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2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 6 - State Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy Act › 6-0111 - Private Right of Action.

§ 6-0111. Private right of action.
Nothing  contained  in  this  article  or  in  the  administration  or
  application hereof shall be construed to create  any  private  right  of
  action  on the part of any person, firm or corporation against the state
  of New York or any state infrastructure agency as defined in subdivision
  two of section 6-0103 of this article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 7 - Council of Environmental Advisers › 7-0101 - Council of Environmental Advisors; Creation; Membership; Qualifications.

§ 7-0101. Council   of  environmental  advisors;  creation;  membership;
qualifications.
There is hereby continued in the Executive Department a council to  be
  known  as  the  Council  of  Environmental  Advisers, to provide special
  counsel to the Governor on environmental policy  matters  affecting  the
  state.  The  council shall consist of seven members who shall be private
  citizens, representative of a broad range of interests  and  disciplines
  related  to  the  quality  of our environment and responsive to the full
  range of needs and concerns of our present and future  generations.  The
  Governor shall appoint the members by and with the advice and consent of
  the Senate and designate one from among the members to serve as chairman
  of the council.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 7 - Council of Environmental Advisers › 7-0103 - Terms of Office; Vacancies.

§ 7-0103. Terms of office; vacancies.
1. The members of the council shall hold office at the pleasure of the
  Governor.
2.  Vacancies  shall  be filled by appointment by the Governor, by and
  with the advice and consent of the Senate.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 7 - Council of Environmental Advisers › 7-0105 - Personnel.

§ 7-0105. Personnel.
1. The council shall appoint an executive director and shall assign to
  such  director  such  powers,  functions  and  duties  as  it shall deem
  appropriate to fulfill the purposes of this article.
2. The council shall have the power to employ and  compensate,  within
  appropriations  available  therefor,  such  other  personnel as it shall
  determine necessary to carry out its duties under this article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 7 - Council of Environmental Advisers › 7-0107 - General Functions, Powers and Duties.

§ 7-0107. General functions, powers and duties.
1.  In  providing  counsel  to  the  Governor  on environmental policy
  matters, the council shall:
a. Advise  the  Governor  on  comprehensive  environmental  management
  policy for the state.
b.  At  the  request  of the Governor, provide an overview in both the
  public and private sector on matters affecting the  environment,  giving
  its judgment on specific matters referred to it.
c.  Develop  or  cause  to  be  developed  guidelines for weighing the
  complex  interrelationships  between  environmental  quality,   economic
  development, and the growing population associated with economic growth.
d. Study and from time to time report to the Governor on environmental
  conditions and trends in the state.
e.  Recommend  state environmental policies, including legislation for
  implementation thereof, to improve the functioning of the state and  the
  environment of the state.
2.  To assist in carrying out the aforementioned functions as provided
  in this section, the council may:
a. Request and shall receive from  any  court,  department,  division,
  board,  bureau,  commission  or  agency  of  the  state or any political
  subdivision thereof, such assistance as will enable it properly to carry
  out its powers and duties under this section.
b. Make or recommend such special environmental studies  as  it  deems
  appropriate or desirable.
c.  Hold  public  and  private  hearings  for specified purposes, take
  testimony, subpoena witnesses, and require production of books, records,
  and papers.
d. Report its findings to the Governor.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 8 - Environmental Quality Review › 8-0101 - Purpose.

§ 8-0101. Purpose.
It  is  the  purpose  of this act to declare a state policy which will
  encourage  productive  and  enjoyable  harmony  between  man   and   his
  environment;  to  promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage
  to the environment and enhance human and  community  resources;  and  to
  enrich  the  understanding of the ecological systems, natural, human and
  community resources important to the people of the state.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 8 - Environmental Quality Review › 8-0103 - Legislative Findings and Declaration.

§ 8-0103. Legislative findings and declaration.
The legislature finds and declares that:
1.  The  maintenance  of  a quality environment for the people of this
  state that at all times is healthful and  pleasing  to  the  senses  and
  intellect of man now and in the future is a matter of statewide concern.
2.   Every   citizen   has  a  responsibility  to  contribute  to  the
  preservation and enhancement of the quality of the environment.
3. There  is  a  need  to  understand  the  relationship  between  the
  maintenance  of  high-quality ecological systems and the general welfare
  of the people of the state, including their  enjoyment  of  the  natural
  resources of the state.
4.  Enhancement  of human and community resources depends on a quality
  physical environment.
5. The capacity of the environment is limited, and it is the intent of
  the legislature that the government of the state take immediate steps to
  identify any critical thresholds for the health and safety of the people
  of the state and take all coordinated actions necessary to prevent  such
  thresholds from being reached.
6.  It  is  the  intent  of the legislature that to the fullest extent
  possible the policies, statutes,  regulations,  and  ordinances  of  the
  state   and   its  political  subdivisions  should  be  interpreted  and
  administered in accordance with the policies set forth in this  article.
  However,  the  provisions of this article do not change the jurisdiction
  between or among state agencies and public corporations.
7. It is the  intent  of  the  legislature  that  the  protection  and
  enhancement  of  the environment, human and community resources shall be
  given appropriate weight with  social  and  economic  considerations  in
  public  policy.  Social,  economic,  and  environmental factors shall be
  considered together in reaching decisions on proposed activities.
8. It is the intent of the legislature that all agencies conduct their
  affairs with an awareness that they are  stewards  of  the  air,  water,
  land,  and living resources, and that they have an obligation to protect
  the environment for the  use  and  enjoyment  of  this  and  all  future
  generations.
9.  It  is  the  intent  of  the  legislature  that all agencies which
  regulate activities of individuals, corporations,  and  public  agencies
  which  are found to affect the quality of the environment shall regulate
  such activities  so  that  due  consideration  is  given  to  preventing
  environmental damage.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 8 - Environmental Quality Review › 8-0105 - Definitions.

§ 8-0105. 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. "State agency" means any state  department,  agency,  board,
public benefit corporation, public authority or commission.
2.  "Local agency" means any local agency, board, district, commission
or governing body, including  any  city,  county,  and  other  political
subdivision of the state.
3. "Agency" means any state or local agency.
4. "Actions" include:
(i)  projects  or  activities  directly  undertaken  by any agency; or
projects or activities supported in whole  or  part  through  contracts,
grants,  subsidies, loans, or other forms of funding assistance from one
or more agencies; or projects or activities involving the issuance to  a
person of a lease, permit, license, certificate or other entitlement for
use or permission to act by one or more agencies;
(ii) policy, regulations, and procedure-making.
5. "Actions" do not include:
(i)   enforcement   proceedings   or  the  exercise  of  prosecutorial
discretion in determining whether or not to institute such proceedings;
(ii) official acts of a ministerial nature, involving no  exercise  of
discretion;
(iii)  maintenance  or  repair  involving  no  substantial  changes in
exsiting structure or facility.
6. "Environment" means the physical conditions which will be  affected
by  a  proposed  action,  including  land,  air, water, minerals, flora,
fauna, noise, objects of historic or  aesthetic  significance,  existing
patterns  of  population  concentration,  distribution,  or  growth, and
existing community or neighborhood character.
7. "Environmental impact statement" means a detailed statement setting
forth the matters specified  in  section  8-0109  of  this  article.  It
includes  any  comments  on  a  draft  environmental statement which are
received pursuant to section 8-0109 of this article,  and  the  agency's
response to such comments, to the extent that such comments raise issues
not adequately resolved in the draft environmental statement.
8.   "Draft   environmental  impact  statement"  means  a  preliminary
statement prepared pursuant to section 8-0109 of this article.
* 9.  "Disadvantaged  community"  shall  have  the  same  meaning   as
subdivision five of section 75-0101 of this chapter.
* NB Effective December 30, 2024
* 10.   "Pollution"   shall  have  the  same  meaning  as  defined  by
subdivision nineteen of section 1-0303 of this chapter.
* NB Effective December 30, 2024
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 8 - Environmental Quality Review › 8-0107 - Agency Implementation.

§ 8-0107. Agency implementation.
All   agencies   shall   review  their  present  statutory  authority,
  administrative regulations, and current policies and procedures for  the
  purpose   of   determining   whether   there  are  any  deficiencies  or
  inconsistencies therein which prohibit full compliance with the purposes
  and provisions of this article,  and  shall  recommend  or  effect  such
  measures  as may be necessary to bring their authority and policies into
  conformity with the intent, purposes, and procedures set forth  in  this
  article.  They  shall  carry  out  its terms with minimum procedural and
  administrative delay, shall avoid unnecessary duplication  of  reporting
  and  review  requirements  by providing, where feasible, for combined or
  consolidated proceedings, and shall expedite all  proceedings  hereunder
  in the interests of prompt review.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 8 - Environmental Quality Review › 8-0115 - Severability.

§ 8-0115. 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  thereof,
  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 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 1 - General Provisions › 9-0109 - Acquisition of Lands Within the Adirondack or Catskill Parks.

§ 9-0109. Acquisition of lands within the Adirondack or Catskill parks.
1. Unless deemed necessary for the conservation of critical and unique
  natural  land  areas or of significant wild forest land areas, the state
  shall not acquire or  accept  fee  simple  ownership  of  structures  or
  improvements  in  the Adirondack or Catskill parks listed or eligible to
  be listed on the state register of historic places including that amount
  of land on which such structures or improvements  are  located  that  is
  necessary for their maintenance and use.
2.  Prior  to  any  land  acquisition  by  a  state  agency within the
  Adirondack or Catskill parks,  the  commissioner  or  responsible  chief
  executive officer proposing such acquisition shall undertake a review of
  such  action  pursuant  to the state environmental quality review act as
  provided in article eight of this chapter and, when applicable, the  New
  York state historic preservation act of 1980.
3.  If  such  structures or improvements in the Adirondack or Catskill
  parks are offered to the state for purchase or as a gift,  it  shall  be
  the  responsibility  of the state agency to which such offer is made, in
  accordance with guidelines  prepared  for  notifying  potential  private
  purchasers,  to  search  for  a  private  purchaser  or  donee who would
  preserve such structures or improvements, if the present  owner  thereof
  consents.
4.  Historic  structures and improvements which are located within the
  Adirondack and Catskill parks and  owned  by  the  state  prior  to  the
  effective date of this section and which existed prior to acquisition by
  the state may be maintained provided that:
a.  the  commissioner  of  parks, recreation and historic preservation
  finds that such structures and improvements are listed or  are  eligible
  to  be  listed  on  the  state  register  of historic places pursuant to
  subdivision one of section 14.07 of the parks, recreation  and  historic
  preservation law; and
b. the commissioner finds that such structures and improvements can be
  maintained for public enjoyment and understanding of the forest preserve
  or  for  departmental activities necessary in protecting forest preserve
  lands in the parks in a manner that will not disturb the existing degree
  of wild forest character of land on which the pre-existing structures or
  improvements are located or the wild forest character of  land  adjacent
  thereto; and
c. such maintenance is in accordance with reasonable regulation of the
  forest  preserve  in  the  Adirondack and Catskill parks consistent with
  article fourteen of the state constitution.
The  recording  provisions  of  section  sixty-three  of  the   public
  buildings  law  shall  apply if such structures and improvements are not
  maintained or are substantially altered or demolished.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 1 - General Provisions › 9-0111 - Delegation of Authority to License Guides.

§ 9-0111. Delegation of authority to license guides.
The   commissioner  may  delegate  the  authority  to  administer  the
  licensing of guides pursuant to section 11-0533 of this chapter  to  the
  office of public protection.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 3 - Use of Lands and Forests › 9-0301 - Use and Diminution of Adirondack and Catskill Parks.

§ 9-0301. Use and diminution of Adirondack and Catskill parks.
1.  All  lands in the Catskill park and in the Adirondack park, except
  those lying within the  town  of  Dannemora,  now  owned  or  which  may
  hereafter  be  acquired  by  the  state,  shall  be forever reserved and
  maintained for the free use of  all  the  people,  except  that  nothing
  herein  shall  prohibit  the  charging of a fee for services rendered or
  facilities provided.
2. No law diminishing the area of the Adirondack and  Catskill  parks,
  as  defined  in section 9-0101 hereof, shall be effective unless enacted
  by the legislature at two successive regular sessions.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 3 - Use of Lands and Forests › 9-0303 - Restrictions on Use of State Lands.

§ 9-0303. Restrictions on use of state lands.
In  order  to  protect  the  state lands described in this article the
  following provisions shall apply:
1. Trees or timber. Except as provided in  subdivision  2  of  section
  9-0107  and  in sections 9-0501 through 9-0507 of this article no person
  shall cut, remove, injure, destroy or cause to be cut, removed,  injured
  or destroyed any trees or timber or other property thereon or enter upon
  such lands with intent to do so.
2.  Structures.  No building shall be erected, used or maintained upon
  state lands except under permits from the department.
3. Agricultural use. No person shall use any  portion  of  the  forest
  preserve for agricultural purposes, nor shall cattle or domestic animals
  of any kind be permitted to graze thereon.
4.  Deposit  rubbish.  No person shall deposit or leave on state lands
  any rubbish or other waste material.
5. Transfer or lease. No person shall lease, transfer  or  accept  any
  lease  or  transfer  of  any  lands  in  the  forest  preserve or of any
  improvements thereon.
6. Disposal  of  improvements.  The  department  may  dispose  of  any
  improvements upon state lands under such conditions as it deems to be to
  the public interest.
7. Removal of materials generally. No person shall remove any material
  belonging to the state from the state lands without the authorization of
  the department.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 3 - Use of Lands and Forests › 9-0307 - Forest Preserve Lands; Detached Parcels Outside Adirondack and Catskill Parks.

§ 9-0307. Forest preserve lands; detached parcels outside Adirondack and
Catskill parks.
Any  lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting
  the forest preserve, but outside of the Adirondack and Catskill parks as
  now fixed by law and not acquired  or  dedicated  for  the  practice  of
  forest or wild life conservation, and consisting in any case of not more
  than  100  contiguous acres entirely separated from any other portion of
  the forest preserve, may  be  dedicated,  used,  sold  or  exchanged  as
  follows:
1.  The  department may dedicate any of such lands for the practice of
  forest or wild life conservation, or may  use  any  of  such  lands  for
  public recreational or other state purposes, under the care, custody and
  control  of  the  division  of lands and forests. Such dedication or use
  shall be by written order of the commissioner, filed in  his  office,  a
  certified copy of which shall be forthwith filed by him in the office of
  the Secretary of State.
2.  The  department may consent to a transfer of jurisdiction over any
  such lands by the Office of General Services, and such office  may  make
  such  transfer  in  accordance  with  the provisions of subdivision 4 of
  section 3 of the Public Lands Law governing transfers of jurisdiction in
  general, for the purpose  of  thereby  dedicating  such  lands  for  the
  practice  of forest or wild life conservation or for the use thereof for
  public recreational or other state purposes.
3. The department may consent to a sale or exchange  of  any  of  such
  lands  in  accordance  with  the  provisions of section 24 of the Public
  Lands Law.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 5 - Reforestation Areas › 9-0501 - Power to Acquire Reforestation Areas; Prohibition Against Compensation or Gratuity.

§ 9-0501. Power  to  acquire  reforestation  areas;  prohibition against
compensation or gratuity.
1. In order to provide for the acquisition of  lands  outside  of  the
  Adirondack park and the Catskill park as defined by subdivisions 1 and 2
  of   section  9-0101,  which  are  adapted  for  reforestation  and  the
  establishment  and  maintenance  thereon  of   forests   for   watershed
  protection,  the production of timber and other forest products, and for
  recreation and kindred purposes, the department may acquire in the  name
  of  the  state,  by gift, purchase or appropriation, reforestation areas
  which shall consist respectively of not less than five hundred acres  of
  contiguous lands, which shall be forever devoted to the planting, growth
  and harvesting of such trees as shall be deemed by the commissioner best
  suited  for  the  lands to be reforested. Lands divided only by highway,
  railroad, transmission line, telephone line, telegraph line,  pipe  line
  or  other  rights of way or only by canals or streams shall be deemed to
  be contiguous within the meaning of this section.  Plantations and other
  forests thereon shall be established, managed and  protected  under  his
  supervision  pursuant  to  such  provisions of law as shall from time to
  time be  established  or  to  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be
  prescribed by him.
2.  No  officer  or  any  other  person  acting  for the department in
  securing options for the purchase of lands acquired or  to  be  acquired
  under provisions of this title 5 shall directly or indirectly receive or
  accept from a vendor of lands acquired or to be acquired by the state as
  herein provided any commission, compensation or gratuity, and no town or
  county  officer  shall receive any compensation for services rendered to
  the department in connection with such acquisition.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 5 - Reforestation Areas › 9-0503 - Certificate of Purchase; Exemption From Taxation.

§ 9-0503. Certificate of purchase; exemption from taxation.
Immediately  upon  acquiring  by gift, purchase or appropriation lands
  for a reforestation area the commissioner shall transmit  to  the  state
  agency  authorized  by  law to approve assessments of state lands and to
  the Department of Audit and Control, respectively, a  certificate  which
  shall  set forth, with respect to each parcel of such lands so acquired,
  a description thereof, the area in acres, from  whom  acquired,  whether
  acquired  by  gift,  purchase  or appropriation, the price paid for such
  parcel in the case of a purchase (except as hereinafter  provided),  the
  date  of  the  recording of the deed, if acquired by deed, the effective
  date of the devise, if acquired by devise, and the assessed valuation of
  such parcels as shown by the assessment rolls of the town in which  such
  parcel  is  located two years prior to the gift, if acquired by gift and
  separately assessed. If such a purchase  shall  include  more  than  one
  parcel  of  such  lands  and  it  is  impossible for the commissioner to
  determine the price paid for such parcel included in such  purchase,  he
  shall  specify  in  such certificate the price paid for the entire tract
  purchased. Such lands shall be exempt from taxation only as provided  in
  the Real Property Tax Law.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 5 - Reforestation Areas › 9-0507 - Leasing of Oil and Gas Rights on Reforestation Areas.

§ 9-0507. Leasing of oil and gas rights on reforestation areas.
Notwithstanding  any provisions of Article VII of the Public Lands Law
  to the  contrary,  the  department,  with  the  approval  of  the  state
  geologist,  may,  in  any lands acquired by the state in accordance with
  section  9-0501,  enter  into  leases  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  in
  discovering  and  removing  any oil or gas upon such lands or storage of
  gas or oil thereon, under  such  terms  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the
  department, and upon such conditions that the exercise of such leasehold
  rights  shall  not  interfere  with  the operation of such reforestation
  areas for the purposes for which they were acquired and  as  defined  in
  Section 3 of article XIV of the Constitution. Any lease made and entered
  into pursuant to this section shall be recorded in the Office of General
  Services.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 5 - Reforestation Areas › 9-0509 - Lease of Land to Federal Government for Use by the Federal Aviation Agency.

§ 9-0509. Lease  of  land  to  federal government for use by the federal
aviation agency.
1.  Notwithstanding  any  contrary  provision  of  this  article,  the
  department is hereby authorized upon such terms and conditions as it may
  deem  appropriate  to  lease  to  the federal government, for use by the
  federal aviation agency, the following described land:
From the United States  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey  Monument  "SHED"
  located  at  Latitude  North  42°-47'-21",  Longitude  West  75°-49'-37"
  proceed S 88°-15" E a distance of 325 feet to  a  point  on  the  common
  property  line between the lands of Howard Williams and the lands of the
  New York State Department  of  Environmental  Conservation,  said  point
  being  the Northeast corner of Lot 12, Proposal B, Reforestation Area 3,
  Madison County and also the point of beginning of the  herein  described
  area:
Thence S 8°-15' W a distance of 540.0 feet to a point;
Thence S 41°-15' W a distance of 565.0 feet to a point;
Thence N 36°-15' W a distance of 638.0 feet to a point;
Thence N 11°-15' E a distance of 535.0 feet to a point;
Thence  S  83°-30' E a distance of 725.0 feet to a point of beginning,
  containing in all 14 acres more or less, all being situated in  Lot  12,
  Proposal B, Reforestation Area 3, Madison County, State of New York. All
  bearings are magnetic.
2.  The  lease of the above described premises shall include the right
  to  construct  thereon  a  very  high  frequency  omni-range  navigation
  facility, together with the right to operate and maintain the same, with
  easements  of access for laying, operating and maintaining utility lines
  in connection therewith.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 7 - Cooperative Forest Management Program › 9-0701 - Purpose of Program.

§ 9-0701. Purpose of program.
In  order  that the practice of forestry may be encouraged, the damage
  caused by unplanned cutting may be avoided and  the  industries  of  the
  state  dependent  upon  forest  products  may  be  stabilized  as far as
  possible, the cooperative program provided in this  title  7  is  hereby
  authorized.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 7 - Cooperative Forest Management Program › 9-0713 - State Assistance.

§ 9-0713. State assistance.
The commissioner shall adopt forest practice standards. The department
  shall  notify owners of forest land that the commissioner is prepared to
  assist cooperating owners in connection with the application  of  forest
  practice standards. The commissioner shall provide to cooperating forest
  and  farm  woodland  owners  technical  services  in connection with all
  phases of forest management including but  not  limited  to,  plantation
  establishment  and care, the marking of timber, marketing assistance and
  silvicultural treatment of immature stands.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 7 - Cooperative Forest Management Program › 9-0715 - Cooperating Owner.

§ 9-0715. Cooperating owner.
A  cooperating  forest  or  farm  woodland  owner shall be an owner of
  forest land within a forest region who shall agree with the commissioner
  or his representative  to  comply  with  the  approved  forest  practice
  standards  of  the  forest  region,  in which his land is located, for a
  specified period of time which may be extended  from  time  to  time  by
  mutual  consent  and  may  be  reduced  to  writing at the option of the
  commissioner. The failure of such owner to comply with the provisions of
  such agreement will relieve the commissioner  and  the  state  forthwith
  from  the  obligation  to  render  to  any  such failing owner any state
  assistance provided for in section 9-0713. The commissioner may  provide
  limited  or  sample services to non-cooperating owners with such owners'
  consent and without agreement.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 7 - Cooperative Forest Management Program › 9-0717 - Community Forests.

§ 9-0717. Community forests.
1. Power and authority. A county, city, town, village, school district
  or  any  other  political  subdivision  of  the  state,  may  acquire by
  purchase, or gift, or take over  lands  in  its  possession  within  the
  boundaries  of  the  state  and  use the same for forestry purposes. The
  governing  board  of  a  county,  city,  town  or  school  district  may
  appropriate  money  for  the  purchase  of lands for the purposes herein
  provided, to establish forest plantations or for the care and management
  of forests.
2. Procedure. Such boards  may  undertake  such  work  at  regular  or
  special  meetings by majority vote of such board after two weeks' public
  notice setting forth the fact that such plan is  contemplated  and  that
  moneys are to be appropriated for such purposes.
3.  Assistance  and  trees  and  shrubs. The department may assist and
  advise such boards in its reforesting and wildlife  habitat  improvement
  work,  and the department may furnish trees and shrubs for planting such
  publicly owned  lands  without  charge  provided  they  are  planted  in
  accordance with the instructions of the department.
4.  Use.  Such  governing board shall have full power and authority to
  acquire, maintain, manage and operate such forests, and sell the produce
  thereof, for the benefit of the inhabitants of its district.
5. Revenue. The net income from such lands  shall  be  paid  into  the
  general  fund  of  such  municipal  division and shall be used only upon
  order of its governing board.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 8 - Forest Resources Planning › 9-0801 - Legislative Purpose and Findings.

§ 9-0801. Legislative purpose and findings.
It  is  the  purpose  of  this  act to provide for the development and
  maintenance of a forest  resources  planning  program,  consistent  with
  article fourteen of the state constitution, in furtherance of the policy
  of  the  state  of New York to conserve, improve and protect its natural
  resources and environment. The legislature recognizes that the needs and
  opportunities which affect the use, management  and  protection  of  the
  forest   resources   of   the  state  are  interrelated  and  require  a
  comprehensive approach to issue resolution and  policy  development.  To
  best  serve  the  public interest, forest resources programs and efforts
  should be based upon periodic assessments and analyses  of  present  and
  anticipated  use,  demand  for, and supply of renewable forest resources
  from the public and private forest lands of the  state.  The  department
  shall  consult  and  cooperate  with  the  Adirondack park agency in the
  preparation of those parts of the assessment and plan  with  respect  to
  the  forest  resources  of  the  Adirondack park. The legislature hereby
  designates the department of environmental conservation as the  official
  state  agency  with  the  responsibility  to plan for present and future
  demands on the state's forest resources and declares that the department
  shall conduct a program of  long  range  comprehensive  forest  resource
  planning  which  planning program shall include the periodic preparation
  of a forest resources assessment  and  the  periodic  development  of  a
  forest resources plan.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 8 - Forest Resources Planning › 9-0803 - Forest Resources Assessment.

§ 9-0803. Forest resources assessment.
The  department  is  authorized to carry out a comprehensive statewide
  assessment (hereinafter referred to as the assessment)  of  the  present
  and  anticipated  future  conditions of the forest resources of New York
  state. The initial assessment shall be prepared on or  before  September
  thirtieth,  nineteen hundred eighty-six and subsequent assessments shall
  be prepared at least once every ten years. Assessments shall include but
  not be limited to the following:
1. an inventory of present supply of and demand for  renewable  forest
  resources;
2.  an  analysis  of  future supply of and demand for renewable forest
  resources; and
3. a description of present programs and responsibilities of all major
  organizations involved in the management of public  and  private  forest
  resources.
The   assessment   will  include  all  of  the  ecologic,  sociologic,
  aesthetic, and economic data necessary to achieve the purposes  of  this
  act.  The  department shall develop and maintain an efficient system for
  collecting, storing, and analyzing these  data,  and  shall  prepare  an
  assessment update at least once every five years.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 8 - Forest Resources Planning › 9-0805 - Forest Resources Plan.

§ 9-0805. Forest resources plan.
The   department   shall  prepare  a  comprehensive  statewide  forest
  resources  plan.  The  plan  shall  be  prepared  no  later  than  March
  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred eighty-seven and shall be updated at least
  every fifth year thereafter. The plan shall include but not  be  limited
  to the following:
1.  an  inventory  of  significant  forest  resources issues, specific
  needs, and opportunities facing public and private forest resources;
2. an identification of alternative goals and strategies which address
  such issues, needs and opportunities and which propose specific  actions
  to be taken; and
3. an identification of final recommended goals and strategies.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 8 - Forest Resources Planning › 9-0807 - Committees.

§ 9-0807. Committees.
The  commissioner  shall appoint an advisory committee and a technical
  review committee to assist directly in carrying out  the  provisions  of
  this  act  by  promoting  a  constructive interchange among agencies and
  organizations  interested  in  planning  for  the  use,  management  and
  protection  of  public  and  private forest resources and to enhance the
  prospect of common acceptance of plan recommendations.
1. The advisory committee membership shall be representative of forest
  resources  related  agencies  and  organizations  in  this  state.   The
  committee  shall provide interdisciplinary review and analysis of policy
  development throughout the planning process. The committee shall meet at
  least annually and shall file a written annual report to the  department
  and  the  legislature which report shall include a statement of progress
  made toward attaining the goals and  objectives  stated  in  the  forest
  resource  plan,  recommendations for amendment of the plan and any other
  matter the committee deems necessary to be included. The members of  the
  advisory  committee  shall  not receive any remuneration except that the
  department  may  reimburse  members  thereof  for  reasonable   expenses
  incurred in attending meetings.
2.  The  technical review committee membership shall be representative
  of the full range of expertise in  use,  management  and  protection  of
  forest  resources.  The  committee will provide scientific and technical
  review and analysis in development of the forest  resources  assessment.
  The  members  of  the  technical  review committee shall not receive any
  remuneration except that the department may  reimburse  members  thereof
  for reasonable expenses incurred in attending meetings.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 8 - Forest Resources Planning › 9-0809 - Public Participation.

§ 9-0809. Public participation.
To  assure  that  all  segments  of  the public have an opportunity to
  participate in the development of the plan, the planning program will be
  conducted  with  a  structured  program  of  public  participation.  The
  department  shall establish procedures to keep the public informed about
  the planning process and to provide  opportunities  for  the  public  to
  contribute to that process.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 8 - Forest Resources Planning › 9-0811 - Cooperation With Federal Agencies.

§ 9-0811. Cooperation with federal agencies.
To  assure  the  availability  and  compatibility of planning data and
  federal assistance, the  department  shall  cooperate  with  the  United
  States department of agriculture, forest service, as provided for by the
  Forest  and  Rangeland  Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 USC
  1601 et seq.) and the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act  of  1978  (16
  USC 2101 et seq.). The department shall cooperate with any other federal
  agency that may be involved with planning for forest resources.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 8 - Forest Resources Planning › 9-0813 - Assistance From State Agencies.

§ 9-0813. Assistance from state agencies.
The  department is authorized to seek assistance from the professional
  staff of other state agencies when the expertise of the  staff  of  such
  other  state  agency is needed for the development of the plan.  Nothing
  in this title shall alter or supercede section eight hundred one of  the
  executive law.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 8 - Forest Resources Planning › 9-0815 - Request for Comment on Local Laws or Ordinances Pertaining to the Practice of Forestry.

§ 9-0815. Request  for comment on local laws or ordinances pertaining to
the practice of forestry.
The commissioner upon his or her own initiative, or upon  the  written
  request  of  a  municipality  or  an  owner  of  forest  land within the
  municipality, may  elect  to  comment  upon  a  proposed  local  law  or
  ordinance  which  may  restrict the practice of forestry. The requesting
  municipality or owner of forest land shall provide, at  a  minimum,  the
  full  text  of  the  proposed local law or ordinance to the commissioner
  with such request.
1. Upon receipt of such written request  or  upon  the  commissioner's
  determination  to  comment on a local law or ordinance, the commissioner
  shall notify the municipal legislative body, in writing, of the  receipt
  date or the date of such determination.
2.  An  owner  of  forest  land  shall provide notice to the municipal
  legislative body proposing the local  law  or  ordinance  of  a  written
  request  to  the  commissioner  in  the time, manner, and form as may be
  prescribed by the commissioner.
3.  The  commissioner,  in  preparing  his   or   her   comments   for
  consideration  by  the municipality, may consider factors including, but
  not limited to, the impact of the proposed local law or  ordinance  upon
  the   long-term  viability  of  forests  in  the  municipality  and  any
  modifications or alternatives which  a  municipality  may  undertake  to
  minimize the impacts to the practice of forestry in preparing his or her
  comments.
4.  The  commissioner  shall  have forty-five days after receipt of an
  ordinance to provide his or her  comments,  if  any,  to  the  municipal
  legislative   body   proposing  the  law  or  ordinance.  Any  municipal
  legislative body shall defer the adoption of such local law or ordinance
  pending receipt of comments,  if  any,  from  the  commissioner  or  the
  passage  of  forty-five  days  from  the date of receipt of the proposed
  local law or ordinance by the commissioner. The commissioner shall  have
  the  opportunity  to respond only to the original proposal considered by
  the local governing body.
5. For purposes of this section, "forest land" shall mean land that is
  suitable to forest crop production.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 9 - Recreation › 9-0901 - Jurisdiction of Certain Parks and Reservations.

§ 9-0901. Jurisdiction of certain parks and reservations.
The department shall have care, custody, control and management of the
  Crown  Point  reservation  in  Essex  county and Lake George battlefield
  park.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 9 - Recreation › 9-0903 - Recreation Facilities.

§ 9-0903. Recreation facilities.
1.  The department shall have care, custody, control and management of
  the Lake George beach facility in Warren county, the Belleayre  mountain
  ski  center  in Ulster and Delaware counties, the Whiteface mountain ski
  center and the New York world war veterans  memorial  highway  in  Essex
  county  and  the  Gore  mountain  ski  center  and the Prospect Mountain
  Veteran's Memorial Highway in Warren county.  The  New  York  world  war
  veterans  memorial  highway  in  Essex  county and the Prospect Mountain
  Veteran's Memorial  Highway  in  Warren  county  shall  continue  to  be
  maintained by the Department of Transportation.
2.  The  commissioner shall have the power and is authorized to impose
  and provide for the collection of such fees or charges as  he  may  deem
  necessary  and  for  the  best interests of the state for the use of all
  facilities and their appurtenances. All moneys received therefrom  shall
  be  deposited  in  the  State Treasury pursuant to the provisions of the
  State Finance Law.
3. The department shall have the supervision and jurisdiction over all
  locks and adjacent state property between the Saranac  river  and  lower
  Saranac  lake  and  between lower Saranac and middle Saranac lake in the
  county of Franklin and make such improvements and repairs  thereto  from
  time to time as may be necessary.
4.  The  commissioner  shall  have  the  power  and  is  authorized to
  encourage  investment  by  the  private  sector  for  the  provision  of
  equipment and capital improvements for concession facilities operated at
  the  Belleayre  Mountain  ski center and the Gore Mountain ski center by
  entering into concession license agreements for extended periods not  to
  exceed  ten  years in total. Such extended term shall be for the purpose
  of assuring a concessionaire of  adequate  protection  against  loss  of
  investment  in  structures,  fixtures,  equipment,  supplies  and  other
  improvements,  and  the  length  of  such  term  shall  have  a   direct
  relationship  to the period required to amortize the investment. The bid
  prospectus submitted  to  prospective  bidders  shall  contain  specific
  information  concerning  the  nature  of  the  capital  improvements  or
  equipment to be provided by the successful bidder.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 11 - Forest Fire Control › 9-1101 - Proclamation by Governor.

§ 9-1101. Proclamation by Governor.
Whenever  the forests of the state are in danger of fire, the Governor
  by proclamation may (a) prohibit any person  or  persons  from  entering
  forests,  woodlands, waters and open lands; (b) prohibit the starting of
  fires in the out-of-doors;  (c)  prohibit  the  smoking  of  tobacco  in
  forests,  woodlands  and open lands and (d) suspend any open season for,
  or prohibit the taking of, fish, birds and quadrupeds. Such proclamation
  may contain exceptions to the activities prohibited, and  may  apply  to
  all  or a portion of the state. Such proclamation shall be in full force
  and effect at the expiration of 24 hours after notice is given  in  such
  manner  as  the  Governor  may  determine and shall remain in full force
  until rescinded by the Governor.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 9 - Lands and Forests › Title 11 - Forest Fire Control › 9-1103 - Additional Powers of the Department.

§ 9-1103. Additional powers of the department.
In addition to the powers provided in section 9-0105 and in connection
  with the control of fire, the department shall have the power to:
1.  Maintain  a  system of forest fire protection in such areas of the
  state as the department determines necessary.
2. Purchase necessary equipment, tools  or  supplies,  employ  men  or
  incur other expenses as may be necessary to furnish adequate forest fire
  protection.
3.  Establish,  maintain,  equip  and  operate forest fire observation
  stations, telephone lines or other structures  therefor  as  the  public
  interest requires.
4.  Make  contracts,  agreements or purchases either for construction,
  operation  or  maintenance  of  telephone  lines  for  fire   protection
  purposes. Any telephone company may grant the state a preferred rate.
5.  With consent of owner build or improve fire roads, ditches, trails
  or fire lines. No action for trespass shall lie on account of injury  to
  private  property  on  such  account,  if  the  act  is performed in the
  protection of the forests from fire.
6. Appoint necessary employees to perform such duties as are  required
  by this title 11.
7.  Order  removed  from  service,  on  forty-eight hours' notice, any
  railroad locomotive, operating in the fire towns, not properly  equipped
  with fire protection devices.
8.  Grant an extension of time in which owners may comply with section
  9-1113 when the department is satisfied that such an extension  of  time
  will not endanger the forests to fire, but in no case shall an extension
  be granted for a period of more than six weeks from the time of cutting,
  except  in  connection  with  operations for the clearing of a reservoir
  site under the authority of section 15-1507.
9.  Relieve  railroads  from  maintaining  railroad  fire  patrol,  or
  clearing right of way when in the judgment of the department the absence
  of such patrol or clearing will not subject the forests to fire menace.
10.  Request  the  Public  Service  Commission  to  hear and determine
  whether any railroad, person or company operating  railroad  locomotives
  through  forest  land  is using such devices and precautions against the
  setting of forest fires, as the public interest requires.
11. Designate persons who shall have authority  to  issue  permits  as
  required by subdivision 5 of section 9-1105.
12.  Enter into working agreements with land owners for the purpose of
  securing better forest fire protection in the fire towns.
13. Make rules and regulations to secure better fire protection within
  all or any portion of those areas designated  as  fire  districts  under
  subdivision  2  of  section  9-1109  or defined as fire towns by section
  9-1107.