New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter X - Power Authority Of The State Of New York › Part 461 - Implementation Of The State Environmental Quality Review Act › Section 461.17 - List of Type II actions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
				Reconditioning, rehabilitating or modernizing of existing facilities and
				structures, including essentially maintenance-type work with improvements to
				correct substandard features not involving large-scale new construction or
				expansion.
(b) Minor reconstruction
				of existing facilities and structures without making major expansion of said
				facilities or structures.
(c) The
				construction and location of small new structures and/or installation of minor
				new equipment, provided such construction or such location has no physical
				effect on unusual or unique areas, including Federal- or State- registered
				historic sites and critical areas designated in section
				461.6(b)(8) of
				this Part.
(d) The conducting of
				engineering research and pilot plant studies to evaluate materials, equipment,
				methods and procedures, including but not limited to the installation of
				testing and monitoring equipment; provided that such studies do not involve a
				material change in the environment.
(e) The approval of funding for minor
				construction projects referenced in subdivisions (a)-(c) of this
				section.
(f) The preparation,
				review, approval or implementation of technical, engineering, economic,
				planning, environmental, feasibility or research studies, reports or memoranda
				which are preliminary to and may support the formulation of proposals for
				action(s) which do not otherwise commit the Power Authority to commence or
				engage in such action.
(g) The
				preparation of agreements (including leases, indentures, guarantees,
				construction agreements and similar documents) which are preliminary to and may
				support the formulation of proposal(s) for action(s) which do not otherwise
				commit the Power Authority to commence or engage in such action.
(h) The preparation and/or execution of
				construction contracts, involving an amount less than $50,000 of labor,
				exclusive of the supply of materials, provided such construction which is the
				subject of such contract has no physical effect on unusual or unique areas,
				including Federal- or State- registered historic sites, and critical areas
				designated in section
				461.6(b)(8) of
				this Part.
(i) Defining the scope
				of services, requests for proposals, negotiating and executing contracts with
				consultants for professional services.
(j) The preparation and/or execution of any
				purchase orders for materials, supplies or equipment appropriate to continued
				operation of authority offices or facilities.
(k) Planning, budgeting, cost estimation,
				preparation of work programs and other project process activities.
(l) The conducting of studies and the
				establishment of quality standards, including:
(1) engineering research studies to evaluate
				materials, methods, equipment and procedures;
(2) establishing quality standards for
				engineering materials in accordance with accepted engineering
				practices;
(3) preparation of soil
				and water inventories;
(4)
				establishment of equipment construction standards; and
(5) conducting studies to determine
				efficiency and safety of existing systems.