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NY Env Conserv L § 23-2709 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 23 - Mineral Resources Title 27 - New York State Mined Land Reclamation Law 23-2709 - Administration of Title.

§ 23-2709. Administration of title.   1. The department shall have and be entitled to exercise the following powers and duties:  (a) to issue permits in accordance with the criteria set forth in this article and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;  (b)  to  administer  and  enforce the provisions of this title and any rule or regulation  promulgated  thereunder  or  order  issued  pursuant thereto;  (c)  to  establish environmental standards and criteria for mining and reclamation of the affected land to achieve the purposes of this title;  (d) to  order,  pursuant  to  section  71-0301  of  this  chapter,  an immediate  suspension  of mining or reclamation operations or operations incidental or appurtenant thereto whenever  such  operations  are  being carried  on  in  violation  of  this  title or of rules, regulations and orders adopted pursuant thereto;  (e) to conduct investigations and obtain data with respect to research experiments  and  demonstrations,  and  to   collect   and   disseminate information regarding mining and reclamation;  (f)  to  accept grants or funds for purposes of administration of this title and research into the fields of mining and land reclamation;  (g) to cooperate with any other governmental  entity  to  further  the purposes of this title;  (h)  to  contract with the soil and water conservation district in the county where a mine is located to achieve the purposes of this title;  (i) to allow, upon agreement by the department and the permittee,  the reclamation of unreclaimed land affected by mining prior to April first, nineteen  hundred  seventy-five, as a substitute for reclamation of land affected by mining after that date, provided that  a  net  environmental benefit results from such substitution; and  (j)  to determine, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, if a mining operation has been abandoned.   2. This title shall not apply to the commissioner of general  services acting  with  respect  to lands under water pursuant to the public lands law.   3. The state geological survey shall be the state  agency  responsible for  the  collection  of mineral production information for the state in association with the United States bureau of mines. The state geological survey shall also continue to be the state agency  responsible  for  the conduct   of  mineral  resource  investigations  and  inventories.  Such information shall be made available to the department upon  request  and the  survey shall have access to any records of the department collected in conjunction with the administration of this title.
NY Env Conserv L § 23-2719 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 23 - Mineral Resources Title 27 - New York State Mined Land Reclamation Law 23-2719 - Enforcement.

§ 23-2719. Enforcement.The provisions of this title and any rules and regulations promulgated   thereunder  shall  be  enforced pursuant to title 13, article 71 of this   chapter.
NY Env Conserv L § 23-2721 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 23 - Mineral Resources Title 27 - New York State Mined Land Reclamation Law 23-2721 - Judicial Review.

§ 23-2721. Judicial review.Any  act, omission, determination or order of the department or of any   officer or employee thereof, pursuant to or within  the  scope  of  this   title,  may  be reviewed in accordance with article seventy-eight of the   civil practice law and rules.
NY Env Conserv L § 23-2723 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 23 - Mineral Resources Title 27 - New York State Mined Land Reclamation Law 23-2723 - Severability.

§ 23-2723. Severability.The  provisions  of  this  title shall be severable and if any phrase,   clause, sentence or  provision  of  this  title,  or  the  applicability   thereof  to  any  person  or  circumstance  shall  be  held invalid, the   remainder of this  title  and  the  application  thereof  shall  not  be   affected thereby.
NY Env Conserv L § 24-0101 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands Title 1 - General Provisions and Public Policy 24-0101 - Short Title.

§ 24-0101. Short title.This article shall be known as the "Freshwater Wetlands Act".
NY Env Conserv L § 24-0103 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands Title 1 - General Provisions and Public Policy 24-0103 - Declaration of Policy.

§ 24-0103. Declaration of policy.It  is  declared  to  be  the  public policy of the state to preserve,   protect and  conserve  freshwater  wetlands  and  the  benefits  derived   therefrom,  to  prevent  the  despoliation and destruction of freshwater   wetlands, and to regulate use and development of such wetlands to secure   the natural benefits of freshwater wetlands, consistent with the general   welfare and beneficial economic, social and agricultural development  of   the state.
NY Env Conserv L § 24-0503 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands Title 5 - Local Implementation 24-0503 - Transfer of Function to County; Supersession by Department.

§ 24-0503. Transfer of function to county; supersession by department.1.  In the event that a town, village, city or county shall certify in   writing, as hereinafter provided, that it does not possess the technical   capacity or the procedures effectively to carry out the requirements  of   this  title,  such  local function shall be transferred to the county or   the department, as the case may  be.  The  certification  of  the  town,   village  or  city  shall  be  by  certified  mail to the chief executive   officer of the county, or, in the case of a county, to the commissioner.2. In the  event  that  the  commissioner  shall  find  that  a  local   government  does  not  possess the technical capacity or the implemented   procedures effectively to carry out the requirements of this title,  and   that  his  failure  to  act will entail a default, or the potential of a   default,  in  freshwater  wetlands  regulation,  the  commissioner   may   supersede the local government and order, alternatively, either that the   local  function  be  transferred  to  the county, or that the department   itself undertake the local function, all  to  the  extent  necessary  to   carry  out  the  purposes of this article. The supersession of the local   government, shall be by order of the  commissioner  sent,  by  certified   mail, to the chief executive officer of the local government involved.3.  In  the event of transfer or supersession under subdivision one or   two of this section, subsequent proceedings shall be in accordance  with   the further requirements of this article.
NY Env Conserv L § 24-0505 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands Title 5 - Local Implementation 24-0505 - Exemption From Local Implementation.

§ 24-0505. Exemption from local implementation.The  commissioner, by rule, may exempt from local implementation under   this title those freshwater wetlands which, by reason of their  size  or   special  characteristics  of  unique environmental value or by reason of   common characteristics, are appropriately to be administered pursuant to   this article by the department alone. Such rule, based upon findings  of   fact  made after public hearing, may relate to classes of wetlands based   on size or particular characteristics, or  to  particular  wetlands  the   characteristics  of  which  make  them  subject  to  the exercise of the   commissioner's discretion pursuant to  this  section.  The  commissioner   shall  make  an  order  to  such effect in each such instance and send a   certified copy thereof to the executive officer of each local government   affected thereby within ten days of his signing  the  same;  such  order   shall not take effect until forty days after such signing.
NY Env Conserv L § 24-0507 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands Title 5 - Local Implementation 24-0507 - Reservation of Local Jurisdiction.

§ 24-0507. Reservation of local jurisdiction.Except  as provided in this article, jurisdiction over all areas which   would qualify as freshwater wetlands except that they are not designated   as such on the freshwater wetlands map pursuant to  section  24-0301  of   this  article because they are less than twelve and four-tenths acres in   size and are not of unusual local importance is reserved  to  the  city,   town  or  village in which they are wholly or partially located, and the   implementation  of  this   article   with   respect   thereto   is   the   responsibility of said city, town or village, in accordance with section   24-0501  and  title twenty-three of article seventy-one of this chapter,   except that a city, town or village in the exercise of its powers  under   this section, shall not be subject to the provisions of subdivision four   of  section  24-0501,  subdivisions two and three of section 24-0503, or   section 24-0505 of this article.
NY Env Conserv L § 24-0509 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands Title 5 - Local Implementation 24-0509 - Relationship to Other Laws.

§ 24-0509. Relationship to other laws.No  provision of this article shall be deemed to remove from any local   government any authority pertaining  to  the  regulation  of  freshwater   wetlands,  whether  such  wetlands  are  under  the  jurisdiction of the   department or a county pursuant to subdivision 4 of section  24-0501  of   this title, under the county, general city, general municipal, municipal   home  rule, town, village, or any other law, provided, however, that any   such regulation by a local government shall be at least as protective of   freshwater wetlands  as  the  regulations  in  effect  pursuant  to  the   provisions  of  this  chapter  or  any  rule  or  regulation promulgated   pursuant to the provisions of  this  article  or  pursuant  to  a  local   freshwater  wetlands  protection  law  or  ordinance adopted by a county   pursuant to the provisions of section 24-0501 of this title.
NY Env Conserv L § 24-0511 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands Title 5 - Local Implementation 24-0511 - Local Freshwater Wetlands Protection Procedures in the Adirondack Park.

§ 24-0511. Local   freshwater  wetlands  protection  procedures  in  theAdirondack park.Except for section 24-0509, this title shall not apply  to  freshwater   wetlands protection laws or ordinances adopted by towns or villages with   respect  to  their  territories within the Adirondack park. Such laws or   ordinances are governed by title eight of this article.
NY Env Conserv L § 24-0801 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands Title 8 - Regulation of Wetlands in the Adirondack Park 24-0801 - Permits for Wetlands in the Adirondack Park.

§ 24-0801. Permits for wetlands in the Adirondack park.1.  As used in this title, the term "freshwater wetlands", in addition   to its meaning  under  section  24-0107  of  this  article,  shall  mean   "wetlands"  as  defined  in  subdivision  sixty-eight  of  section eight   hundred two of article twenty-seven of the executive law.2. Where the activities otherwise subject  to  regulation  under  this   article involve freshwater wetlands located within the boundaries of the   Adirondack park, the inquiries referred to and the applications provided   for  in  section 24-0703 of this article shall be made to and filed with   the Adirondack park  agency  at  its  headquarters  office,  under  such   regulations and procedures as the Adirondack park agency may promulgate.   The  Adirondack park agency shall review the application in place of the   commissioner or local government as provided in section 24-0705 of  this   article,  having  due regard for the declaration of policy and statement   of findings set forth in this article and  for  the  considerations  set   forth  in subdivision one of section 24-0705 of this article. The agency   shall in addition determine prior to the granting of any permit that the   proposed activity will be consistent with the Adirondack park  land  use   and development plan and would not have an undue adverse impact upon the   natural, scenic, aesthetic, ecological, wildlife, historic, recreational   or  open  space  resources of the park, taking into account the economic   and social or other benefits to be derived from the activity. Any person   may seek review of a ruling made solely pursuant to  the  provisions  of   this article by the Adirondack park agency pursuant to the provisions of   article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.
NY Env Conserv L § 24-0803 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands Title 8 - Regulation of Wetlands in the Adirondack Park 24-0803 - Transfer of Jurisdiction to Local Government.

§ 24-0803. Transfer of jurisdiction to local government.   1.  Notwithstanding  anything in article twenty-seven of the executive law to the contrary, the Adirondack park agency may transfer to  a  town or  village  any  or  all  of its jurisdiction over regulated activities conducted upon, or land use and development  or  subdivision  involving, those  wetlands  located  on  private lands which it finds, due to their size or other characteristics, are of lesser regional importance and are appropriately to be administered by such local governments alone.   2. The agency shall not transfer such jurisdiction unless the town  or village  (a)  has  adopted  and  implemented a local freshwater wetlands protection law or ordinance or has in a local land use program  provided by local law or ordinance for the protection of such wetlands, which law or ordinance:  (i) meets the criteria set forth in subdivision two of section 24-0501 of this article,  (ii)  provides  for  a  review  of  regulated activities, land use and development and subdivision pursuant  to  the  standards  set  forth  in subdivision two of section 24-0801 of this article, and  (iii)  contains at a minimum land use regulations meeting the criteria of subdivision one of section 24-0903 of this article; and  (b) possesses the technical or administrative capacity  to  administer the local law or ordinance.   3.  In connection with a transfer of its jurisdiction pursuant to this section, the agency may impose reasonable conditions in  furtherance  of the policies and purposes of this article and of article twenty-seven of the executive law.   4.  A  local  government  regulating wetlands pursuant to this section shall have the right to charge such fees and expenses  to  an  applicant for  official action as shall enable it to recover the costs incurred by reason of such application.   5. The technical services of the department or  the  agency  shall  be made   available  to  towns  and  villages,  on  a  fee  basis,  in  the implementation of the procedures set forth in this section.
NY Env Conserv L § 24-0805 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands Title 8 - Regulation of Wetlands in the Adirondack Park 24-0805 - Land Use Regulations for Freshwater Wetlands in the Adirondack Park.

§ 24-0805. Land   use   regulations   for  freshwater  wetlands  in  theAdirondack park.Except as to wetlands upon private lands within local  governments  to   which  jurisdiction  has been transferred pursuant to section 24-0803 of   this article,  the  Adirondack  park  agency  shall  also  exercise  the   functions  assigned  to  the  commissioner under section 24-0903 of this   article.
NY Env Conserv L § 24-0901 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands Title 9 - Freshwater Wetlands Preservation Program 24-0901 - Cooperative Agreements.

§ 24-0901. Cooperative agreements.1.  Upon  completion  of the freshwater wetlands map, the commissioner   shall confer with local government officials in each region in which the   inventory has been conducted to establish a program for  the  protection   of the freshwater wetlands of the state.2.  The  commissioner  may  enter into cooperative agreements with any   city, village, town or county, or with an owner of  freshwater  wetlands   or  with  any  one  or  more  of them, for the purpose of preserving and   maintaining, in accordance with the  policies  of  this  article,  those   freshwater  wetlands  which  are  within  the  boundaries  of such city,   village, town or county.3.  The  cooperative  agreement  shall  provide  that  the  freshwater   wetlands  be  preserved  and  maintained  in their natural state and may   provide for access thereto to be retained by  such  owner  for  purposes   compatible with the purposes of this article.4. A cooperative agreement with any such village, town, city or county   may  provide  for  the  development  by  personnel and facilities of the   department or the payment out of funds appropriated  therefor,  for  the   purpose  of  preserving,  maintaining,  or  enhancing  such  wetlands in   accordance with the policies of this article, and for the furnishing  of   such personnel, facilities or funds as may be agreed upon by the parties   to the cooperative agreement.5.  This  section  shall not prevent any freshwater wetland from being   designated as part of the natural and historic preserves of  the  state,   nor  shall  it prevent preservation of such lands by dedication as state   parks.  The  office  of  parks  and  recreation  shall  outline  to  the   commissioner  its  plans  to  preserve  freshwater wetlands as parks and   reserves as soon as possible after the effective date of this article.
NY Env Conserv L § 24-0905 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands Title 9 - Freshwater Wetlands Preservation Program 24-0905 - Tax Abatement.

§ 24-0905. Tax abatement.Any  freshwater  wetland  subject  to land use regulations pursuant to   section 24-0903 of this article or subject to  a  cooperative  agreement   pursuant to section 24-0901 of this article shall be deemed subject to a   limitation  on the use of such wetlands for the purposes of property tax   evaluation, in the same manner as if  an  easement  or  right  had  been   acquired  pursuant to the general municipal law. Assessed value shall be   based, during the duration of such agreement or regulations, on the uses   remaining to the owner thereof.
NY Env Conserv L § 24-1301 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands Title 13 - Miscellaneous Provisions 24-1301 - Miscellaneous Provisions.

§ 24-1301. Miscellaneous provisions.1.  The  provisions of this article shall not be construed to limit in   any manner the functions, powers and duties of the commissioner  or  the   department   of  environmental  conservation,  or  of  any  other  state   department or agency, under this chapter or any other laws.2. The commissioner, his agents or employees and the personnel of  the   Adirondack  park  agency  may  enter  upon  any  lands  or  waters after   reasonable  notice  and  for  good  cause  shown  for  the  purpose   of   undertaking  any  investigations, examination, survey, or other activity   for the purposes of this article.3. The commissioner may adopt and, from time to time, amend rules  and   regulations  consistent  with this article to assist him in carrying out   his functions, powers and duties hereunder.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this  chapter,  a  privately   owned  parcel of land or part thereof within the county of Richmond that   did not contain a designation as a freshwater wetland on  the  tentative   freshwater  wetlands  map  filed  in the office of the clerk of Richmond   county in 1981 shall not be on any tentative freshwater wetlands map  if   the landowner has any written determination from the department pursuant   to  subdivision five of section 24-0703 of this article that such parcel   of land or part thereof did not  meet  the  statutory  definition  of  a   freshwater  wetland.  Such  representations  shall be considered to have   been definitive when made, and such parcel or part thereof shall not  be   designated  as a freshwater wetland on any final map filed in the office   of the clerk of Richmond county pursuant to this article. The provisions   of this subdivision shall not apply  to  any  parcel  of  land  or  part   thereof,  purchased  after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven,   or to any such parcel or part thereof owned wholly or  in  part  by  any   unit  of  government  or agency or subdivision thereof, any authority or   agency existing pursuant to governmental action, or subdivision thereof;   including the state and the city of New York.
NY Env Conserv L § 24-1303 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands Title 13 - Miscellaneous Provisions 24-1303 - Severability.

§ 24-1303. Severability.The  provisions of this article shall be severable, and if any clause,   sentence, paragraph, subdivision  or  part  of  this  article  shall  be   adjudged  by  any  court  of  competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such   judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate  the  remainder  thereof   but  shall  be  confined  in  its  operation  to  the  clause, sentence,   paragraph,  subdivision  or  part  thereof  directly  involved  in   the   controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
NY Env Conserv L § 24-1305 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 24 - Freshwater Wetlands Title 13 - Miscellaneous Provisions 24-1305 - Applicability.

§ 24-1305. Applicability.   The  provisions  of  this  article  shall  not  apply to any land use, improvement or development for which  final  approval  shall  have  been obtained  prior  to  the  effective  date of this article from the local governmental authority or authorities having jurisdiction over such land use. As used in this section, the term "final approval" shall mean:  (a) in the case of the subdivision of land, conditional approval of  a final  plat as the term is defined in section two hundred seventy-six of the town law, and approval as used in section 7-728 of the  village  law and section thirty-two of the general cities law;  (b)  in the case of a site plan not involving the subdivision of land, approval by the appropriate body or office of a city, village or town of the site plan; and  (c) in those cases not covered by subdivision (a) or  (b)  above,  the issuance   of   a   building  permit  or  other  authorization  for  the commencement of the use,  improvement  or  development  for  which  such permit  or  authorization was issued or in those local governments which do not require such permits or authorizations, the  actual  commencement of the use, improvement or development of the land.
NY Env Conserv L § 25-0101 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 25 - Tidal Wetlands Title 1 - General Provisions and Public Policy 25-0101 - Short Title.

§ 25-0101. Short title.This article shall be known as the "Tidal Wetlands Act".
NY Env Conserv L § 25-0102 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 25 - Tidal Wetlands Title 1 - General Provisions and Public Policy 25-0102 - Declaration of Policy.

§ 25-0102. Declaration of policy.It  is  declared to be the public policy of this state to preserve and   protect  tidal  wetlands,  and  to  prevent   their   despoliation   and   destruction,  giving  due  consideration  to the reasonable economic and   social development of the state.