Title ENV, Environmental Conservation

§ 17-1105. Conflicting laws.\n Titles 1 to 11, inclusive, and title 19 of this article shall not be\nconstrued as repealing any of the laws relating to the pollution of the\nwaters of the state not herein expressly repealed, but shall be held and\nconstrued as ancillary to and su…

§ 17-1107. Other Environmental Conservation Laws to remain in effect.\n Nothing contained in titles 1 to 11, inclusive, and title 19 of this\narticle shall be construed as amending or repealing sections 11-0503 or\n13-0345 and any parts of said sections inconsistent with the prov…

§ 17-1301. Approval of marine toilet pollution control devices and\n establishing effluent standards therefor.\n The department shall have all the functions, powers, obligations and\nduties, regarding approval of marine toilet pollution control devices\nand establishing effluent …

§ 17-1401. Purpose.\n It is the purpose of this title to safeguard the waters of the state\nfrom nonpoint source pollution by controlling and abating new and\nexisting sources of nonpoint source pollution.\n

§ 17-1403. Definitions.\n As used in this title:\n 1. "Best management practices" means methods, measures or practices\ndetermined to be the most practical and effective in preventing or\nreducing the impact of pollutants generated by nonpoint sources to a\nlevel compatible with …

§ 17-1405. Inventory.\n 1. Within eighteen months of the effective date of this title the\ncommissioner, in cooperation with the state soil and water conservation\ncommittee, shall prepare a report which:\n a. identifies those water bodies within the state which, without\nadditio…

§ 17-1407. Priority nonpoint source pollution.\n From the inventory developed pursuant to section 17-1405 of this title\nthe commissioner, after consultation with the state soil and water\nconservation committee, shall develop a prioritized list of water\nbodies, management of wh…

§ 17-1409. State assistance for non-agricultural nonpoint source\n abatement and control projects.\n 1. Subject to the availability of funds appropriated therefor, a\nmatching grant program is established to fund the costs of implementing\nnonpoint source abatement and control pr…

§ 17-1411. Regulations.\n The commissioner may promulgate regulations necessary to effectuate\nthe purposes of section 17-1409 of this title including, but not limited\nto, regulations setting forth criteria for submission and processing of\ngrant applications, components of best…

§ 17-1501. Definitions.\n 1. As used in sections 17-1501 to 17-1505, inclusive, and sections\n17-1509 and 17-1511, the word "subdivision" shall mean any tract of land\nwhich is divided into five or more parcels, after the effective date of\nthis act, along any existing or propose…

§ 17-1503. Local regulations.\n 1. Any city or county which has established or establishes a city,\ncounty or part-county department of health may adopt regulations for the\ncontrol of such developments. Regulations adopted by a county or city\nboard of health may include, but no…

§ 17-1505. Plans required to be filed and approved.\n 1. No subdivision or portion thereof shall be sold, offered for sale,\nleased or rented by any corporation, company or person, and no permanent\nbuilding shall be erected thereon, until a plan or map of such\nsubdivision shall…

§ 17-1507. Filing fees to accompany plans.\n 1. At the time of submitting a plan for approval as required by this\ntitle, a filing fee computed at the rate of one dollar and seventy-five\ncents per lot shall be paid to the department or to the city, county or\npart-county health …

§ 17-1509. Cooperation with the Department of Health.\n Notwithstanding any other provision of this title the Commissioner of\nEnvironmental Conservation is empowered to make administrative\narrangements with the Commissioner of Health for joint or cooperative\nadministration of …

§ 17-1511. Duty of county clerk or register in respect to filing of\n plans and map.\n The county clerk or register shall not file nor record nor accept for\nfiling or recording any map or plat showing a subdivision of land in any\ntown, village or city having a population of les…

§ 17-1513. Remedy for purchaser of one parcel of unapproved realty\n subdivision.\n 1. The owner of a parcel of land acquired as one parcel for\nresidential purposes may apply to the department or local health\ndepartment having jurisdiction for a certificate approving the sewage…

§ 17-1515. Regulation by commissioner.\n The commissioner may from time to time establish by rule or regulation\nstandards for subdivisions necessary to effect the purposes of this\ntitle and not inconsistent with regulations of a city, county or\npart-county department of health…

* § 17-1701. Definition of sewage; discharge of sewage and other matter\n into certain waters prohibited.\n 1. For the purposes of this title sewage shall be defined as any\nsubstance, solid or liquid that contains any of the waste products or\nexcrementitious or other wastes or …

§ 17-1703. Contamination of salt wells.\n It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully place, introduce or\ncause to flow or enter into any spring, brook or body of water, which is\nused in the manufacture of salt, or into any salt well, or salt mine, or\ninto any cavity or re…

§ 17-1704. Discharge of sewage and other offensive matter from new or\n renovated wastewater disposal systems to the surface waters\n of the Owasco lake watershed extending from the city dam on\n the outlet to the existing Moravia village outfall sewer on\n the inlet are prohibit…

* § 17-1705. Discharge of sewage into Wallkill Creek prohibited.\n No person or corporation shall permit the discharge or escape of any\nsewage, or other matter deleterious to public health, or destructive to\nfish, or throw or cast any dead animal, carrion or offal, or other\npu…

* § 17-1707. Discharge of sewage into the Susquehanna near Binghamton\n prohibited.\n 1. No person or corporation shall cause to fall, flow or discharge\ninto the Susquehanna river or any of its tributaries, between the Rock\nBottom dam in such river at the city of Binghamton, an…

§ 17-1709. Discharge of sewage and other offensive matter into Lake\n George and Skaneateles lake prohibited.\n 1. No person or corporation shall cause or permit the fall, flow or\ndischarge into Lake George or Skaneateles lake or any of their\ntributaries, of any sewage matter, …

§ 17-1710. Deposit of garbage or other refuse on or in waters of the\n Owasco lake watershed extending from the city dam on the\n outlet to the existing Moravia village outfall sewer on the\n inlet is prohibited.\n No person or corporation shall deposit, dump, throw, abandon, dis…

§ 17-1711. Deposit of garbage or other refuse on or in waters of Lake\n George and Skaneateles lake and their tributaries\n prohibited.\n No person shall deposit, dump, throw, abandon, discard or place, or\ncause to be deposited, dumped, thrown, abandoned, discarded or placed\nup…

* § 17-1713. Discharge of sewage and other offensive matter into Brant\n Lake, Loon Lake, Friends Lake and Schroon Lake\n prohibited.\n 1. No person or corporation shall cause or permit the fall, flow or\ndischarge into Brant lake, Loon lake or Friends lake in the county of\nWarr…

* § 17-1715. Discharge of sewage and other offensive matter into Oneida\n Lake prohibited.\n 1. No person or corporation shall cause or permit the fall, flow or\ndischarge into Oneida lake or any of its tributaries of any sewage\nmatter, or other foul, noxious or deleterious, sol…

* § 17-1717. Order to discontinue pollution of waters.\n 1. Whenever the commissioner shall determine upon investigation that\nsewage from any city, village, town, building, steamboat or other\nvessel, or property, or any garbage, offal or any decomposable or\nputrescible matter …

* § 17-1719. Actions by municipalities to prevent discharge of sewage\n into waters.\n 1. Any incorporated city or village in the state of New York, which\nhas made such provision for the disposal of its sewage as not to pollute\nor contaminate therewith any river, stream, lake o…

* § 17-1721. Reports of municipal authorities to local boards of health.\n 1. The report of the public authorities having by law charge of the\nsewer system of every municipality in the state, from which sewer system\nsewage was being discharged into any of the waters of the stat…

* § 17-1723. Reports of proprietors of industrial establishments.\n 1. The report of the proprietor of every shop, factory, mill and\nindustrial establishment in the state, from which refuse or waste matter\nwas being discharged into any of the waters of the state on May 7, 1903,…

* § 17-1725. Permission to discharge sewage.\n 1. Upon application duly made to the commissioner by the public\nauthorities having by law the charge of the sewer system of any\nmunicipality, the commissioner shall have power to consider the case of\na sewer system otherwise prohi…

* § 17-1727. Permission to discharge refuse or waste matter from\n industrial establishments.\n 1. Upon application duly made to the commissioner by the proprietor,\nlessee or tenant of any shop, factory, mill or industrial establishment\nfrom which the discharge of refuse or was…

* § 17-1729. Permits for conduit or discharge pipes.\n 1. Before any conduit or discharge pipe, or other means of discharging\nor casting any refuse or waste matter from any shop, factory, mill or\nindustrial establishment not constructed or in process of construction\non May 7, …

* 17-1731. Revocation or modification of permits.\n 1. Every permit for the discharge of sewage from a sewer system or for\nthe discharge of refuse or waste matter from a shop, factory, mill or\nindustrial establishment, shall when necessary to conserve the public\nhealth, be rev…

* § 17-1733. Record of permits; inspection of local boards of health.\n 1. Each local board of health shall preserve in its office and on a\nform prescribed by the commissioner, a permanent record of the\nfollowing:\n a. Each permit issued by the commissioner granting the right t…

* § 17-1735. Violations; service of notice; actions.\n 1. The board of health of each municipality shall promptly ascertain\nevery violation of, or noncompliance with, any of the provisions of\nsection 17-1701 or of the permits for the discharge of sewage or refuse\nor waste mate…

* § 17-1737. Legal construction and limitations; riparian owners.\n Nothing in titles 15 and 17 of this article shall be construed to\ndiminish or otherwise to modify the common law rights of riparian owners\nin the quality of waters of streams covered by such rights, nor in the\…

§ 17-1739. Repeal of provisions.\n The provisions of sections 17-1701, 17-1705, 17-1707, 17-1713 to\n17-1737, inclusive, and 71-1925, shall remain in force and effect only\nuntil September 1, 1973.\n

§ 17-1741. Sewerage; construction; villages.\n 1. Whenever any local board of health in any incorporated village\nshall deem the sewers of such village insufficient to properly and\nsafely sewer such village, and protect the public health, it shall\ncertify such fact in writing, …

§ 17-1743. Reporting of spills of liquids stored in bulk.\n Any person who is the owner of or in actual or constructive possession\nor control of more than one thousand one hundred gallons, in bulk, of\nany liquid, including petroleum, which, if released, discharged or\nspilled w…

§ 17-1745. Sewage from vessels.\n 1. Definitions. (a) "Dump station" means any facility designed to\nreceive sewage from any portable toilet carried on any vessel.\n (b) "Marine holding tank" means any container aboard any vessel that\nis designed and used for the purpose of coll…

§ 17-1901. Comprehensive studies and reports: definitions; state aid;\n powers and duties of the commissioner; powers of the\n municipalities.\n 1. As used in this section:\n a. "Comprehensive study and report" means an engineering study for the\ndevelopment of economical project…

§ 17-1903. Contracts for construction of sewage treatment works.\n 1. As used in this section:\n a. "Sewage treatment works" means a facility for the purpose of\ntreating, neutralizing or stabilizing sewage, including treatment or\ndisposal plants, the necessary intercepting, out…

§ 17-1905. Operation and maintenance of sewage treatment works.\n 1. As used in this section:\n a. "Operation and maintenance" means and includes all direct costs for\nlabor, direct supervision, vehicles, vessels, supplies, materials, fuel,\nlubricants, power, and similar costs, …

§ 17-1907. Contracts for construction of sewer systems.\n 1. As used in this section:\n a. "Construction" means and includes the building, installation, or\nextension of a sewer system; the inspection and supervision thereof; the\nengineering, legal, fiscal and economic investiga…

§ 17-1909. Water pollution control revolving fund agreements.\n 1. As used in this section:\n a. "Allocation" means the amount of moneys allocated to reduce a\nmunicipality's or group of municipalities' total financing costs for one\nor more eligible projects.\n b. "Construction"…

§ 17-2101. Definitions.\n As used in this title:\n 1. "Compost" means the biologically stable humus-like material derived\nfrom composting or the aerobic, thermophilic decomposition of organic\nmatter.\n 2. "Fertilizer" means the same as "specialty fertilizer" as defined in\nsect…

§ 17-2103. Sale or use of phosphorus fertilizer restricted.\n 1. No person shall apply or authorize any person by way of service\ncontract or other arrangement to apply in this state any phosphorus\nfertilizer on lawn or non-agricultural turf, except when:\n (a) A soil test indic…

§ 17-2105. Local fertilizer regulation.\n A local government may enact more stringent standards for the\napplication of fertilizer for lawn and non-agricultural turf than\nestablished in this title, provided, however, that any local government\nthat enacts such standards after Ja…