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2023 New York Laws › ENG - Energy › Article 17 - Energy Information › 17-105 - Heating System Efficiency Tests.

§  17-105.  Heating  system efficiency tests.   1. For the purposes of
  this section:
a. "Contractor" means any person who contracts to install,  repair  or
  service oil or gas heating systems for customers.
b. "Oil heating system" means a device which burns either No. 2 or No.
  4 fuel oil for heating purposes.
c. "Gas  heating system" means a device which burns either natural gas
  or propane for central heating purposes.
d. "Service contract" means an oral or  written  agreement  between  a
  contractor  and  a customer which requires the contractor to service the
  customer's oil or gas heating system.
e. "Customer" means any person who resides in, or is the owner  of,  a
  one,  two  or  three-family  dwelling  or  a  single  unit of a multiple
  dwelling, including an individual condominium unit or cooperative  unit,
  who  uses an oil or gas heating system for heating such dwelling or unit
  and who is responsible for the operation and maintenance of such oil  or
  gas heating system.
f. "Efficiency test" means a test of steady-state efficiency and shall
  include  the  following  procedures:  (1) with respect to an oil heating
  system, measuring the carbon monoxide, measuring the carbon  dioxide  or
  oxygen content, measuring the net stack temperature, measuring the smoke
  level,   and   such  other  procedures  as  the  contractor  shall  deem
  appropriate; and (2) with respect to a gas heating system, measuring the
  carbon  monoxide,  measuring  the  carbon  dioxide  or  oxygen  content,
  measuring  the  net  stack temperature, and such other procedures as the
  contractor shall deem appropriate.
2. Every contractor  who  offers  to  perform  service  contracts  for
  customers  shall  offer to include in such contracts a yearly efficiency
  test. Such test, which  shall  be  at  a  customer's  option,  shall  be
  performed  after any repairs or adjustments have been completed pursuant
  to the service contract, and the additional cost, if any, for such  test
  shall  be  separately charged. Upon the completion of any such test, the
  contractor shall provide the customer with a form listing the values for
  carbon monoxide,  carbon  dioxide  or  oxygen  content,  the  net  stack
  temperature,  and  the smoke level, as appropriate, and the steady-state
  efficiency (expressed in a percentage) determined therefrom.
3. The commissioner  shall  make  reasonable  efforts  to  notify  all
  contractors  of  their obligation to offer efficiency tests to customers
  as provided by the provisions of this section.
2023 New York Laws › ENG - Energy › Article 18 - Temporary Nuclear Waste Repositories › 18-101 - Definitions.

§  18-101.  Definitions.   As used in this article, unless the context
  otherwise requires:
1. "Commissioner"   means   the    commissioner    of    environmental
  conservation.
2. "Board" means the state board on temporary nuclear waste repository
  siting established by section 18-105 of this article.
3. "Application" means an application for a certificate.
4. "Certificate"  means  a  temporary  nuclear waste repository siting
  certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of this article.
5. "Person"   means   any   individual,   partnership,    association,
  corporation,   public   benefit   corporation,  municipality,  political
  subdivision, governmental agency (including any agency  of  the  federal
  government), trust, estate, or other legal entity.
6. "Municipality" means a county, city, town or village.
7. "Temporary nuclear waste repository" means any facility where spent
  fuel  rods  from nuclear reactors are received on or after the effective
  date of this article and are stored pending further or  final  disposal,
  except  a  facility located in the immediate vicinity of a nuclear power
  generating facility or an operating nuclear reactor  which  is  used  to
  store, on an interim or temporary basis, spent nuclear fuel from nuclear
  power  generating  facilities  or  operating nuclear reactors located in
  this state.
2023 New York Laws › ENG - Energy › Article 18 - Temporary Nuclear Waste Repositories › 18-103 - Establishment of Temporary Nuclear Waste Repositories.

§  18-103.  Establishment of temporary nuclear waste repositories.  1.
  No  person  shall  establish  or  operate  a  temporary  nuclear   waste
  repository within this state unless he has been granted a certificate by
  the  board.  Any such temporary nuclear waste repository with respect to
  which a certificate is issued shall not thereafter be built,  maintained
  or  operated  except  in conformity with such certificate and any terms,
  limitations or  conditions  contained  therein,  provided  that  nothing
  herein  shall  exempt  such  temporary  nuclear  waste  repository  from
  compliance  with  state  law  and  regulations  thereunder  subsequently
  adopted   or   with   municipal  laws  and  regulations  thereunder  not
  inconsistent with the provisions of such certificate. A certificate  for
  a temporary nuclear waste repository may be issued only pursuant to this
  article.
2.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  no state agency,
  municipality or any agency thereof may, except as  expressly  authorized
  by  this  article  by  the board, require any approval, consent, permit,
  certificate or other condition for the construction or  operation  of  a
  temporary  nuclear waste repository with respect to which an application
  for a certificate hereunder has been filed, other than those provided by
  otherwise applicable state law for the protection of  employees  engaged
  in the construction and operation of such facility, and provided that in
  the  case  of a municipality or an agency thereof, such municipality has
  received notice of the filing of the application therefor.
3. Neither  the  St.  Lawrence  eastern  Ontario  commission  nor  the
  Adirondack  park  agency  shall  hold  public  hearings  for a temporary
  nuclear waste repository with respect to which an application  hereunder
  has  been  filed,  provided  that such commission or agency has received
  notice of the filing of such application.
2023 New York Laws › ENG - Energy › Article 18 - Temporary Nuclear Waste Repositories › 18-105 - State Board on Temporary Nuclear Waste Repository Siting.

§  18-105.  State  board on temporary nuclear waste repository siting.
  1. There is hereby created the state board on  temporary  nuclear  waste
  repository  siting.  The  board  shall  consist  of  the commissioner of
  environmental conservation, the commissioner of health, and three ad hoc
  members appointed by the  governor,  one  of  whom  shall  be  from  the
  judicial district in which the proposed facility is located, one of whom
  shall  be  upon the recommendation of the temporary president of senate,
  and one of whom shall be upon the recommendation of the speaker  of  the
  assembly.  No  person  may  be  so  designated  who retains or holds any
  official relation to  or  financial  interest  in  an  electric  utility
  corporation  in  the  state,  or  in  the applicant or any subsidiary or
  entity affiliated with the applicant, nor shall such person have been  a
  director,  officer  or  employee  thereof; provided, however, that prior
  employment with an agency of the state or federal government  shall  not
  disqualify  any  person  from  being  designated  for appointment to the
  board. Each such designee,  unless  he  holds  another  state  or  local
  office,  except  the  office of notary public, and for which he receives
  compensation, shall receive the sum of two hundred dollars for each  day
  in which he is actually engaged in the performance of his duties herein.
  Every  member  shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for the actual
  and necessary expenses incurred  by  him  in  the  performance  of  such
  duties.
2.  The  commissioner  of  environmental  conservation  shall serve as
  chairman. Three of the five persons on  the  board  shall  constitute  a
  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  any  business  on  the board, and the
  decision of three members of the board shall constitute  action  of  the
  board. The board shall have the power to adopt regulations and establish
  procedures to be used in acting upon applications filed pursuant to this
  article.
3.  The  board  may  employ  such  hearing  examiners  and such legal,
  technical  and  other  consultants  and  other  personnel  as  it  deems
  necessary.  The  board  may  provide  for  its  own  representation  and
  appearance in all actions and proceedings involving  issues  under  this
  article. The department of environmental conservation shall provide such
  meeting  rooms,  hearing  rooms,  and  other facilities as the board may
  request in the performance of its duties.
2023 New York Laws › ENG - Energy › Article 18 - Temporary Nuclear Waste Repositories › 18-107 - Filing of Application for Certificate; Docketing; Convening of Board.

§  18-107. Filing of application for certificate; docketing; convening
  of board.  1. Any person seeking to establish  or  operate  a  temporary
  nuclear  waste  repository  shall  file an application for a certificate
  with the commissioner. Copies of such application  shall  be  served  on
  each  municipality  within which the facility is proposed to be situated
  or operated, as well as with any other governmental agency specified  in
  subdivision  two  or  three  of  section  18-103  of this article having
  jurisdiction. Such application shall meet requirements of section 18-109
  of this article. Such application shall be accompanied by a  deposit  of
  three  hundred  thousand  dollars,  which  shall be used by the board to
  defray its expenses; provided, however, that upon the termination  of  a
  proceeding  under this article, any unexpended balance shall be returned
  to the applicant.
2. Within sixty  days  after  the  receipt  of  an  application  filed
  pursuant  to  this section, the commissioner shall determine whether the
  application complies with section 18-109 of this article.  If  he  finds
  that  the  application  does  not  so  comply,  he  shall  so inform the
  applicant.
3. Notwithstanding paragraphs one or two of  section  18-107,  upon  a
  determination that an application is sufficiently complete for the board
  to  make  a  decision on the findings in section 18-111 the commissioner
  shall transmit a copy of the application to the commissioner of  health,
  and  shall  transmit  to  the  governor,  the temporary president of the
  senate  and  the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  notification   that   the
  application  has  been  filed  seeking  a  certificate  pursuant to this
  article, and that a board will be convened pursuant to the provisions of
  this article.
4. The  commissioner shall transmit to  each  of  the  municipalities,
  agencies  and  persons  required  to  receive  a copy of the application
  pursuant to section 18-103 of this article or subdivision three of  this
  section,  a  notice  stating  that the application has been docketed and
  stating the time and place of the first  meeting  of  the  board,  which
  shall be not more than forty-five days after the date of such notice.
5. Upon receipt of notice from the commissioner convening a board, the
  temporary  president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly shall
  each designate one person to be appointed by the governor  to  serve  on
  the board.
2023 New York Laws › ENG - Energy › Article 18 - Temporary Nuclear Waste Repositories › 18-109 - Contents of Application.

§  18-109.  Contents of application.  An application for a certificate
  filed pursuant to this article shall contain the  following  information
  and materials:
1.  A  description  of  the  site and of the facility, including maps,
  present and proposed development, and geological,  seismic,  ecological,
  biological,   aesthetic,   social,   demographic  and  related  data  as
  appropriate;
2. A statement of the ownership and other financial interests  in  the
  facility;
3.  An  estimate of the site acquisition costs, if any, and the source
  of the funds therefor;
4. An estimate of the facility construction costs, and the  source  of
  the funds therefor;
5.  A  statement  of the need for the facility, including the sources,
  type, and composition of the nuclear waste proposed to be  received  for
  temporary storage at the facility;
6. An assessment of the safety and adequacy of in-state transportation
  access  to  the  site  for  construction,  maintenance  and  operational
  purposes, including the risks of accident and contamination  of  persons
  residing in areas adjacent to such transportation access routes;
7. A statement of the anticipated operating life of the facility;
8.  An  operating  plan,  including  an  evaluation  of  the  risks of
  radioactive and other contamination of the environment;
9. An estimate of costs of maintaining and operating the facility  for
  each  year  of the facility's anticipated operating life, and the source
  of the necessary funds for each year;
10. A proposed disposal plan and assured  funding  mechanism  for  the
  nuclear  waste  proposed  to  be  stored  temporarily  at  the facility,
  including the costs of  such  disposal  and  the  source  of  the  funds
  therefor;
11.  A  proposed  plan  for decontamination and decommissioning of the
  facility and restoration of the site to unrestricted use, including  the
  costs thereof and the source of the funds therefor; and
12.  A  statement  of the environmental impact of the proposed action,
  including short-term and long-term effects; mitigation measures proposed
  to minimize the environmental  impact;  and  any  adverse  environmental
  effects  which  could not be avoided should the facility be constructed,
  maintained and operated.
2023 New York Laws › ENG - Energy › Article 18 - Temporary Nuclear Waste Repositories › 18-113 - Judicial Review.

§ 18-113. Judicial review.  1. A judicial proceeding to review a final
decision  of the board shall be brought in the appellate division of the
supreme court in the judicial department embracing  the  county  wherein
the  facility  is  proposed  to  be  located.  Such  proceeding shall be
initiated by the filing of a petition in such court within  thirty  days
after  the issuance of a final decision by the board together with proof
of service of a demand on the board to file with said court a copy of  a
written  transcript  of  the  record of the proceeding and a copy of the
board's decision and opinion.  The  board's  copy  of  said  transcript,
decision  and opinion, shall be available at all reasonable times to all
parties for examination without cost. Upon receipt of such petition  and
demand  the  board  shall  forthwith  deliver to the court a copy of the
record and a copy of the board's decision and  opinion.  Thereupon,  the
court shall have jurisdiction of the proceeding and shall have the power
to  grant such relief as it deems just and proper, and to make and enter
an order enforcing, modifying and enforcing as  so  modified,  remanding
for  further  specific evidence or findings or setting aside in whole or
in part such decision. The appeal shall be heard on the record,  without
requirement  of reproduction, and upon briefs to the court. The findings
of fact on which such decision is based shall be conclusive if supported
by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole and  matters
of  judicial  notice  set  forth in the opinion. The jurisdiction of the
appellate division of the supreme  court  shall  be  exclusive  and  its
judgment  and  order  shall  be final, subject to review by the court of
appeals in the same manner and form and with the same effect as provides
for appeals in a special proceeding. All such proceedings shall be heard
and determined by the appellate division of the supreme court and by the
court of appeals as expeditiously as possible and with lawful precedence
over all other matters.
2. The grounds for and scope of review of the court shall  be  limited
to whether the decision and opinion of the board are:
(a)  in  conformity  with the constitution of the state and the United
States; and
(b) supported by substantial evidence in the  record  and  matters  of
judicial notice properly considered and applied in the opinion;
(c) within the board's statutory jurisdiction or authority;
(d)  made  in  accordance with procedures set forth in this article or
established by rule or regulation pursuant to this article;
(e) arbitrary, capricious or an abuse of discretion.
3. Except as  herein  provided  article  seventy-eight  of  the  civil
practice law and rules shall apply to appeals taken hereunder.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 1 - General Provisions › Title 1 - Declaration of Policy › 1-0101 - Declaration of Policy.

§ 1-0101. Declaration of policy.
1.  The  quality  of our environment is fundamental to our concern for
  the quality of life. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State
  of New York to conserve, improve and protect its natural  resources  and
  environment  and  to  prevent,  abate  and  control  water, land and air
  pollution, in order to enhance the health, safety  and  welfare  of  the
  people of the state and their overall economic and social well being.
2.  It  shall  further  be  the  policy  of  the  state to improve and
  coordinate the environmental plans, functions, powers  and  programs  of
  the  state,  in  cooperation with the federal government, regions, local
  governments, other public and private organizations  and  the  concerned
  individual,  and  to  develop  and  manage the basic resources of water,
  land, and air to the end that the state may fulfill  its  responsibility
  as trustee of the environment for the present and future generations.
3.  It  shall  further  be the policy of the state to foster, promote,
  create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can thrive  in
  harmony  with each other, and achieve social, economic and technological
  progress for present and future generations by:
a.  Assuring  surroundings  which  are  healthful  and   aesthetically
  pleasing;
b.  Guaranteeing  that  the  widest  range  of  beneficial uses of the
  environment is attained without risk to health  or  safety,  unnecessary
  degradation or other undesirable or unintended  consequences;
c.  Promoting  patterns  of  development and technology which minimize
  adverse impact on the environment;
d. Preserving the unique qualities of special resources  such  as  the
  Adirondack and Catskill forest preserves;
e. Providing that care is taken for the air, water and other resources
  that  are  shared  with  the  other states of the United States and with
  Canada in the manner of a good neighbor.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 1 - Department of Environmental Conservation › 3-0101 - Continuation of Department.

§ 3-0101. Continuation of department.
The Department of Environmental Conservation, which was established by
  chapter  140  of  the  Laws  of  1970,  is hereby continued, and all the
  powers, functions, duties and obligations possessed  by  the  department
  pursuant  to  such  chapter  immediately preceding the effective date of
  this chapter are hereby continued.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 1 - Department of Environmental Conservation › 3-0103 - Commissioner of Environmental Conservation.

§ 3-0103. Commissioner of environmental conservation.
The  head of the department shall be the Commissioner of Environmental
  Conservation, who shall be appointed by the Governor, by  and  with  the
  advice and consent of the Senate, and hold office at the pleasure of the
  Governor  by  whom he was appointed and until his successor is appointed
  and has qualified.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 1 - Department of Environmental Conservation › 3-0105 - Offices of the Department.

* § 3-0105. Offices of department.
The  principal  office  of  the  department  shall be in the County of
  Albany.
* NB Effective prior to Dept. of Environmental Conservation moving  to
  the city of Albany
 
  * § 3-0105. Offices of the department.
The principal office of the department shall be in the city of Albany.
* NB  Effective upon Dept. of Environmental Conservation moving to the
  city of Albany
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 1 - Department of Environmental Conservation › 3-0107 - Organization of Department; Officers and Employees.

§ 3-0107. Organization of department; officers and employees.
1.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law the commissioner
  may, from time  to  time,  create,  abolish,  transfer  and  consolidate
  divisions, bureaus, field offices and other units within the department,
  including those transferred to the department by chapter 140 of the laws
  of  1970,  as  he may determine necessary for the efficient operation of
  the department, subject to the approval of the Director of the Budget.
2. The commissioner may appoint such deputies,  directors,  assistants
  and other officers and employees as may be needed for the performance of
  his  duties  and  may  prescribe  their  powers and duties and fix their
  compensation within the amounts appropriated therefor,  subject  to  the
  approval of the Director of the Budget.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 1 - Department of Environmental Conservation › 3-0109 - Eligibility for Certain Offices.

§ 3-0109. Eligibility for certain offices.
No  person  shall be eligible for or shall continue to hold the office
  of commissioner, deputy commissioner, secretary to  the  department,  if
  any  there  be,  or head of a division who is engaged in the business of
  lumbering in any forest  preserve  county  or  who  is  engaged  in  any
  business in the prosecution of which hydraulic power is used or in which
  water  is  distributed  or  sold under any public franchise or who is an
  officer or holder of stocks or bonds of any corporation engaged in  such
  business within the state.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 1 - Department of Environmental Conservation › 3-0113 - The New York State Conservationist.

§ 3-0113. The New York State Conservationist.
1.  To  the  end that there shall be promoted a wider understanding of
  the problems affecting conservation of natural resources in this  state,
  it  is  declared  advisable  to  authorize the agents who issue hunting,
  fishing and trapping  licenses  to  sell  annual  subscriptions  to  the
  official   magazine   of   the   department,   "The   New   York   State
  Conservationist."
2. Any entity which is authorized by section 11-0713 of  this  chapter
  to sell hunting, trapping and fishing licenses is hereby authorized, but
  not  required, to sell annual subscriptions to the department's official
  magazine, "The New York State Conservationist." The fee  to  be  charged
  for   a  subscription  to  such  magazine  shall  be  such  fee  as  the
  commissioner may, after consultation with the division  of  the  budget,
  deem  necessary  for  the  best interest of the state. Such fee shall be
  collected from each subscriber at the time of receiving application  for
  subscription.  All collected fees, minus a 5.5 percent commission, shall
  be remitted monthly, on a schedule to be determined by  the  department.
  All  receipts of the department from subscriptions shall be deposited in
  an  account  in  the  miscellaneous  special  revenue  fund-other.   The
  comptroller  is  authorized  and directed to permit interest earnings on
  any balances to accrue to the benefit of this account.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 1 - Department of Environmental Conservation › 3-0115 - Establishment of Forestry and Wildlife Management Areas by United States; Consent of State.

§ 3-0115. Establishment  of  forestry  and  wildlife management areas by
United States; consent of state.
1. To implement and supplement federal statutes now in effect  and  to
  authorize the acquisition by the United States of America of upland area
  for  conservation  purposes,  the  consent  of  the State of New York is
  hereby granted to the United States of America:
a. To acquire, on or before  July  1,  1940,  by  means  of  purchase,
  devise,  gift or condemnation such upland areas in the State of New York
  and outside the statutory boundaries  of  the  Adirondack  and  Catskill
  parks as are necessary and suitable for forestry and wildlife management
  areas; and
b.  To  forest  or  reforest such areas and to construct or erect upon
  such lands, such truck  trails,  bridges,  ditches,  fire  lanes,  water
  holes,  service structures and similar improvements as are necessary for
  the protection and administration of these lands as forestry or wildlife
  management areas; and
c. To hold title to such upland areas herein described and  heretofore
  acquired for the foregoing purposes, reserving, however, to the State of
  New  York,  full  and  complete jurisdiction and authority over all such
  areas  not  incompatible  with  the  administration,  maintenance,   and
  protection  thereof  by the United States of America; provided, however,
  that the United States of America shall make  no  regulations  governing
  such  areas  which  shall  be  in  conflict  with  the provisions of the
  Conservation Law, as amended or as may hereafter be  amended,  or  those
  provisions  of  the  Environmental  Conservation Law of the State of New
  York which were derived from the Conservation Law.
2. Such lands as are under contract of purchase by the  United  States
  of  America,  or  to  acquire  which  condemnation proceedings have been
  commenced on or before July 1, 1940 shall be deemed acquired within  the
  meaning of paragraph a of subdivision one of this section.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 1 - Department of Environmental Conservation › 3-0119 - Laboratory Tests.

§ 3-0119. Laboratory tests.
Any  laboratory  tests or sample analysis required pursuant to article
  seventeen, nineteen or  twenty-seven  of  this  chapter  for  which  the
  commissioner  of  health  issues  certificates  of  approval pursuant to
  section five hundred two of the public health law shall be conducted  by
  a laboratory which has been issued a certificate of approval.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 3 - General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › 3-0302 - Review of State-Owned Lands.

§ 3-0302. Review of state-owned lands.
Within  amounts  appropriated  therefor,  by  January  first, nineteen
  hundred ninety-five, the commissioner, in consultation with the New York
  state biodiversity research institute created pursuant  to  section  two
  hundred  thirty-five-a  of  the education law, shall conduct a review of
  lands  currently  in  state-ownership   and   under   the   department's
  jurisdiction  to  identify lands and waters that harbor plants, animals,
  and ecological communities that are rare in New York state.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 3 - General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › 3-0303 - Statewide Environmental Plan.

§ 3-0303. Statewide environmental plan.
1.  The  department  shall  formulate  and  from time to time revise a
statewide environmental plan for the management and  protection  of  the
quality  of  the  environment and the natural resources of the state, in
furtherance of the legislative policy and purposes expressed in  chapter
140 of the laws of 1970.
2.  The  department  shall submit such plan to the Governor and to the
Department of  State  on  or  before  October  first,  nineteen  hundred
seventy-five,  and  thereafter  shall  submit periodic revisions of such
plan to the governor and to the Department of State. The  Department  of
State  shall  review  such  plan  and  such revisions and shall submit a
report thereon together with such recommendations within sixty  days  as
it  may  deem  appropriate  to the Governor. The governor shall approve,
approve with modifications, or reject such plan within sixty days.
3. In formulating such plan and any revisions, the department shall:
a. Conduct one or more public hearings;
b. Consult with and cooperate with:
(1) Officials of departments and agencies of the state  having  duties
and responsibilities concerning the environment;
(2)  Officials  and  representatives  of  the  federal  government, of
neighboring states and of interstate agencies on problems affecting  the
environment of this state;
(3) Officials and representatives of local government in the state;
(4) Officials and representatives of science, industry, and education;
(5)  Persons,  organizations and groups, public or private, utilizing,
served by, interested in or concerned with the environment of the state;
and
c. Request and receive from any department, division,  board,  bureau,
commission  or  other  agency  of the state or any political subdivision
thereof or any public authority such  assistance  and  data  as  may  be
necessary  to  enable  the  department to carry out its responsibilities
under this section.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 3 - General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › 3-0304 - The Department Shall Compile and Maintain an Inventory of Educational Resources for Teaching the Principles of Environmental Conservation in New York

§ 3-0304. The  department  shall  compile  and  maintain an inventory of
educational  resources  for  teaching  the   principles   of
environmental conservation in New York state.
Inventory  of  educational  resources  for  teaching the principles of
  environmental conservation in New York state. l.  Legislative  findings.
  The  people  of  the  state  of  New  York,  through the temporary state
  commission  on  youth  education  in  environmental  conservation,  have
  expressed  the  need  for resource information assistance if they are to
  improve their local programs in environmental education.
The  legislature  hereby  affirms  this  need  and  declares  that   a
  regionally   responsive  system  for  identifying  resources  through  a
  statewide inventory and for referring inquiries to  appropriate  sources
  must  be  developed if we are to maintain and improve the quality of our
  environment.
The department, in consultation with the department of  education  and
  the  office of parks, recreation and historic preservation shall compile
  and maintain an  inventory  of  education  resources  for  teaching  the
  principles of environmental conservation in New York state.
2.  This  information  shall be used as the basis for a clearing house
  for materials pertaining to environmental conservation  education  which
  shall  be  available  for public use. A revised and up-to-date inventory
  shall be available to the public and widely  distributed  on  or  before
  September  1, 1991. The clearinghouse shall maintain information on, but
  not limited to, the following:
a. Natural resources and facilities which can be used for  educational
  purposes.
b.  Conservation  and  environmental  organizations,  both  public and
  private.
c. Resource personnel.
d. Curriculum resources.
e. A calendar of environmental education activities.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 3 - General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › 3-0307 - Acquisition of Federal Lands.

§ 3-0307. Acquisition of federal lands.
The State of New York may acquire from the United States of America by
  gift,  lease or purchase or otherwise, and subject to such conditions as
  may be prescribed by the United States  of  America,  lands  suited  for
  reforestation,  game  management, fish propagation, park purposes and/or
  any  other  activities  permitted  by  sections  3-0109  through  3-0115
  inclusive,  and sections 3-0305 and 3-0307 of article 3; articles 9, 11,
  13 and 15; titles 7, 9, 11 and 13 of article 21; article 23; title 3  of
  article  27;  articles  43, 45 and 47; and titles 1 through 15 inclusive
  and title 33 of article 71 applicable to these  provisions  and  may  by
  written order of the commissioner filed in the office of the department,
  assign   and  transfer  at  anytime,  wholly  or  in  part,  the  direct
  jurisdiction and control of any such lands to one or more  divisions  of
  the  department to be administered in connection with any of the various
  activities permitted by such provisions. Upon  the  assignment  of  such
  lands to a division and notwithstanding any other provision of law, such
  division  may  expend  any funds appropriated for such activities in the
  development, maintenance and operation of lands so acquired.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 3 - General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › 3-0311 - Municipal Notification of Environmental Violations.

* § 3-0311. Municipal notification of environmental violations.
Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law  and  except  when any
  criminal investigation is pending, the  commissioner  shall  notify  the
  chief  executive  officer  of  the  municipality together with the chief
  executive officer of the county where any violations of article 17,  19,
  24, 25 or 27 of this chapter are found to exist within the boundaries of
  such  municipalities  including,  but  not  limited  to,  any  municipal
  landfill or municipal solid waste disposal or recovery  facility  within
  seventy-two  hours  of  determining  that  sufficient evidence exists to
  commence an enforcement action.
* NB There are 2 § 3-0311's
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 3 - General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › 3-0315 - Geographic Information System.

§ 3-0315. Geographic information system.
1. The department in conjunction with the commissioner of health shall
  create and maintain a geographic information system, and associated data
  storage and analytical systems for purposes of collecting, streamlining,
  and  visualizing  integrated  data,  permits,  and  relevant sites about
  drinking water quality including,  but  not  limited  to,  incorporating
  supply  well  and monitoring well data, emerging contaminant data, water
  quality monitoring data, pertinent data from  remediation  and  landfill
  sites,  permitted  discharge locations and other potential contamination
  risks to water supplies. Such system shall also incorporate  information
  from  the source water assessment program collected by the department of
  health, data from annual water supply statements  prepared  pursuant  to
  section  eleven  hundred fifty-one of the public health law, information
  from the database pursuant to title fourteen of article twenty-seven  of
  this chapter, and any other existing data regarding soil and groundwater
  contamination  currently  gathered by the department, as well as data on
  contamination  that  is  readily  available  from  the   United   States
  geological  survey  and  other  sources  determined  appropriate  by the
  department. In addition to  facilitating  interagency  coordination  and
  predictive  analysis to protect water quality, such system shall provide
  state agency  information  to  the  public  through  a  website,  within
  reasonable limitations to ensure confidentiality and security.
2.  The department shall make reasonable efforts to include additional
  data, including data from well logs currently required to be filed  with
  the department pursuant to section 15-1525 of this chapter.
3.   Parties  required  to  submit  data  pursuant  to  any  reporting
  requirements set forth in  this  section  shall,  upon  request  of  the
  department,  submit  such data in an electronic format acceptable to the
  department.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 3 - General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › 3-0317 - Cancer Incidence and Environmental Facility Maps Project.

* § 3-0317. Cancer incidence and environmental facility maps project.
1. For purposes of this section, "environmental facility" shall mean a
facility or site which is:
(a)  permitted  as  an  industrial  or  municipal facility pursuant to
titles 7 or 8 of article 17 of this chapter;
(b) registered pursuant to title 10 of article 17 of this chapter;
(c) permitted pursuant to article 19 of this chapter;
(d) permitted or registered pursuant to title 7 or 9 of article 27  of
this chapter;
(e)  required  to  file  an annual report pursuant to subdivision 6 of
section 27-0907 of this chapter;
(f) regulated pursuant to title  13  or  14  of  article  27  of  this
chapter;
(g)  regulated as a vehicle dismantler pursuant to title 23 of article
27 of this chapter;
(h) permitted pursuant to article 29 of this chapter;
(i) a holder of a commercial permit pursuant  to  section  33-0901  of
this chapter;
(j) registered pursuant to article 40 of this chapter;
(k)  the  subject  of an environmental restoration project pursuant to
title 5 of article 56 of this chapter;
(l) subject to corrective action pursuant to section 71-2727  of  this
chapter;
(m) participating in the department's voluntary cleanup program; or
(n)  licensed  pursuant to article 12 of the navigation law as a major
oil storage facility.
2. The department shall, pursuant to established  security  protocols,
provide  to  the  department  of health the GPS coordinates, category of
license or  permit,  facility  identification  number,  and  address  on
current  environmental  facilities that are necessary for the department
of health to develop and maintain  cancer  incidence  and  environmental
facility  maps required pursuant to section twenty-four hundred one-b of
the public health  law,  and  shall  provide  any  technical  assistance
necessary   for  the  development  of  such  maps.  The  department,  in
consultation with the department of health, shall update such  data  not
less than once every five years.
3.  The  department shall work with the office of homeland security to
establish security protocols regarding the disclosure of data on current
environmental facilities.
* NB Repealed May 1, 2028
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 3 - General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › 3-0319 - Sea Level Rise Projections.

§ 3-0319. Sea level rise projections.
The  department  shall,  no  later  than  January  first, two thousand
  sixteen, adopt regulations establishing science-based  state  sea  level
  rise  projections.  In  adopting  such regulations, the department shall
  consider information including, but  not  limited  to,  reports  of  the
  Intergovernmental   Panel   on  Climate  Change,  the  National  Oceanic
  Atmospheric Administration Climate Assessment, the Sea Level  Rise  Task
  Force  report  created  pursuant  to chapter six hundred thirteen of the
  laws of two thousand seven, projections prepared by the  New  York  City
  Panel on Climate Change and any other relevant regional, state and local
  reports. The department shall update such regulations no less than every
  five years.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 3 - Department of Environmental Conservation; General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › Title 3 - General Functions, Powers, Duties and Jurisdiction › 3-0321 - Gifts, Donations, Capital Improvements.

§ 3-0321. Gifts, donations, capital improvements.
1.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of the state finance law, or any
other state law to the contrary, and subject to approval of the director
of the budget, the commissioner is authorized to accept an unconditional
grant, gift, devise or bequest, either  absolutely  or  in  trust,  from
persons   and  entities  for  the  maintenance  of  any  educational  or
recreational  facilities  or  for  programs  that  promote  the  use  or
stewardship  of state owned lands under the department's jurisdiction or
management; establish a special fund or funds consisting  of  monies  so
acquired and administer such fund or funds; and expend such monies.
2.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of the state finance law, or any
other state law to the contrary, the commissioner is authorized to:
(a) receive, hold and administer  personal  property  and  any  income
thereof,  acquired  by  grant,  unconditional  gift,  devise or bequest,
either absolutely or in trust, for the maintenance of any educational or
recreational  facilities  or  for  programs  that  promote  the  use  or
stewardship  of state owned lands under the department's jurisdiction or
management; establish a special fund or funds consisting  of  monies  so
acquired and administer such fund or funds; and expend such monies; and
(b)   seek   investment   from   private   philanthropic  interest  or
not-for-profit corporations for  capital  improvements  at  state  owned
facilities under the department's jurisdiction or management.
3.   For   purposes  of  this  section,  educational  or  recreational
facilities  or  programs  that  promote  the  use  or   stewardship   of
state-owned  lands  under  the  department's  jurisdiction or management
shall include, but not be  limited  to,  campgrounds,  fish  hatcheries,
historic areas and facilities, kiosks, signage, programs for maintenance
and  development of roads and trails, and programs to improve access for
persons with disabilities.
4. The commissioner shall  not  accept  any  grant,  gift,  devise  or
bequest from or enter into any contract or agreement authorized pursuant
to  subdivisions  one,  two,  and, three of this section with persons or
entities:
(a) named in a pending lawsuit by or against the department;
(b) under investigation by the department;
(c) with a permit or license application pending before the department
or currently holding a department-issued permit or license,  except  for
permits  or  licenses  that  are ministerial in nature, such as sporting
licenses, use of state land permits, or general permits;
(d) engaged in settlement negotiations with the  department  regarding
any civil, criminal or administrative matter; or
(e) subject to a consent order issued by the department.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 6 - State Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy Act › 6-0103 - Definitions.

§ 6-0103. Definitions.
As used in this article:
1.  "Criteria" shall mean the state smart growth public infrastructure
  criteria provided in section 6-0107 of this article.
2. "State  infrastructure  agency"  shall  mean  the  department,  the
  department   of   transportation,   the  department  of  education,  the
  department of health, the  department  of  state,  the  New  York  state
  environmental facilities corporation, the New York state housing finance
  agency, the housing trust fund corporation, the dormitory authority, the
  thruway  authority,  the  port authority of New York and New Jersey, the
  empire  state  development  corporation,  the  New  York   state   urban
  development   corporation  and  all  other  New  York  authorities.  Any
  subsidiary of, or corporation with the same members or directors  as,  a
  public  benefit corporation identified in this subdivision shall also be
  deemed to be within the definition of state infrastructure agency  under
  this article.
3. "Municipal centers" shall mean areas of concentrated and mixed land
  uses  that  serve  as centers for various activities, including, but not
  limited to, central business districts, main  streets,  downtown  areas,
  brownfield   opportunity  areas,  downtown  areas  of  local  waterfront
  revitalization    program    areas,    transit-oriented     development,
  environmental justice areas, and hardship areas. Municipal centers shall
  also  include:  areas  adjacent to municipal centers, as defined in this
  subdivision, which have clearly  defined  borders,  are  designated  for
  concentrated  development  in  the  future  in  a  municipal or regional
  comprehensive  plan,  and  exhibit  strong  land  use,   transportation,
  infrastructure and economic connections to a municipal center; and areas
  designated in a municipal or comprehensive plan, and appropriately zoned
  in a municipal zoning ordinance, as a future municipal center.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 6 - State Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy Act › 6-0105 - State Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy.

§ 6-0105. State smart growth public infrastructure policy.
It is the purpose of this article to augment the state's environmental
  policy  by  declaring  a fiscally prudent state policy of maximizing the
  social, economic and environmental benefits from  public  infrastructure
  development  through  minimizing unnecessary costs of sprawl development
  including environmental degradation, disinvestment in urban and suburban
  communities and loss of open space induced by sprawl facilitated by  the
  funding  or  development  of  new  or expanded transportation, sewer and
  waste water treatment, water,  education,  housing  and  other  publicly
  supported   infrastructure   inconsistent   with   smart  growth  public
  infrastructure criteria.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 6 - State Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy Act › 6-0109 - Smart Growth Advisory Committees.

§ 6-0109. Smart growth advisory committees.
The  chief executive officer of each state infrastructure agency shall
  create a smart growth advisory committee to advise the agency  regarding
  the  agencies'  policies,  programs  and  projects  with regard to their
  compliance with the state smart growth public  infrastructure  criteria.
  Such committees shall consist of appropriate agency personnel designated
  by  the  chief  executive  officer to conduct the evaluation required by
  section 6-0107 of this article. Such committees shall solicit input from
  and consult with various representatives  of  affected  communities  and
  organizations  within those communities, and shall give consideration to
  the local and environmental interests affected by the activities of  the
  agency or projects planned, approved or financed through such agency.