NY Exec L § 911 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 42 - Waterfront Revitalization of Coastal Areas and Inland Waterways 911 - Definitions.

§ 911. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall   have  the  meaning  ascribed  to  them,  unless  the  context  otherwise   requires:1. "Coastal area" shall mean (a) the state's coastal waters,  and  (b)   the  adjacent  shorelands,  including landlocked waters and subterranean   waters, to the  extent  such  coastal  waters  and  adjacent  lands  are   strongly  influenced  by  each  other  including,  but  not  limited to,   islands, wetlands, beaches,  dunes,  barrier  islands,  cliffs,  bluffs,   inter-tidal  estuaries and erosion prone areas. The coastal area extends   to the limit of the state's jurisdiction on the water  side  and  inland   only  to encompass those shorelands, the uses of which have a direct and   significant impact on the coastal waters. The  coastal  area  boundaries   are  as  shown  on  the  coastal  area  map on file in the office of the   secretary of state as required in section nine hundred fourteen of  this   article.2. "Coastal area boundaries" shall mean the boundaries prepared by the   secretary  of  state  pursuant  to  section  forty-seven of chapter four   hundred sixty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-five.3. "Coastal waters" means lakes Erie and Ontario, the St. Lawrence and   Niagara rivers, the Hudson river south of the federal dam at  Troy,  the   East  river,  the  Harlem river, the Kill von Kull and Arthur Kill, Long   Island sound and the Atlantic ocean, and their connecting water  bodies,   bays, harbors, shallows and marshes.4.  "Inland  waterways"  shall mean (a) the state's major inland lakes   consisting  of  lakes  Baldwin,  Ballston,  Big  Tupper,  Black,  Brant,   Campfire,  Canadarago,  Canandaigua,  Carmel,  Casse, Cazenovia, Cayuga,   Champlain, Charles, Chateaugay, Chautauqua, Chazy,  Conesus,  Cranberry,   Dean  Pond  (in  the  county of Putnam), Drew, East Caroga, Dickiebusch,   Echo (in the county of Westchester),  George,  Gilead,  Glencoma,  Great   Sacandaga,  Honeoye,  Indian,  Journeys  End,  Junior  (in the county of   Westchester), Katonah, Kentwood, Keuka, Kirk, Kitchawan, Little Wolf (in   the county of Franklin), Lincolndale,  Long,  Lost  (in  the  county  of   Putnam),  Meahagh, Mirror, MacGregor, Mahopac, Minerva, Mohegan, Nimham,   Neatahwanta,  Northville,  Oceola,  Oneida,  Onondaga,  Oscaleta,  Ossi,   Otisco,  Otsego, Owasco, Palmer, Paradox, Peach, Placid, Purdys, Putnam,   Raquette, Rippowam, Ronkonkoma,  Round,  Sacandaga,  Saratoga,  Schroon,   Secor,   Seneca,  Shenorock,  Skaneateles,  Silver  (in  the  county  of   Wyoming), Sagamore,  Saranac,  Seven  Hills,  Sparkle,  Tibet,  Tonetta,   Teakettle  Spout,  Truesdale, Waccabuc, West Caroga and Wixon, Simon (in   the county of Franklin) and the Fulton chain of lakes; (b)  the  state's   major  rivers  comprised  of  the Allegheny, Ausable, Battenkill, Black,   Boquet, Bronx, Canisteo, Chaumont  (including  Chaumont  bay),  Chemung,   Chenango,  Cohocton,  Delaware,  Deer,  Genesee,  Grasse,  Great  Chazy,   Hoosic, Hudson north of the federal dam at Troy, Indian, Little (in  the   Adirondack  park),  Little  Ausable,  Little Salmon (including north and   south branches), Mad, Mettowee, Mohawk, Oswegatchie, Oswego,  Pocantico,   Racquette,  Sacandaga,  Salmon,  Saranac, Saw Mill, Schroon, St.  Regis,   Susquehanna, Tenmile, Tioga, Tioughnioga, Wallkill and  Buffalo  rivers,   and  the  north  and middle branches of the Moose river; (c) the state's   major creeks comprised of the 18 Mile  Creek  located  in  Erie  county,   Chittenango  Creek,  Bash  Bish and Kinderhook Creek located in Columbia   county, Kinderhook Creek located  in  Rensselaer  county,  Basher  Kill,   Bushkill,   Cattaraugus,   Cayadutta,   Cincinnati,  East  Kill,  Esopus   (including upper and lower branches), Ferguson, Fish (including east and   west branches),  Gooseberry,  Great  Valley,  Kennyetto,  Little  Sandy,   Moyer,  Mud  Creek  located  in Oneida county, Ninemile Creek, Onondaga,   Oriskany, Peekskill Hollow, Reall, Roeliff Jansen Kill, Rondout,  Sandy,   Sauquoit,  Schoharie,  Shawangunk  Kill,  Six  Mile  Creek, South Sandy,    Oatka, Tonawanda, West Kill, Scajaquada, Wappinger,  Webatuck,  Wassaic,   Willsey  in  the  village  of  Wurtsboro, Wood Creek located in Herkimer   county, Wood Creek located in Oneida  county,  Black  Creek  located  in   Monroe  county,  Black  Creek  located  in Genesee and Wyoming counties,   Ellicott  Creek  located  in  Erie   county,   Wynantskill,   Claverack,   Taghkanic,  Agawamuck,  Wyomanock,  and  Ley  Creek  and Butternut Creek   located in Onondaga county, Nanticoke and Sawkill  (in  Ulster  county),   Saw  Kill  and Fall Kill located in Dutchess county; (d) the Barge Canal   System as defined in section two of the canal law; and (e) the  adjacent   shorelands  to the extent that such inland waters and adjacent lands are   strongly influenced  by  each  other  including,  but  not  limited  to,   islands,  wetlands,  beaches, dunes, barrier islands, cliffs, bluffs and   erosion prone areas.5. "State agency" means any  department,  bureau,  commission,  board,   public  authority  or  other  agency  of the state, including any public   benefit corporation any member of which is appointed by the governor.6. "Comprehensive harbor management plan" shall mean a plan to address   the problems of conflict, congestion and competition for  space  in  the   use  of harbors, surface waters and underwater lands of the state within   a city, town or village or abounding  a  city,  town  or  village  to  a   distance  of  fifteen  hundred feet from shore. A harbor management plan   must consider regional needs and, where applicable,  must  consider  the   competing   needs  of  commercial  shipping  and  recreational  boating,   commercial and recreational fishing and  shellfishing,  aquaculture  and   waste   management,   mineral   extraction,   dredging,  public  access,   recreation,  habitat  and  other  natural  resource  protection,   water   quality,  open  space,  aesthetic  values  and  common  law  riparian or   littoral rights, and the public interest in such lands underwater.7. "Water dependent use" means an activity which can only be conducted   on, in, over or adjacent to a water body because such activity  requires   direct  access  to  that  water body, and which involves, as an integral   part of such activity, the use of the water.