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2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 57 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › Title 1 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › 57-0111 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Council.

§ 57-0111. Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve council.
1.  There  is hereby established, within the department, a Long Island
  Pine Barrens maritime reserve council to help local governments and  the
  state coordinate the efforts of all municipal, county, state and federal
  agencies  involved  in the management of the preserve and to oversee and
  prepare a comprehensive intergovernmental management plan for  the  Long
  Island   Pine   Barrens  maritime  reserve  that  the  state  and  local
  governments may adopt.
2. The council shall be composed  of  seventeen  voting  members.  The
  governor shall appoint three members. The county executive of the county
  of Suffolk, with the advice and consent of the county legislature, shall
  appoint  four  members.  The town supervisors of the towns of Riverhead,
  Southold, Shelter Island, Southampton, East Hampton and Brookhaven shall
  each appoint one member. The commissioner or his or  her  designee,  the
  commissioner  of  parks,  recreation and historic preservation or his or
  her designee, the secretary of state or his or her designee for purposes
  of matters related to coastal resources and the commissioner of economic
  development or his or her designee for purposes of tourism  shall  serve
  as  ex-officio  members. All members, except ex-officio members shall be
  residents of the county of Suffolk and shall have demonstrated expertise
  in the functional areas to be addressed by the commission.  All  initial
  appointments  shall  be  made within sixty days of the effective date of
  this title.
3. Members of the council shall serve for  a  term  of  two  years  or
  thereafter  until  a  successor  is  appointed.  A  chairperson shall be
  designated by the governor. The council shall elect  a  vice-chairperson
  and  such  other  officers  as  it  may  determine are necessary for the
  conduct of its duties.
4. Ten members of the council shall constitute a quorum.
5. The members of the council shall serve without compensation.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 57 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › Title 1 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › 57-0113 - Duties of the Council.

§ 57-0113. Duties of the council.
The council shall have the following powers and duties:
1. to conduct scientific and environmental studies;
2.  to  review  and  approve proposed dedications of lands to the Long
  Island  Pine  Barrens  maritime  preserve   and   recommend   additional
  dedications to such maritime preserve;
3.  to  utilize  to  the  extent feasible, the staff and facilities of
  state agencies, subject to the approval of the director of  the  budget,
  and local agencies to carry out the provisions of this title;
4. to hold public hearings;
5.  to contract within amounts appropriated for or otherwise available
  for professional and technical assistance or advice;
6. to meet not less than once every two months and  to  encourage  the
  attendance  at such meetings of representatives of local governments and
  interested parties affected by the deliberations of the council;
7. to send copies of the minutes of each  meeting  to  each  town  and
  village  within  the  Long  Island  Pine  Barrens  maritime reserve, the
  members of the assembly and senators  representing  such  area  and  any
  other interested party upon request;
8.  to  encourage  individuals,  corporations, associations and public
  entities to protect and preserve the unique  resources  of  the  reserve
  including the preserve; and
9. to contract for and to accept assistance, including but not limited
  to  gifts,  easements  or  loans  of  funds or real property or personal
  property from the federal government or any  agency  or  instrumentality
  thereof, or from any agency or instrumentality of the state, or from any
  other  public or private source and to comply, subject to the provisions
  of this title, with the terms and conditions  thereof,  subject  to  the
  approval  of  the division of the budget. Notwithstanding the provisions
  of section eleven of the state finance law, the  commission  may  accept
  gifts,   grants,   devises   and   bequests,   whether   conditional  or
  unconditional, with the approval of the director of the budget.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 57 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › Title 1 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › 57-0117 - Dedications to the Long Island Pine Barrens Preserve; Legislative Protection.

§ 57-0117. Dedications   to  the  Long  Island  Pine  Barrens  preserve;
legislative protection.
1. The commissioner shall maintain a record of the boundaries  of  the
  lands which have been dedicated to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve
  in text and depicted on a map.
2.  Land  owned  by  the  state  within  the  Long Island Pine Barrens
  maritime reserve may be dedicated to be part of  the  Long  Island  Pine
  Barrens  preserve  by the action of the commissioner or the commissioner
  of parks, recreation and historic preservation,  or  by  action  of  the
  legislature.
3.  Land  owned  by  a  local  government  within the Long Island Pine
  Barrens maritime reserve may  be  dedicated  to  the  Long  Island  Pine
  Barrens preserve by the action of its local legislative body.
4.  Land  owned  by  private  individuals  within the Long Island Pine
  Barrens maritime reserve may be dedicated to be part of the Long  Island
  Pine Barrens preserve by the execution of a conservation easement.
5.  Land in the core preservation area which come in the public domain
  shall be deemed  to  be  dedicated  to  the  Long  Island  Pine  Barrens
  Preserve.
6.  Except  for the core preservation area which shall be deemed to be
  dedicated to the preserve, the council shall  review  and  must  approve
  each dedication of land to the preserve.
7.  No publicly owned real property, dedicated to the Long Island Pine
  Barrens preserve, shall be  alienated  except  by  law  enacted  by  two
  successive regular sessions of the legislature, but easements for public
  water   supply   purposes   may  be  maintained  consistent  with  local
  ordinances.
8. The council shall have no authority  to  manage  any  private  land
  unless  such  land has been voluntarily dedicated pursuant to this title
  or the owner has executed a voluntary written agreement with the council
  authorizing the specific management actions taken.
9.  Nothing  contained  in  this  title  shall  affect  any   previous
  dedication  of state land to the State Nature and Historic preserve. Any
  state land dedicated to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve  may  also
  be dedicated to the State Nature and Historic preserve.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 57 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › Title 1 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › 57-0125 - Addition of Towns.

§ 57-0125. Addition of towns.
1. The legislature finds that in order to facilitate regional planning
  for  Long  Island,  local  governments  within  the  reserve but located
  outside of the Central Pine Barrens area may similarly benefit from  the
  planning  effort  undertaken  by  the  commission.  Therefore, after the
  completion, ratification, and adoption of  the  comprehensive  land  use
  plan  and upon application to the commission, the towns of East Hampton,
  Shelter Island, and Southold may elect, by duly  adopted  resolution  of
  their  town  boards,  to  join  the  commission  or  establish a similar
  planning effort for those areas outside the Central  Pine  Barrens  area
  and within the reserve that warrant and would benefit from such regional
  efforts consistent with the goals and objectives of this title.
2.  All  benefits and obligations which accrue to municipalities which
  participate with the commission shall be afforded to the  municipalities
  of  the  South  and North Fork which elect to voluntarily participate in
  this process, subject to the obligations of this  title.  Such  benefits
  may  include  funding for the development and implementation of regional
  plans. The  provisions  of  this  title  with  respect  to  the  interim
  provisions  shall  not  apply. To the extent feasible, towns electing to
  develop and implement such regional plans consistent  with  this  title,
  shall utilize the commission and its supportive structure.
3.  Upon  completion,  ratification, and adoption of the comprehensive
  land use plan, and an expressed interest on the part  of  the  towns  of
  East   Hampton,  Shelter  Island,  or  Southold,  the  commission  shall
  establish criteria for participating in this process. Such criteria  may
  not include the imposition of a moratorium or restriction of development
  as a requirement for participation.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 57 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › Title 1 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › 57-0127 - Cooperation of State and Municipal Agencies.

§ 57-0127. Cooperation of state and municipal agencies.
The  council  may request and shall be provided with such cooperation,
  assistance, services and data, from  any  department,  agency,  advisory
  board,  task  force,  commission,  bureau  or  any  other  agency having
  jurisdiction over land or water within  the  Long  Island  Pine  Barrens
  maritime  reserve,  as are necessary to carry out the council's function
  pursuant to this title. The council shall coordinate  its  actions  with
  the region 1 regional advisory committee, established by section 49-0209
  of  this  chapter.  Every  state agency is authorized to provide, within
  amounts appropriated  therefor  and  subject  to  the  approval  of  the
  director  of the budget, such assistance and services as the council may
  request.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 57 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › Title 1 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › 57-0129 - Acceptance of Monies.

§ 57-0129. Acceptance of monies.
The  council may accept any grant or appropriation from federal, state
  and municipal sources and any gift for use to carry out  the  provisions
  of this title. Such monies shall be expended by the council to carry out
  the  provisions  of  this title, except that such expenditures shall not
  exceed the grants, appropriations and gifts received by the council.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 57 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › Title 1 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › 57-0131 - Limitations on Regulation of Hunting, Fishing and Recreation Activities; Nonregulation of Federal Conservation Activities.

§ 57-0131. Limitations  on regulation of hunting, fishing and recreation
activities;   nonregulation   of    federal    conservation
activities.
Nothing in this title shall be interpreted to authorize the regulation
  of  hunting,  shellfishing, fishing, trapping, possession of wildlife or
  other recreational activities in the Long Island Pine  Barrens  maritime
  reserve, except as otherwise provided by law. This title shall not apply
  to  any action undertaken by any federal agency or federal department in
  fulfillment of its obligations or duties pursuant to  any  federal  law,
  federal   regulation,  federal  agency  policy,  or  federal  management
  activity relating to  wildlife,  game  or  nongame  species  management,
  habitat protection, or migratory species protection.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 57 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › Title 1 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › 57-0133 - Affect on Other Laws.

§ 57-0133. Affect on other laws.
Except  as  otherwise  provided  in the provisions of this title, this
  title shall not affect:
1.  the  police  powers,  local  planning  powers,  zoning  powers  or
  authority  to  regulate  land uses by villages and towns within the Long
  Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve; or
2. the police power of the state to regulate any activity carried upon
  any lands, in the Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve; or
3. the authority of any state or public agency in  the  management  of
  any  state  or  public  lands  in  the Long Island Pine Barrens maritime
  reserve.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 57 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › Title 1 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › 57-0135 - Judicial Review.

§ 57-0135. Judicial review.
Any  person  aggrieved  by a final determination by any governing body
  acting under this title, may within thirty days from the  date  of  such
  determination  seek judicial review pursuant to article seventy-eight of
  the civil practice law and rules in the supreme  court.  The  commission
  shall  be  a  party  to any such proceeding. In the event that the court
  finds that the determination of  such  governing  body  constitutes  the
  equivalent  of  taking without just compensation, the commission may set
  aside the determination of such  governing  body,  or  if  the  land  so
  regulated  otherwise meets the goals and objectives of this title and if
  the commission or the governing body has sufficient funds therefor,  the
  commission  or  the  governing body may acquire such land or interest in
  lands as have been taken, proceeding under the power of eminent  domain.
  All  issues  in  any  proceeding under the power of eminent domain shall
  have preference over all other civil actions or proceedings.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 57 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › Title 1 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › 57-0137 - Severability.

§ 57-0137. Severability.
The  provisions  of  this  title shall be severable and if any portion
  thereof or the applicability thereof  to  any  person  or  circumstances
  shall  be  held invalid, the remainder of this title and the application
  thereof shall not be affected thereby.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 57 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › Title 2 - Peconic Bay Region Watershed Protection Act › 57-0207 - Plan Adoption.

§ 57-0207. Plan adoption.
1.  After  completion of a draft plan consistent with the requirements
  of section 57-0205 of this title, the town board  shall  hold  a  public
  hearing  on  said  draft  plan upon not less than ten days notice to the
  public. Notice shall be provided in the same manner as for the  adoption
  of a local law.
2.  The  town board shall receive and review all comments on the draft
  plan before final adoption.
3. The town board shall adopt the final plan by resolution.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 57 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › Title 2 - Peconic Bay Region Watershed Protection Act › 57-0209 - Plan Implementation.

§ 57-0209. Plan implementation.
1.  Implementation  of the final plan shall be accomplished by a local
  law which amends the zoning and other codes of the town  to  conform  to
  the recommendations of the plan.
2.  Where  the  town  seeks  the  benefits  from the state of defense,
  attorneys' fees, court costs and state funding as provided  by  sections
  57-0211  and  57-0213  of  this  title,  the plan and local law shall be
  submitted to the commissioner.
3. Where the commissioner certifies by resolution that  the  plan  and
  local  law  are  in  compliance  with  this  title, then the benefits of
  sections 57-0211 and 57-0213 of this title shall accrue to the town.
4. The commissioner shall render a decision upon certification  within
  ninety days of submission by the town.
5.  The  town,  from  time  to time, but not less than once every five
  years after the plan has been  adopted,  shall  cause  the  plan  to  be
  reviewed,  and  if  appropriate, amended. Where the plan is amended, the
  procedures for adoption, implementation, and certification shall be  the
  same as for its original adoption, implementation and certification.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 57 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › Title 2 - Peconic Bay Region Watershed Protection Act › 57-0211 - State Funding.

§ 57-0211. State funding.
Projects  which  implement  the  plan,  including  the  acquisition of
  interests in real property for the purpose of protecting open spaces  or
  open  areas where such properties are part of the state open space plan,
  shall be eligible for state funding under the  environmental  protection
  fund,  pursuant  to  article  fifty-four  of  this  chapter,  where such
  projects meet the existing eligibility  requirements  of  such  article,
  subject  to available appropriation. No funding shall be provided unless
  the commissioner determines that a town is in compliance  with  all  the
  provisions of this title.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 57 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act › Title 2 - Peconic Bay Region Watershed Protection Act › 57-0213 - Defense, Attorneys' Fees, Court Costs.

§ 57-0213. Defense, attorneys' fees, court costs.
1.  For each town adopting a local law implementing regulations in the
protection areas consistent with this title, there shall be a defense by
the state against any damages, losses, costs, or expenses of any kind or
nature incurred or suffered  by  such  town  or  its  agents,  servants,
officials  or  employees,  in  the event of legal actions or proceedings
brought  against  the  town  or  its  agents,  servants,  officials,  or
employees  that may result from the municipal acquisition of land or the
adoption or implementation of a local law consistent with this title.
2. The state shall pay reasonable  attorneys'  fees  and  court  costs
incurred  by  each  town  in  connection  with  such  legal  actions  or
proceedings, including any appeal.
3. Such defense shall be conditioned upon:
(a) delivery by the town board or  its  agent,  servant,  official  or
employee  against  whom  the legal action or proceeding was commenced to
the attorney general or an assistant attorney general at  an  office  of
the  department  of  law  in  the  state,  the original or a copy of any
summons, complaint, process, notice, demand, or pleading  within  thirty
days  after  such  document  is served upon the town board or such other
party; and
(b) the full cooperation of the town board or such other party against
whom the action or proceeding was  commenced  in  the  defense  of  such
action  or proceeding and in defense of any action or proceeding against
the state based upon the same act or omission, and in the prosecution of
any appeal.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 58 - Implementation of the "Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022" › Title 1 - General Provisions › 58-0103 - Allocation of Moneys.

§ 58-0103. Allocation of moneys.
The  moneys  received  by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to
  the environmental bond act of 2022 shall be disbursed in  the  following
  amounts  pursuant  to  appropriations  as  specifically  provided for in
  titles three, five, seven, and nine of this article:
1.  Not  less  than  one   billion   one   hundred   million   dollars
  ($1,100,000,000)  for  restoration and flood risk reduction as set forth
  in title three of this article.
2. Up to six hundred fifty million  dollars  ($650,000,000)  for  open
  space  land  conservation  and  recreation as set forth in title five of
  this article.
3. Up to one billion five hundred million dollars ($1,500,000,000) for
  climate change mitigation as set forth in title seven of this article.
4. Not less than six hundred fifty million dollars ($650,000,000)  for
  water  quality  improvement and resilient infrastructure as set forth in
  title nine of this article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 58 - Implementation of the "Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022" › Title 1 - General Provisions › 58-0105 - Powers and Duties.

§ 58-0105. Powers and duties.
In  implementing  the  provisions  of  this  article the department is
  hereby authorized to:
1. Administer funds generated pursuant to the "clean water, clean air,
  and green jobs environmental bond act of 2022 ".
2. 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  toward  the  cost  of  a  project
  approved, and to be undertaken pursuant to this article.
3. Approve vouchers for the payments pursuant to an approved contract.
4.   Enter   into   contracts  with  any  person,  firm,  corporation,
  not-for-profit  corporation,  agency  or  other   entity,   private   or
  governmental,  for  the  purpose  of effectuating the provisions of this
  article.
5. Promulgate such rules and regulations and to develop such forms and
  procedures necessary to  effectuate  the  provisions  of  this  article,
  including  but  not  limited  to requirements for the form, content, and
  submission  of  applications  by  municipalities  for  state   financial
  assistance.
6.  Delegate  to,  or  cooperate  with,  any other state entity in the
  administration of this article.
7. 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 58 - Implementation of the "Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022" › Title 1 - General Provisions › 58-0107 - Powers and Duties of a Municipality.

§ 58-0107. 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.
3. Apply for and receive moneys from the  state  for  the  purpose  of
  accomplishing  projects  undertaken or to be undertaken pursuant to this
  article.
4. 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 58 - Implementation of the "Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022" › Title 1 - General Provisions › 58-0109 - Consistency With Federal Tax Law.

§ 58-0109. Consistency with federal tax law.
All  actions undertaken pursuant to this article shall be reviewed for
  consistency with provisions of the federal  internal  revenue  code  and
  regulations  thereunder,  in  accordance  with procedures established in
  connection with the issuance of any tax exempt bonds  pursuant  to  this
  article, to preserve the tax exempt status of such bonds.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 58 - Implementation of the "Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022" › Title 1 - General Provisions › 58-0111 - Compliance With Other Law.

§ 58-0111. Compliance with other law.
Every recipient of funds to be made available pursuant to this article
  shall comply with all applicable state, federal and local laws.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 58 - Implementation of the "Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022" › Title 3 - Restoration and Flood Risk Reduction › 58-0301 - Allocation of Moneys.

§ 58-0301. Allocation of moneys.
Of the moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to
  the  environmental  bond  act  of  2022,  not  less than one billion one
  hundred  million  dollars  ($1,100,000,000)  shall  be   available   for
  disbursements   for   restoration  and  flood  risk  reduction  projects
  developed pursuant to section 58-0303 of this title. Not more  than  two
  hundred  fifty  million  dollars  ($250,000,000) of this amount shall be
  available for projects pursuant to subdivision two of section 58-0303 of
  this title and not less than one hundred million dollars  ($100,000,000)
  each  shall  be  available  for  coastal  rehabilitation  and  shoreline
  restoration  projects  and  projects  which  address  inland   flooding,
  pursuant  to  paragraph  a of subdivision one of section 58-0303 of this
  title.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 58 - Implementation of the "Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022" › Title 5 - Open Space Land Conservation and Recreation › 58-0501 - Allocation of Moneys.

§ 58-0501. Allocation of moneys.
Of the moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to
  the  environmental  bond  act  of  2022  to  be used for open space land
  conservation and recreation projects, up to six  hundred  fifty  million
  dollars  ($650,000,000)  shall  be  available  for  programs, plans, and
  projects developed pursuant to section 58-0503 of this  title,  however,
  not  more  than seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) shall be made
  available for the creation of  a  fish  hatchery,  or  the  improvement,
  expansion,  repair  or maintenance of existing fish hatcheries, not less
  than  three  hundred  million  dollars  ($300,000,000)  shall  be   made
  available   for  open  space  land  conservation  projects  pursuant  to
  paragraph a of subdivision one of section 58-0503 of this title and  not
  less than one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) shall be made
  available for farmland protection pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision
  one of section 58-0503 of this title.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 58 - Implementation of the "Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022" › Title 7 - Climate Change Mitigation › 58-0701 - Allocation of Moneys.

§ 58-0701. Allocation of moneys.
Of the moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to
  the  environmental  bond  act  of  2022,  up to one billion five hundred
  million  dollars  ($1,500,000,000)   shall   be   made   available   for
  disbursements  for climate change mitigation projects developed pursuant
  to section 58-0703 of this title. Not less  than  four  hundred  million
  dollars  ($400,000,000)  of  this  amount  shall  be available for green
  buildings  projects,  not  less  than  one   hundred   million   dollars
  ($100,000,000)  for  climate adaptation and mitigation projects pursuant
  to paragraph c of subdivision one of section 58-0703 of this title,  not
  less  than two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be available
  for disbursement to reduce or eliminate water pollution or air pollution
  affecting disadvantaged communities pursuant to paragraphs f  and  g  of
  subdivision one of section 58-0703 of this title, and not less than five
  hundred  million  dollars  ($500,000,000)  for costs associated with the
  purchase of or conversion to zero emission school buses  and  supporting
  infrastructure as set forth in paragraph h of subdivision one of section
  58-0703 of this title.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 58 - Implementation of the "Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022" › Title 7 - Climate Change Mitigation › 58-0703 - Programs, Plans and Projects.

§ 58-0703. Programs, plans and projects.
1.  Eligible  climate  change mitigation projects include, but are not
  limited to:
a. costs  associated  with  green  building  projects,  projects  that
  increase  energy  efficiency or the use or siting of renewable energy on
  state-owned buildings or properties including  buildings  owned  by  the
  state  university of the state of New York, city university of the state
  of New York, community colleges, and public schools;
b. costs associated with projects that  utilize  natural  and  working
  lands   to   sequester   carbon  and  mitigate  methane  emissions  from
  agricultural sources, such as manure storage through cover  and  methane
  reduction technologies;
c.   costs   associated   with  implementing  climate  adaptation  and
  mitigation projects pursuant to section 54-1523 of this chapter;
d. costs associated with urban forestry projects such  as  forest  and
  habitat  restoration,  for purchase and planting of street trees and for
  projects to expand  the  existing  tree  canopy  and  bolster  community
  health;
e.  costs  associated  with  projects  that  reduce  urban heat island
  effect, such as installation of  green  roofs,  open  space  protection,
  community  gardens,  cool  pavement  projects,  projects  that create or
  upgrade community cooling centers, and the  installation  of  reflective
  roofs where installation of green roofs is not possible;
f. costs associated with projects to reduce or eliminate air pollution
  from   stationary   or   mobile   sources  of  air  pollution  affecting
  disadvantaged communities;
g. costs associated with projects  which  would  reduce  or  eliminate
  water  pollution,  whether from point or non-point discharges, affecting
  disadvantaged communities; and
h. costs associated with the purchase or conversion to  zero  emission
  school   buses,   including   costs   associated   with  the  supporting
  infrastructure.
2. The department, the department  of  agriculture  and  markets,  the
  office  of  parks,  recreation  and  historic preservation, the New York
  state energy research  and  development  authority  and  the  office  of
  general  services are authorized to provide state assistance payments or
  grants to municipalities and not-for-profit  corporations  or  undertake
  projects pursuant to this section.
3.  Provided  that  for the purposes of selecting projects for funding
  under this section, the  relevant  agencies  shall  develop  eligibility
  guidelines  and  post  information  on  the  department's website in the
  environmental notice bulletin providing for a thirty-day public  comment
  period  and  upon  adoption  post  such  eligibility  guidelines  on the
  relevant agency's website.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 58 - Implementation of the "Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022" › Title 9 - Water Quality Improvement and Resilient Infrastructure › 58-0901 - Allocation of Moneys.

§ 58-0901. Allocation of moneys.
Of the moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to
  the   environmental  bond  act  of  2022  for  disbursements  for  state
  assistance for water quality improvement projects as  defined  by  title
  one  of  this  article,  not less than six hundred fifty million dollars
  ($650,000,000) shall be available for water quality improvement projects
  developed pursuant to section 58-0903 of this title. Not less  than  two
  hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) of this amount shall be available
  for  wastewater  infrastructure  projects undertaken pursuant to the New
  York state water infrastructure improvement  act  of  2017  pursuant  to
  paragraph e of subdivision one of section 58-0903 of this title, and not
  less  than  two  hundred  fifty  million dollars ($250,000,000) shall be
  available for municipal stormwater projects pursuant to paragraph  a  of
  subdivision one of section 58-0903 of this title.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 58 - Implementation of the "Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022" › Title 11 - Environmental Justice and Reporting › 58-1101 - Benefits of Funds.

§ 58-1101. Benefits of funds.
The  department  shall make every effort practicable to achieve a goal
  that forty percent  of  the  funds  pursuant  to  this  article  benefit
  disadvantaged  communities;  however,  disadvantaged  communities  shall
  receive no less than thirty-five percent of the  benefit  of  the  funds
  pursuant to this article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 58 - Implementation of the "Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022" › Title 11 - Environmental Justice and Reporting › 58-1103 - Reporting.

§ 58-1103. Reporting.
1.  No  later  than  sixty days following the end of each fiscal year,
  each  department,  agency,  public  benefit  corporation,   and   public
  authority  receiving  an  allocation  or  allocations  of  appropriation
  financed from the clean water, clean air, and green  jobs  environmental
  bond  act  of 2022 shall submit to the commissioner in a manner and form
  prescribed by the department, the  following  information  as  of  March
  thirty-first  of  such  fiscal year, within each category listed in this
  title:  the  total  appropriation;   total   commitments;   year-to-date
  disbursements; remaining uncommitted balances; and a description of each
  project.
2.  No  later  than  one hundred twenty days following the end of each
  fiscal year, the department shall submit to the governor, the  temporary
  president  of  the senate, and the speaker of the assembly a report that
  includes the information received. A copy of the report shall be  posted
  on the department's website.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 70 - Uniform Procedures › 70-0101 - Purpose.

§ 70-0101. Purpose.
It  is  the  purpose  of  this  article  to  establish  uniform review
  procedures for major  regulatory  programs  of  the  department  and  to
  establish  time  periods  for  department  action  on permits under such
  programs.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 70 - Uniform Procedures › 70-0103 - Legislative Findings and Declarations.

§ 70-0103. Legislative findings and declarations.
The legislature finds and declares that:
1. It is the intent of the legislature to assure the fair, expeditious
  and thorough administrative review of regulatory permits.
2.  It  is  the intent of the legislature that, to the extent feasible
  and appropriate, statutory  and  regulatory  procedures  shall  be  made
  uniform and inconsistencies and redundancies shall be eliminated.
3.  It  is  the intent of the legislature to establish reasonable time
  periods for administrative agency action on permits.
4.  It  is  the  intent  of  the  legislature  to   encourage   public
  participation  in government review and decision-making processes and to
  promote public understanding of all government activities.
5. It is the intent of the legislature that,  to  the  maximum  extent
  feasible, a comprehensive project review approach shall replace separate
  and individual permit application reviews.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 70 - Uniform Procedures › 70-0105 - Definitions.

§ 70-0105. Definitions.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section
  shall  govern  the  construction  of the following terms as used in this
  article:
1. "Environmental notice bulletin" shall mean the publication  of  the
  department published pursuant to section 3-0306 of this chapter.
2. "Complete application" shall mean an application for a permit which
  is  in  an  approved  form  and  is  determined  by the department to be
  complete for the purpose of commencing review  of  the  application  but
  which  may  need  to  be  supplemented during the course of review as to
  matters contained in the application in order to enable  the  department
  to  make  the  findings  and  determinations required by law. A complete
  application shall include such draft impact statement as may be required
  pursuant to article eight of this chapter.
3. "Minor project" shall mean a proposed project which by  its  nature
  and  with  respect to its location will not have a significant impact on
  the environment and will not exceed criteria established  in  rules  and
  regulations  adopted  by  the  department pursuant to subdivision one of
  section 70-0107 of this article.
4. "Permit" shall mean any permit, certificate, license or other  form
  of  department  approval, modification, suspension, revocation, renewal,
  reissuance or recertification issued in connection with  any  regulatory
  program  referred  to  in  subdivision  three of section 70-0107 of this
  article as further specified by rule and regulation.
5. "Project" shall  mean  any  activity  that  requires  one  or  more
  department permits.
6.  "Emergency" shall mean a natural or an accidental human-made event
  which presents an immediate threat to life, health, property, or natural
  resources.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 70 - Uniform Procedures › 70-0111 - Minor Projects.

§ 70-0111. Minor projects.
(a)  On  or  before  fifteen  calendar  days  after  the receipt of an
application for a permit for a minor project, the department shall  mail
written  notice to the applicant of its determination whether or not the
application is complete. If the department fails to mail written  notice
to  an  applicant  of its determination whether or not an application is
complete within such fifteen calendar day period, the application  shall
be deemed complete.
(b) Within forty-five calendar days after the department mails written
notice  to  the  applicant  that an application for a permit for a minor
project is  complete  or  within  forty-five  calendar  days  after  the
application  is  deemed  complete  pursuant  to  the  provisions of this
article and subject to the provisions of subdivisions  four,  five,  and
six  of  section  70-0109,  the  department shall make a decision on the
application by mailing the applicant a permit, a permit with  conditions
or a statement that the permit applied for has been denied.
(c) If the department fails to make a decision on an application for a
permit  for  a minor project within such forty-five calendar day period,
then the provisions of paragraph (b) of  subdivision  three  of  section
70-0109 shall apply.
(d)  The  department  may  provide, by rule and regulation pursuant to
section 70-0107 of this article, for the  issuance  of  general  permits
covering  minor  projects.  Such general permits may be issued following
such events as natural disasters or acts of God which  lead  numbers  of
individuals  to  seek  to undertake similar types of minor projects that
are of a remedial nature. Such permits may be issued only upon a written
statement of necessity by the commissioner justifying  the  issuance  of
such  general  permit and may be issued only for a specified duration of
time.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 70 - Uniform Procedures › 70-0113 - Confidentiality.

§ 70-0113. Confidentiality.
The  provisions  of  section eighty-eight of article six of the public
  officers law shall apply  to  information  confidentially  disclosed  by
  applicants  to  the  department,  except  as  otherwise provided in this
  chapter.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 70 - Uniform Procedures › 70-0115 - Permit Modifications, Suspensions, Revocations, Renewals, Reissuances and Recertifications.

§ 70-0115. Permit  modifications,  suspensions,  revocations,  renewals,
reissuances and recertifications.
1. Upon the provision of notice stating the grounds for its action and
giving an opportunity for hearing to the permit holder,  the  department
may modify, suspend or revoke a permit.
2.  A permit holder may make written request to the department for the
renewal, reissuance, recertification  or  modification  of  an  existing
permit.  Such  a  request shall be accompanied by sufficient information
supporting the request for the departmental action sought.
(a) In the case of a request (i) which does  not  involve  a  material
change   in   permit  conditions,  then  applicable  law,  environmental
conditions or technology since the date  of  issuance  of  the  existing
permit,  or  (ii) for which an opportunity for public comment or hearing
or both is not required by applicable law, the department  shall  on  or
before  fifteen  calendar  days  after  the  receipt of a request mail a
written determination to the  permit  holder  of  its  decision  on  the
request. If the decision is to deny the request, the permit holder shall
be afforded an opportunity for hearing and notice of such decision shall
be  given  by  the  department  in  the  next  available  issue  of  the
environmental notice bulletin.
(b) In the case of a request which may involve a  material  change  as
described  in  paragraph  (a)  of  this  subdivision,  or  for  which an
opportunity for public  comment  or  hearing  or  both  is  required  by
applicable  law, the department shall on or before fifteen calendar days
after the receipt of a request  mail  a  written  determination  to  the
permit  holder that the request shall be treated as an application for a
new permit.
(c)  In  the  case  of  a  request  for   the   renewal,   reissuance,
recertification or modification of an existing state pollutant discharge
elimination  system  permit  issued  in  lieu  of  a  national pollutant
discharge elimination system permit the request shall be treated  as  an
application  for  a  new  permit. Any other request may be treated as an
application for a new permit.
(d)  In  the  case  of  a  request  for   the   renewal,   reissuance,
recertification or modification of an existing permit issued pursuant to
article  nineteen  of  this  chapter,  the  request may be treated as an
application for a new permit.
If, pursuant  to  paragraph  (a)  or  (b)  of  this  subdivision,  the
department  fails  to  mail a written determination to the permit holder
within  such  fifteen  calendar  day  period,  then  the  provisions  of
paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision three of section 70-0109 of this chapter
shall apply.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 70 - Uniform Procedures › 70-0121 - Severability.

§ 70-0121. Severability.
The  provisions of this article shall be severable, and if any clause,
  sentence, paragraph, subdivision  or  part  of  this  article  shall  be
  adjudged  by  any  court  of  competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
  judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder, but shall
  be confined  in  its  operation  to  the  clause,  sentence,  paragraph,
  subdivision  or  part  thereof  directly  involved in the controversy in
  which such judgment shall have been rendered.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 71 - Enforcement › Title 1 - Effect of the Penal Law and Criminal Procedure Law › 71-0101 - Effect of the Penal Law and Criminal Procedure Law.

§ 71-0101. Effect of the Penal Law and Criminal Procedure Law.
Notwithstanding  any  provision of this chapter, the provisions of the
  Penal Law and of the Criminal Procedure Law control over the  provisions
  of  this  chapter to the same extent they controlled over the provisions
  of law from which this chapter  is  derived,  on  the  date  immediately
  preceding the effective date of this chapter.
For  the purpose of section 80.10 of the penal law all fines contained
  within this chapter, and not already  so  designated,  shall  be  deemed
  special corporate fines.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 71 - Enforcement › Title 2 - General Law Enforcement Provisions › 71-0201 - General Law Enforcement Authority.

§ 71-0201. General law enforcement authority.
Every  police  officer  and  any  employee of the department as may be
  designated by the commissioner, shall enforce  the  provisions  of  this
  chapter,   and   the  rules,  and  regulations  and  orders  enacted  or
  promulgated thereunder. Such officers shall be authorized  to  issue  an
  appearance  ticket  or, in lieu thereof, a uniform appearance ticket or,
  in lieu thereof, a uniform appearance ticket and simplified  information
  as  provided  in  section  71-0203, for any violation of this chapter or
  rule, regulation or order adopted thereunder. Law  enforcement  officers
  of  the Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the
  Interior or the National Marine Fisheries Service of the  United  States
  Department  of Commerce may enforce the provisions of articles 11 and 13
  of this chapter and shall be authorized to issue  an  appearance  ticket
  or,  in  lieu  thereof,  a  uniform  appearance  ticket  and  simplified
  information as provided in section 71-0203, for any violation of article
  11, article 13 or rule, regulation or order  adopted  pursuant  to  such
  article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 71 - Enforcement › Title 2 - General Law Enforcement Provisions › 71-0202 - Enforcement; Designated Employees to Have Certain Powers.

§ 71-0202. Enforcement; designated employees to have certain powers.
Such  employees  as  may  be  designated  by the commissioner shall be
  authorized to  issue  uniform  appearance  tickets,  simplified  traffic
  informations,  simplified  parks  informations, simplified environmental
  conservation  informations,  and  uniform  navigation   summons   and/or
  complaint, when acting pursuant to their special duties.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 71 - Enforcement › Title 2 - General Law Enforcement Provisions › 71-0203 - Uniform Appearance Ticket and Simplified Information.

§ 71-0203. Uniform appearance ticket and simplified information.
1.  The  commissioner shall prescribe the form of an appearance ticket
  and simplified information for all cases involving a  violation  of  any
  provision of this chapter or of any rule, regulation or order adopted or
  promulgated  thereunder,  or of any class or category of such cases, and
  to establish procedures for  proper  administrative  controls  over  the
  disposition thereof.
2.  The  chief  executive officer of each local police force including
  county, town, city and village  police  departments,  sheriffs  and  the
  superintendent  of  state  police  shall prepare or cause to be prepared
  such records and reports as may be prescribed hereunder.
3. The commissioner shall have the  power  to  adopt  such  rules  and
  regulations  as  may  be deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes and
  enforce the  provisions  of  this  section  including  requirements  for
  reporting by trial courts having jurisdiction over such offenses.
4.  Any  person  who  disposes  of  any  uniform appearance ticket and
  simplified information in any other manner than that prescribed by  law,
  rule or regulation shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
5.  The  provisions of this section shall not apply to any offense for
  which a uniform summons and complaint is prescribed by the  commissioner
  of  motor  vehicles pursuant to section two hundred seven of the vehicle
  and traffic law or by the commissioner of parks and recreation  pursuant
  to article twenty-seven of the parks and recreation law.