New York Laws
Title 8 - State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
17-0803 - Spdes Permits; Application.

Except as provided by subdivision five of section 17-0701 of this
article, it shall be unlawful to discharge pollutants to the waters of
the state from any outlet or point source without a SPDES permit issued
pursuant hereto or in a manner other than as prescribed by such permit.
The department shall, by rule and regulation, require that every
applicant for a permit to discharge pollutants into the waters of the
state shall file such information at such times and in such form as the
department may reasonably require to execute the provisions of this
article. Rules and regulations adopted hereunder may provide that in
lieu of issuance of such permit the department may accept as compliance
herewith a permit duly issued by the federal government or an agency
thereof pursuant to the provisions of the Act.

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