Title ENV, Environmental Conservation

§ 56-0515. Access to sites.\n The department, by and through the commissioner, shall be authorized\nto:\n 1. Require that any person permit a duly designated officer or\nemployee of the department or of a municipal corporation, or any agent,\nconsultant, or contractor of the depa…

§ 56-0601. Allocation of monies.\n Of the monies received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to\nthe Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act of 1996, two hundred thirty million\ndollars ($230,000,000), of which five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall\nbe available for diesel-fue…

§ 56-0603. State clean-fueled vehicle projects.\n 1. The office of general services is authorized, consistent with the\nstrategy developed pursuant to subdivision three of section two hundred\none-a of the executive law, to conduct a project to acquire clean-fueled\nvehicles and …

§ 56-0605. Clean-fueled buses projects.\n 1. The New York state energy research and development authority in\ncooperation with the department of transportation is authorized to make\nstate assistance payments to "clean-fueled buses projects".\n 2. For the purposes of this section…

§ 56-0607. Other air quality projects.\n Of monies received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to the\nClean Water/Clean Air Bond Act of 1996, up to twenty million dollars\n($20,000,000) shall be available for disbursements for air quality\nprojects pursuant to this sec…

§ 56-0609. Clean air for schools projects.\n 1. Of the monies received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant\nto the Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act of 1996, one hundred twenty-five\nmillion dollars ($125,000,000) shall be available for disbursements for\nclean air for scho…

§ 56-0611. Environmental compliance projects.\n Of moneys made available under this title thirty million dollars\n($30,000,000) shall be made available for state assistance payments\nthrough the environmental facilities corporation to villages, towns, and\ncities with a populati…

§ 57-0101. Short title.\n This title shall be known and may be cited as the "Long Island Pine\nBarrens maritime reserve act".\n

§ 57-0103. Legislative declaration.\n The legislature hereby declares it to be in the public interest to\nprotect and manage the Pine Barrens-Peconic Bay system, in the county of\nSuffolk, by establishing a Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve. It\nis further in the public i…

§ 57-0105. Legislative findings and intent.\n The legislature hereby finds that eastern Long Island contains a\nmaritime region of statewide importance known as the Pine\nBarrens-Peconic Bay system.\n The legislature finds that within the Pine Barrens-Peconic Bay system\nthe fede…

§ 57-0107. Definitions.\n As used in this title, the following terms shall mean and include:\n 1. "Council" shall mean the Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve\ncouncil created by section 57-0111 of this title.\n 2. "Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve" shall mean the …

§ 57-0109. Establishment of Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve;\n core preservation area and compatible growth area.\n 1. The region encompassing and distinguished by the Peconic Bay\nsystem, lands which gather and transmit precipitation as either\ngroundwater or runoff in…

§ 57-0111. Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve council.\n 1. There is hereby established, within the department, a Long Island\nPine Barrens maritime reserve council to help local governments and the\nstate coordinate the efforts of all municipal, county, state and federal\…

§ 57-0113. Duties of the council.\n The council shall have the following powers and duties:\n 1. to conduct scientific and environmental studies;\n 2. to review and approve proposed dedications of lands to the Long\nIsland Pine Barrens maritime preserve and recommend additional\n…

§ 57-0115. Comprehensive management plan.\n 1. The council shall, after holding public hearings, prepare and adopt\na comprehensive management plan for the Long Island Pine Barrens\nmaritime reserve, which the state and local governments may adopt. Such\nplan shall include, but n…

§ 57-0117. Dedications to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve;\n legislative protection.\n 1. The commissioner shall maintain a record of the boundaries of the\nlands which have been dedicated to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve\nin text and depicted on a map.\n 2. Land ow…

§ 57-0119. Central Pine Barrens joint planning and policy commission.\n 1. It is hereby found, determined and declared that the Long Island\nCentral Pine Barrens area is a major resource area of statewide\nsignificance where the hydrological and ecological integrity is\nendangere…

§ 57-0121. Central Pine Barrens comprehensive land use plan; interim\n regulations.\n 1. As soon as practicable and within twelve months of the effective\ndate of this section, the commission shall, after consultation with the\nadvisory committee, prepare or cause to be prepared …

§ 57-0123. Implementation of the Central Pine Barrens comprehensive land\n use plan.\n 1. Within three months after the land use plan has been adopted by the\ncommission, each town board and village board with jurisdiction within\nthe Central Pine Barrens area shall adopt and ame…

§ 57-0125. Addition of towns.\n 1. The legislature finds that in order to facilitate regional planning\nfor Long Island, local governments within the reserve but located\noutside of the Central Pine Barrens area may similarly benefit from the\nplanning effort undertaken by the co…

§ 57-0127. Cooperation of state and municipal agencies.\n The council may request and shall be provided with such cooperation,\nassistance, services and data, from any department, agency, advisory\nboard, task force, commission, bureau or any other agency having\njurisdiction ove…

§ 57-0129. Acceptance of monies.\n The council may accept any grant or appropriation from federal, state\nand municipal sources and any gift for use to carry out the provisions\nof this title. Such monies shall be expended by the council to carry out\nthe provisions of this title…

§ 57-0131. Limitations on regulation of hunting, fishing and recreation\n activities; nonregulation of federal conservation\n activities.\n Nothing in this title shall be interpreted to authorize the regulation\nof hunting, shellfishing, fishing, trapping, possession of wildlife …

§ 57-0133. Affect on other laws.\n Except as otherwise provided in the provisions of this title, this\ntitle shall not affect:\n 1. the police powers, local planning powers, zoning powers or\nauthority to regulate land uses by villages and towns within the Long\nIsland Pine Barre…

§ 57-0135. Judicial review.\n Any person aggrieved by a final determination by any governing body\nacting under this title, may within thirty days from the date of such\ndetermination seek judicial review pursuant to article seventy-eight of\nthe civil practice law and rules in t…

§ 57-0136. Penalties and enforcement.\n 1. Violations. (a) All of the rights and remedies provided for in this\nsection are in addition to all of the rights and remedies available to\nthe villages and towns located within the "Central Pine Barrens Area" as\nspecifically defined i…

§ 57-0137. Severability.\n The provisions of this title shall be severable and if any portion\nthereof or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances\nshall be held invalid, the remainder of this title and the application\nthereof shall not be affected thereby.\n

§ 57-0201. Short title.\n This title shall be known and may be cited as the "Peconic Bay region\nwatershed protection act".\n

§ 57-0203. Definitions.\n 1. "Study area" shall mean those lands within the Long Island Pine\nBarrens maritime reserve designated by a town for study in order to\nprotect groundwater and surface watersheds within the Peconic estuary\nwatershed.\n 2. "Protection area" shall mean t…

§ 57-0205. Plan contents.\n 1. Protection areas. The plan shall provide for protection areas\nwithin the study area that are designed to protect and preserve\nwatershed functions in the Peconic Bay watershed by:\n (a) preserving lands in their natural state;\n (b) promoting compa…

§ 57-0207. Plan adoption.\n 1. After completion of a draft plan consistent with the requirements\nof section 57-0205 of this title, the town board shall hold a public\nhearing on said draft plan upon not less than ten days notice to the\npublic. Notice shall be provided in the sa…

§ 57-0209. Plan implementation.\n 1. Implementation of the final plan shall be accomplished by a local\nlaw which amends the zoning and other codes of the town to conform to\nthe recommendations of the plan.\n 2. Where the town seeks the benefits from the state of defense,\nattor…

§ 57-0211. State funding.\n Projects which implement the plan, including the acquisition of\ninterests in real property for the purpose of protecting open spaces or\nopen areas where such properties are part of the state open space plan,\nshall be eligible for state funding under…

§ 57-0213. Defense, attorneys' fees, court costs.\n 1. For each town adopting a local law implementing regulations in the\nprotection areas consistent with this title, there shall be a defense by\nthe state against any damages, losses, costs, or expenses of any kind or\nnature in…

§ 58-0101. Definitions.\n As used in this article the following terms shall mean and include:\n 1. "Bonds" shall mean general obligation bonds issued pursuant to the\n"clean water, clean air, and green jobs environmental bond act of 2022 "\nin accordance with article VII of the N…

§ 58-0103. Allocation of moneys.\n The moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to\nthe environmental bond act of 2022 shall be disbursed in the following\namounts pursuant to appropriations as specifically provided for in\ntitles three, five, seven, and nine …

§ 58-0105. Powers and duties.\n In implementing the provisions of this article the department is\nhereby authorized to:\n 1. Administer funds generated pursuant to the "clean water, clean air,\nand green jobs environmental bond act of 2022 ".\n 2. In the name of the state, as fur…

§ 58-0107. Powers and duties of a municipality.\n A municipality shall have the power and authority to:\n 1. Undertake and carry out any project for which state assistance\npayments pursuant to contract are received or are to be received\npursuant to this article and maintain and…

§ 58-0109. Consistency with federal tax law.\n All actions undertaken pursuant to this article shall be reviewed for\nconsistency with provisions of the federal internal revenue code and\nregulations thereunder, in accordance with procedures established in\nconnection with the is…

§ 58-0111. Compliance with other law.\n Every recipient of funds to be made available pursuant to this article\nshall comply with all applicable state, federal and local laws.\n

§ 58-0301. Allocation of moneys.\n Of the moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to\nthe environmental bond act of 2022, not less than one billion one\nhundred million dollars ($1,100,000,000) shall be available for\ndisbursements for restoration and flood r…

§ 58-0303. Programs, plans and projects.\n 1. Eligible restoration and flood risk reduction projects include, but\nare not limited to costs associated with:\n a. (1) projects identified in state and regional management and\nrestoration programs and plans including but not limited…

§ 58-0501. Allocation of moneys.\n Of the moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to\nthe environmental bond act of 2022 to be used for open space land\nconservation and recreation projects, up to six hundred fifty million\ndollars ($650,000,000) shall be ava…

§ 58-0503. Programs, plans and projects.\n 1. Eligible open space working lands conservation and recreation\nprojects include, but are not limited to:\n a. costs associated with open space land conservation projects;\n b. costs associated with purchasing conservation easements to…

§ 58-0701. Allocation of moneys.\n Of the moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to\nthe environmental bond act of 2022, up to one billion five hundred\nmillion dollars ($1,500,000,000) shall be made available for\ndisbursements for climate change mitigation…

§ 58-0703. Programs, plans and projects.\n 1. Eligible climate change mitigation projects include, but are not\nlimited to:\n a. costs associated with green building projects, projects that\nincrease energy efficiency or the use or siting of renewable energy on\nstate-owned build…

§ 58-0901. Allocation of moneys.\n Of the moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to\nthe environmental bond act of 2022 for disbursements for state\nassistance for water quality improvement projects as defined by title\none of this article, not less than six…

§ 58-0903. Programs, plans and projects.\n 1. Eligible water quality improvement project costs include, but are\nnot limited to:\n a. costs associated with grants to municipalities for projects that\nreduce or control storm water runoff, using green infrastructure where\npractica…

§ 58-1101. Benefits of funds.\n The department shall make every effort practicable to achieve a goal\nthat forty percent of the funds pursuant to this article benefit\ndisadvantaged communities; however, disadvantaged communities shall\nreceive no less than thirty-five percent of…

§ 58-1103. Reporting.\n 1. No later than sixty days following the end of each fiscal year,\neach department, agency, public benefit corporation, and public\nauthority receiving an allocation or allocations of appropriation\nfinanced from the clean water, clean air, and green jobs…