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2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 23 - River Improvement › 15-2317 - Construction of Reservoir on State-Owned Lands in a Forest Preserve.

§ 15-2317. Construction  of  reservoir  on state-owned lands in a forest
preserve.
If as a part of any project for the improvement of a  district  it  is
  necessary  to  construct a reservoir on any part of the forest preserve,
  the department must, before making the final order, cause such lands  to
  be  accurately  surveyed  and the boundaries of the lands needed and the
  high flow line of the reservoir to be accurately fixed  and  thereafter,
  after  due notice, to hold a public hearing as to whether such lands are
  required for such public use and, if so required, as to what will  be  a
  reasonable return to the state upon the value of the rights and property
  of  the  state so used and the services of the state as to such lands if
  such improvement is made. If it be determined that  such  lands  are  so
  required,  such  determination  must  be incorporated in the final order
  with a statement of the boundaries, the high flow line, the acreage  and
  the  amounts  to  be  paid to the state for the lands and services. Such
  payments to the state and the cost of  building  such  portions  of  the
  reservoir  as  are  on  state forest preserve lands shall be apportioned
  like other costs  and  expenses  on  the  municipalities,  other  public
  corporations  and  properties  benefited  to  the extent of the benefits
  received. If additional land is required it shall be acquired  or  taken
  in  the name of the state and the entire reservoir shall be the property
  of the state, although paid for by the district and  dedicated  for  the
  purposes  for which constructed. Such reservoir shall always be operated
  by the department or other  state  authority  for  the  benefit  of  the
  district.    The reasonable return to the state shall be fixed for terms
  not exceeding ten years and may be changed at the beginning of  any  new
  term.  The  high  flow line of a reservoir as referred to in title 23 of
  this article is hereby  defined  as  the  level  of  the  water  in  the
  reservoir  when  the greatest flood reasonably to be expected is passing
  over the spillway of the dam with all outlet gates  closed.  Before  any
  such  state lands are flooded, the timber shall be removed therefrom and
  the construction thereof shall be approved by the Commissioner of Health
  as not creating or tending to create any unsanitary condition.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 23 - River Improvement › 15-2319 - Payment by the State of Part of Cost of River Improvement.

§ 15-2319. Payment by the state of part of cost of river improvement.
Should  the department find that the state of New York properly should
  bear a part  of  the  cost  of  any  river  improvement,  it  is  hereby
  authorized  to  so  recommend  to the Legislature and it may not proceed
  further with the project until the Legislature has  made  the  necessary
  provisions  for  the  payment  of such costs or unless the project be so
  modified as to eliminate state contributions to the cost thereof. Except
  under the above circumstances the state shall be liable for no costs  in
  connection  with  any  such  improvement  except  that  the salaries and
  general expenses of the  members  of  the  department  not  specifically
  assigned  to  the  particular  project  are  not to be assessed upon the
  district.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 25 - Joint River Regulating, River Improvement and Drainage Improvement Districts › 15-2503 - Finances.

§ 15-2503. Finances.
The  financial affairs of each sub-district shall be handled as a unit
  and in accordance with the provisions of title 25 of this article  which
  apply  thereto.  Compensation  of  the members of the board, salaries of
  regular employees of the regulating district, together with expenses and
  general operating costs shall be allocated by the board on a time  basis
  among  the  sub-districts  and  paid  from district funds. Such payments
  shall not operate to  change  the  status  of  any  member,  officer  or
  employee,  nor  shall they result in an increment in the rate of payment
  made to them, computed on an annual basis. Preliminary costs incurred in
  the formation of a sub-district shall be  reimbursed  from  sub-district
  funds  if  the  sub-district is formed; otherwise they shall be a charge
  against the signers of the petition. Funds raised under  the  provisions
  of  title 21 of this article cannot be used in connection with any river
  or drainage improvement district or sub-district.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 25 - Joint River Regulating, River Improvement and Drainage Improvement Districts › 15-2505 - Powers of the Department.

§ 15-2505. Powers of the department.
Nothing  in  title  25  of  this  article shall be held to curtail the
  powers of the department as to river or drainage  work  within  a  river
  regulating district prior to the time that such district is charged with
  the  powers  and  duties above set forth as to river or drainage work or
  both, nor in any event shall the powers of the department under sections
  15-1945 and 15-1957 be curtailed or changed. Should  the  department  at
  any time form or have formed a river or drainage improvement district in
  a  basin  now  or  subsequently formed into a river regulating district,
  which district is later given the extended powers herein provided,  such
  river  or  drainage  improvement  district  shall  become a sub-district
  administered by the board. In such cases, all  outstanding  indebtedness
  and  financial  liabilities of the district shall remain undisturbed and
  not in anywise altered by the transfer and shall be met by the board.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 27 - Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System › 15-2701 - Statement of Policy and Legislative Findings.

§ 15-2701. Statement of policy and legislative findings.
1.  The  legislature  hereby finds that many rivers of the state, with
  their immediate environs, possess outstanding natural, scenic, historic,
  ecological and recreational values.
2. Improvident development and use of these rivers and their immediate
  environs will deprive present and future generations of the benefit  and
  enjoyment of these unique and valuable resources.
3.  It  is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that certain
  selected rivers of the  state  which,  with  their  immediate  environs,
  possess  the  aforementioned  characteristics,  shall  be  preserved  in
  free-flowing condition and that they and their immediate environs  shall
  be  protected  for  the  benefit  and  enjoyment  of  present and future
  generations.
4. The purpose of this act is to implement this policy by  instituting
  a  state wild, scenic and recreational rivers system, by designating the
  initial components of that system and  by  prescribing  the  methods  by
  which  and  standards  according  to  which additional components may be
  added to the system from time to time.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 27 - Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System › 15-2705 - Jurisdiction of the Commissioner and the Adirondack Park Agency.

§ 15-2705. Jurisdiction  of  the  commissioner  and  the Adirondack park
agency.
Notwithstanding provisions of any other general or  special  law,  the
  functions, powers and duties encompassed by this section shall be vested
  in  the Adirondack park agency as to any privately owned part of a river
  area within the Adirondack park as defined by law which may become  part
  of   the   system;   however,  the  commissioner  shall  have  exclusive
  jurisdiction over all other river areas in the state and of all parts of
  river areas owned by the state located within the Adirondack park  which
  may  become  part  of the system. This section shall not be construed to
  divest the commissioner from  the  exercise  of  functions,  powers  and
  duties  which  have  not  been  delegated  by  law to the agency. If the
  commissioner or the agency shall conduct  any  studies,  proceedings  or
  activities  under  this  section or otherwise which affect or may affect
  river areas, any part of which are  within  the  Adirondack  park,  they
  shall consult and cooperate to carry out the purposes of this title.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 27 - Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System › 15-2707 - Classes of River Areas Includable in System, Criteria; Management Objectives.

§ 15-2707. Classes  of  river  areas  includable  in  system,  criteria;
management objectives.
1. The following types of river areas are eligible  for  inclusion  in
the  system.  All  state agencies are hereby directed to pursue policies
with respect to  their  respective  activities,  functions,  powers  and
duties  which  are  designated  to  enhance the conditions of designated
rivers in accordance with the criteria set forth for such rivers in this
section.
2. All rivers in the system shall be relatively free of pollution  and
the  water  quality  thereof of a standard sufficiently high to meet the
primary management purposes enumerated herein.
a. Wild river. Those rivers or sections of rivers  that  are  free  of
diversions  and  impoundments, inaccessible to the general public except
by water, foot or horse  trail,  and  with  river  areas  primitive  and
undeveloped  in  nature  and with development, if any, limited to forest
management and foot bridges.
(1) The minimum length of any one section shall be five miles.
(2) In general, the minimum distance from the river shore to a  public
highway  or  a  private  road  open to the public for motor vehicle use,
shall be one-half mile except where  a  physical  barrier  exists  which
effectively screens the sight and sound of motor vehicles.
(3)  Management  of wild river areas shall be directed at perpetuating
them in a wild condition as defined herein.
b. Scenic river. Those rivers, or sections of rivers, that are free of
diversions or impoundments except for log dams, with limited road access
and with river areas largely primitive and largely undeveloped or  which
are  partially  or predominantly used for agriculture, forest management
and  other  dispersed  human  activities  which  do  not   substantially
interfere with public use and enjoyment of the rivers and their shores.
(1) There shall be no minimum length of any one section.
(2)  Management  of scenic river areas shall be directed at preserving
and restoring the natural scenic qualities of such rivers.
c. Recreational river. Those rivers, or sections of rivers,  that  are
readily  accessible  by  road  or railroad, that may have development in
their river area  and  that  may  have  undergone  some  impoundment  or
diversion in the past.
(1) There shall be no minimum length of any one section.
(2)  Management  shall  be  directed  at  preserving and restoring the
natural scenic and recreational qualities of such river areas.
d. Exceptions. Limited existing exceptions to  the  criteria  for  all
three  classes  of  rivers  will  not  automatically exclude rivers from
designation. Rather, the river area shall be examined as  a  whole  with
its overall worthiness for inclusion being the deciding factor.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 27 - Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System › 15-2711 - Establishing Boundaries.

§ 15-2711. Establishing boundaries.
The  commissioner  shall,  within  one  year  after  a  river has been
  included in the state  wild,  scenic  and  recreational  rivers  system,
  establish  detailed  boundaries  of  the river area associated with that
  river, except that in the case of river areas within the Adirondack park
  said boundaries shall be mutually agreed upon by  the  commissioner  and
  the  agency.  Said  boundaries shall not exceed a width of one-half mile
  from each bank thereof.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 27 - Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System › 15-2713 - Initial Designations.

§ 15-2713. Initial designations.
The  following  rivers  which are located within the boundaries of the
  Adirondack park, as now defined by law, are to be initially included  in
  this system being classified by the above-stated criteria:
1. Wild rivers
a.  Cedar river--Approximately seven miles from the southwest boundary
  of lot 82, township 17, Totten and Crossfield's Purchase to the Hamilton
  county line.
b. Cold river--Approximately fourteen miles from the Duck Hole to  the
  confluence  with  the Raquette river and the entire three-mile length of
  Ouluska Pass brook.
c.  Hudson  river--Approximately  ten  and  one-half  miles  from  the
  confluence of the Cedar river to the confluence with Boreas river.
d. Indian river--Approximately thirteen miles from Brook Trout lake to
  the confluence with the south branch of the Moose river.
e.  Opalescent  river--Approximately eleven miles from Flowed Lands to
  the confluence with the Hudson river.
f. East  branch  of  the  Sacandaga  river--Approximately  eleven  and
  one-half  miles from Botheration pond to a point one-half mile above the
  confluence with Cook brook.
g. West branch of the Sacandaga river--Approximately seven miles  from
  the  confluence  of the Piseco lake outlet to the confluence with Dugway
  creek.
h. West Canada creek--Approximately eight miles from Mud lake  to  the
  Old Mitchell dam site.
2. Scenic rivers
a.  Ampersand  brook--Approximately eight miles from Ampersand pond to
  the confluence with the Raquette river.
b. Ausable river--Approximately nine miles from  Marcy  swamp  to  St.
  Hubert's.
c.  Boreas  river--Approximately eleven and one-half miles from Cheney
  pond to the confluence with the Hudson river.
d. Bouquet river--Approximately six miles of the North Fork  from  the
  headwaters  on  Dial  mountain  to the bridge on route 73. Approximately
  five and one-half miles of the South Fork from  the  headwaters  to  the
  bridge on route 73.
e. Cedar river--Approximately five miles from the Hamilton County line
  to the confluence with the Hudson river.
f.  Hudson  river--Approximately nine miles from the hamlet of Newcomb
  to the confluence with the Cedar river and approximately four miles from
  the confluence with the Boreas river to a point one mile  north  of  the
  hamlet of North river.
g.  South branch of the Moose river--Approximately eighteen miles from
  the east boundary of the state land immediately  west  of  Little  Moose
  lake  to the west boundary of state land near Rock Dam and approximately
  six and one-half miles from the east boundary of state land  just  north
  of  Woodhull  mountain  downstream  to  the state land boundary near the
  confluence with the middle branch of the Moose river.
3. Recreational rivers
a. West branch of Ausable river--Approximately  five  miles  from  the
  state  boundary  along  the  River  road  east  of Big Cherry Patch pond
  downstream to the state boundary immediately west of High Falls.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 27 - Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System › 15-2717 - Cooperation With the Federal Government.

§ 15-2717. Cooperation with the federal government.
Nothing  in  this  title  shall  preclude a section of the state wild,
  scenic and recreational rivers  system  from  becoming  a  part  of  the
  national  wild and scenic rivers system. The commissioner and the agency
  are directed to encourage and assist any federal studies  for  inclusion
  of New York State rivers in the national wild and scenic rivers system.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 27 - Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System › 15-2719 - Cooperation Clause.

§ 15-2719. Cooperation clause.
The  commissioner  and  agency  shall  cooperate  with  each other and
  coordinate  their  activities   with   respect   to   their   respective
  jurisdictions  over  the designated rivers within the Adirondack park to
  ensure compliance for the general criteria and management objectives set
  forth in this part.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 27 - Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System › 15-2721 - Conflict With Other Laws.

§ 15-2721. Conflict with other laws.
Any  section  of the state wild, scenic and recreational rivers system
  that is or shall become a part of the Forest Preserve, the Adirondack or
  Catskill Parks or any other state park, wildlife refuge, or similar area
  shall be subject to the provisions of  this  title,  and  the  laws  and
  constitutional   provisions   under   which   the  other  areas  may  be
  administered, and in the case of  conflict  between  the  provisions  of
  those  laws  and  constitutional  provisions  and the provisions of this
  title, the more restrictive provisions shall apply.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 27 - Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System › 15-2723 - Penalties and Enforcement.

§ 15-2723. Penalties and enforcement.
Any  person who violates any provision of this title or any regulation
  or order issued pursuant to this act by the commissioner or  the  agency
  may be compelled to comply with or obey the same by injunction, mandamus
  or  other  appropriate  remedy. In addition, any such person shall pay a
  civil penalty of not less than one hundred  dollars  or  more  than  one
  thousand dollars for each day of such violation. The commissioner or the
  agency  as  the case may be, is authorized to commence a civil action to
  recover such civil penalties or other appropriate relief.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 29 - Water Resources Management Strategy › 15-2901 - Water Resources Planning Council; Organization.

§ 15-2901. Water resources planning council; organization.
There  is  hereby  established  within the department of environmental
  conservation a water resources planning council.  It  shall  consist  of
  fifteen members, including the commissioners of agriculture and markets,
  economic     development,     environmental     conservation,    health,
  transportation, the chair of the public service commission, president of
  the New York state energy research and development authority,  secretary
  of  state and seven members to be appointed by the governor including at
  least one member who shall  have  expertise  in  the  science  of  water
  resources planning and at least one member selected from a list proposed
  by  public interest or environmental citizens organizations. These seven
  members shall serve terms of four years each. Two of the  members  shall
  be  appointed  upon  the  recommendation  of  the majority leader of the
  senate and two of the members shall be appointed upon the recommendation
  of the speaker of the assembly. The governor shall select a  chair  from
  among  the  members.    Meetings  of  the council shall be called by the
  chair. Members shall receive reimbursement for expenses.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 29 - Water Resources Management Strategy › 15-2903 - Water Resources Planning Council; Quorum, Bylaws.

§ 15-2903. Water resources planning council; quorum, bylaws.
A majority of the members of the council shall constitute a quorum for
  the  transaction  of  any  business  or the exercise of any power of the
  council. The commissioners of agriculture and markets, commerce, energy,
  environmental conservation, health, transportation, the chairman of  the
  public  service  commission  and  secretary  of  state  may, by official
  authority filed  in  their  respective  agencies,  and  with  the  water
  resources  planning  council,  designate  a  deputy  or other officer to
  exercise his powers and perform his duties, including the right to vote,
  on the council. The council may also establish for itself bylaws for the
  conduct of its affairs.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 29 - Water Resources Management Strategy › 15-2905 - Statewide Inventory of Existing Significant Deficiencies in Water Supply Systems.

§ 15-2905. Statewide  inventory  of existing significant deficiencies in
water supply systems.
The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health  and
  utilizing  information requested from the responsible local officials as
  well  as  relevant  information  developed  through  titles  eleven  and
  thirteen  of  this  article,  shall cause to be prepared an inventory of
  existing  significant  deficiencies   in   water   supply   availability
  throughout   the   state,  including  specific  needs  for  improvement,
  rehabilitation and  establishment  of  water  supply,  distribution  and
  transmission  facilities. Such inventory shall also identify those water
  supply  systems  affected  or  threatened  by  intrusions  of  hazardous
  materials  or  wastes  and  the  nature  of  remediation  required. Such
  inventory  shall  be  completed  and  transmitted   to   the   governor,
  legislature and the council by July first, nineteen hundred eighty-five.
The  commissioner  in  consultation with the secretary of state, shall
  also cause to be prepared a review and summary of existing statutory and
  constitutional provisions relating to the  provision  and  financing  of
  water  supply  facilities by local governments, including such provision
  and financing through inter-local cooperation. Such review  and  summary
  shall   also   identify   any   existing  statutory  and  constitutional
  constraints against the  effective  and  efficient  provision  of  sound
  financing, on a revenue or general obligation basis, of such facilities.
  Such  review  and  summary  shall  be  completed  and transmitted to the
  governor, legislature and the council by January first, nineteen hundred
  eighty-six. At such time and based upon the above inventory  and  review
  and  summary,  the  commissioner  shall  also  cause  to  be  prepared a
  compilation  of  those  instances  in  which  correction   of   existing
  significant  deficiencies  appears to be beyond the reasonable financial
  capabilities of the affected communities.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 29 - Water Resources Management Strategy › 15-2907 - Water Resources Management Strategy; Development Purpose.

§ 15-2907. Water resources management strategy; development purpose.
Not  later  than  January  first,  nineteen  hundred eighty-seven, the
  department of environmental conservation, with the participation of  the
  department  of  health  and  whenever  possible,  regional  planning and
  development boards, shall develop and submit a complete statewide  water
  resources  management  strategy  to the water resources planning council
  for its review and adoption. This strategy shall be composed of substate
  water  resources  management  strategies  which  recognize  the  natural
  boundaries  of  the  water resource basins, watersheds, and aquifers and
  existing significant deficiencies of water supply,  and  which  organize
  these  in  the  most  practical  and  manageable  manner.  Each substate
  management strategy shall analyze the present  and  future  demographic,
  natural  resource, economic development, water quality, and conservation
  requirements of public and private water systems  and  develop  regional
  management  strategies  to  meet  the  water  resources  requirements of
  residential, agricultural, industrial and commercial users  as  well  as
  assure the highest possible quality and quantity of these resources.
Strategies shall analyze the efficiency and capacity of existing water
  supply  sources  and  facilities  and  shall contain recommendations for
  appropriate modifications, restoration, and expansion or development  of
  new   sources   or   facilities.  Such  strategies  shall  also  include
  evaluations and recommendations  as  to  the  feasibility  of  including
  hydroelectric energy generation facilities as part of the modifications,
  restoration,  and  expansion or development of new or existing resources
  or facilities. The strategy shall also contain recommendations regarding
  implementation of these strategies by  the  department  of  health,  the
  department   of  environmental  conservation,  other  appropriate  state
  agencies, local governments and  special  districts.  In  addition,  the
  departments  shall  submit  to  the  council  substate  water  resources
  management strategies as soon as  such  strategies  are  developed.  The
  departments   shall   also  report  regularly  to  the  council  on  the
  development of the strategies and receive the council's  recommendations
  and  directions.  Such  substate  strategies shall also be available for
  public inspection as soon as such strategies are developed.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 29 - Water Resources Management Strategy › 15-2909 - Water Resources Management Strategy; Hearings.

§ 15-2909. Water resources management strategy; hearings.
Upon receipt of the statewide water resources management strategy from
  the department of environmental conservation, the council shall promptly
  publish once a week for three consecutive weeks in newspapers of general
  circulation  notice of public hearings thereon. Public hearings shall be
  conducted in each of the substate areas  represented  in  the  statewide
  strategy,  and  shall  be  in accordance with regulations adopted by the
  department, subject to modification by  the  council.  Such  regulations
  shall,  at  a  minimum,  require  a  hearing  on  the  record with sworn
  witnesses and shall afford interested parties a  reasonable  opportunity
  to  sponsor  witnesses  and  to  question witnesses sponsored by others,
  including department staff, consistent with the  need  to  conclude  the
  hearings  expeditiously  so  that  a  state  water  resources management
  strategy can be adopted in a timely manner. The hearings  shall  not  be
  considered part of an adjudicatory proceeding, as defined in subdivision
  three  of  section one hundred two of the state administrative procedure
  act, or as part of a rule-making proceeding held under  subdivision  one
  of section two hundred two of such act.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 29 - Water Resources Management Strategy › 15-2911 - Water Resources Management Strategy; Approval.

§ 15-2911. Water resources management strategy; approval.
The  water  resources  planning  council  shall,  as  expeditiously as
  practicable following the conclusion of its hearings,  but  in  no  case
  later  than  January  first,  nineteen  hundred eighty-eight, determine,
  based on the record, whether the statewide  water  resources  management
  strategy should be approved with modifications or disapproved, and shall
  state  in  writing the reasons for its determination. If the council has
  determined approval  of  the  strategy,  it  shall  be  adopted  by  the
  departments   of   health   and  environmental  conservation  and  other
  appropriate state agencies in the form determined by the council. If the
  council has determined disapproval of the strategy,  the  department  of
  environmental  conservation,  in  conjunction  with  the  department  of
  health, shall modify the strategy in accordance with  the  determination
  issued  by  the council and resubmit the strategy to the council for its
  action.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 29 - Water Resources Management Strategy › 15-2913 - Water Resources Management Strategy; Revision.

§ 15-2913. Water resources management strategy; revision.
From time to time and at least once every two years, the department of
  environmental  conservation, with the participation of the department of
  health and whenever possible, regional planning and development  boards,
  shall  review  the  strategy and shall either (a) prepare any amendments
  necessary to update the strategy, or (b) issue a determination  that  no
  amendments  are  necessary and the reasons supporting the determination.
  Any interested person may seek such a review upon written application to
  the department of environmental conservation for  an  amendment  to  the
  statewide  water  resources management strategy. Any statement issued by
  the departments that no amendments are necessary shall be  submitted  to
  the  council for approval, modification or disapproval. Amendments shall
  be adopted in the same manner as the strategy itself.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 31 - Groundwater Protection and Remediation Program › 15-3103 - Legislative Findings and Intent.

§ 15-3103. Legislative findings and intent.
The legislature hereby finds and declares that:
1.  The  waters  of  the  state  are one of its most essential natural
  resources.
2. Adequate supplies of good quality groundwater are critical  to  the
  health  and  welfare of the residents of the state and to their economic
  well-being. Groundwater contamination  exists  at  levels  which  exceed
  applicable  standards, criteria and guidance values at many sites around
  the state, including inactive hazardous waste disposal sites, brownfield
  sites, and sites contaminated by the discharge of petroleum. The  levels
  and  types of contaminants, the extent of contamination, and the present
  and potential impacts on public health and the environment  vary  widely
  from  site to site, but cumulatively could endanger the integrity of the
  water resources of New York state.
3. Due to the complexity of groundwater  contamination  problems,  the
  restoration  of  groundwater  to its classified use may not currently be
  feasible at some sites.
4. It is the intent of the legislature that groundwater  be  protected
  for its classified use, the highest of which is drinking water.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 31 - Groundwater Protection and Remediation Program › 15-3105 - Purpose.

§ 15-3105. Purpose.
It  is  the  intent  of  the legislature that the department develop a
  strategy to address contaminated groundwater and implement a program  to
  remediate  and manage groundwater resources in a manner that will ensure
  long-term sustainability.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 31 - Groundwater Protection and Remediation Program › 15-3107 - Groundwater Information Management.

§ 15-3107. Groundwater information management.
Information  collected  pursuant to this section shall be incorporated
  into the geographic information system maintained by the  department  to
  track remedial programs, pursuant to section 3-0315 of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 33 - Source Water Protection Projects › 15-3301 - Definitions.

§ 15-3301. Definitions.
As used in this title the following terms shall mean:
1.  "Land  acquisition projects" means open space acquisition projects
  undertaken with willing sellers  including,  but  not  limited  to,  the
  purchase  of  conservation  easements,  undertaken  by a municipality, a
  not-for-profit corporation, or purchase of conservation easements  by  a
  soil and water conservation district.
2.  "Municipality"  means  the same as such term as defined in section
  56-0101 of this chapter.
3. "Not-for-profit corporation" means a corporation formed pursuant to
  the not-for-profit corporation law and qualified for  tax-exempt  status
  under the federal internal revenue code.
4.  "Soil and water conservation district" means the same as such term
  as defined in section three of the soil and water conservation districts
  law.
5. "State assistance payment" means payment of the state share of  the
  cost  of projects authorized by this title to preserve, enhance, restore
  and improve the quality of the state's environment.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 33 - Source Water Protection Projects › 15-3305 - Approval and Execution of Projects.

§ 15-3305. Approval and execution of projects.
1.  Land  acquisition  projects  for  source  water  protection may be
  undertaken  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  article  and  other
  applicable provisions of law only with the approval of the commissioner.
2.  The  commissioner  shall  review  such project application and may
  approve, disapprove or recommend modifications thereto  consistent  with
  applicable law, criteria, standards or rules and regulations relative to
  such  projects.  In reviewing applications for projects pursuant to this
  section, the commissioner shall give due consideration to:
a. the project's contribution to  the  protection  of  drinking  water
  supplies;
b.   the   presence   of  a  water  plan,  including  a  source  water
  assessment/protection  plan  or  other  similar  plan  which  identifies
  measures  to reduce threats to drinking water sources and priorities for
  land acquisition projects; and,
c. financial need or hardship.
3. All land acquisition projects shall be undertaken in the  state  of
  New  York.  The total amount of the state assistance payments toward the
  cost of any such project shall be set forth in any request for  proposal
  issued  to  solicit  projects  and  will in no event exceed seventy-five
  percent of the cost.
For the purpose of determining the  amount  of  the  state  assistance
  payments,  the cost of the project shall not be more than the amount set
  forth in the application for state assistance payments approved  by  the
  commissioner. The state assistance payments toward the cost of a project
  shall  be  paid  on  audit  and  warrant  of  the state comptroller on a
  certificate of availability of the director of the budget.
4. a. The commissioner and a municipality may enter  into  a  contract
  for  the  undertaking  by  the municipality of a source water protection
  project. Such project shall be recommended to the  commissioner  by  the
  governing   body   of   the  municipality  and,  when  approved  by  the
  commissioner, may be undertaken by the  municipality  pursuant  to  this
  title and any other applicable provision of law.
b.  The commissioner and a not-for-profit corporation may enter into a
  contract for the undertaking by  the  not-for-profit  corporation  of  a
  source  water protection project. Such a project shall be recommended to
  the commissioner by the governing body of a  not-for-profit  corporation
  which  demonstrates  to  the satisfaction of the commissioner that it is
  capable of operating and maintaining such property for  the  benefit  of
  drinking  water  and/or  water  quality protection. Upon approval by the
  commissioner, such project may be undertaken pursuant to the  provisions
  of this title and any other applicable provision of law.
5.  No  monies  shall  be  expended  for  source water protection land
  acquisition projects except pursuant to an appropriation therefor.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 16 - Flood Control › 16-0103 - Receipt of Funds by Comptroller.

§ 16-0103. Receipt of funds by comptroller.
The  comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  to  receive from the federal
  government any moneys which the federal government shall  offer  to  the
  state  of  New  York  for reimbursement for expenditures or otherwise in
  connection with any federal flood control project in the  state  of  New
  York.  The  comptroller  is authorized, upon receipt of any allotment of
  moneys from the federal government for reimbursement of expenditures  or
  otherwise  in  connection  with  a flood control project to deposit such
  moneys to the credit of the general fund.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 16 - Flood Control › 16-0105 - Appropriation for Flood Control Purposes.

§ 16-0105. Appropriation for flood control purposes.
The  legislature  may appropriate from any money in the state treasury
  not otherwise appropriated for payment by the state for the costs of the
  state's  participation  in  federal  flood  control  projects  and   for
  engineering  connected  with  these projects including personal services
  and expenses. The money appropriated shall be available for the cost  of
  relocation  and  reconstruction of state highways, including structures;
  for channel improvements; for check dams;  for  quarries,  gravel  pits,
  spoil  banks  and  burrow  pits;  for  access roads; for camp sites; for
  relocation of buildings, structures and facilities;  for  relocation  of
  the  properties,  structures,  service  lines  and  connections incident
  thereto of public service utilities, both publicly and privately  owned;
  for relocation of railroad rights-of-way, facilities and structures; for
  rights  of  way  and  for  other  related  purposes  contemplated by and
  incidental to said flood control projects. The moneys appropriated shall
  also be available for payment  by  the  state  for  the  relocation  and
  reconstruction of streets, sidewalks, public grounds, parks, cemeteries,
  water  supply  systems,  sewer systems and lighting systems of municipal
  corporations, county roads and town highways, including  structures  and
  including rights of way.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 16 - Flood Control › 16-0109 - Projects Authorized.

§ 16-0109. Projects authorized.
The  projects herein authorized consist in general of all projects for
  flood control lying wholly or partially within the  state  of  New  York
  which  have  been  or  may be approved by the federal government and for
  which federal funds shall be made available.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 16 - Flood Control › 16-0111 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner.

§ 16-0111. Powers and duties of commissioner.
The  commissioner  is hereby authorized and directed for and in behalf
  of the state to carry out the state's participation in a federal program
  of flood control, to sign  all  necessary  agreements,  and  to  do  and
  perform  all  necessary  acts  in connection therewith to consummate the
  intent and purpose running with the approval by the  federal  government
  of  flood control projects in New York state and the allotment of moneys
  for such projects, if, as and when made by the federal government. He is
  authorized and empowered, notwithstanding any other law of  this  state,
  to carry out the provisions of this act and to perform and do such other
  and  further acts not hereby specifically provided in this act as may be
  necessary to carry out the projects  herein  authorized  and  so  as  to
  conform  with  the  act  and  rules, regulations and requirements of the
  federal government made to govern the expenditures. Work may be  carried
  out by contract or by department forces or by a combination of these two
  methods.  However, if the commissioner deems it to be in the interest of
  the public, he may agree with a municipal corporation affected  by  such
  work,  to  have  its contractor or its forces and equipment perform such
  work, upon such terms as the commissioner may deem advantageous  to  the
  state.  The  commissioner  shall  exercise  his  powers  and duties with
  respect to the said flood control projects in a manner that will  comply
  with   any  act  of  congress  applicable  thereto  and  any  rules  and
  regulations made and promulgated by virtue thereof.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 16 - Flood Control › 16-0113 - Municipalities Bearing Cost.

§ 16-0113. Municipalities bearing cost.
The   commissioner   together  with  the  benefiting  municipality  or
  municipalities as specified in a local cooperation agreement shall carry
  out the relocation and  reconstruction  of  streets,  sidewalks,  public
  grounds,  parks,  cemeteries,  water  supply  systems, sewer systems and
  lighting  systems,  county  roads  and  town  highways,  and  any  other
  structures  or  facilities made necessary by the construction of federal
  flood  control  projects.  The  total  cost  of  such   relocation   and
  reconstruction  for a flood control project shall be apportioned between
  the state and the benefiting municipality or municipalities pursuant  to
  the  provisions of subdivision three of section 16-0115 of this article.
  The commissioner of transportation shall approve any such relocation and
  reconstruction on property under his jurisdiction.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 16 - Flood Control › 16-0117 - Use of Lands Acquired for Other Purposes for Flood Control; Transfer by Commissioner; Dual Purpose Use.

§ 16-0117. Use  of  lands acquired for other purposes for flood control;
transfer by commissioner; dual purpose use.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act or any other law, the
  commissioner  is  authorized  to  use  either  exclusively  for,  or  in
  conjunction   with,  flood  control  purposes  any  property  under  his
  jurisdiction acquired for other public purposes. Transfer  of  such  use
  shall  be  effected by an official order of the commissioner to be filed
  in the offices of  the  department  and  of  the  department  of  state,
  accompanied  by  a description and map of such property. When the use is
  to be exclusively for flood control purposes then upon  such  filing  of
  the  description, map and official order of tranfer of use, the property
  shall be used and maintained for flood control purposes and be  governed
  as  though  the said property was acquired pursuant to the provisions of
  this article for flood control purposes. When dual use is to be made  of
  such  property  for  flood control purposes and other public purposes by
  the state, the official order of transfer shall  so  certify,  and  upon
  such  filing of the description, map and official order of transfer, the
  property shall be used and maintained for such dual purposes, and is, in
  the discretion of the  commissioner,  to  be  governed  either  by  this
  article  or  the  act  under  which  jurisdiction  was  acquired  by the
  commissioner or  both.  When  grade  crossing  elimination  property  is
  involved,  the  official order of transfer shall also be approved by the
  commissioner of transportation.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 17 - Water Pollution Control › Title 1 - General Provisions and Public Policy › 17-0101 - Declaration of Policy.

§ 17-0101. Declaration of policy.
It  is  declared  to  be the public policy of the state of New York to
  maintain reasonable standards of purity  of  the  waters  of  the  state
  consistent   with  public  health  and  public  enjoyment  thereof,  the
  propagation and protection of  fish  and  wild  life,  including  birds,
  mammals  and  other  terrestrial  and  acquatic life, and the industrial
  development of the state, and to that end require the use of  all  known
  available and reasonable methods to prevent and control the pollution of
  the waters of the state of New York.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 17 - Water Pollution Control › Title 1 - General Provisions and Public Policy › 17-0103 - Statement of Purpose.

§ 17-0103. Statement of purpose.
It is the purpose of this article to safeguard the waters of the state
  from  pollution  by  preventing  any new pollution and abating pollution
  existing when the predecessor of  this  chapter  was  enacted,  under  a
  program  consistent  with  the  declaration  of policy stated in section
  17-0101.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 17 - Water Pollution Control › Title 3 - Jurisdiction of the Department; Authority; Powers and Duties › 17-0305 - Establishment of a Program to Monitor Water Quality by Private Citizens Under the Direction of the Department.

§ 17-0305. Establishment  of  a  program  to  monitor  water  quality by
private citizens under the direction of the department.
1. The commissioner shall establish a program which shall be known  as
  the  "citizens  statewide  lake assessment program". The purpose of this
  program is to establish  a  network  of  volunteers  belonging  to  lake
  associations  throughout  the  state  to  monitor the condition of their
  respective lakes under the guidance and  direction  of  the  department.
  The  volunteers,  designated by the commission, will sample the assigned
  lakes on a  weekly  basis  between  May  and  September.  Water  quality
  information  will be obtained by measuring water transparency and taking
  samples  for  water  chemistry.  Samples  shall  be  processed  by   the
  volunteers   and  forwarded  to  a  contract  chemistry  laboratory  for
  analysis.
2. The commissioner shall establish and fill a new permanent  position
  of program coordinator for the monitoring program within the division of
  water.
3. The commissioner shall establish a training program for the purpose
  of  providing  the  volunteers  with  the skills necessary to accomplish
  their monitoring tasks. Quality control checks will be carried out on  a
  regular   basis  by  the  program  coordinator,  and  through  the  lake
  classification and inventory survey.
4. The commissioner will  provide  the  volunteers  with  all  of  the
  equipment and materials necessary to accomplish the monitoring.
5.  Chemistry  parameters shall include, but are not limited to, tests
  for total phosphorus, nitrate, color and chlorophyll. Additional  survey
  data  shall  include, but not be limited to, aquatic vegetation surveys,
  angler surveys and questionnaires/surveys  for  water  users  concerning
  problems, issues and use impairment.
6.  The  program coordinator shall prepare an annual report which will
  include a summary of the information collected on the  monitored  waters
  during the previous season. This information shall be distributed to the
  program participants and other interested parties.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 17 - Water Pollution Control › Title 5 - Prohibitions › 17-0501 - General Prohibition Against Pollution.

§ 17-0501. General prohibition against pollution.
1.  It  shall  be  unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, to
  throw, drain, run or otherwise discharge into  such  waters  organic  or
  inorganic  matter  that  shall  cause  or  contribute  to a condition in
  contravention of the standards adopted by  the  department  pursuant  to
  section 17-0301.