Title ENV, Environmental Conservation

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

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

§ 56-0603. State clean-fueled vehicle projects. 1. The office of general services is authorized, consistent with the strategy developed pursuant to subdivision three of section two hundred one-a of the executive law, to conduct a project to acquire clean-fueled vehicles and to de…

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

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

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

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

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

§ 57-0103. Legislative declaration. The legislature hereby declares it to be in the public interest to protect and manage the Pine Barrens-Peconic Bay system, in the county of Suffolk, by establishing a Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve. It is further in the public intere…

§ 57-0105. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds that eastern Long Island contains a maritime region of statewide importance known as the Pine Barrens-Peconic Bay system. The legislature finds that within the Pine Barrens-Peconic Bay system the federal, st…

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

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

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

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

§ 57-0115. Comprehensive management plan. 1. The council shall, after holding public hearings, prepare and adopt a comprehensive management plan for the Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve, which the state and local governments may adopt. Such plan shall include, but not be…

§ 57-0117. Dedications to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve; legislative protection. 1. The commissioner shall maintain a record of the boundaries of the lands which have been dedicated to the Long Island Pine Barrens preserve in text and depicted on a map. 2. Land owned by t…

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

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

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

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

§ 57-0127. Cooperation of state and municipal agencies. The council may request and shall be provided with such cooperation, assistance, services and data, from any department, agency, advisory board, task force, commission, bureau or any other agency having jurisdiction over lan…

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

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

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

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

§ 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. The provisions of this title shall be severable and if any portion thereof or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of this title and the application thereof shall not be affected thereby.

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

§ 57-0203. Definitions. 1. "Study area" shall mean those lands within the Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve designated by a town for study in order to protect groundwater and surface watersheds within the Peconic estuary watershed. 2. "Protection area" shall mean those la…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 58-0109. Consistency with federal tax law. All actions undertaken pursuant to this article shall be reviewed for consistency with provisions of the federal internal revenue code and regulations thereunder, in accordance with procedures established in connection with the issuanc…

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

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

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

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

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

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

§ 58-0703. Programs, plans and projects. 1. Eligible climate change mitigation projects include, but are not limited to: a. costs associated with green building projects, projects that increase energy efficiency or the use or siting of renewable energy on state-owned buildings or…

§ 58-0901. Allocation of moneys. Of the moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant to the environmental bond act of 2022 for disbursements for state assistance for water quality improvement projects as defined by title one of this article, not less than six hund…

§ 58-0903. Programs, plans and projects. 1. Eligible water quality improvement project costs include, but are not limited to: a. costs associated with grants to municipalities for projects that reduce or control storm water runoff, using green infrastructure where practicable; b.…

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

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