New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 5 - Executive Orders (George E. Pataki) › Section 5.86 - Executive order no. 86: establishing the new york city watershed inspector general

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the State of New York to
					 conserve, improve and protect its natural resources and environment, and
					 control water pollution to enhance the health, safety and welfare of the people
					 of the State;
WHEREAS, adequate and suitable water for water supply and
					 domestic and municipal use is essential to the health, safety and welfare of
					 the people and the economic growth and prosperity of the State;
WHEREAS, the drainage basins of the Croton, Catskill and
					 Delaware systems of the New York City drinking water supply provide drinking
					 water to approximately nine million individuals, constituting approximately 50
					 percent of the State's population;
WHEREAS, to fulfill its responsibilities as trustee of the
					 environment for the present and future generations, the State must use all
					 available and reasonable means to ensure that the waters of the State are
					 conserved and developed for all public beneficial uses, and to prevent
					 contamination of the waters of the State;
WHEREAS, consistent with, and to effectuate the above
					 policies, the State of New York entered into a Memorandum of Agreement ("MOA")
					 with the City of New York, the Coalition of Watershed Towns, the United States
					 Environmental Protection Agency, various environmental organizations,
					 Westchester County, Putnam County and other municipalities on January 21, 1997,
					 which provides for the development and implementation of a Watershed protection
					 program that maintains and enhances the quality of the New York City drinking
					 water supply system and the economic vitality and social character of the
					 Watershed communities; and
WHEREAS, the parties to the MOA have agreed that a
					 Watershed Inspector General should be appointed to enhance current efforts to
					 protect the New York City drinking water supply from activities that have the
					 potential to adversely affect the New York City Watershed reservoirs and
					 tributaries;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE E. PATAKI, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
					 laws of the State of New York, do hereby establish the position of Watershed
					 Inspector General as follows:
1.
				  Appointment, Compensation, and Removal
The Governor and the Attorney General shall jointly appoint
					 the Watershed Inspector General who shall be an Assistant Attorney General. The
					 Attorney General shall employ, fix the compensation and, in consultation with
					 the Governor, remove the Assistant Attorney General appointed as the Watershed
					 Inspector General.
2.
				  Definitions
(a) Watershed means the drainage
				  basins of the Croton and Catskill and Delaware systems.
(b) Croton system means the Amawalk, Bog
				  Brook, Cross River, Croton Falls, Diverting, East Branch, Middle Branch,
				  Muscoot, New Croton and Titicus Reservoirs, Kirk Lake, Lake Gleneida, and Lake
				  Gilead, and the tunnels, dams and aqueducts which are part of and connect the
				  above listed reservoirs and controlled lakes.
(c) Catskill and Delaware system means the
				  Ashokan, Cannonsville, Kensico, Neversink, Pepacton, Rondout, Schoharie and
				  West Branch/Boyd's Corner reservoirs, and the tunnels, dams and aqueducts which
				  are part of and connect the above listed reservoirs.