Title ENV, Environmental Conservation

§ 21-0905. Budget.\n 1. The Great Lakes Commission shall submit annually to the\nCommissioner of Environmental Conservation, in accordance with the laws\nand practice of this state, for study and consideration by such\ncommissioner, an estimate of moneys required to administer, m…

§ 21-0907. Examination of commission accounts.\n In accordance with paragraph F of article five of the compact, the\nstate Comptroller is hereby authorized and empowered from time to time\nto examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its\nreceipts, disbursements…

§ 21-0909. Transmittal of documents.\n The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to transmit a\nduly authenticated copy of this title and the act by which it has been\nadded to the Environmental Conservation Law to each jurisdiction party\nto the compact.\n

§ 21-0911. Inconsistent provisions.\n No provision of the Conservation Law, and no provision of the\nEnvironmental Conservation Law, if such provision of the Environmental\nConservation Law was derived from a provision of the Conservation Law,\nwhich is inconsistent with the prov…

§ 21-0913. Appraisal of commission.\n On August 15, 1964, and at intervals of four years thereafter, the\nCommissioner of Environmental Conservation shall evaluate the role of\nthe Great Lakes Commission with respect to the interests of this state\nin the Great Lakes, and shall r…

§ 21-0915. Termination.\n In accordance with article eight of the compact, termination of the\nparticipation of this state in such compact shall be evidenced by repeal\nof this title. Notice of intention to withdraw from the compact shall be\nexecuted and transmitted by the Gover…

§ 21-0917. The Great Lakes Basin advisory council.\n 1. As used in this section:\n a. "Great Lakes Basin" means the watershed of the Great Lakes and the\nSt. Lawrence River, upstream from Trois Rivieres, Quebec, consisting in\nNew York State of the Lake Erie, Niagara River, Lake …

§ 21-1001. The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources\n Compact.\n GREAT LAKES-ST. LAWRENCE RIVER BASIN WATER RESOURCES COMPACT\n ARTICLE 1\n SHORT TITLE, DEFINITIONS, PURPOSES AND DURATION\n Section 1.1. Short Title. This act shall be known and may be cited as\nthe…

§ 21-1003. Rules and regulations.\n The department is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations\nnecessary to implement and administer this title.\n

§ 21-1005. Report and recommendations of department.\n The department shall submit to the governor and the legislature on\nor before the first day of the January next succeeding the approval of\nthe Compact its recommendations for any legislative action deemed by the\ndepartment …

§ 21-1007. The Great Lakes Basin advisory council; convening.\n 1. Not later than three months after the effective date of this\nsection, the commissioner shall convene the Great Lakes Basin advisory\ncouncil pursuant to section 21-0917 of this article.\n 2. The advisory council …

§ 21-1009. Grievances.\n 1. For the purposes of section 7.3 of the Compact, a person shall be\naggrieved only when they have exhausted all rights and remedies afforded\npursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules\nand:\n a. there is interference with a p…

§ 21-1101. Champlain basin compact.\n The Champlain basin compact as first entered into pursuant to chapter\n905 of the laws of 1966, is hereby continued as follows:\n THE CHAMPLAIN BASIN COMPACT\n ARTICLE 1--PURPOSE\n 1.1 The signatory parties agree that there is need for a regi…

§ 21-1103. State member of the basin panel and representative; planning\n members.\n 1. As provided in the third subdivision of section three of article\nthree of the compact the Governor shall be this state's member on the\nbasin panel established thereby or shall appoint a repr…

§ 21-1105. Advisors.\n The Department of Environmental Conservation shall provide an advisory\ncommittee who together with the state Commissioner of Commerce and the\ndirector of the office of regional development shall constitute an\nadvisory committee with whom the members of t…

§ 21-1107. Cooperative services.\n Departments, agencies and officers shall provide technical and\nadministrative services to the interstate commission on the Lake\nChamplain basin upon request.\n

§ 21-1109. Budget.\n The interstate commission on the Lake Champlain basin shall submit\nannually to the Director of the Budget, in accordance with the rules and\npractice of the state, for study and consideration by such Director, an\nestimate of moneys required to administer, m…

§ 21-1111. Audit.\n Pursuant to subdivision five of article four of the compact, the state\nComptroller is hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to\nexamine the accounts and books of the commission, including its\nreceipts, disbursements and such other items referring…

§ 21-1113. Inconsistent laws.\n No provision of this chapter or of any other law, which is\ninconsistent with the provisions of the compact shall be applicable to\nthe interstate commission on the Lake Champlain basin or to any matters\ngoverned by the compact.\n

§ 21-1301. Susquehanna river basin compact.\n The Susquehanna river basin compact as first entered into pursuant to\nchapter 785 of the laws of 1967, is hereby continued as follows:\n SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMPACT\n Preamble\nWhereas the signatory parties hereto recognize the w…

§ 21-1303. Member and alternate.\n 1. As provided in section 2.2 of the compact, the Governor or his\ndesignee shall be this state's member on the commission established\nthereby. An officer of the Department of Environmental Conservation\nshall be appointed as the designee if on…

§ 21-1305. Advisory committee.\n The Department of Environmental Conservation shall provide an advisory\ncommittee with whom the member of the Susquehanna river basin commission\nfrom this state may consult with respect to the conduct of New York\nparticipation in the compact.\n

§ 21-1307. Consent to alteration of diversion.\n 1. Consent of the member from this state to the impairment,\ndiminution, or other adverse effect on diversions, compensating\nreleases, rights, conditions, obligations and provisions for the\nadministration thereof as contemplated …

§ 21-1309. Jurisdiction of courts.\n Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the phrase "court of\ncompetent jurisdiction" as used in the compact shall mean, with\nreference to courts of this state, the supreme court, and said court is\nhereby given all necessary and ap…

§ 21-1311. Prior project approval.\n No project requiring license, permit or other approval by any agency\nor officer of this state, or any subdivision thereof, shall be given any\nfinal license, permit or approval, by such agency or officer of this\nstate if such project require…

§ 21-1313. Delegations of power.\n No agency or officer of this state or any subdivision thereof shall\naccept or exercise any delegation of power pursuant to section 11.1 of\nthe compact unless, in the absence of the compact, it would have the\nconstitutional or statutory power …

§ 21-1315. Cooperative services.\n Departments, agencies and officers shall provide technical and\nadministrative services to the Susquehanna river basin commission upon\nrequest within the limits of available appropriations and shall\ncooperate generally with said commission for…

§ 21-1316. Report and recommendations of department.\n The department shall submit to the governor and the legislature of\nthis state on or before the twenty-fifth day of January, nineteen\nhundred seventy-eight, and every year thereafter, a detailed examination\nand evaluation o…

§ 21-1317. Budget.\n The Susquehanna river basin commission shall submit annually to the\nDirector of the Budget, in accordance with the rules and practices of\nthe state for study and consideration by such Director, an estimate of\nmonies required to administer, manage and suppo…

§ 21-1319. Audit.\n Pursuant to subdivision (b) of section 15.11 of the compact, the state\nComptroller is hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to\nexamine the accounts and books of the commission, including its\nreceipts, disbursements and other items referring to i…

§ 21-1321. Inconsistent laws.\n No provision of this chapter or of any other law of this state which\nis inconsistent with the provisions of the compact shall be applicable\nto the Susquehanna river basin commission or to any matter governed by\nthe compact.\n

* § 21-1501. Mid-Atlantic states air pollution control compact.\n The mid-Atlantic states air pollution control compact as first entered\ninto pursuant to chapter 475 of the laws of 1967, as amended by chapter\n476 of the laws of 1967, and as amended by chapter 385 of the laws of…

* § 21-1503. Commissioner and alternate.\n The Governor shall be this state's member on the mid-Atlantic states\nair pollution control commission. The Governor shall appoint the\nCommissioner of Environmental Conservation as his alternate pursuant to\nsection 2.3 of article two o…

* § 21-1505. Advisors.\n 1. The mayor of the city of New York, or his designee, shall be the\nadvisor of this state's member of the mid-Atlantic states air pollution\ncontrol commission, as contemplated by section 2.6 of article two of the\nmid-Atlantic states air pollution contr…

* § 21-1507. Jurisdiction of courts.\n Except as otherwise specifically provided in such compact, the phrase\n"court of competent jurisdiction" as used in the mid-Atlantic states air\npollution control compact shall, with reference to this state, mean the\nsupreme court, and said…

* § 21-1509. Budget.\n The mid-Atlantic states air pollution control commission shall submit\nannually to the Director of the Budget, in accordance with the rules and\npractice of the state, for study and consideration by such Director, an\nestimate of moneys required to administ…

* § 21-1511. Audit.\n Pursuant to section 6.1 of the mid-Atlantic states air pollution\ncontrol compact, the state Comptroller is hereby authorized and\nempowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the\ncommission, including its receipts, disbursements and suc…

* § 21-1513. Inconsistent laws.\n No provision of this chapter or of any other law which is inconsistent\nwith the provisions of the mid-Atlantic states air pollution control\ncompact shall be applicable to the mid-Atlantic states air pollution\ncontrol commission or to any matte…

§ 21-1701. The Delaware river basin water commission compact approved.\n The authority of the Governor to enter into a compact on behalf of the\nstate of New York with the states of Delaware and New Jersey and the\ncommonwealth of Pennsylvania in substantially the following form,…

§ 21-1703. Force and effect of the compact.\n Upon its signature by the respective governors on behalf of at least\nthe state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and by the\nGovernor on behalf of the state of New York, and upon the attestation\nthereof by the secre…

§ 21-1705. Consent of the congress.\n The Governor is hereby authorized to apply, on behalf of the state of\nNew York, to the congress of the United States for its consent and\napproval to the aforesaid compact; but, in the absence of such consent\nand approval, the Delaware rive…

§ 21-1707. Effective date of this act.\n The provisions of this act shall become effective immediately upon\nfinal enactment; but the Governor shall not enter into the compact\nherein set forth until the state of New Jersey and the commonwealth of\nPennsylvania shall have passed …

§ 22-1010. Purpose.\n The purpose of this article is to prohibit mining of uranium within\nthe state.\n

§ 22-1030. Legislative findings.\n The legislature hereby finds and declares that mining of uranium may\npose a significant danger to the public health, safety and welfare and\nthe environment in that:\n 1. such mining activities may pose a significant threat of\ncontamination an…

§ 22-1050. Definitions.\n For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n 1. "Mining" means the extraction or removal of minerals from the\nground or the breaking of the surface soil in order to facilitate or\naccomplish the extraction o…

§ 22-1070. Activities prohibited.\n No person shall mine for uranium by any method including, but not\nlimited to, drilling, excavation and liquid or chemical extraction.\nNothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit or in any way\nrestrict mining for coal, peat, garnet…

§ 23-0101. Definitions.\n As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:\n 1. "Buffer zone" means all that area outside and surrounding the\nunderground gas storage reservoir which the department approves as\nappropriate to protect the integrity of the reservoir,…

§ 23-0102. Short title.\n This article shall be known and may be cited as the "oil, gas and\nsolution mining law".\n

§ 23-0301. Declaration of policy.\n It is hereby declared to be in the public interest to regulate the\ndevelopment, production and utilization of natural resources of oil and\ngas in this state in such a manner as will prevent waste; to authorize\nand to provide for the operatio…

§ 23-0303. Administration of article.\n 1. Except to the extent that the administration of this article is\nspecifically entrusted to other agencies or officers of the state by its\nprovisions, such administration shall be by the department. Geological\nservices for the departmen…