NY Env Conserv L § 56-0303 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 56 - Implementation of the Clean Water/clean Air Bond Act of 1996 Title 3 - Clean Water Projects 56-0303 - Management Programs, Plans and Projects.

§ 56-0303. Management programs, plans and projects.   1. Of the moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to  the Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act of 1996, five hundred twenty-five million dollars ($525,000,000)  shall  be  allocated  to  water  quality improvement projects identified as follows:  (a)  Twenty-five  million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for state assistance payments  to  municipalities  for  the  cost  of  water quality  improvement  projects  intended  to  implement the Hudson River estuary plan as set forth in section 11-0306 of this chapter.  (b) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be available  for state  assistance  payments  to  municipalities  for  the  cost of water quality improvement projects intended to implement the Long Island Sound comprehensive conservation and management  plan  developed  pursuant  to section 320 of the federal clean water act.  (c) Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be available for state assistance  payments  to  municipalities  for  the cost of water quality improvement projects intended to implement the Lake Champlain management plan  developed  pursuant  to  the  federal   Lake   Champlain   special designation act of 1990.  (d)  Seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) shall be available for state assistance payments  to  municipalities  for  the  cost  of  water quality  improvement  projects  intended  to implement the Onondaga Lake plan developed pursuant to the consent order issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of New  York  agreed  to  among Onondaga  County,  the  state of New York, and the Atlantic States Legal Foundation, Inc. Provided, however, that such municipality shall  adhere to  the  construction timetable set forth in said plan and shall provide the department  with  periodic  updates  as  to  the  progress  of  said construction and the prospect of any pilot or demonstration technologies set  forth  in  said plan. The commissioner shall have discretion not to make any disbursement until these conditions have been met to his or her satisfaction and upon the approval of the state comptroller.  (e) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be  available  for state  assistance  payments  to  municipalities  for  the  cost of water quality improvement projects intended  to  implement  the  New  York/New Jersey  harbor comprehensive conservation and management plan, developed pursuant to section 320 of the federal clean water act.  (f) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be  available  for state  assistance  payments  to  municipalities  for  the  cost of water quality improvement projects  intended  to  implement  the  department's great lakes program developed in accordance with the federal great lakes critical  programs  act  of  1990  and  the  great  lakes  water quality agreement of 1987, as amended, between the governments of Canada and the United States of America.  (g) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be  available  for state  assistance  payments  to  municipalities  for  the  cost of water quality improvement projects for the finger lakes and their  tributaries which  are  approved  by  the  secretary  of  state  pursuant to article forty-two of the executive law or by the commissioner.  (h) For state assistance  payments  for  the  cost  of  water  quality improvement  projects  intended for any waters of the state for projects to support a study of groundwater quality in Long Island or  open  space land   conservation  projects  which  have  been  (a)  approved  by  the commissioner, (b) identified in plans in accordance with  section  1455b of  the  federal coastal zone management act or article forty-two of the executive law and approved by the secretary of state, or  (c)  developed in  accordance  with title eleven-b of article two of the soil and water  conservation districts law and approved by  the  state  soil  and  water conservation committee and commissioner of agriculture and markets.  (i)  Twenty-five  million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for the expenses of projects at facilities owned by the state  of  New  York which  enhance  the  quality  of  the  waters  of the state by remedying environmental deficiencies or  complying  with  environmental  laws  and regulations.  (j)   Fifty  million  dollars  ($50,000,000)  shall  be  available  to municipalities for wastewater treatment  improvement  projects  and  the cost  of municipal flood control projects in villages, towns, and cities with a population of seventy-five thousand or less.  (k) Thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available for  state assistance  payments  to  municipalities  for  the cost of water quality improvement   projects   intended   to   implement   the   comprehensive conservation  management plan for the peconic estuary developed pursuant to section 320 of the federal clean water act and for the  comprehensive management  plan  for  the  south  shore  estuary reserve plan developed pursuant to article forty-six of the executive law.  (l) Thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available for  state assistance  payments through the environmental facilities corporation to villages, towns, and cities with a population of less than one  million, for  environmental  compliance  assistance projects for businesses which enhance the quality of the waters of the state through  compliance  with environmental   laws   and   regulations,   or   to  remedy  or  prevent environmental deficiencies.  (1) The president  of  the  environmental  facilities  corporation  is authorized  to provide state assistance payments to villages, towns, and cities with a population less than one million,  for  implementation  of environmental  compliance  assistance projects which enhance the quality of the waters of the state.  (2) A village, town, and city with  a  population  of  less  than  one million  may  submit  an  application to the president, in such form and manner as the president  may  require,  for  state  assistance  payments toward the cost of environmental compliance assistance projects.  (3)  Upon  receipt  of a request for state assistance application, the president shall review and, within ninety days from  the  receipt  of  a complete    application,   may   approve,   disapprove,   or   recommend modifications  thereto  consistent   with   applicable   law   criteria, standards, or rules and regulations relative to such projects.  (m)  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  law to the contrary, amounts allocated in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f)  and  (g)  of  this subdivision  may  be  interchanged  between  such  paragraphs and may be interchanged to amounts allocated in paragraph (h) of this subdivision.   2. At least three wastewater  treatment  improvement  projects  funded pursuant  to  this title shall be projects designed to refine innovative technologies for use in the physical environment of New York  state  and serve  as  a  catalyst  for  technology  transfer. Such technologies may include, but shall not be  limited  to,  technologies  that  reduce  the amount  and toxicity of sewage sludge and effluent; increase reliability and cost efficiency; reduce energy consumption; or achieve more reliable pathogen destruction.