2023 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), Furnace Brook, 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,
  Peekskill,  Placid,  Purdys,  Putnam,  Raquette,  Rippowam,  Ronkonkoma,
  Round,   Sacandaga,   Saratoga,   Schroon,   Secor,  Seneca,  Shenorock,
  Skaneateles, Silver (in the county of Wyoming), Sagamore, Saranac, Seven
  Hills, Simon (in the  county  of  Franklin),  Sparkle,  Tibet,  Tonetta,
  Teakettle  Spout, Truesdale, Waccabuc, West Caroga, White (in the county
  of Sullivan) and Wixon, 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,  North Chuctanunda, 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,  Otter  Kill
  Creek  located  in  Orange  county, Black Meadow Creek located in Orange
  county, and the Silver Lake Outlet located in Wyoming  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.