New York Laws
Title 3 - Powers and Duties
19-0303 - Codes, Rules and Regulations.

(a) a detailed explanation of the reason or reasons that justify
exceeding federal minimum requirements, including:
(i) satisfying any requirement of the Act as it relates to New York
state, including any requirement for demonstrating attainment or
maintenance of ambient air quality standards or meeting reasonable
further progress pursuant to Title I of the Act;
(ii) preventing an assessment or imposition of sanctions, or the
imposition of a federal implementation plan, pursuant to the Act;
(iii) complying with a final decree of a court; or
(iv) protecting public health or the environment;
(b) an evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of the proposed code, rule
or regulation, in comparison with the cost-effectiveness of reasonably
available alternatives; and
(c) a review of the reasonably available alternative measures
considered by the commissioner and an explanation of the reasons for
rejecting such alternatives.
5. The state, through its representatives on the interstate transport
commission established pursuant to section 7506a of the Act, shall
provide for public review of proposed recommendations for additional
control measures and attainment strategies. Such public review will be

effected by the governor's designee causing a notice of such proposed
recommendations to be published in the Environmental Notice Bulletin.
Such public review may be conducted concurrently with any public review
required pursuant to the Act.