NY Env Conserv L § 55-0115 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 55 - Sole Source Aquifer Protection 55-0115 - Comprehensive Management Plan; Contents.

§ 55-0115. Comprehensive management plan; contents.The  designated planning entity shall prepare the plan for the special   groundwater protection area. The plan shall be designed  to  ensure  the   non-degradation  of the high quality of groundwater recharged within the   special groundwater protection area. Where  local  plans  already  exist   which  effectuate  the  goals of this article, such local plans shall be   evaluated and incorporated as  is  appropriate  into  the  work  of  the   planning entity. Such plan shall include but not be limited to:1.  A  determination  of  the  quality  of  the  existing  groundwater   recharged through said special groundwater protection area, the  natural   recharge   capabilities  of  the  special  groundwater  protection  area   watershed and the dependence of any natural ecosystems  in  the  special   groundwater  protection  area  on the water quality and natural recharge   capabilities of said area;2. An identification of all known existing  and  potential  point  and   non-point sources of groundwater degradation;3. Development of specific watershed rules and regulations pursuant to   section  eleven  hundred of the public health law, which are designed to   accomplish the purposes of this article;4. A map showing the detailed  boundary  of  the  special  groundwater   protection  area  or  areas  as well as a precise written description of   such boundaries;5. A resource assessment which determines the amount and type of human   development and activity which the ecosystem  can  sustain  while  still   maintaining  existing  ground  and  surface water quality and protecting   unique ecological features;6. The identification and proposal of limits  on  federal,  state  and   local  government  financially  assisted  activities and projects which,   directly or indirectly, may contribute, in any way  whatsoever,  to  any   degradation  of  such  groundwater  or  any  loss of natural surface and   subsurface  infiltration  or  purification  capability  of  the  special   groundwater protection area watershed;7.  Development of a comprehensive statement of land use management as   it pertains to the maintenance and enhancement  of  groundwater  quality   and quantity;8.  Proposal  of limits on land uses that might have an adverse impact   on water quality and/or recharge capabilities in the special groundwater   protection area;9. Consideration and proposal of specific techniques,  including,  but   not  limited  to:  clustering,  large  lot zoning, purchase, exchange or   donation of conservation easements  or  development  rights,  and  other   innovative  measures  sufficient  to  achieve  the  objectives  of  this   section;10.  Designation  of  specific  areas   within   special   groundwater   protection areas suitable and appropriate for public acquisition; and11.   A   program   for   local  governmental  implementation  of  the   comprehensive management plan described in this subdivision in a  manner   that  will  insure the continued, uniform, consistent protection of this   area in accord with the purposes of this article.