2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 28 - Pollution Prevention › 28-0107 - Powers and Duties of the Department.

§ 28-0107. Powers and duties of the department.
Consistent  with  the policy of the state as it is declared in section
  28-0101 of this article, the department shall have the power to:
1. Develop, coordinate, implement and measure policies,  planning  and
  programs  to promote pollution prevention, including but not limited to,
  technical assistance programs  and  the  identification  of  alternative
  compliance approaches that incorporate pollution prevention;
2.  Provide  education,  training,  outreach and technical assistance,
  including  on-site  technical  assistance,  to  the   public   regarding
  pollution   prevention,   including   but  not  limited  to  businesses,
  not-for-profit organizations and state and local agencies;
3. Track, monitor and analyze efforts to achieve pollution  prevention
  and the effects of pollution prevention on the consumption of energy and
  natural  resources;  the use of hazardous substances; and the generation
  of hazardous substances, pollution and waste;
4. Promote the consideration of opportunities for pollution prevention
  throughout  the  department's  programs,  including  the  provision   of
  information  on  pollution prevention options, technical information and
  technical assistance to  permit  applicants,  owners  and  operators  of
  facilities  that are subject to departmental inspections, and to persons
  who are subject to departmental enforcement actions;
5. Develop policies to facilitate, support and encourage the provision
  of pollution prevention and  compliance  assistance,  including  on-site
  technical  assistance,  by  all  department  staff, including regulatory
  program staff, to businesses, not-for-profit  organizations,  state  and
  local  agencies  or other persons who request such assistance, including
  the adoption of policies to address how the department will  respond  if
  violations are identified in the course of providing such assistance;
6.  Coordinate  pollution prevention outreach and technical assistance
  with inspection and enforcement  efforts,  including  the  targeting  of
  specific  sectors  for  concentrated  outreach  prior  to inspection and
  enforcement and the establishment of  a  technical  assistance  referral
  system;
7.  Provide  opportunities for training in pollution prevention to all
  appropriate department staff on an annual basis;
8. Promote and encourage  the  adoption  of  environmental  management
  systems as a way to achieve pollution prevention and continually improve
  environmental,  economic  and  management  performance across a range of
  organizations  and  settings,  including  state  and   local   agencies,
  businesses, and not-for-profit organizations;
9. Develop pollution prevention information that can be distributed by
  other  state  agencies  and  public authorities that are involved in the
  regulation of, or  provision  of  financial  assistance  to  businesses,
  municipalities and not-for-profit organizations;
10.  Coordinate  and cooperate with federal, state and local agencies,
  public and private organizations, and groups administering  programs  or
  engaged   in   activities   related   to  pollution  prevention,  energy
  consumption, resource consumption, the use and generation  of  hazardous
  substances, or the generation of waste or pollution; and
11.   Encourage,  support  and  undertake  research,  development  and
  technology transfer in support of pollution prevention,  and  coordinate
  and  cooperate  with  federal,  state and local agencies, businesses and
  business associations, public  and  private  organizations,  and  groups
  engaged  in  pollution  prevention  research, development and technology
  transfer,  including  educational,  civic  and  research  organizations,
  colleges, universities, institutes or foundations.