New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle I - Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Chapter IV - Environmental Assistance Programs › Subchapter A - Clean Water/clean Air Bond Act of 1996 › Part 430 - General Program Provisions › Section 430.4 - Public participation

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
					 Program reports. The office shall participate in and contribute to such reports
					 as may be prepared in relation to the status of the Clean Water/Clean Air Bond
					 Act Program.
(b) Public workshops.
					 Prior to the announcement of the commissioner's annual programmatic and funding
					 priorities pursuant to section
					 430.3  of this
					 Part and the initiation of each annual grant cycle, the office may conduct one
					 or more public workshops to identify public concerns and recommended
					 improvements in program administration, regulations and ranking or review
					 procedures. A summary of input received at the workshop(s) will be made
					 available to participants and other interested parties and will be evaluated as
					 revisions to these regulations are considered by the office.
(c) Environmental Assistance Advisory Task
					 Force.
(1) The Environmental Assistance Task
					 Force established by sections
					 435.8(f)
					 and 439.4(b)  of this Title is continued and shall also encompass the Clean
					 Water/Clean Air Bond Act of 1996. The task force shall consist of eight members
					 representing the following interests: conservation, environment, preservation,
					 recreation, heritage areas and municipal parks. Members shall be appointed by
					 the commissioner and serve at the commissioner's discretion.
(2) The task force shall meet at the
					 direction of the commissioner but in no event shall it meet less than once each
					 year.
(3) The chairperson of the
					 task force shall be designated from among its members by the
					 commissioner.
(4) It shall be the
					 responsibility of the task force to review any program reports issued pursuant
					 to subdivision (a) of this section, to attend the public workshop conducted by
					 the office pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section and to make
					 recommendations to the commissioner regarding the implementation of title 3 of
					 article 56 of the Environmental Conservation Law. Such recommendations may
					 address topics which shall include, but not be limited to, project eligibility
					 criteria, application procedures, project rating and ranking criteria, approval
					 guidelines, revisions to regulations, criteria for funding distribution,
					 coordination with title 9 of article 54 of the Environmental Conservation Law
					 and Parts 439-443 of this Title, and additional public participation in the
					 implementation of these regulations which the commissioner may wish to seek. It
					 is understood that the purpose of the Environmental Assistance Advisory Task
					 Force is to make recommendations regarding the overall implementation of title
					 3 of article 56 of the Environmental Conservation Law and this Title; not to
					 review or make recommendations relating to specific project
					 applications.