NY Env Conserv L § 58-0903 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 58 - Implementation of the Environmental Bond Act of 2022 "Restore Mother Nature" Title 9 - Water Quality Improvement and Resilient Infrastructure 58-0903 - Programs, Plans and Projects.

* § 58-0903. Programs, plans and projects.1.  Eligible  water quality improvement project costs include, but are   not limited to:a. costs associated with grants to municipalities  for  projects  that   reduce  or  control storm water runoff, using green infrastructure where   practicable;b. costs associated with projects that  reduce  agricultural  nutrient   runoff  and  promote  soil  health  such  as  projects  which  implement   comprehensive nutrient management  plans,  other  agricultural  nutrient   management projects, and non-point source abatement and control programs   including  projects developed pursuant to sections eleven-a and eleven-b   of the soil and water conservation districts;c. costs associated with projects that address  harmful  algal  blooms   such  as  abatement projects and projects focused on addressing nutrient   reduction in freshwater and  marine  waters,  wastewater  infrastructure   systems that treat nitrogen and phosphorus, and lake treatment systems;d.  costs associated with wastewater infrastructure projects including   but not limited to extending or  establishing  sewer  lines  to  replace   failing  septic systems or cesspools and projects as provided by section   twelve hundred eighty-five-u of the public authorities law;e. costs associated with projects to reduce, avoid or eliminate  point   and  non-point  source discharges to water including projects authorized   by the New York state water improvement infrastructure act of  2017  and   section twelve hundred eighty-five-s of the public authorities law;f.  costs  associated  with  the  establishment of riparian buffers to   provide distance between farm fields and streams or abate erosion during   high flow events; andg. costs associated with lead service  line  replacement  pursuant  to   section eleven hundred fourteen of the public health law.2.  The  department  and  the  New York state environmental facilities   corporation are authorized  to  provide  state  assistance  payments  or   grants  to municipalities for projects authorized pursuant to paragraphs   a, b, and d of subdivision one of this section.3. The department of agriculture and markets shall  be  authorized  to   make  state assistance payments to soil and water conservation districts   for the  cost  of  implementing  agricultural  environmental  management   plans, including purchase of equipment for measuring and monitoring soil   health and soil conditions.4.   The   department  is  authorized  to  make  grants  available  to   not-for-profits and academic institutions for paragraphs b, c, and f  of   subdivision  one  of this section, and make state assistance payments to   municipalities and undertake projects pursuant to this section.5. Provided that for the purposes of selecting projects for funding of   this section, the relevant agencies shall develop eligibility guidelines   and post information on the department's website  in  the  environmental   notice  bulletin  providing  for  a thirty-day public comment period and   upon adoption post such eligibility guidelines on the relevant  agency's   website.* NB  Takes  effect  only if section 1 of part TT of chapter 59 of the   laws of 2021 enacting the environmental bond act of 2022 "restore mother   nature" is submitted to the people at the general election to be held in   November 2022 and is approved by the majority of votes