1. Eligible water quality improvement project costs include, but are
not limited to:
a. costs associated with grants to municipalities for projects that
reduce or control storm water runoff, using green infrastructure where
practicable;
b. costs associated with projects that reduce agricultural nutrient
runoff and promote soil health such as projects which implement
comprehensive nutrient management plans, other agricultural nutrient
management projects, and non-point source abatement and control programs
including projects developed pursuant to sections eleven-a and eleven-b
of the soil and water conservation districts;
c. costs associated with projects that address harmful algal blooms
such as abatement projects and projects focused on addressing nutrient
reduction in freshwater and marine waters, wastewater infrastructure
systems that treat nitrogen and phosphorus, and lake treatment systems;
d. costs associated with wastewater infrastructure projects including
but not limited to extending or establishing sewer lines to replace
failing septic systems or cesspools and projects as provided by section
twelve hundred eighty-five-u of the public authorities law;
e. costs associated with projects to reduce, avoid or eliminate point
and non-point source discharges to water including projects authorized
by the New York state water improvement infrastructure act of 2017 and
section twelve hundred eighty-five-s of the public authorities law;
f. costs associated with the establishment of riparian buffers to
provide distance between farm fields and streams or abate erosion during
high flow events; and
g. costs associated with lead service line replacement pursuant to
section eleven hundred fourteen of the public health law.
2. The department and the New York state environmental facilities
corporation are authorized to provide state assistance payments or
grants to municipalities for projects authorized pursuant to paragraphs
a, b, and d of subdivision one of this section.
3. The department of agriculture and markets shall be authorized to
make state assistance payments to soil and water conservation districts
for the cost of implementing agricultural environmental management
plans, including purchase of equipment for measuring and monitoring soil
health and soil conditions.
4. The department is authorized to make grants available to
not-for-profits and academic institutions for paragraphs b, c, and f of
subdivision one of this section, and make state assistance payments to
municipalities and undertake projects pursuant to this section.
5. Provided that for the purposes of selecting projects for funding of
this section, the relevant agencies shall develop eligibility guidelines
and post information on the department's website in the environmental
notice bulletin providing for a thirty-day public comment period and
upon adoption post such eligibility guidelines on the relevant agency's
website.
* NB Takes effect only if section 1 of part TT of chapter 59 of the
laws of 2021 enacting the "clean water, clean air, and green jobs
environmental bond act of 2022" is submitted to the people at the
general election to be held in November 2022 and is approved by the
majority of votes
Structure New York Laws