2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 27 - Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System › 15-2715 - Designation of Additions to the System.

§ 15-2715. Designation of additions to the system.
1. The commissioner or agency shall study and from time to time submit
  to the governor and to the legislature proposals for the addition to the
  state  wild, scenic and recreational rivers system of river areas which,
  in their judgment, fall within one or more of  the  descriptive  classes
  set  out in this title. Each proposal shall specify the class or classes
  of the proposed addition and shall be accompanied by a  detailed  report
  on  the  factors  which,  in the judgment of the commissioner or agency,
  make the area a worthy addition to the system. The report shall show the
  area included within the proposal; the characteristics  which  make  the
  area  a  worthy  addition  to  the  system;  the  current status of land
  ownership and use in the area; the anticipated acquisitions of land  and
  scenic  or  other  easements in the area; the potential uses of the land
  and water; and the cost of acquisitions of  land  and  scenic  or  other
  easements  and  improvements  proposed. The commissioner or agency shall
  send the report to the legislative authority of each county,  town,  and
  municipal  corporation, any part of which is within the area, and to the
  commissioner of transportation, commissioner of agriculture and markets,
  commissioner of health, and commissioner of commerce.  Thereafter,  each
  proposal  shall  be  submitted  to  the governor and the legislature for
  adoption or modification. This section is not intended  to  preclude  or
  discourage  studies and proposals by other agencies or by citizen groups
  working independently or with the commissioner or the  agency,  provided
  that  such  studies  and  proposals  shall  be  conducted  and  made  in
  accordance  with  the  criteria  and  procedures  set  forth   in   this
  subdivision  and shall be submitted to the agency or the commissioner as
  appropriate for comment prior to  submission  of  any  proposal  to  the
  governor  or  the  legislature.  The  commissioner  and the agency shall
  provide technical assistance to and cooperate with any such agencies and
  citizen groups.
2. Not later than three years after the effective date upon which each
  of the  following  rivers  shall  have  been  designated  for  study  by
  inclusion  in  this  subdivision,  the  agency,  after  consultation and
  cooperation with the commissioner with  respect  to  rivers  within  the
  Adirondack  park,  or the commissioner with respect to rivers elsewhere,
  is hereby directed to consider and make proposals to the legislature for
  the  addition  of  each  such  river  to  the  state  wild,  scenic  and
  recreational rivers system :
a.  The  Batten  Kill  river from the Vermont state line to the dam at
  Greenwich.
b. The Delaware river from Port Jervis to the junction of the East and
  West Branches of the Delaware river, and the East Branch of the Delaware
  river upstream to the  Downsville  dam,  and  the  West  Branch  of  the
  Delaware river upstream to the Cannonsville dam.
c.  The  Genesee  river from the Pennsylvania state line to Letchworth
  State Park.
d. The Susquehanna river from Otsego lake to Bainbridge at  the  Route
  206 crossing.
g.  Bouquet river--Approximately twenty-four miles of the North Branch
  from Trout pond to the confluence with the Main Branch.
h. The Branch--Approximately  sixteen  miles  from  Elk  lake  to  the
  confluence with the Schroon river.
i.  East  Stoney  creek--Approximately  eighteen miles from Harrisburg
  lake to Great Sacandaga lake.
j. Grasse river--Approximately twenty-five miles of  the  Main  Branch
  from the confluence with the South Branch to the village of Canton.
l.  Osgood  river--Approximately  fourteen  miles  from  Jones pond to
  Meacham lake.
m. Oswegatchie river--Approximately eleven miles of  the  Main  Branch
  from the Cranberry lake outlet to River road.
n.  Pleasant Lake stream--Approximately seven miles from Pleasant lake
  to the confluence with the Middle Branch of the Grasse river.
o. Saranac river--Approximately seventeen miles of  the  North  Branch
  from Mud pond to the confluence with the Main Branch.