Title ENV, Environmental Conservation

§ 19-0923. Severability. The provisions of this title shall be severable, and if any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision or part of this title shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not effect, impair or invalidate the rem…

§ 19-1101. Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "motor vehicle" shall mean a passenger vehicle, light-duty truck with a gross vehicle weight of eighty-five hundred pounds or less, or any other vehicle determined by t…

§ 19-1103. Vehicle global warming index labels. 1. No model year two thousand ten or subsequent model year motor vehicle shall be sold in this state unless there is securely and conspicuously affixed in a clearly visible location, a label on which the manufacturer shall endorse c…

§ 19-1105. Regulations. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate rules and/or regulations specifying labeling requirements necessary for the implementation of this title provided, however, that any such rules and/or regulations may allow for the use of lab…

§ 21-0101. New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact. The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact as first entered into pursuant to chapter 764 of the laws of 1949, and as reenacted by chapter 475 of the laws of 1961, is hereby continued. The compact i…

§ 21-0103. Membership on commission. The state shall be represented on the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission by five commissioners to be appointed by the Governor. One shall be the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation, one shall be an officer of the …

§ 21-0105. Budget. The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission shall submit annually, in accordance with the laws and practice of this state, to the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation for study and consideration by such commissioner, an estimate of money…

§ 21-0107. State contribution. The state agrees to contribute to the commission such annual amount as may be required for its several purposes under the terms of such compact, within appropriations therefor.

§ 21-0109. Examination of accounts. The state Comptroller is hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its receipts, disbursements and such other items referring to its financial standing as such Comptroller m…

§ 21-0111. Inconsistent provisions. No provision of the Public Health Law and no provision of the Environmental Conservation Law, if such provision of the Environmental Conservation Law was derived from a provision of the Public Health Law, which is inconsistent with the provisio…

§ 21-0113. Appraisal. On August 15, 1964, and at intervals of four years thereafter, the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation shall evaluate the role of the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission with respect to the interstate waters of concern to New Yor…

§ 21-0115. Additional powers. 1. The state reaffirms its support of the cooperative approach to the abatement and control of water pollution as embodied in the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact. In view of the increases in population concentrations, the growi…

§ 21-0117. Water quality network. 1. The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, in cooperation with the state and such other states signatory to the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact as may participate, shall establish and maintain a water…

§ 21-0301. Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact. The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact, as first enacted by chapter 776 of the laws of 1939, and as reenacted by chapter 472 of the laws of 1961, is hereby continued. The compact is as follows: OHIO RIVER VALLEY WATER…

§ 21-0303. Joinder by Virginia. The state of New York hereby consents that the state of Virginia may become a party to and a signatory state of the compact described in the preceding section as fully as though such state had been expressly named therein.

§ 21-0305. Commissioners; cooperation by departments and officers. 1. In pursuance of article four of said compact, there shall be three members (hereinafter called commissioners) of the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (hereinafter called commission) from the state …

§ 21-0307. Jurisdiction of court; powers of Attorney-General and other law enforcement officers. The supreme court of the state of New York is hereby granted the jurisdiction specified in article nine of said compact, and the Attorney-General and any other law enforcement officer…

§ 21-0309. Powers to be additional. Any powers herein granted to the commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any other powers vested in said commission by other laws of the state of New York or by any other jurisdiction, or b…

§ 21-0311. Financial examination; recommendations. 1. The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the Governor and the legislature of the state of New York, on or before the tenth day of January in each year, setting forth in …

§ 21-0313. Budget. 1. The commission shall submit annually, in accordance with the laws and practice of this state to the Governor, for study and consideration by him, an estimate of moneys required to administer, manage and support the commission. Such estimate shall include any…

§ 21-0315. Inconsistent provisions. No provision of the Public Health Law and no provision of the Environmental Conservation Law, if such provision of the Environmental Conservation Law was derived from a provision of the Public Health Law, which is inconsistent with the provisio…

§ 21-0317. Evaluation. On August 15, 1964, and at intervals of four years thereafter, the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation shall evaluate the role of the commission with respect to the waters within and commingled with those in New York over which the commission has jur…

§ 21-0501. Tri-state compact. The tri-state compact as first entered into pursuant to chapter 4 of the laws of 1936, as reenacted by chapter 476 of the laws of 1961, and as amended by chapter 1046 of the laws of 1969, is hereby continued. The compact is as follows: TRI-STATE COMP…

§ 21-0503. Commissioners. 1. The Governor shall, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint four commissioners to the interstate environmental commission created by the tri-state compact, each of whom shall be a resident voter of the state of New York. The Commissi…

§ 21-0505. Cooperation of other officers and agencies. All state and municipal departments, commissions, boards and bodies having to do with the waters of the state shall cooperate with the commission and shall furnish to the commission such information as the commission shall re…

§ 21-0507. Enforcement proceedings. Whenever the interstate environmental commission shall be of the opinion that any person, association or corporation, municipal or otherwise, within the district is failing or omitting, or about to fail or omit to do anything required of it by …

§ 21-0509. Powers to be additional; inconsistent provisions. Any powers herein granted to the interstate environmental commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to, and in no case a limitation upon, any other powers legally vested in said commission. No provision…

§ 21-0511. Further pollution. No person, firm or corporation, municipal or otherwise, shall create, establish, cause or maintain any source of pollution within the district, not existing on April 1, 1935; provided, however, that after hearing and investigation on application of s…

§ 21-0513. Hearings. Whenever the commission shall determine upon investigation that sewage or other polluting matter from any city, village, town, county, borough, municipality or other entity, as defined in the compact, building, steamboat, or other vessel, or any garbage, offa…

§ 21-0515. Preparation of plan; consultation. The commission may prepare a general plan of the most practicable and economical method of securing conformity with the standards set forth in the compact, having in view the future growth and development of the district, and to that …

§ 21-0517. Report and recommendations. The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the Governor and the legislature of this state on or before the twenty-fifth day of January in each year, setting forth in detail the transacti…

§ 21-0519. Budget. 1. The interstate environmental commission shall submit annually to the Governor in accordance with the laws and practice of this state, for study and consideration by him, an estimate of moneys required to administer, manage and support the commission during t…

§ 21-0521. Financial examination. The Comptroller of the state of New York is hereby authorized and empowered, from time to time, to examine the accounts and books of the commission including its receipts, disbursements and such other items referring to its financial standing as …

§ 21-0523. Evaluation. On August 15, l964, and at intervals of four years thereafter, the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation shall evaluate the role of the commission with respect to the waters within and commingled with those in New York, and any other matter over which …

§ 21-0525. Interstate air pollution. When the state of New Jersey shall have enacted legislation of substantially similar import and for so long as such legislation of the state of New Jersey remains in force, the interstate environmental commission shall, in addition to its othe…

§ 21-0701. Delaware river basin compact. The Delaware river basin compact as first entered into pursuant to chapter 148 of the laws of 1961, as renumbered by chapter 801 of the laws of 1962, and as amended by chapter 262 of the laws of 1970, is hereby continued as follows: The De…

§ 21-0703. Commissioner and alternate. 1. As provided in the second subdivision of section two of article two of the compact, the Governor shall be this state's member on the commission established thereby. The Governor shall appoint an officer of the Department of Environmental …

§ 21-0705. Advisors. 1. The member of the Delaware river basin commission from this state shall have an advisor as contemplated by subdivision six of section two of article two of the compact. Such advisor shall be the mayor of the city of New York or his designee, but no designe…

§ 21-0707. Consent to alteration of diversions. 1. Consent of this state to the impairment, diminution or other adverse effect on diversions, compensating releases, rights, conditions, obligations, and provisions for the administration thereof as contemplated by subdivision three…

§ 21-0709. Jurisdiction of courts. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the phrase "court of competent jurisdiction" as used in the compact shall, with reference to this state, mean the supreme court, and said court is hereby given all necessary and appropriate juris…

§ 21-0711. Prior to project approval. No project requiring a license, permit or other approval by any agency or officer of this state, or any subdivision thereof, shall be given any such license, permit, or approval, if such project requires approval of the Delaware river basin c…

§ 21-0713. Agreements with municipalities. Any city, county, town or village within the "basin", as that term is defined in the compact, shall have power to make agreements to provide technical and financial aid as contemplated by paragraph (b) of subdivision two of section six o…

§ 21-0715. Delegations of power. No agency or officer of this state or any subdivision thereof shall accept or exercise any delegation of power pursuant to subdivision one of section ten of article ten of the compact unless, in the absence of the compact, it would have the consti…

§ 21-0716. Report and recommendations of department. The department shall submit to the governor and the legislature of this state on or before the twenty-fifth day of January, nineteen hundred seventy-eight, and every year thereafter, a detailed examination and evaluation of the…

§ 21-0717. Cooperative services. Departments, agencies and officers shall provide technical and administrative services to the Delaware river basin commission upon request, within the limits of available appropriations and shall cooperate generally with said commission for the pu…

§ 21-0719. Budget. The Delaware river basin commission shall submit annually to the Director of the Budget, in accordance with the rules and practice of the state, for study and consideration by such Director, an estimate of moneys required to administer, manage and support the c…

§ 21-0721. Audit. Pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision eleven of section fourteen of article fourteen of the compact, the State Comptroller is hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its receipts, disbur…

§ 21-0723. Inconsistent laws. No provision of this chapter or of any other law, which is inconsistent with the provisions of the compact shill be applicable to the Delaware river basin commission or to any matter governed by the compact.

§ 21-0901. Great Lakes Basin Compact. The Great Lakes Basin Compact, as first enacted by chapter 643 of the laws of l960, as reenacted by chapter 473 of the laws of 1961, and as renumbered by chapter 73 of the laws of l962, is hereby continued. The compact is as follows: The part…

§ 21-0903. Representation on the commission. In pursuance of article four of the compact there shall be five commissioners. One shall be the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation or, if designated by him, one of his principal deputies. The other four commissioners shall be d…