New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle Q - Adirondack Park Agency › Chapter VI - Relation of Agency Activities to Other Laws › Part 586 - Implementation of State Environmental Quality Review Act › Section 586.5 - Lists of actions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Type I. The
				  following actions are likely to require preparation of environmental impact
				  statements (EIS's) because they are likely to have a significant effect on the
				  environment:
(1) Review and action upon
				  requests to amend the official Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan
				  Map which would permit the construction of 50 or more principal buildings than
				  presently allowed by the official map, or approval of any application or series
				  of related applications to amend the map where the amendments would
				  cumulatively exceed such threshold, except amendments pursuant to section
				  805(2)(c)(4) of the Adirondack Park Agency Act. A generic statement has been
				  prepared upon the process by which the agency amends the official
				  map.
(2) Recommendations to the
				  Governor and Legislature of amendments to the official Adirondack Park Land Use
				  and Development Plan Map.
(3)
				  Additions to the classification of compatible uses lists, or recommendations to
				  the Governor and Legislature of subtractions therefrom, pursuant to section
				  805(3)(b) of the Adirondack Park Agency Act.
(4) Approval of local land use
				  programs.
(5) The approval of any
				  rivers project which involves the construction of a boathouse, bridge, public
				  road, trail for motorized open space recreational use, river area utility use
				  that will be located within the applicable setback distance in section
				  577.6(b) of these
				  regulations, or habitable structure (except a single family dwelling or mobile
				  home), except:
(i) projects which are also
				  subject to the jurisdiction of the agency or local government pursuant to
				  section 809 or 808 of the Adirondack Park Agency Act, respectively;
(ii) projects which require a certificate of
				  environmental compatibility and public need under article seven or eight of the
				  Public Service Law; or
(iii)
				  subdivisions of less than five lots, parcels or sites.
(6) The preparation and submission to the
				  Governor of proposed major amendments of the master plan for the management of
				  State lands pursuant to section 816(2) of the Adirondack Park Agency Act,
				  including:
(i) any proposed reclassification
				  of land from a more restrictive to a less restrictive category;
(ii) the designation of a new travel
				  corridor;
(iii) material changes in
				  the guidelines applicable to each classification;
(iv) any periodic review of the entire plan,
				  as called for therein. A generic statement has been prepared on the process by
				  which the agency proposes amendments to the plan.
(7) Preparation of minimum land use
				  regulations, approval of local land use regulations, and framing of land use
				  regulations pursuant to section
				  24-0805 of the Environmental
				  Conservation Law.
(8) The transfer
				  of agency jurisdiction over freshwater wetlands pursuant to section
				  24-0803 of the Environmental
				  Conservation Law, including the determination of wetlands subject to the
				  transfer.
(9) The approval of a
				  land management plan pursuant to section
				  577.9 of these
				  regulations.
(10) Revision to the
				  rules and regulations of the agency which effects substantive changes in agency
				  jurisdiction, or in the project review or map amendment functions, or in the
				  local planning assistance program.