt thereof.
NY Env Conserv L § 17-0903 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 17 - Water Pollution Control Title 9 - Procedure 17-0903 - Notices; Service of Process.

§ 17-0903. Notices; service of process.1.  Notices  of  all public hearings held pursuant to this title shall   specify the time, date and place of hearing.2. Service of all processes, except subpoenas, shall be  made  in  the   same manner as a summons in a civil action or by registered or certified   mail with a return receipt requested, addressed to the individual served   in person or in a representative capacity as hereinafter provided at his   last known residence, office or place of business. Such service shall be   made  upon  a  municipality  by  serving  the chief executive or counsel   thereof,  upon  a  sewer  district,  authority,  commission  or  private   corporation  by  serving  an  officer thereof, or upon an unincorporated   association or partnership or other company  of  persons,  which  has  a   president or treasurer, by serving either of such officers.3.  Subpoenas  shall be served upon the witnesses personally, together   with such fees therefor as may be provided by law.
NY Env Conserv L § 17-0907 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 17 - Water Pollution Control Title 9 - Procedure 17-0907 - Hearings for Persons Aggrieved.

§ 17-0907. Hearings for persons aggrieved.1.  This  section  shall  apply only to titles 1 to 11, inclusive, and   title 19 of this article.2. The commissioner shall grant a hearing to any person not previously   heard in connection with the making of a determination,  or  order,  who   within  twenty  days after service upon him of a copy of a notice, order   or determination of the commissioner,  may  file  a  petition  with  the   department  alleging  that  the  said  order  or determination is or are   contrary  to  fact  and  injurious  to  him,  and  that  said  order  or   determination cause him damage by the invasion of or interference with a   private  right  or  privilege, particularly appertaining to him. At such   hearing the petitioner may appear in  person  or  by  attorney,  present   witnesses,  submit  evidence  and be given full opportunity to be heard.   Following such hearing, the commissioner shall make  his  determination,   which,  unless  an  appeal  is  taken  therefrom,  shall  be  final  and   conclusive.
NY Env Conserv L § 17-1001 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 17 - Water Pollution Control Title 10 - Control of the Bulk Storage of Petroleum 17-1001 - Legislative Findings and Declarations.

§ 17-1001. Legislative findings and declarations.The  legislature  finds  and declares that the lands and waters of New   York state constitute an irreplaceable resource upon  which  is  founded   the  well-being  of  public  health,  economic  vitality and the state's   environment; that these resources may  be  contaminated  by  spills  and   leaks  of  petroleum  from  active  and abandoned petroleum bulk storage   facilities; that once contaminated the quality of these resources cannot   be completely restored to their original state; and  that  contamination   of  these  resources  must  be  prevented through improved safeguards in   storage and handling.The legislature declares these spills and leaks to be a threat to  the   public  welfare of the state and hereby exercises the power of the state   to  prevent  these  spills  and  leaks  from   occurring   through   the   establishment  of  a  state  petroleum  bulk  storage  code  for new and   substantially modified facilities.
NY Env Conserv L § 17-1005 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 17 - Water Pollution Control Title 10 - Control of the Bulk Storage of Petroleum 17-1005 - Leak Detection.

§ 17-1005. Leak detection.1. a. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations to provide   for  the  early  detection  of  leaks  or  potential leaks by owners and   operators.b. Such rules and regulations shall provide for daily measurements and   inventory records for petroleum in each facility using  a  gauge,  gauge   stick  or  automatic  gauging  system  as  well  as  product receipt and   disbursement records. The department may exempt facilities which are not   engaged in the  resale  of  petroleum  from  the  requirements  of  this   paragraph.2.  a.  The department shall establish minimum standards and schedules   for testing and inspection of those portions  of  facilities  which  are   over  ten  years  old.  Such schedules shall be based on such factors as   inventory methods  and  electronic  monitoring  systems;  facility  age,   condition  and  construction type; soil conditions, location of facility   relative to water supplies and other environmental factors.b. The department shall establish, by rule  and  regulation,  criteria   whereby facilities are properly closed and thereby released from testing   and  inspection  requirements.  The  department may require the owner to   provide financial assurances to ensure that  the  facility  is  properly   closed.  Any  decision  by the department with respect to requiring such   financial assurances and the methods or instruments which are to be used   shall be accompanied by a finding  regarding  the  public  interest  and   shall set forth the reasons therefor.
NY Env Conserv L § 17-1009 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 17 - Water Pollution Control Title 10 - Control of the Bulk Storage of Petroleum 17-1009 - Registration.

§ 17-1009. Registration.1.  The department shall consult with the state petroleum bulk storage   advisory council to compile a  list  of  facilities  within  the  state.   Within  thirty  days  of  the  promulgation  of rules and regulations in   accordance with section 17-1005, section 17-1007, and  this  section  of   this title, the department shall make available, upon request, a copy of   such rules and regulations.2.  All  owners  shall  register  the facility with the department. In   cases where there are multiple tank owners at a facility, the owners  of   the  tanks  may  designate  one  of  the tank owners to be an authorized   representative to register the tanks. The department  is  authorized  to   assess  a  fee  according  to  a  schedule based on the size and type of   facility, not to exceed five hundred  dollars  per  facility.  Such  fee   shall  be  paid  at  the  time  of registration or registration renewal.   Registration shall be renewed every five years or whenever ownership  of   a  facility  is  transferred,  whichever  occurs  first. The owner shall   notify the department when the authorized representative or operator  of   the  facility changes. In addition to such registration requirements and   pursuant to leak detection requirements set forth in section 17-1005  of   this  title,  notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  rule  or   regulation, the department shall duly notify the facility owner  of  the   requirement  for  such owner to perform the required tightness test on a   petroleum bulk storage tank no less than forty-five days  prior  to  the   date  of the test expiration on the tank. All fees collected pursuant to   this subdivision shall  be  deposited  in  the  New  York  environmental   protection  and  spill compensation fund established pursuant to section   one hundred seventy-nine of the navigation law. The owner  must  submit,   with  each  application  for  registration  or  registration  renewal, a   five-year fee as follows: Combined Storage Capacity at Facility         5-Year FeeGreater than 110 gallons to 1,100 gallons     $0 per facilityGreater than 1,100 gallons toless than 2,000 gallons                     $100 per facilityGreater than 2,000 gallons toless than 5,000 gallons                     $300 per facility5,000 gallons to less than400,000 gallons                             $500 per facility 3. The owner shall, within thirty  days  prior  to  reconditioning  or   replacement  of  an  existing  tank  or  installation of a new tank at a   facility, notify the  department  in  writing  of  such  reconditioning,   replacement or installation.4.  Owners  who  become  newly subject to registration requirements of   this section must, within one year of becoming subject to this  section,   register  the  facility  and  complete any modifications to tanks at the   facility to be in compliance with the regulations  promulgated  pursuant   to this title.
NY Env Conserv L § 17-1011 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 17 - Water Pollution Control Title 10 - Control of the Bulk Storage of Petroleum 17-1011 - Access to Records and Facilities.

§ 17-1011. Access to records and facilities.1.  Every  owner  or  operator  shall,  upon  reasonable notice of the   commissioner or his  designee,  permit  a  duly  designated  officer  or   employee of the department at all reasonable times to have access to and   to  copy  all books, papers, documents and records relating to the daily   measurement and inventory of petroleum stored at a facility.2. Any duly designated officer or employee of the department  may,  at   reasonable  times  and  upon  reasonable notice of the commissioner or a   designee, enter and inspect any facility, provided that such officer  or   employee  shall  be  accompanied  by  the  owner  or  operator  or their   designee.
NY Env Conserv L § 17-1013 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 17 - Water Pollution Control Title 10 - Control of the Bulk Storage of Petroleum 17-1013 - State Petroleum Bulk Storage Advisory Council.

§ 17-1013. State petroleum bulk storage advisory council.1.  There is hereby created within the department the "state petroleum   bulk storage advisory council" hereinafter referred to as the "council".   Such council shall consist of seven members, at least one of whom  shall   be  a  representative  of  operators  other than owners in the state, at   least one of whom shall be a representative of owners in the  state,  at   least  one  of whom shall be a representative of municipal corporations,   and at least two of whom shall be representatives of organizations whose   prime function is the protection of natural resources and enhancement of   the environmental quality of the state. The members of the council shall   be appointed by the commissioner within three months  of  the  effective   date  of  this  title. Each member shall be, by professional training or   experience and attainment, qualified to analyze  and  interpret  matters   pertaining to bulk storage of petroleum.2.  One  member shall be elected chairman of the advisory council by a   majority vote of the members of such council.3. The members of the council shall  serve  without  compensation  for   their  services  as members of the council, except that each of them may   be allowed the necessary and actual expenses which he shall incur in the   performance of his duties under this section.4. The council shall have the power, duty and responsibility to:a. Serve as a working forum  for  the  exchange  of  views,  concerns,   ideas,  information  and recommendations relating to the bulk storage of   petroleum.b. Advise the department on the proposal, preparation and revision  of   the  rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this   title.c. Request and receive from the department  at  each  meeting  of  the   council  any  portions  of  the rules and regulations then available for   review, whether in final or draft form, and any supporting documents  or   other pertinent data.d.  Before  promulgation of the rules and regulations required by this   title, the commissioner shall first submit such rules and regulations to   the council for review. The council shall, within  sixty  days  of  such   submission,  recommend  in  writing  to  the  commissioner any suggested   modifications to such rules and regulations.5.  The  recording  of  council  proceedings  shall  be  performed  by   personnel of the department.