2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 17 - Water Pollution Control › Title 14 - Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Control › 17-1409 - State Assistance for Non-Agricultural Nonpoint Source Abatement and Control Projects.

§ 17-1409. State   assistance   for   non-agricultural  nonpoint  source
abatement and control projects.
1. Subject to the  availability  of  funds  appropriated  therefor,  a
  matching  grant program is established to fund the costs of implementing
  nonpoint source abatement and control projects that meet  the  following
  criteria:
a.  the  project  must  consist  of activities and projects which will
  significantly  reduce,  abate  or  control  nonpoint  source   pollution
  originating from non-agricultural activities;
b.  the  project  must  be  proposed for implementation by a municipal
  corporation, or by a district at the formal request of such corporation;
c. the project must be located within a water body identified  by  the
  commissioner, pursuant to section 17-1407 of this title;
d.  the  project  must  propose to implement best management practices
  which meet the criteria promulgated pursuant to section 17-1411 of  this
  title; and
e.  the municipal corporation must have funds available to pay for its
  share of the eligible project costs.
1-a. Subject to the availability of funds  appropriated  therefore,  a
  matching  grant program is established to fund the cost of comprehensive
  watershed  based  water  quality  management  designed  to  address  the
  reduction  and  control of nonpoint source pollution and the improvement
  of water quality in a water body  or  water  bodies  identified  on  the
  prioritized list developed pursuant to section 17-1407 of this title.
2.  Applications  for  matching  grants  shall  contain  the following
  information:
a. the name and location of the water body  and  the  nonpoint  source
  problem to be addressed;
b.  for  projects  described  in  subdivision  one of this section, an
  identification of the best management practice to be implemented;
c. a cost estimate for the proposed project;
d. the source of funds available to pay for the non-state share of the
  eligible costs;
e. information sufficient to demonstrate that the criteria  set  forth
  in subdivision one of this section have been met; and
f.  such  other  information  as  may  be required by the commissioner
  through regulations.
3. In awarding grants pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall
  give preference to those projects located or designed to  address  water
  quality  concerns  for  in  the highest priority water bodies identified
  pursuant to section 17-1407 of this title.
4. Eligible costs that may be funded  pursuant  to  this  section  are
  architectural   and  engineering  services,  plans  and  specifications,
  consultant and legal services  and  other  direct  expenses  related  to
  comprehensive  watershed  based  water  quality  management  and project
  implementation.
5. Matching grants awarded pursuant to this section  shall  be  up  to
  seventy-five percent of the eligible costs for any specified project.
6.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, storm
  water discharges of a municipality permitted pursuant to title seven  or
  eight  of  this  article shall be treated as a non-agricultural nonpoint
  source for the purpose  of  qualifying  for  funding  pursuant  to  this
  section.