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2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 1 - General Provisions › 54-0103 - Powers and Duties of the Commissioner or Secretary.

§ 54-0103. Powers and duties of the commissioner or secretary.
In  administering  the  provisions  of  this  article  the  respective
  commissioner or the secretary:
1.  shall  make  an  itemized  estimate  of  funds  or  appropriations
  requested annually for inclusion in the executive budget;
2.  may,  in  the  name  of the state, as further provided within this
  article, contract to make,  within  the  limitations  of  appropriations
  available  therefor,  state assistance payments to a municipality toward
  the cost of a project approved and to be  undertaken  pursuant  to  this
  article,  or  to  a  not-for-profit  corporation  toward  the costs of a
  project approved and to be undertaken pursuant to titles three and  nine
  of  this  article.  Such  contracts shall include provisions to maximize
  awareness for the public that a source of funding for  such  project  is
  the  New York state environmental protection fund. Such provisions shall
  not require any expenditure of funds beyond that which the  municipality
  may  decide if it communicates to the public regarding the project. Such
  contracts shall be subject to approval by the state comptroller and,  as
  to form, by the attorney general;
3.  may,  in  the  name of the state, enter into contracts, within the
  limitations of appropriations available  therefor,  with  not-for-profit
  corporations,  public  benefit corporations, and private contractors for
  services contemplated by this  article  to  be  funded  hereunder.  Such
  contracts  shall include provisions to maximize awareness for the public
  that a source of funding  for  such  services  is  the  New  York  state
  environmental  protection  fund.  Such  provisions shall not require any
  expenditure of funds beyond that which the not-for-profit  corporations,
  public  benefit  corporations,  and private contractors may decide if it
  communicates to the public regarding the project. Such  contracts  shall
  be  subject to approval by the state comptroller and, as to form, by the
  attorney general;
4. shall approve vouchers for the payments  pursuant  to  an  approved
  contract.  All  such  payments shall be paid on the audit and warrant of
  the state comptroller; and
5. may perform such other and further acts as may be necessary, proper
  or desirable to carry out the provisions of this article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 1 - General Provisions › 54-0105 - Powers and Duties of a Municipality.

§ 54-0105. Powers and duties of a municipality.
A municipality shall have the power and authority to:
1.  Undertake  and  carry  out  any project for which state assistance
  payments pursuant to  contract  are  received  or  are  to  be  received
  pursuant to this article and maintain and operate such project;
2.  Expend  money received from the state pursuant to this article for
  costs incurred in conjunction with the approved project; and
3. Perform such other and further acts as may be necessary, proper  or
  desirable to carry out a project or obligation, duty or function related
  thereto.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 1 - General Provisions › 54-0109 - Fiscal Reporting.

§ 54-0109. Fiscal reporting.
1.  No  later  than  fifteen  days  after  the end of each fiscal year
quarter, the department shall report to the director of the budget,  the
chairperson  of  the  senate  finance  committee, the chairperson of the
assembly ways and means committee and the public on the status  of  each
project  receiving  state  assistance payments pursuant to this article.
Each state  agency,  department,  public  authority  or  public  benefit
corporation  administering  any  project  or  program  pursuant  to this
article shall assist the department in the preparation of the report and
shall provide information as required by  the  department.  Such  report
shall include as applicable for each category, subcategory and project:
(a) total appropriations;
(b) total project costs;
(c) total commitments;
(d) total outstanding encumbrances;
(e) total year to date disbursements;
(f) total life to date disbursements; and
(g) total remaining uncommitted balance.
2. Such report shall also contain the percentage and amount of funding
directed  to  facilitate  disabled  access  to  department and office of
parks, recreation and historic preservation owned or managed facilities.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 3 - Open Space Land Conservation Projects › 54-0301 - Definitions.

§ 54-0301. Definitions.
For  purposes  of  this title, "open space land conservation projects"
  shall mean acquisition projects including the purchase  of  conservation
  easements  undertaken by the commissioner and/or the commissioner of the
  office of parks, recreation and  historic  preservation  listed  in  the
  state  open  space land acquisition plan prepared pursuant to title 2 of
  article 49 of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 5 - Non-Hazardous Municipal Landfill Closure Projects and Municipal Landfill Gas Management Projects › 54-0501 - Definitions.

§ 54-0501. Definitions.
As used in this title the following terms shall mean and include:
1.  "Landfill" means a disposal facility or part of one at which solid
  waste, or its residue after treatment, is intentionally placed in or  on
  land,  and  at  which solid waste will remain after closure and which is
  not a land spreading facility, a surface impoundment,  or  an  injection
  well.
2. "Municipal landfill closure project" means activities undertaken to
  close,  including  by  reclamation,  a  landfill  owned or operated by a
  municipality to achieve compliance with regulations promulgated  by  the
  department,  or  activities  undertaken  to  implement  a  landfill  gas
  management system.
3. "Cost" means the capital  cost  of  a  municipal  landfill  closure
  project  or  a  municipal  landfill  gas  management  project, including
  engineering  and  architectural  services,  plans  and   specifications,
  consultant  and  legal  services,  and  other  direct  capital  expenses
  incident to such project, less any federal or other assistance for  such
  project received or to be received.
4.  "Landfill  gas  management  system" means an active system for the
  control, capture, and management of gas created within and emitted  from
  a solid waste landfill.
5.  "Municipal  landfill  gas  management  project"  means  activities
  undertaken to implement a landfill gas management system  at  an  active
  landfill which is owned or operated by a municipality.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 5 - Non-Hazardous Municipal Landfill Closure Projects and Municipal Landfill Gas Management Projects › 54-0503 - Eligibility to Receive State Assistance Payments for Municipal Landfill Closure Projects.

§ 54-0503. Eligibility   to   receive   state  assistance  payments  for
municipal landfill closure projects.
Any municipality which is the owner or  operator  of  a  landfill  may
  apply  for  state  assistance  payments  toward  the cost of a municipal
  landfill closure project upon showing that the  following  criteria,  in
  addition to applicable rules and regulations, have been met:
1.  The landfill site has not been classified pursuant to subparagraph
  one or two of paragraph b of subdivision four of section 27-1305 of this
  chapter. Sites which have been removed from the registry may  apply  for
  state assistance payments.
2.  The  municipality  has  an  obligation  to close the landfill by a
  specific date pursuant to an administrative order, court order or permit
  which requires the municipality to cease acceptance of waste at the site
  within eighteen months of the date the application for state  assistance
  payment is approved.
3. A closure investigation report which complies with the requirements
  of  applicable  regulations of the department, including a demonstration
  that future physical climate risk due to sea level  rise,  and/or  storm
  surges   and/or   flooding,  based  on  available  data  predicting  the
  likelihood of future  extreme  weather  events,  including  hazard  risk
  analysis  data  if  applicable,  has  been  considered,  shall have been
  submitted.
4. The municipality has agreed, upon project approval,  to  waive  any
  right  to state assistance for closure of the site under section 27-1313
  of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 5 - Non-Hazardous Municipal Landfill Closure Projects and Municipal Landfill Gas Management Projects › 54-0504 - Eligibility to Receive State Assistance Payments for Municipal Landfill Gas Management Projects.

§ 54-0504. Eligibility   to   receive   state  assistance  payments  for
municipal landfill gas management projects.
Any municipality which is the owner or  operator  of  a  landfill  may
  apply  for  state  assistance  payments  toward  the cost of a municipal
  landfill  gas  management  project.  Any  application  for  a  municipal
  landfill  gas  management  project must comply with all applicable rules
  and regulations promulgated by the department.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 5 - Non-Hazardous Municipal Landfill Closure Projects and Municipal Landfill Gas Management Projects › 54-0505 - Criteria for Municipal Landfill Closure Projects.

§ 54-0505. Criteria for municipal landfill closure projects.
1.  State  assistance  payments  shall  be  approved  only for closure
  projects that include plans for closure, post-closure  and  construction
  in  accordance  with the department's solid waste management regulations
  applicable to new projects which were in effect six months prior to  the
  date of submittal of the final application.
2.  Municipal  landfill  closure project costs incurred prior to April
  first, nineteen hundred ninety-three shall not  be  eligible  for  state
  assistance payments funded pursuant to this article.
3.  Prior to processing applications for state assistance payments for
  projects pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall promulgate, in
  consultation with the director of  the  budget,  rules  and  regulations
  which  shall  include criteria for determining eligible expenditures and
  procedures  governing  the  commitment   and   disbursement   of   funds
  appropriated  in  accordance  with  this  section. The commissioner also
  shall promulgate rules and regulations which shall  include  application
  procedures,  review  processes,  and  project  approval  guidelines  and
  criteria.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 5 - Non-Hazardous Municipal Landfill Closure Projects and Municipal Landfill Gas Management Projects › 54-0506 - Criteria for Municipal Landfill Gas Management Projects.

§ 54-0506. Criteria for municipal landfill gas management projects.
Municipal  landfill  gas  management  project  costs incurred prior to
  April first, nineteen hundred ninety-three shall  not  be  eligible  for
  state assistance payments funded pursuant to this article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 5 - Non-Hazardous Municipal Landfill Closure Projects and Municipal Landfill Gas Management Projects › 54-0507 - State Assistance Application Procedure.

§ 54-0507. State assistance application procedure.
1. A municipality, upon the approval of its governing body, may submit
  an  application  to  the  commissioner, in such form and containing such
  information as  the  commissioner  may  require,  for  state  assistance
  payments  toward  the cost of a project which is within the state of New
  York and which is eligible for state assistance pursuant to this title.
2. The commissioner shall review  such  project  application  and  may
  approve,  disapprove  or recommend modifications thereto consistent with
  applicable law, criteria, standards or rules and regulations relative to
  such projects. In reviewing applications for projects pursuant  to  this
  section, the commissioner shall give due consideration to:
a.  the  urgency  of need to provide state assistance payments for the
  project in relation to the provision of monies for other  project  needs
  in the state known at the time such application is made;
b.  any  adverse  environmental  impact  resulting  from the municipal
  landfill, including effects on groundwater; and
c. the ability of the municipality to pay for the costs of closure.
3. No monies shall be expended for  non-hazardous  municipal  landfill
  closure  projects  or  municipal landfill gas management projects except
  pursuant to an appropriation therefor.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 5 - Non-Hazardous Municipal Landfill Closure Projects and Municipal Landfill Gas Management Projects › 54-0509 - Contracts for State Assistance Payments for Municipal Landfill Closure Projects and Municipal Landfill Gas Management Projects.

§ 54-0509. Contracts   for   state  assistance  payments  for  municipal
landfill  closure  projects  and  municipal  landfill   gas
management projects.
After   approval   of   the  application,  the  commissioner  and  the
  municipality shall enter into a contract for state  assistance  payments
  toward  the  cost  of  such  project  which  shall include the following
  provisions:
1. A current estimate of the cost of the project as determined by  the
  commissioner at the time of the execution of the contract.
2.  An agreement by the commissioner to make state assistance payments
  toward  the  cost  of  the  project  by  periodically  reimbursing   the
  municipality  for costs incurred during the progress of the project. For
  a municipal landfill closure project, which does not include a  landfill
  gas  management  system, such reimbursement shall be a maximum of either
  fifty percent of  the  cost,  or  ninety  percent  of  the  cost  for  a
  municipality  with  a  population  smaller  than  thirty-five hundred as
  determined by the current  federal  decennial  census,  or  two  million
  dollars,  whichever is less. For a landfill gas management system, which
  is part of a municipal landfill closure project, reimbursement shall  be
  a  maximum of either fifty percent of the cost, or ninety percent of the
  cost for a municipality  with  a  population  smaller  than  thirty-five
  hundred  as  determined  by the current federal decennial census, or two
  million dollars,  whichever  is  less.  For  a  municipal  landfill  gas
  management  project,  reimbursement  shall  be a maximum of either fifty
  percent of the cost, or ninety percent of the cost  for  a  municipality
  with  a population smaller than thirty-five hundred as determined by the
  current federal decennial census, or two million dollars,  whichever  is
  less.  Project  costs are subject to final computation and determination
  by the commissioner upon completion of the project, and shall not exceed
  the maximum cost set  forth  in  the  contract.  For  purposes  of  this
  subdivision, the approved project cost shall be reduced by the amount of
  any specific state assistance payments for municipal landfill closure or
  municipal  landfill  gas  management  project  purposes  received by the
  municipality from any source; provided, however, that non-specific state
  assistance payments, such as amounts paid pursuant to section fifty-four
  of the state finance law, shall not be included in such cost reduction.
3. An agreement by the municipality to proceed expeditiously with  the
  project and to complete the project in accordance with plans and reports
  approved  by  the  department  and  with  the  conditions  of applicable
  permits, administrative orders or judicial orders.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 5 - Non-Hazardous Municipal Landfill Closure Projects and Municipal Landfill Gas Management Projects › 54-0511 - Loans for Municipal Landfill Closure Projects and Municipal Landfill Gas Management Projects.

§ 54-0511.   Loans for municipal landfill closure projects and municipal
landfill gas management projects.
1. A municipality eligible for a state assistance payment pursuant  to
  subdivision  two  of  section  54-0509  of  this  title  and which has a
  population smaller than thirty-five hundred as determined by the current
  federal decennial census is also eligible for a loan to a maximum of the
  unfunded portion of such project.
2. Loans pursuant to this title shall be without interest  and  for  a
  term not to exceed twenty years.
3.  Loan  repayments under this title shall be deposited to the credit
  of the environmental protection fund  pursuant  to  subdivision  two  of
  section ninety-two-s of the state finance law.
4.  A  municipality  obtaining  a  loan  under subdivision one of this
  section shall enter into a contract with the commissioner. That contract
  shall contain the following provisions:
a. the loan shall be repaid in appropriate equal  installments.  There
  shall  be a one percent per month surcharge for each month of delinquent
  payment added to any such installment  tendered  more  than  sixty  days
  after the due date.
b.  in  the event a municipality shall fail to make any payment due to
  the state pursuant to this title, the commissioner shall certify to  the
  comptroller  and  notify  the  chairman  of  the assembly ways and means
  committee, the chairman of the senate finance committee, the director of
  the division of the budget and the governing body  of  the  municipality
  that such municipality has failed to make such payment. Such certificate
  shall  be  in the form as may be determined by the commissioner provided
  such certificate  shall  specify  the  exact  amount  of  principal  and
  surcharge required to satisfy such municipality's unpaid obligation. The
  comptroller,  upon  receipt  of  such certificate from the commissioner,
  shall withhold from such municipality any state aid payable to it to the
  extent necessary to meet the certified amount of principal and surcharge
  due the commissioner and shall immediately pay over to the environmental
  protection fund the amount so withheld.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 5 - Non-Hazardous Municipal Landfill Closure Projects and Municipal Landfill Gas Management Projects › 54-0513 - Powers and Duties of the Commissioner.

§ 54-0513. Powers and duties of the commissioner.
In administering the provisions of this title the commissioner:
1.  shall  make  an  itemized  estimate  of  funds  or  appropriations
  requested annually for inclusion in the executive budget;
2. may, in the name of the state,  as  further  provided  within  this
  article,  contract  to  make,  within  the limitations of appropriations
  available therefor, state assistance payments and loans toward the costs
  of an approved project. Such contracts shall be subject to  approval  by
  the state comptroller and, as to form, by the attorney general;
3.  shall  approve  vouchers  for the payments pursuant to an approved
  contract. All such payments shall be paid on the audit  and  warrant  of
  the state comptroller; and
4. may perform such other and further acts as may be necessary, proper
  or desirable to carry out the provisions of this article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 5 - Non-Hazardous Municipal Landfill Closure Projects and Municipal Landfill Gas Management Projects › 54-0515 - Powers and Duties of a Municipality.

§ 54-0515. Powers and duties of a municipality.
A municipality shall have the power and authority to:
1.  Undertake  and  carry  out  any project for which state assistance
  payments and loans pursuant to  contract  are  received  or  are  to  be
  received pursuant to this article and maintain and operate such project;
2.  Expend  money received from the state pursuant to this article for
  costs incurred in conjunction with the approved project; and
3. Perform such other and further acts as may be necessary, proper  or
  desirable to carry out a project or obligation, duty or function related
  thereto.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 7 - Municipal Waste Reduction or Recycling Projects › 54-0705 - Rules and Regulations.

§ 54-0705. Rules and regulations.
Prior  to processing applications for state assistance payments toward
  the cost  of  municipal  waste  reduction  or  recycling  projects,  the
  commissioner  shall promulgate, in consultation with the director of the
  budget  and  the  commissioner  of  economic  development,   rules   and
  regulations  which  shall  include  criteria  for  determining  eligible
  expenditures  and  procedures   for   governing   the   commitment   and
  disbursement  of  funds  appropriated in accordance with this title. The
  commissioner,  in  consultation  with  the  commissioner   of   economic
  development,  shall  also  promulgate  rules and regulations which shall
  include application procedures, review processes, and  project  approval
  guidelines and criteria.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 7 - Municipal Waste Reduction or Recycling Projects › 54-0707 - State Assistance Application Procedure.

§ 54-0707. State assistance application procedure.
1. A municipality, upon the approval of its governing body, may submit
  an  application  to  the  commissioner, in such form and containing such
  information as  the  commissioner  may  require,  for  state  assistance
  payments  toward  the cost of a project which is within the state of New
  York and which is eligible for state assistance pursuant to this title.
2. The commissioner shall review  such  project  application  and  may
  approve,  disapprove  or recommend modifications thereto consistent with
  applicable law, criteria, standards or rules and regulations relative to
  such projects.
3. Upon approval of a project application, a municipality shall  enter
  into  a  contract,  as  further  provided  within this article, with the
  commissioner for state assistance  payments  toward  the  cost  of  such
  project to be received pursuant to this article.
4.  No  monies  shall  be  expended  for  municipal waste reduction or
  recycling projects except pursuant to an appropriation therefor.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 7 - Municipal Waste Reduction or Recycling Projects › 54-0709 - Contracts for State Assistance Payments for Waste Reduction or Municipal Recycling Projects.

§ 54-0709. Contracts  for  state assistance payments for waste reduction
or municipal recycling projects.
1. The commissioner  may,  in  the  name  of  the  state,  enter  into
contracts  with  municipalities  to  provide  state  assistance payments
toward the cost of waste reduction or municipal recycling projects. Such
contracts shall include the following provisions:
a. an estimate of the costs  of  the  project  as  determined  by  the
commissioner;
b.  an agreement by the commissioner to make state assistance payments
toward  the  cost  of  the  project  by  periodically  reimbursing   the
municipality,  during  the  progress of project development or following
completion of the project as may be agreed upon by the  parties,  in  an
amount  not  to  exceed the amounts established elsewhere in this title;
and
c. an agreement by the municipality:
(i) to proceed expeditiously with and complete the project as approved
by the commissioner;
(ii)  to  operate  and  maintain  the  waste  reduction  or  municipal
recycling  project  in  accordance  with  applicable  law  and rules and
regulations;
(iii) to provide for the payment of the municipality's  share  of  the
cost of the project;
(iv)  to  continue, upon evaluation of its effectiveness, operation of
the project and not to dispose of the project or any portion thereof  or
change its use without the approval of the commissioner;
(v) to assume the full cost of any continued operation of the project;
(vi) to repay within one year of notification by the commissioner, any
state  assistance  payments  made  toward  the cost of the project or an
equitable  portion  of  such  monies   declared   appropriate   by   the
commissioner, if the municipality:
(A) fails to complete the project as approved;
(B) fails to continue operation of the project;
(C) disposes of the project, or any portion thereof, without the prior
written approval of the commissioner; or
(D)  changes  the  use of the project, or any portion thereof, without
the prior written approval of the commissioner.
No  repayment,  however,  shall  be  required  where  the   commissioner
determines   that  such  failure,  disposition  or  change  of  use  was
immediately necessary to protect public health and safety;
(vii) to apply for and  make  reasonable  efforts  to  secure  federal
assistance for the project; and
(viii)  to  not  sell,  lease  or  otherwise  dispose  of or use lands
acquired under this title for any purpose inconsistent with the  project
under which such land is acquired.
2.  In  connection  with  each  contract,  the commissioner shall keep
adequate records of the amount of the payment by the state  and  of  the
amount of federal assistance, if any, received by the municipality. Such
records  shall  be  retained by the commissioner and shall establish the
basis for recalculation of the state payment as required herein.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 9 - Park, Recreation and Historic Preservation Projects › 54-0901 - Definitions.

§ 54-0901. Definitions.
As used in this title the following terms shall mean and include:
1.   "Municipal   park  project"  means  a  project  undertaken  by  a
  municipality  or  a  not-for-profit  corporation   for   the   planning,
  structural   assessment,  acquisition,  development  or  improvement  of
  recreational facilities including construction of structures, roads  and
  parking facilities.
2.  "Historic  preservation  project"  means a project undertaken by a
  municipality  or  a  not-for-profit  corporation  to  acquire,  improve,
  restore  or  rehabilitate  property  listed  on  the  state  or national
  registers of historic  places  to  protect  the  historic,  cultural  or
  architectural   significance  thereof  or  a  project  for  planning  or
  structural  assessments  for  such  properties.  "Historic  preservation
  project"  shall also mean a project undertaken by the office to improve,
  restore or rehabilitate state historic properties listed on the state or
  national  registers  of  historic  places  to  protect  the  historical,
  cultural or architectural significance thereof or a project for planning
  relating to or structural assessments of such properties.
3.  "Heritage area project" means a project undertaken by or through a
  municipality, public benefit corporation or a not-for-profit corporation
  for the planning, structural assessment, acquisition and development  of
  sites  and  facilities  identified  in a management plan prepared and/or
  approved by the  commissioner  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of
  section 35.05 of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law.
4.  "Costs" means the cost of an approved project, which shall include
  engineering  and  architectural  services,  plans  and   specifications,
  consultant  and  legal  services,  and other direct expenses incident to
  such project.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 9 - Park, Recreation and Historic Preservation Projects › 54-0905 - Municipal Regulations; Limitations.

§ 54-0905. Municipal regulations; limitations.
A   municipality  which  acquires,  develops,  improves,  restores  or
  rehabilitates property with funds made available pursuant to this  title
  may establish reasonable rules and regulations by local law or otherwise
  to  assure  the  proper administration and development thereof, provided
  that no such rule or regulation which restricts the use of such lands or
  facilities by non-residents  of  the  municipality  shall  be  effective
  without the approval of the commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 9 - Park, Recreation and Historic Preservation Projects › 54-0907 - Contracts.

§ 54-0907. Contracts.
1.  The  commissioner  shall  impose such contractual requirements and
  conditions upon any  municipality  and  any  not-for-profit  corporation
  which receive state assistance payments pursuant to this title as may be
  necessary  and  appropriate to ensure that a public benefit shall accrue
  from the use of public funds  by  such  municipality  or  not-for-profit
  corporation.  Such  conditions shall include limitations on the right of
  the municipality or not-for-profit corporation  to  demolish  or  convey
  such  property,  provisions  for public access or use where appropriate,
  the granting of facade easements to the state, a  requirement  that  all
  plans  for restoration, rehabilitation, improvement, demolition or other
  physical change must be subject to the commissioner's approval, and such
  other conditions which shall assure the preservation and  protection  of
  the project.
2.  Any  not-for-profit  corporation  which  receives state assistance
  payments pursuant to this title for the acquisition of land for  outdoor
  recreation  or  conservation  purposes shall execute a contract with the
  commissioner which shall include the following:
a. An agreement to make and keep the lands accessible  to  the  public
  unless  the  commissioner  determines that public accessibility would be
  detrimental to the lands or any natural resources associated therewith;
b. An agreement not to sell,  lease,  exchange  or  donate  the  lands
  except  to  the state, a local government unit or another qualifying tax
  exempt non-profit organization for recreation and conservation  purposes
  approved by the commissioner; and
c.  An  agreement  to  execute  and convey to the state at no charge a
  conservation easement, pursuant to title three of article forty-nine  of
  this  chapter,  over  the  lands  to  be  acquired with state assistance
  payments.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 9 - Park, Recreation and Historic Preservation Projects › 54-0909 - Restriction on Alienation.

§ 54-0909. Restriction on alienation.
1.   Real   property   acquired,   developed,  improved,  restored  or
  rehabilitated by or through a municipality pursuant to  paragraph  a  of
  subdivision four of section 54-0903 of this title or undertaken by or on
  behalf  of  the  city  of New York with funds made available pursuant to
  this title shall not be sold, leased, exchanged,  donated  or  otherwise
  disposed  of  or  used  for  other than public park purposes without the
  express authority of an act of the legislature, which shall provide  for
  the  substitution  of  other lands of equal environmental value and fair
  market value and reasonably equivalent usefulness and location to  those
  to  be discontinued, sold or disposed of, and such other requirements as
  shall be approved by the commissioner.
2. Real property acquired by a not-for-profit organization with  funds
  made  available  pursuant  to paragraph b of subdivision four of section
  54-0903 of this title shall not be used in  violation  of  an  agreement
  entered  into  pursuant  to the provisions of paragraph b of subdivision
  two of section 54-0907  of  this  title,  or  sold,  leased,  exchanged,
  donated or otherwise disposed of without the express authority of an act
  of the legislature.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 9 - Park, Recreation and Historic Preservation Projects › 54-0911 - Rules and Regulations.

§ 54-0911. Rules and regulations.
The  commissioner shall adopt, prior to the acceptance of applications
  for municipal  park,  historic  preservation  and  urban  cultural  park
  projects,   rules   and  regulations  which  shall  include  eligibility
  requirements,  application  procedures,  office   ranking   and   review
  processes,   project  approval  guidelines  and  criteria,  and  funding
  distribution  necessary  for  all  state  assistance  payment   programs
  established pursuant to section 54-0903 of this title.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 11 - Local Waterfront Revitalization Plans and Coastal Rehabilitation Projects › 54-1101 - Local Waterfront Revitalization Programs.

§ 54-1101. Local waterfront revitalization programs.
1.  The  secretary  is  authorized  to provide on a competitive basis,
  within amounts appropriated, state assistance payments and/or  technical
  assistance as defined in section nine hundred seventeen of the executive
  law,  to  municipalities  toward the development of any local waterfront
  revitalization program, pursuant to article forty-two of  the  executive
  law  including  planning  projects  to  mitigate future physical climate
  risks and updates to existing local  waterfront  revitalization  program
  plans  to mitigate future physical climate risks. Eligible costs include
  planning, studies, preparation of local laws, and construction projects.
2. State assistance payments and/or technical assistance,  as  defined
  in section nine hundred seventeen of the executive law, shall not exceed
  seventy-five  percent  of  the cost of the program provided, however, in
  environmental  justice  communities,  such  assistance  payments  and/or
  technical assistance shall not exceed eighty-five percent of the cost of
  the  program.  For  the  purpose  of  determining  the  amount  of state
  assistance payments, costs shall not be more than the amount  set  forth
  in  the  application  for  state  assistance  payments  approved  by the
  secretary. The state assistance payments shall  be  paid  on  audit  and
  warrant of the state comptroller on a certificate of availability of the
  director of the budget.
3. The secretary shall have the power to approve vouchers for payments
  pursuant to an approved contract.
4.  No  moneys  shall be expended as authorized by this section except
  pursuant to an appropriation therefor.
5. The  secretary  shall  impose  such  contractual  requirements  and
  conditions   upon  any  municipality  which  receives  state  assistance
  payments pursuant to this article as may be necessary and appropriate to
  ensure that a public benefit shall accrue from the use of such funds  by
  the  municipality  including  but  not  limited to, a demonstration that
  future physical climate risk due to sea level rise, and/or storm  surges
  and/or  flooding,  based  on available data predicting the likelihood of
  future extreme weather events, including hazard risk  analysis  data  if
  applicable, has been considered.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 11 - Local Waterfront Revitalization Plans and Coastal Rehabilitation Projects › 54-1103 - Coastal Rehabilitation Projects.

§ 54-1103. Coastal rehabilitation projects.
As  used  in  this  title, "coastal rehabilitation project" shall mean
  those projects which  serve  a  public  purpose  for  beach  nourishment
  necessary  to maintain the natural functions of beach areas, maintenance
  of the natural passage of sand along  coastal  areas,  emergency  breach
  closures and similar activities undertaken by the state, a municipality,
  or a not-for-profit corporation which demonstrates to the commissioner's
  satisfaction  that  it is financially and otherwise capable of operating
  and maintaining the project, for the restoration and  rehabilitation  of
  coastal areas diminished, damaged or destroyed by natural forces.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 11 - Local Waterfront Revitalization Plans and Coastal Rehabilitation Projects › 54-1105 - State Assistance Payments for Coastal Rehabilitation Projects.

§ 54-1105. State   assistance   payments   for   coastal  rehabilitation
projects.
1. The commissioner is authorized to provide on a  competitive  basis,
  within amounts appropriated, state assistance payments to a municipality
  or   a  not-for-profit  corporation  toward  the  cost  of  any  coastal
  rehabilitation project approved by the commissioner  provided  that  the
  commissioner  determines  that  future  physical climate risk due to sea
  level rise, and/or storm surges and/or flooding, based on available data
  predicting the likelihood of future extreme  weather  events,  including
  hazard risk analysis data if applicable, has been considered.
2.  The  commissioner and a municipality or not-for-profit corporation
  may  enter  into  a  contract  for  the   undertaking   of   a   coastal
  rehabilitation  project.  Such  project  shall  be  recommended  to  the
  commissioner by the governing body of the municipality or not-for-profit
  corporation as that term is  defined  pursuant  to  subdivision  six  of
  section  54-0101,  and  when approved by the commissioner, undertaken by
  the municipality or not-for-profit corporation pursuant to this  article
  and any other applicable provisions of law.
3.  State  assistance  payments  shall not exceed fifty percent of the
  project cost or two million dollars, whichever is less. Such  costs  are
  subject  to final computation and determination by the commissioner upon
  completion of the project, and shall not  exceed  the  maximum  eligible
  cost set forth in the contract.
4.  Prior  to  processing  applications  for state assistance payments
  toward the cost of coastal  rehabilitation  projects,  the  commissioner
  shall  promulgate rules and regulations which shall include criteria for
  determining eligible  expenditures  and  procedures  for  governing  the
  commitment  and  disbursement  of  funds appropriated in accordance with
  this title. The commissioner shall also promulgate rules and regulations
  which  shall  include  application  procedures,  review  processes,  and
  project   approval  guidelines  and  criteria  consistent  with  section
  54-1107.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 11 - Local Waterfront Revitalization Plans and Coastal Rehabilitation Projects › 54-1107 - State Assistance Application Procedure and Standards.

§ 54-1107. State assistance application procedure and standards.
In  the  case  of  coastal  rehabilitation projects, a municipality or
  not-for-profit corporation, upon the approval of its governing body, may
  submit an application to the commissioner, in such form  and  containing
  such  information  as the commissioner may require, for state assistance
  payments toward the cost of a project which is within the state  of  New
  York  and which is eligible for state assistance pursuant to this title.
  The commissioner shall review such project application and may  approve,
  disapprove or recommend modifications thereto consistent with applicable
  law,  criteria,  standards  or  rules  and  regulations relative to such
  projects. Such criteria and standards shall include, but not be  limited
  to: the consistency of the project with the Coastal Erosion Hazard Areas
  Act,  article  34  of  this  chapter,  notwithstanding  paragraph  d  of
  subdivision three of section  34-0108  of  this  chapter;  the  official
  coastal  policies  of  the state pursuant to article 42 of the executive
  law; the  extent  of  natural  damages  to  the  coastal  area  and  the
  suitability  and  feasibility  of the project in relation to maintaining
  natural resource features and functions; the importance of  the  coastal
  area  to  recreational  resources,  fish  and wildlife resources, and/or
  endangered or  threatened  species  habitat;  and  the  public  benefits
  provided by the project.
Upon   approval   of   a   project   application,  a  municipality  or
  not-for-profit corporation shall  enter  into  a  contract,  as  further
  provided within this article, with the commissioner for state assistance
  payments toward the cost of such project to be received pursuant to this
  article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 11 - Local Waterfront Revitalization Plans and Coastal Rehabilitation Projects › 54-1109 - Contracts for State Assistance Payments for Coastal Rehabilitation.

§ 54-1109. Contracts   for   state   assistance   payments  for  coastal
rehabilitation.
1. The commissioner  may,  in  the  name  of  the  state,  enter  into
contracts with municipalities or not-for-profit corporations, to provide
state  assistance  payments  toward  the  cost of coastal rehabilitation
projects which shall include the following provisions:
a. an estimate of the costs  of  the  project  as  determined  by  the
commissioner;
b.  an agreement by the commissioner to make state assistance payments
toward  the  cost  of  the  project  by  periodically  reimbursing   the
municipality  or  not-for-profit  corporation  during  the  progress  of
project development or following completion of the  project  as  may  be
agreed  upon  by  the  parties,  in  an amount not to exceed the amounts
established elsewhere in this title; and
c. an agreement by the municipality or not-for-profit corporation:
(i) to proceed expeditiously with and complete the project as approved
by the commissioner;
(ii) to undertake and maintain the coastal rehabilitation  project  in
accordance with applicable law and rules and regulations;
(iii)   to   provide   for   the  payment  of  the  municipality's  or
not-for-profit corporation's share of the cost of the project;
(iv) to assume the full cost of any additional elements  or  continued
operation of the project;
(v)  to repay within one year of notification by the commissioner, any
state assistance payments made toward the cost  of  the  project  or  an
equitable   portion   of   such   monies  declared  appropriate  by  the
commissioner, if the municipality or not-for-profit corporation fails to
complete the project  as  approved.  No  repayment,  however,  shall  be
required   where   the   commissioner   determines  that  such  failure,
disposition or change of use was immediately necessary to protect public
health and safety;
(vi) to apply for  and  make  reasonable  efforts  to  secure  federal
assistance for the project; and
(vii)  to  not  sell,  lease,  or  otherwise  dispose  of or use lands
rehabilitated under this title for any  purpose  inconsistent  with  the
project  for a period of seven years from the commissioner's approval of
the project.
2. In connection with  each  contract,  the  commissioner  shall  keep
adequate  records  of  the amount of the payment by the state and of the
amount of federal assistance, if any, received by  the  municipality  or
not-for-profit  corporation.  Such  records  shall  be  retained  by the
commissioner and shall establish the  basis  for  recalculation  of  the
state payment as required herein.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 11 - Local Waterfront Revitalization Plans and Coastal Rehabilitation Projects › 54-1111 - State Projects.

§ 54-1111. State projects.
The  commissioner  is  authorized,  within  amounts  appropriated,  to
  directly undertake a coastal rehabilitation  project  pursuant  to  this
  title  in  accordance with section 1 of chapter 535 of the laws of 1945,
  as amended, or as specifically appropriated, on  state  lands  or  state
  lands underwater.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 13 - Long Island Central Pine Barrens Area and South Shore Estuary Reserve Planning › 54-1301 - Long Island Central Pine Barrens Area Planning.

§ 54-1301. Long Island central pine barrens area planning.
In  order  to  further the purposes of article 57 of this chapter, the
  commissioner  shall  provide,  within  amounts  appropriated  from   the
  environmental   protection  fund,  state  assistance  payments  for  the
  preparation of the comprehensive central  pine  barrens  land  use  plan
  pursuant  to  section 57-0121 of this chapter. State assistance payments
  may be made to the  central  pine  barrens  joint  planning  and  policy
  commission  established  in  article 57 of this chapter for all eligible
  costs incurred after April  first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-three.  No
  monies  shall  be  expended  for  Long  Island central pine barrens area
  planning except pursuant to an appropriation therefor.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 13 - Long Island Central Pine Barrens Area and South Shore Estuary Reserve Planning › 54-1303 - Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve Planning.

§ 54-1303. Long Island south shore estuary reserve planning.
In order to further the purposes of article forty-six of the executive
  law,  the  commissioner  shall provide, within amounts appropriated from
  the environmental protection fund, state  assistance  payments  for  the
  preparation  of  the  comprehensive  management plan for the Long Island
  south shore estuary reserve as provided  for  in  section  nine  hundred
  sixty-six of the executive law. State assistance payments may be made to
  the  Long  Island  south  shore  estuary  reserve council established by
  section nine hundred sixty-four of the executive law  for  all  eligible
  costs  incurred  after  April  first,  nineteen  hundred ninety-four. No
  moneys shall be expended for Long Island  south  shore  estuary  reserve
  management planning except pursuant to an appropriation therefor.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 15 - Climate Smart Community Projects › 54-1501 - Definition.

§ 54-1501. Definition.
For  purposes  of this title, "climate smart community projects" shall
  mean adaptation and mitigation projects, including flood mitigation  and
  coastal  and  riparian resiliency, greenhouse gas reductions outside the
  power sector and climate change adaptation planning, and  clean  vehicle
  projects.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 54 - Environmental Protection Act › Title 15 - Climate Smart Community Projects › 54-1505 - Eligibility to Receive State Assistance Payments for Climate Smart Community Projects.

§ 54-1505. Eligibility  to receive state assistance payments for climate
smart community projects.
Any municipality may apply for state assistance  payments  toward  the
  cost  of  a climate smart community project. Any application must comply
  with all applicable rules and regulations determined by the department.