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2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 5 - The Marine and Coastal District of New York Conservation, Education, and Research Grants Program › 13-0503 - Marine and Coastal District of New York Conservation, Education, and Research Board.

§ 13-0503. Marine   and  coastal  district  of  New  York  conservation,
education, and research board.
1. There is hereby  established  in  the  department  the  marine  and
coastal district of New York conservation, education, and research board
to  be  composed of three members, one of whom shall be appointed by the
governor, one of whom shall be appointed by the temporary  president  of
the  senate,  and  one  of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the
assembly. Each appointing official shall also appoint an  alternate  who
may  serve  in  the  place  of  the  member appointed by such appointing
official. A member or alternate member of the board shall serve  at  the
pleasure  of the official by whom he or she is appointed. The members of
the board shall choose their chairperson.
2. The board shall have the power and duty to: (a) receive and review,
and to approve or deny, applications from eligible recipients for grants
from  the  marine  and  coastal  district  of  New  York   conservation,
education,  and research fund, created pursuant to section ninety-five-c
of the state finance law,  for  conservation,  research,  and  education
projects  relating  to such marine and coastal district. Approval of any
such proposed project may be granted only by unanimous vote of all three
members of the board. In the event a member of the board  is  unable  to
vote, the alternate for such member may vote in his or her place;
(b)  make  by-laws  for  the  management  of its affairs and to do all
things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers  expressly  given
in this title;
(c)  review the allocations and expenditures of the department related
to the marine resources account. To assist the board in its review,  the
department  shall  by September first of each year make available to the
board, the governor and the legislature current and  anticipated  income
and expenditures for the account, including planned expenditures by time
and activity code for the next fiscal year; and
(d)  consult with marine fish and wildlife interests and render annual
reports to the commissioner on fiscal needs and make recommendations  on
expenditures and how such needs shall be met.
3.  The  board shall meet at least two times a year, at the request of
the chairperson.
4. The members of the board and alternate  members  shall  receive  no
compensation  for their services, but shall be entitled to reimbursement
for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance  of  their
official duties pursuant to this section.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 7 - Seagrass Protection Act › 13-0703 - Definitions.

§ 13-0703. Definitions.
1.  "Coastal community" shall mean a municipal corporation, as defined
  in section two of the general  municipal  law,  in  Nassau  and  Suffolk
  counties.
2.  "Seagrass"  shall  mean  rooted, vascular, flowering marine plants
  that are submerged in New York's  bays  and  coastal  waters,  including
  Zostera marina and Ruppia maritima.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 7 - Seagrass Protection Act › 13-0705 - Departmental Responsibilities.

§ 13-0705. Departmental responsibilities.
1.   The   department   shall  designate  seagrass  management  areas.
  Designation of such areas shall include consideration, on  a  geographic
  or estuarine basis, of likely threats to seagrass.
2.  For each designated seagrass management area, the department shall
  develop and adopt a seagrass management plan to guide the development of
  rules and regulations pursuant to subdivision  three  of  this  section.
  Such  plan shall be developed after consultation with local governments,
  representatives of recreational boating interests, the marine industries
  (including commercial and recreational shell fishermen,  and  commercial
  shell  fish  farmers), affected property owners, and other stakeholders,
  so as to effectively manage  and  protect  seagrass  beds  and  seagrass
  restoration  efforts  at  those  locations  at  which the restoration of
  seagrass is  reasonably  possible.  Such  plans  shall,  to  the  extent
  practicable,  take  into  consideration,  the  goals of existing estuary
  programs. In addition, seagrass management plans shall seek to  preserve
  traditional  recreational activities, including recreational boating and
  marina operations, as well as finfishing, shellfishing and tourism while
  ensuring such  activities  do  not  threaten  seagrass  beds  or  negate
  seagrass restoration efforts.
3.  The  department  shall  have  the  authority  to  adopt  rules and
  regulations to regulate coastal  and  marine  activities  that  threaten
  seagrass beds or seagrass restoration efforts.
4.  The  department  shall  have  the authority to restrict the use of
  mechanical-powered fishing  or  shellfishing  gear  which  may  directly
  impact seagrass beds, including churning, dredges, rakes and tongs.
5.  The  department  shall  identify  water  quality  impacts  such as
  nitrogen pollution and make recommendations  on  how  to  minimize  such
  impacts.
6.  The department shall make information concerning the importance of
  seagrass protection and  the  status  of  seagrass  restoration  efforts
  available on the department website.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 14 - New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Act › 14-0103 - Legislative Findings and Declarations.

§ 14-0103. Legislative findings and declarations.
The legislature finds and declares that:
1.   New  York's  coastal  ecosystems  are  critical  to  the  state's
  environmental and economic security, and integral to  the  state's  high
  quality  of life and culture. Healthy coastal ecosystems are part of the
  state's legacy, and are necessary  to  support  the  state's  human  and
  wildlife populations;
2.  The policy of the state of New York shall be to conserve, maintain
  and restore coastal ecosystems so that they are healthy, productive  and
  resilient and able to deliver the resources people want and need;
3.  The  governance  of  coastal  ecosystems  shall  be  guided by the
  following principles:
a. activities in and uses of the coastal ecosystem are sustainable;
b. ecological health and integrity is maintained;
c.  ecosystems'  interconnections  among  land,  air  and  water   are
  recognized;
d. understanding of coastal ecosystems is enhanced;
e. decisions are informed by good science;
f. when risks are uncertain, caution is applied; and
g. broad public participation occurs in planning and decision making.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 14 - New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Act › 14-0105 - Definitions.

§ 14-0105. Definitions.
As used in this article:
1. "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.
2. "Coastal ecosystems" mean the resources of coastal waters and their
  watersheds.
3.  "Council"  means  the  New  York  ocean  and Great Lakes ecosystem
  conservation council created by section 14-0107 of this article.
4. "Submerged aquatic vegetation" means native underwater plants found
  in coastal waters, including  but  not  limited  to,  eelgrass  (Zostera
  marina),  widgeon  grass  (Ruppia  maritima),  wild celery (Vallisineria
  Americana), and pondweed (Potomageton crispus).
5. "Submerged aquatic vegetation  meadows"  means  those  habitats  in
  coastal  waters  vegetated with one or more species of submerged aquatic
  vegetation.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 14 - New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Act › 14-0107 - New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Council.

§ 14-0107. New   York  ocean  and  Great  Lakes  ecosystem  conservation
council.
1. There is  hereby  created  the  New  York  ocean  and  Great  Lakes
  ecosystem  conservation  council.  The  council  shall  consist  of  the
  following  thirteen  members:  the  commissioners  of  agriculture   and
  markets,   economic  development,  environmental  conservation,  general
  services, parks, recreation and historic preservation, health, education
  and transportation; the secretary of state; the president of the  energy
  research  and  development authority; the president of the environmental
  facilities corporation;  the  chairman  of  the  state  soil  and  water
  conservation  committee;  and  the chancellor of the state university of
  New York; or their respective designees.
2. The commissioner shall serve as  chair  of  the  council,  and  the
  deputy  secretary  of  state  for  coastal resources shall serve as such
  council's executive director.
3. Members of the council shall receive no compensation but  shall  be
  entitled  to  reimbursement  for  any  necessary  expenses  incurred  in
  connection with the performance of their duties.
4. The council shall meet at least quarterly.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 14 - New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Act › 14-0109 - Responsibilities of the Council.

§ 14-0109. Responsibilities of the council.
The  New  York  ocean  and  Great Lakes ecosystem conservation council
  shall:
1. Promote the understanding, protection, restoration and  enhancement
  of   New  York's  ocean  and  Great  Lakes  ecosystems  while  promoting
  sustainable and competitive economic development and job creation;
2. Ensure that  community  needs  and  aspirations  are  accommodated,
  recognizing   the   interdependent   goals   of   community  well-being,
  environmental quality and economic viability;
3. Define and implement an adaptive approach  building  upon  existing
  laws  and  programs to advance activities that affect coastal ecosystems
  in order to ensure the coexistence  of  healthy  ecosystems  with  human
  activities;
4.  Integrate  and coordinate ecosystem-based management with existing
  laws and programs;
5. Develop guidelines for agency programs and activities  that  affect
  coastal  ecosystems  to  advance the policy and principles delineated in
  section 14-0103 of this article;
6. Encourage scientific research and  information  sharing  that  will
  inform   ecosystem-based  management  decisions  and  enhance  ecosystem
  management capabilities;
7. Use New York's private and public academic, research and non-profit
  institutions  more  effectively  in  developing  and  advancing  coastal
  ecosystem-based management;
8. Facilitate regional coordination and cooperation to address complex
  coastal   resource  issues  which  cross  political  and  jurisdictional
  boundaries.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 14 - New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Act › 14-0111 - Report to the Governor and Legislature.

§ 14-0111. Report to the governor and legislature.
The  New  York  ocean  and  Great Lakes ecosystem conservation council
  shall deliver a report to the governor and the legislature  by  November
  first, two thousand eight which shall:
1.  demonstrate  improvements  that can be accomplished in the eastern
  Lake Ontario and the Long Island  great  south  bay  coastal  ecosystems
  through   ecosystem-based   management   in  cooperation  with  resource
  managers, local governments, industry, conservation and  community-based
  organizations, and academic and research institutions;
2.  define  executive  and  legislative actions necessary to integrate
  ecosystem-based management with existing programs needed to advance  the
  coastal ecosystem principles;
3.   include   a   plan,   schedule,  and  funding  opportunities  for
  implementation of executive actions necessary to advance the policy  and
  principles in section 14-0103 of this article;
4.  create  an  ocean  and coastal resources atlas to make information
  available to the public and decision makers;
5. establish a research agenda that identifies priority issues in need
  of further research to enhance ecosystem-based management;
6. recommend  actions  to  preserve,  restore  and  protect  submerged
  aquatic vegetation populations and meadows; and
7. identify opportunities for regional ecosystem-based management with
  neighboring states and the federal government.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 14 - New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Act › 14-0113 - State Agency Assistance.

§ 14-0113. State agency assistance.
Any  state agency, department, public benefit corporation or division,
  bureau or agency thereof may provide the council with  the  services  of
  its  agents,  employees and facilities without charge to the council for
  the purpose of carrying out this article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 1 - Short Title; Statement of Policy; Definitions; General Provisions › 15-0101 - Short Title.

§ 15-0101. Short title.
This  article  15 of the Environmental Conservation Law shall be known
  as the Water Resources  Law.  However,  sections  of  the  Environmental
  Conservation  Law  falling within this article 15 may be cited either as
  such sections of the Environmental Conservation Law or as such  sections
  of the Water Resources Law.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 1 - Short Title; Statement of Policy; Definitions; General Provisions › 15-0105 - Declaration of Policy.

§ 15-0105. Declaration of policy.
In recognition of its sovereign duty to conserve and control its water
  resources  for the benefit of all inhabitants of the state, it is hereby
  declared to be the public policy of the state of New York that:
1. The regulation and control of the water resources of the  state  of
  New York be exercised only pursuant to the laws of this state;
2.  The  waters of the state be conserved and developed for all public
  beneficial uses;
3.  Comprehensive  planning  be   undertaken   for   the   protection,
  conservation,  equitable  and  wise  use  and  development  of the water
  resources of the state to the end  that  such  water  resources  be  not
  wasted  and  shall  be adequate to meet the present and future needs for
  domestic,  municipal,  agricultural,  commercial,   industrial,   power,
  recreational and other public, beneficial purposes;
4.  With  respect  to the use of the waters of the state and the water
  courses thereof, due  consideration  shall  be  given  to  the  relative
  importance of different uses;
5.  The  acquisition, storage, diversion and use of water for domestic
  and municipal purposes shall have priority over all other purposes;
6. Alterations in the  conditions  of  waters  and  water  courses  be
  planned  and  carried out in such manner that the important uses will be
  impaired as little as possible;
7. Reasonable standards of purity and quality of  the  waters  of  the
  state  be  maintained  consistent with public health, safety and welfare
  and the public enjoyment thereof, the propagation and protection of fish
  and wildlife, including birds, mammals and other terrestrial and aquatic
  life, and the industrial development of the state, and to that  end,  to
  require the use of all known available and reasonable methods to prevent
  and   control   pollution,  wastage  and  unreasonable  disturbance  and
  defilement of the waters of the state;
8. In addition to other recognized public beneficial uses and  control
  of  water  as  provided  by this article 15 or by any other statute, the
  regulated acquisition, storage, diversion  and  use  of  water  for  the
  supplemental  irrigation  of  agricultural  lands  within the state is a
  public purpose and use, in the  interests  of  the  health,  safety  and
  welfare of the people of the state and for their interest.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 1 - Short Title; Statement of Policy; Definitions; General Provisions › 15-0107 - Definitions as Used in This Article.

§ 15-0107. Definitions as used in this article.
1. "Person" means any individual, firm, co-partnership, association or
  corporation other than the state and a "public corporation."
2.  "Public  corporation"  means  "public  corporation"  as defined in
  subdivision one of Section 3 of the General Corporation Law and includes
  all public authorities, except the Power Authority of the State  of  New
  York.
3.  "Municipality" or "municipal corporation" includes a county, city,
  town and village.
4. "Waters" shall be construed to include lakes, bays, sounds,  ponds,
  impounding   reservoirs,   springs,   wells,  rivers,  streams,  creeks,
  estuaries, marshes,  inlets,  canals,  the  Atlantic  ocean  within  the
  territorial  limits  of  the  state of New York, and all other bodies of
  surface or underground water, natural or artificial, inland or  coastal,
  fresh  or  salt, public or private, which are wholly or partially within
  or bordering the state or within its jurisdiction.
5. "Water power" shall be  construed  to  mean  power  developed  from
  falling  or flowing water, and all electrical current and other forms of
  energy into which such power may be transformed.
6. The term "comprehensive planning" as  used  in  title  11  of  this
  article shall be deemed to mean multi-purpose planning for at least two,
  and  as  many  more as may be found to be practicable and reasonable, of
  the purposes and uses as provided by this article 15  or  by  any  other
  statute,  the  provisions of which and the procedures authorized thereby
  are to remain in full force and effect.
7. Other  definitions,  applicable  to  this  article,  are  found  in
  sections 15-1301, 15-1703, 15-1973 and 15-2101.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 1 - Short Title; Statement of Policy; Definitions; General Provisions › 15-0109 - General Jurisdiction.

§ 15-0109. General jurisdiction.
The department shall exercise its powers and perform its duties in any
  matter  affecting the construction of improvements to or developments of
  water resources for the public health, safety or welfare, including  but
  not   limited   to   the  supply  of  potable  waters  for  the  various
  municipalities and inhabitants thereof, the use of water for  industrial
  and  agricultural  operations, the developed and undeveloped water power
  of the state, the facilitation of proper drainage and the regulation  of
  flow and improvement of the rivers of the state.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 1 - Short Title; Statement of Policy; Definitions; General Provisions › 15-0111 - Public Authorities Law and Administrative Code of the City of New York Are Not Affected.

§ 15-0111. Public Authorities Law and Administrative Code of the City of
New York are not affected.
Nothing  contained  in  this  article  shall be deemed or construed as
  amending, repealing, altering or otherwise modifying in whole or in part
  any provision of Title 1, Article 5 of the Public  Authorities  Law,  as
  amended,  with  respect  to Power Authority of the State of New York, or
  any provision of Title K of Chapter fifty-one and Title D of Chapter  15
  of  the  Administrative  Code  of the City of New York, as amended, with
  respect to the City of New York, and such  acts  shall  remain  in  full
  force  and  effect,  except  that notwithstanding the provisions of this
  section and title 3 of article 1 of this chapter,  section  15-0103  and
  title  8  of  this  article  shall  apply  to  the city of New York, its
  agencies and departments. Nothing in this article  shall  be  deemed  or
  construed  as  adding to, diminishing or otherwise modifying the rights,
  powers, duties  and  obligations  granted  to  and  imposed  upon  Power
  Authority  of  the  State  of  New York and the City of New York, its or
  their agencies and departments by such statutes or any  other  statutes,
  except  that  notwithstanding the provisions of this section and title 3
  of article 1 of this chapter, section 15-0103 and of  title  8  of  this
  article  shall  apply  to  the  city  of  New  York,  its  agencies  and
  departments.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 1 - Short Title; Statement of Policy; Definitions; General Provisions › 15-0113 - State to Be Reimbursed for Costs.

§ 15-0113. State to be reimbursed for costs.
In the event that the department shall carry out a project paid for by
  the  beneficiaries,  as  provided  by various parts in this article, the
  department may, if  such  procedure  shall  be  found  to  be  just  and
  reasonable,  require  that  the  state be reimbursed for costs which may
  have been paid from state appropriations. This reimbursement  may  cover
  costs and expenses incurred prior to the time the project funds could be
  made  available  for  salaries and expenses for regular employees of any
  state department who may have devoted all or a part  of  their  time  to
  that  particular  project,  except  this is not intended to apply to the
  salaries of the members  of  the  department  engaged  only  in  general
  administrative work in connection with the project.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 3 - Powers and Duties › 15-0301 - Investigations.

§ 15-0301. Investigations.
1.  The  department  may,  of its own motion, make or cause to be made
  such surveys and investigations as it may deem advisable  and  necessary
  for the discharge of its duties under this article.
2.  The  department, upon its own motion, or upon a petition presented
  to it by a person or public corporation pursuant to provisions  of  this
  article,  may  in its discretion, extend the scope of such proceeding to
  any improvements or developments of natural resources which may be  done
  under  any  provisions of this article, and if any part of the procedure
  governing the matters concerning which the petition is presented  cannot
  be  made  applicable  in  all  respects  to  the  subject  matter of the
  proceedings as thus  extended,  then  the  procedure  peculiar  to  such
  additional  matter as provided for in this article may be adopted to the
  extent necessary.
3.  The  department  shall  make  or  cause  to  be  made   continuing
  investigations  of  the water resources of the state so as to accumulate
  comprehensive  data  as  a  basis  of   providing   for   their   proper
  conservation, development, regulation and use.
4.  The  department  shall  conduct systematic gauging of rainfall and
  stream  flow  throughout  the  state  when  moneys   shall   have   been
  appropriated therefor.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 3 - Powers and Duties › 15-0303 - Examination of Books, Records and Accounts.

§ 15-0303. Examination of books, records and accounts.
For  the  purpose of ascertaining material information relevant to the
  function of the powers and duties of the department, the department  may
  by  its  members, authorized agents or representatives freely examine at
  any time the books, records and accounts of any  holder  of  a  license,
  permit or other authorization, issued pursuant to this article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 3 - Powers and Duties › 15-0305 - Access to Property for Inspection or Investigation.

§ 15-0305. Access to property for inspection or investigation.
The  department  or  its duly appointed agents shall have the right to
  enter at all times in or upon any property, public or private,  for  the
  purpose  of  inspecting  or investigating conditions relating to matters
  within the jurisdiction of the department pursuant to  article  15.  The
  department  shall be liable only for actual damage done by reason of any
  such entry, inspection, or investigation. The amount of such damages may
  be agreed upon between the department and the owner and occupant of  the
  damaged  property,  or  if  they cannot agree the amount of such damages
  shall be ascertained and determined by proper court action.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 3 - Powers and Duties › 15-0307 - Requirement of Statements and Reports.

§ 15-0307. Requirement of statements and reports.
The  department  may  require any holder of a license, permit or other
  authorization, issued pursuant to this article, at a designated time  or
  times,  to  file  with it statements and reports, in such form as it may
  prescribe, covering any data or information which it deems necessary  or
  proper to enable it to carry into effect the provisions of this article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 3 - Powers and Duties › 15-0309 - Power to Sue.

§ 15-0309. Power to sue.
The  department  may  bring  actions,  suits  or proceedings as in its
  judgment may be necessary and proper to enable it to perform any of  the
  duties  imposed  upon it by the provisions of this article as amended or
  to prevent the violation by any person or public corporation of  any  of
  the   provisions   thereof;  and  may  defend  such  actions,  suits  or
  proceedings as may arise  through  the  performance  of  any  duties  or
  functions imposed upon it by the provisions of this article as amended.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 3 - Powers and Duties › 15-0311 - Eminent Domain.

§ 15-0311. Eminent domain.
The  department  may,  in  those  situations  which  are  specifically
  enumerated in this article and  subject  to  whatever  restrictions  and
  limitations  this  article may impose, acquire real property pursuant to
  this article under an exercise of the right of eminent domain.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 3 - Powers and Duties › 15-0315 - Relations With Other Governmental Bodies and Agencies.

§ 15-0315. Relations with other governmental bodies and agencies.
1.  In  order  to adequately protect the interests of the state in its
  water resources, the department is hereby authorized to:
a. Cooperate with the appropriate agencies of the  federal  government
  or  this  or  other states, or any interstate bureau, group, division or
  agency with respect to the use of water from lakes,  ponds,  rivers  and
  streams,  which are without or wholly or partially contained within this
  state, and to endeavor to harmonize any conflicting claims  which  might
  arise therefrom.
b.  Appear,  represent  and  act  for  the  state  in  respect  to any
  proceeding before either a federal or state governmental body or  agency
  where  the  water resources of the state may be affected, and may do and
  perform such acts in connection therewith as it deems proper to  protect
  the interests of the state.
c.  Present  for  the consideration of the Congress or officers of the
  federal government, as occasion requires, the just rights of  the  state
  in  relation  to  its  waters  and  institute  and prosecute appropriate
  actions and proceedings to secure such rights, and defend any action  or
  proceeding calculated to impair such rights.
2.  The  department  is designated as the agent of the state to obtain
  the cooperation, aid and assistance of any appropriate federal  agencies
  in the performance of the functions of the department or of any regional
  planning  and  development board created under title 11 of this article.
  The department may enter into contracts, when required,  with  any  such
  federal agencies for such purposes. Wherever it is required by a federal
  statute,  rule  or regulations that such cooperation, aid and assistance
  be given on a matching-funds basis, the department, if funds  have  been
  appropriated  and  are available therefor, is designated as the agent of
  the state to enter into contracts on said basis; provided, however, that
  payment by the state shall not exceed one-half of  the  cost,  including
  personal  service, of the services rendered by the federal agencies. All
  contracts entered into by  the  department  shall  be  executed  by  its
  commissioner and in the manner and form prescribed by law.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 3 - Powers and Duties › 15-0317 - General Powers and Duties.

§ 15-0317. General powers and duties.
The  department  shall  continue to exercise all the functions, powers
  and duties of the former Water Resources Commission as specified in  the
  former  Conservation  Law  in  effect  on  the  date of the enactment of
  chapter 140 of the laws of 1970,  and  all  the  functions,  powers  and
  duties   of  the  Water  Power  and  Control  Commission  as  previously
  established by chapter 242 of the laws of 1928 and of  its  predecessors
  and  all  the functions, powers and duties enumerated in this article as
  amended and as may hereinafter be prescribed by law.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 5 - Protection of Water › 15-0513 - Liability of Subcontractor, Employee or Agent.

§ 15-0513. Liability of subcontractor, employee or agent.
It  shall  be  unlawful  for  a  subcontractor, employee or agent of a
  person or public corporation, or of a state department to knowingly  and
  intentionally act, or a prime contractor of a person, public corporation
  or  state  department to act with or without an intention to violate the
  provisions of sections 15-0501,  15-0503  or  15-0505  in  disregard  of
  specifications  provided  in  a construction contract protecting against
  stream damage.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 5 - Protection of Water › 15-0515 - Review.

§ 15-0515. Review.
A  determination,  order  or  issuance,  modification  or  denial of a
  permit, pursuant to sections  15-0501,  15-0503  and  15-0505  shall  be
  reviewable  in a proceeding pursuant to article 78 of the Civil Practice
  Law and Rules.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 5 - Protection of Water › 15-0516 - Inspection Report of Dam Safety.

§ 15-0516. Inspection report of dam safety.
1.  Within  thirty  days  of  the  creation  by  the department of any
inspection report of any intermediate or high hazard dam, the department
shall provide, to the chief executive officer of a municipality in which
the dam is located, a copy of such report. Such  report  shall  also  be
furnished  to  the  chief executive officer of any other municipality in
the county where the dam is located, or any county adjoining such county
upon  written  request  of  the  chief   executive   officer   of   such
municipality.
2.  For  the  purposes  of  this  section,  the  term "chief executive
officer" shall mean:
(a) for the purposes of a village or city, the mayor of  such  village
or city;
(b) for the purposes of a town, the supervisor of such town;
(c)  for  the  purposes  of  a  county,  the chairperson of the county
legislature or board of supervisors, or, if there  be  one,  the  county
executive.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 5 - Protection of Water › 15-0517 - Water Quality Testing Requirements for Land Clearing Debris and Compost Facilities in Nassau and Suffolk Counties

§ 15-0517. Water  quality  testing requirements for land clearing debris
and compost facilities in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
1. In Nassau and Suffolk counties,  the  department  shall  promulgate
rules  and  regulations to prevent water quality and other environmental
impairments resulting from land clearing debris facilities or composting
facilities. Such regulations shall at a minimum require:
(a) quarterly up gradient and down gradient water quality testing;
(b) setbacks from  drinking  water  supply  wells  and  surface  water
bodies; and
(c) dust and odor suppression and fire risk minimization.
2.  The  department  shall in the case of a primary recharge area, and
may for other recharge areas, promulgate rules  and  regulations  to  be
implemented twenty-four months after the effective date of this section,
to  prevent  water quality and other environmental impairments resulting
from  land  clearing  debris  facilities  or  composting  facilities  by
requiring   the  use  of  an  impermeable  liner,  in  addition  to  the
requirements of subdivision one of  this  section.  The  department  may
exempt a land clearing debris facility or a composting facility from the
regulatory  requirements  of  this subdivision following a review of the
facility's water quality testing results  and  a  determination  by  the
department  that such facility does not pose a risk of impairment to the
primary recharge area or, if applicable, other recharge area.
3. For the purposes of this section:
(a) "land clearing debris" shall mean vegetative matter, soil and rock
resulting from activities such as land clearing  and  grubbing,  utility
line  maintenance  or  seasonal  or storm related cleanup such as trees,
stumps, brush and leaves and including wood chips generated  from  these
materials.
(b)  "composting  facilities"  shall  mean facilities that accept more
than  three  thousand  cubic  yards  of  waste,  either   processed   or
unprocessed, per year.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 6 - Water Efficiency and Reuse › 15-0601 - Definitions as Used in This Title.

§ 15-0601. Definitions as used in this title.
1.  "Water  reclamation  project"  means a project designed to utilize
  reclaimed  wastewater  or  greywater  for  beneficial  non-potable  uses
  including,  but  not  limited to, agricultural and landscape irrigation,
  commercial and industrial uses, and wetland maintenance purposes.
2. "Greywater" means  untreated  wastewater  from  bathtubs,  showers,
  washing   machines,   dishwashers  and  sinks,  but  shall  not  include
  discharges from toilets or urinals or industrial discharges.
3. "Reclaimed wastewater" means  water  discharged  from  a  treatment
  works  utilizing  at  least  effective secondary treatment as defined in
  section 17-0509 of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 6 - Water Efficiency and Reuse › 15-0603 - Reclaimed Wastewater Feasibility Study.

§ 15-0603. Reclaimed wastewater feasibility study.
1.  The  department,  in  consultation  with the department of health,
  shall conduct a study of  potential  uses  of  greywater  and  reclaimed
  wastewater in New York state, and develop a strategy for promoting water
  reclamation projects.
2.  Such  study  shall  be  completed  within  eighteen  months of the
  effective date of this section and a report of  the  findings  from  the
  study  shall  be  presented to the governor, the speaker of the assembly
  and the temporary president of the senate  within  ninety  days  of  the
  completion of the study.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 6 - Water Efficiency and Reuse › 15-0605 - Standards for Reuse and Disposal of Reclaimed Wastewater.

§ 15-0605. Standards for reuse and disposal of reclaimed wastewater.
The commissioner, in consultation with the department of health, shall
  establish rules, regulations and standards for the reuse and disposal of
  reclaimed  wastewater  and/or  greywater. The department of health shall
  advise  the  department  on  water  quality  and  pathogens   monitoring
  requirements.
1. Such rules, regulations and standards shall specify:
a.  the  permitted  uses  of  reclaimed  wastewater and greywater with
  required levels of water quality and treatment for each  permitted  use;
  permitted uses shall include, but not be limited to: industrial cooling;
  commercial  and industrial landscaping; park and golf course irrigation;
  groundwater  recharge;  surface  water  supply   augmentation;   wetland
  creation  and  augmentation,  and  non-food  agricultural  crop and lawn
  irrigation.
b. operational requirements including, but not limited  to,  treatment
  facility   reliability;   storage  requirements,  if  necessary;  system
  labeling and color-coding requirements; and pipe location and placement.
2. Such rules, regulations and standards shall be  promulgated  within
  thirty months of the effective date of this section.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 6 - Water Efficiency and Reuse › 15-0607 - Utilization of Reclaimed Wateswater Registry.

§ 15-0607. Utilization of reclaimed wastewater registry.
All persons utilizing reclaimed wastewater or greywater shall register
  such  project  with  the  department. The department shall maintain such
  registry.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 8 - Regulation of Reservoir Releases › 15-0801 - Statement of Legislative Findings and Policy.

§ 15-0801. Statement of legislative findings and policy.
1. In addition to the statements of policy and legislative findings as
  herein  otherwise provided in this article, the legislature hereby finds
  that the volume and abrupt changes in the volume of  releases  of  water
  from  impounding  reservoirs of water having a capacity of more than one
  billion gallons and located in the counties of Delaware, Greene, Putnam,
  Schoharie,  Sullivan,  Ulster   and   Westchester   have   damaged   the
  recreational  uses,  such  as  trout  fishing  and  canoeing,  of waters
  affected by such releases, that such waters are a recreational  resource
  for  residents  from  all  parts of the state of New York and elsewhere,
  that such recreational resource benefits the economy and welfare of this
  state and that the volume and rate of change of volume of such  releases
  can  be  regulated to protect and enhance the recreational use of waters
  affected by such  releases  while  ensuring  and  without  impairing  an
  adequate  supply  of  water for power production or for any municipality
  which uses water from such reservoirs for drinking and other purposes.
2. It is hereby declared to be the  policy  of  this  state  that  the
  volume  and  rate  of  change  of  volume of releases of water from such
  reservoirs should be regulated to protect and enhance  the  recreational
  use  of  waters  affected  by  such  releases while ensuring and without
  impairing an adequate supply of water for power production  or  for  any
  municipality  which  uses  water  from  such reservoirs for drinking and
  other purposes.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 8 - Regulation of Reservoir Releases › 15-0803 - Inventory of Reservoirs.

§ 15-0803. Inventory of reservoirs.
The  commissioner  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day of January,
  nineteen hundred seventy-seven file  with  the  secretary  of  state  an
  inventory  of  impounding reservoirs of waters having a capacity of more
  than one billion gallons  and  located  in  the  counties  of  Delaware,
  Greene, Putnam, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 8 - Regulation of Reservoir Releases › 15-0805 - Regulation of Reservoir Releases.

§ 15-0805. Regulation of reservoir releases.
1. The commissioner is authorized and directed to promulgate rules and
  regulations  as expeditiously as possible but in no event later than the
  first day of April, nineteen hundred  seventy-seven  for  releases  from
  Schoharie  reservoir  through the Shandaken tunnel and for releases from
  Neversink, Pepacton and Cannonsville  reservoirs,  nor  later  than  the
  first  day  of October, nineteen hundred seventy-eight for releases from
  the remaining impounding reservoirs, to carry out the policy set out  in
  this  title  consistent  with  the findings and policies set out in this
  article.
2. Without limiting the foregoing,  such  rules  and  regulations  may
  include  provisions  respecting the volume, timing and rate of change in
  volume  of  releases  of  water,  monitoring,  maintenance  of  records,
  inspection  of  records  and  premises,  reporting and investigations by
  representatives of the department, may vary from  time  to  time,  on  a
  seasonal  basis  and  from  reservoir  to  reservoir  and  shall include
  provisions to  insure  that  an  adequate  supply  of  water  for  power
  production and for any municipality which uses water from such reservoir
  for drinking and other purposes will not be impaired, to provide for the
  public  health  and  safety  in  the event of drought or other emergency
  conditions and shall be promulgated only after  affected  municipalities
  are provided an opportunity for consultation.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 8 - Regulation of Reservoir Releases › 15-0807 - Public Notice and Hearing Procedures.

§ 15-0807. Public notice and hearing procedures.
The promulgation of rules and regulations pursuant to this title shall
  be  exclusively  governed  by  the  rule-making  procedures of the state
  administrative procedure act, except that municipalities affected by the
  releases which are the subject of such rules and regulations shall  also
  be  provided  an  opportunity for consultation during the preparation of
  such rules and regulations.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 9 - Administrative Procedures for Article 15 › 15-0901 - Rule-Making Procedure.

§ 15-0901. Rule-making procedure.
The  department  may  adopt rules in conformity with statute governing
  the procedures prescribed or authorized by this article. Such rules  may
  include rules of practice before the department, together with forms and
  instructions.  To assist the persons or public corporations dealing with
  it, the department shall so far as  deemed  practicable  supplement  its
  rules with descriptive statements of its procedures or requirements.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 9 - Administrative Procedures for Article 15 › 15-0905 - Review.

§ 15-0905. Review.
1. The applicant or any person or public corporation, who or which has
  filed  a  notice  of appearance in the proceedings before the department
  and is affected by a decision made pursuant to this article, may  review
  such  decision  under the provisions of article 78 of the Civil Practice
  Law and Rules.
2. A special proceeding for such review must be commenced within sixty
  days after the service in person or by mail of a copy  of  the  decision
  upon  the attorney of record of the applicant and of each person who has
  filed a notice of appearance, or to such applicant in person directly if
  not represented by an attorney.
3. In the event that upon such  review,  the  judgment  of  the  court
  modifies the decision of the department or any accompanying documents or
  maps,  the department shall cause such judgment to be filed or recorded,
  as the case may be, in each  place  where  the  final  decision  of  the
  department  was filed and recorded, and such modified maps and documents
  shall be final and conclusive.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 9 - Administrative Procedures for Article 15 › 15-0907 - Services of Notice, Order or Direction.

§ 15-0907. Services of notice, order or direction.
Whenever  this  article  provides  for  or authorizes the service of a
  notice, order or direction upon a licensee or applicant for  a  license,
  or  upon  any  other  person,  and  does  not  provide for the manner of
  service, and no different time is provided, such  service  may  be  made
  either  personally or in the manner provided by law for the service of a
  summons or by mailing a copy  of  the  same  by  registered  mail  in  a
  postpaid  wrapper  addressed  to the licensee or applicant, or any other
  person, at the address given  in  the  application  or  as  subsequently
  communicated  to  the  department  in  writing, or at the project works.
  Such service may be made upon a municipal corporation either  personally
  as  above  provided  or  by  mailing  a  copy of the same in like manner
  addressed to the mayor of the city or village or the supervisor  of  the
  town.  Service  upon  unknown owners shall be made by publication in the
  manner provided by law for service of a summons upon unknown parties.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 9 - Administrative Procedures for Article 15 › 15-0909 - Payment of Costs.

§ 15-0909. Payment of costs.
The expense of any hearing initiated by petition shall be certified by
  the department to the person or public corporation filing such petition,
  and  shall  be  paid  by  such  petitioner  within thirty days after the
  receipt of the certificate.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 11 - Local and Regional Water Resources Planning and Development › 15-1101 - Legislative Purposes.

§ 15-1101. Legislative purposes.
In addition to the powers vested in the department by this article 15,
  and  in  order  to  stimulate  and  encourage  local  participation  and
  assistance,  comprehensive  planning  for   the   protection,   control,
  conservation,  development  and  beneficial  utilization  of  the  water
  resources of the state may be undertaken as provided in title 11 of this
  article. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to  repeal,  amend  or
  modify  the  powers  and  duties  of  the department as now or hereafter
  provided by this article 15 or by any other statute  or  to  repeal  the
  procedures authorized thereby.