New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter X - DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES › Subchapter A - GENERAL › Article 1 - MISCELLANEOUS RULES › Part 666 - Regulation Or Administration And Management Of The Wild, Scenic And Recreational Rivers System In New York State Excepting Private Land In The Adirondack Park › Section 666.2 - Purpose and application of this part

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The purpose of this Part is to implement
					 the act by establishing statewide regulations for the management, protection,
					 enhancement and control of land use and development in river areas on all
					 designated wild, scenic and recreational rivers in New York State, except for
					 private land in river areas within the Adirondack Park. Land use and
					 development of private land in river areas within the Adirondack Park are
					 subject to the provisions of 9 NYCRR Part 577.
(b) It is the further purpose of this Part to
					 provide for the protection and enhancement of the interests of landowners in
					 the enjoyment and use of their properties in designated river areas and to help
					 to insure that recreation and other uses are consistent with the intent of the
					 act.
(c) The regulations set forth
					 in this Part may be complemented by the promulgation of regulations for
					 individual river areas. Such regulations shall be consistent with the act and
					 no less restrictive than this Part and shall address the specific management
					 issues that are relevant to individual river areas.
(d) It is a purpose of this Part to encourage
					 the participation of local governments in the management planning process
					 necessary to achieve the goals of the act. It is a further purpose of this Part
					 to authorize and encourage administration by local governments of those
					 provisions of this Part that are within their respective jurisdictions, in
					 place of the department's administration of such provisions, when such local
					 governments are legally, technically and financially capable of administering
					 such provisions in a manner consistent with the provisions of the act and this
					 Part.
(e) In its administration and
					 enforcement of this Part, the department shall give primary emphasis to the
					 protection and enhancement of the natural, scenic, ecological, recreational,
					 aesthetic, botanical, geological, hydrological, fish and wildlife, historical,
					 cultural, archaeological and scientific features of designated rivers and river
					 areas.
(f) Priority must be given
					 to providing and maintaining wildlife travel corridors, and areas to support
					 important wildlife and botanical values identified in the river corridor
					 designation and final river area boundary studies.
(g) All new land use or development in a
					 river area must be undertaken in compliance with the standards listed in this
					 Part. No person will:
(1) undertake a new land
					 use or development in a river area without a permit unless such use or
					 development is listed as "no permit necessary";
(2) undertake a new land use or development
					 allowed pursuant to a permit except in accordance with such a permit issued
					 prior to undertaking the land use or development.