New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 15 - Water Resources

15-0111 - Public Authorities Law and Administrative Code of the City of New York Are Not Affected. - New York are not affected. Nothing contained in this article...

15-0113 - State to Be Reimbursed for Costs. - In the event that the department shall carry out a...

Title 3 - Powers and Duties

15-0301 - Investigations. - 1. The department may, of its own motion, make or...

15-0303 - Examination of Books, Records and Accounts. - For the purpose of ascertaining material information relevant to the...

15-0305 - Access to Property for Inspection or Investigation. - The department or its duly appointed agents shall have the...

15-0307 - Requirement of Statements and Reports. - The department may require any holder of a license, permit...

15-0309 - Power to Sue. - The department may bring actions, suits or proceedings as in...

15-0311 - Eminent Domain. - The department may, in those situations which are specifically enumerated...

15-0313 - Powers and Responsibilities With Respect to Water Pollution Control. - control. 1. The department shall perform such duties and functions...

15-0314 - Powers and Responsibilities With Respect to Certain Plumbing Fixtures. - (a) for lavatory faucets, at a constant water pressure of...

15-0315 - Relations With Other Governmental Bodies and Agencies. - 1. In order to adequately protect the interests of the...

15-0317 - General Powers and Duties. - The department shall continue to exercise all the functions, powers...

Title 5 - Protection of Water

15-0501 - Protection of Certain Streams; Disturbances of Stream Beds; Permit. - permit. 1. Except as provided in subdivisions 4, 5, 6...

15-0503 - Protection of Water Bodies; Permit. - 1. Except as provided in subdivision 3 of this section...

15-0505 - Protection of Navigable Waters; Excavation or Fill; Permit. - 1. No person, local public corporation or interstate authority shall...

15-0507 - Structures Impounding Waters; Structures in Waters; Responsibility of Owner; Inspection. - responsibility of owner; inspection. 1. Any owner of a dam...

15-0509 - Bonds. - The department may require the posting of a bond by...

15-0511 - Alterations to Watercourses and Lakes; Inspection and Correction; Illegal Impounding of Waters. - correction; illegal impounding of waters. 1. Whenever in the judgment...

15-0513 - Liability of Subcontractor, Employee or Agent. - It shall be unlawful for a subcontractor, employee or agent...

15-0514 - Prohibition of Certain Incompatible Uses Over Either Primary Groundwater Recharge Areas or Federally Designated Sole Source Aquifers. - (1) petroleum; or (2) any substance or combination of substances...

15-0515 - Review. - A determination, order or issuance, modification or denial of a...

15-0516 - Inspection Report of Dam Safety. - (a) for the purposes of a village or city, the...

15-0517 - Water Quality Testing Requirements for Land Clearing Debris and Compost Facilities in Nassau and Suffolk Counties - (a) quarterly up gradient and down gradient water quality testing;...

Title 6 - Water Efficiency and Reuse

15-0601 - Definitions as Used in This Title. - 1. "Water reclamation project" means a project designed to utilize...

15-0603 - Reclaimed Wastewater Feasibility Study. - 1. The department, in consultation with the department of health,...

15-0605 - Standards for Reuse and Disposal of Reclaimed Wastewater. - The commissioner, in consultation with the department of health, shall...

15-0607 - Utilization of Reclaimed Wateswater Registry. - All persons utilizing reclaimed wastewater or greywater shall register such...

Title 7 - Private Rights in Waters

15-0701 - Harmless Alterations in Watercourses and Lakes; Prescriptive Rights or Privileges; Action for Declaratory Judgment; Limitations of Time. - rights or privileges; action for declaratory judgment; limitations of time....

Title 8 - Regulation of Reservoir Releases

15-0801 - Statement of Legislative Findings and Policy. - 1. In addition to the statements of policy and legislative...

15-0803 - Inventory of Reservoirs. - The commissioner shall, on or before the first day of...

15-0805 - Regulation of Reservoir Releases. - 1. The commissioner is authorized and directed to promulgate rules...

15-0807 - Public Notice and Hearing Procedures. - The promulgation of rules and regulations pursuant to this title...

Title 9 - Administrative Procedures for Article 15

15-0901 - Rule-Making Procedure. - The department may adopt rules in conformity with statute governing...

15-0903 - Hearing Procedure. - 1. The provisions of this title shall not apply to...

15-0905 - Review. - 1. The applicant or any person or public corporation, who...

15-0907 - Services of Notice, Order or Direction. - Whenever this article provides for or authorizes the service of...

15-0909 - Payment of Costs. - The expense of any hearing initiated by petition shall be...

Title 11 - Local and Regional Water Resources Planning and Development

15-1101 - Legislative Purposes. - In addition to the powers vested in the department by...

15-1103 - Petition; Proceedings; Exclusion of Certain Counties. - 1. Any county, city, town or village, when duly authorized...

15-1105 - Regional Planning and Development Board; Meetings; Quorum; Powers and Duties. - powers and duties. 1. If the department shall determine that...

15-1107 - Plans; Approval; Changes, Modifications and Rescission. - 1. Plans submitted pursuant to section 15-1105: a. Shall in...

15-1109 - Additional Powers and Duties of the Department. - 1. The department shall, if appropriations are available therefor, provide...

15-1111 - Duties of County; County Charge; Counties Included Within a City. - city. 1. The county legislative body or bodies shall comply...

15-1113 - Existing Rights and Remedies Preserved; Limitations. - 1. Nothing in title 11 of this article is intended...

Title 13 - Comprehensive Public Water Supply Studies and Reports

15-1301 - Definitions. - 1. "Comprehensive study and report" shall mean a comprehensive engineering...

15-1303 - Powers and Duties of the Department. - The department shall: 1. Promulgate, and amend from time to...

15-1305 - Powers and Duties of the State Commissioner of Health. - The Commissioner of Health shall: 1. Review the area and...

15-1307 - Powers of Local Agencies. - A local agency may: 1. Apply to the department and...

15-1309 - State Aid. - The state Commissioner of Health, may, in the name of...

15-1311 - Limitations. - Nothing in title 13 of this article shall be held...

Title 15 - Water Supply

15-1501 - Water Withdrawals; Permit. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this title, no person...

15-1502 - Definitions. - When used in this title, unless otherwise expressly stated or...

15-1503 - Permits. - 1. A permit application or request for a permit renewal...

15-1504 - Water Withdrawals for Agricultural Purposes. - (1) The place and source of the proposed or existing...

15-1505 - Interbasin Diversions and Water Supply to Other States. - 1. No person shall transport or carry through pipes, conduits,...

15-1506 - Transportation of Water by Vessel. - 1. Except as provided in subdivision three of this section,...

15-1507 - Municipal Water Supply Reservoirs on Forest Preserve Lands. - Any public corporation, now or hereafter empowered by law to...

15-1509 - Approval of Plans for Forest Preserve Reservoir Projects; Petition; Proceedings. - petition; proceedings. 1. Any publicly owned water supply project involving...

15-1511 - Procedure on Approval of Application With Respect to Forest Preserve Reservoir Projects. - preserve reservoir projects. 1. The decision of the department on...

15-1513 - Payment of Cost of Construction. - 1. The cost of any such project shall be certified...

15-1515 - Supervision of Construction and Operation. - 1. All construction work which the Department of Environmental Conservation...

15-1517 - Reservoir to Be Owned by the State. - Any lands not owned by the state, but required for...

15-1519 - Reservoir to Be Kept in Repair. - The reservoir and appurtenant works shall be kept in safe,...

15-1521 - Supply of Water to Other Public Water Supply Systems. - On any application for a new or increased withdrawal of...

15-1523 - Indirect Damages; Decision and Payment as to Rochester. - 1. Whenever the department shall decide that the execution of...

15-1525 - Water Well Drillers in New York State to Obtain Certificates of Registration. - of registration. 1. No person shall engage in the business...

15-1527 - Permit Required for Certain Wells in Long Island Counties. - 1. No person or public corporation shall hereafter install or...

15-1528 - Moratorium on the Drilling of New Wells in the Lloyd Sands. - 1. The department is directed to identify those areas of...

15-1529 - Approval of Completed Water Withdrawal Systems. - The construction of any new or modified water withdrawal system...

15-1530 - Long Island Water Usage Information. - In Nassau and Suffolk counties, all water purveyors, either public...

Title 17 - Water Power

15-1701 - Reservation of State Control. - Where any person takes, diverts, appropriates, or otherwise uses, whether...

15-1703 - Definitions. - When used in title 17 of this article unless otherwise...

15-1705 - Licenses; Approval by the Governor. - 1. The department, subject to the provisions of title 17...

15-1707 - Procedure on Application for License. - 1. Each applicant for a license shall submit to the...

15-1709 - Preliminary Permits. - 1. The department may issue preliminary permits for the purpose...

15-1711 - Provisions and Conditions of Licenses; Payment to State Treasury of Moneys Received Under This Title. - treasury of moneys received under this title. 1. The term...

15-1713 - Waters Impounded by Dams Constructed for Power Purposes Impressed With a Public Interest. - impressed with a public interest. The waters impounded by any...

15-1715 - Licenses and the Protection of Navigation. - Before granting any license, the department shall inquire and determine...

15-1717 - Provisions for the Revision and Readjustment of Rent in Licenses. - licenses. 1. The annual charge or rental fixed by the...

15-1719 - Equitable Rental for Niagara River Water. - The department shall have the power to fix and determine,...

15-1721 - Reservation in the License; State Control of Rates and Use and Distribution of Power. - and distribution of power. 1. Every license issued pursuant to...

15-1723 - Contribution to the Cost of Headwater Improvement. - Licensees and persons exercising rights conferred by title 17 of...

15-1725 - Prosecution of Project Works. - 1. The licensee shall commence the construction of the project...

15-1727 - Maintenance of Project Works. - 1. The licensee shall at all times maintain the project...

15-1729 - Eminent Domain. - Real property may be acquired pursuant to title 17 of...

15-1731 - Eminent Domain; Transmission Lines. - Any corporation authorized to do business in this state and...

15-1733 - Use of Land Occupied by a Public Highway. - 1. Whenever, in order to complete any project as provided...

15-1735 - Contracts Extending Beyond License Period. - 1. Whenever the public interest requires or justifies the execution...

15-1737 - Transfer of License Restricted. - No voluntary sale, assignment, or transfer of any license or...

15-1739 - Revocation of License. - 1. The department may by resolution terminate and revoke any...

15-1741 - Re-Entry at Expiration of the License Period. - 1. Upon the expiration of the original license period any...

15-1743 - Renewal and Extension of Licenses. - The department may renew an expiring license to the same...

15-1745 - Prohibited Diversions. - 1. Unless a license has been obtained therefor under this...

15-1747 - False Entries, Statements or Reports. - No person shall for the purpose of deceiving, make or...

15-1749 - Previous Grantees Not to Divert Waters Without a License. - A person or corporation, other than a municipal corporation, claiming...

15-1751 - Right to Amend and Repeal Reserved. - The right to alter, amend or repeal title 17 of...

Title 19 - Drainage

15-1901 - Purpose. - To provide for the drainage of agricultural land to the...

15-1903 - General Provisions and Definitions. - The following words and phrases used in this title 19,...

15-1905 - Drainage Improvement Districts. - 1. Bodies corporate which shall consist of and be known...

15-1907 - Drainage Improvement Associations. - 1. There shall be in each drainage improvement district an...

15-1909 - Entry Upon Lands, Structures and Waters; Condemnation. - 1. For carrying out the surveys and examinations required by...

15-1911 - Petition for Formation of District. - 1. Any three or more persons possessing swamp, bog, pond,...

15-1913 - Proceedings on Petition. - 1. On receipt of a petition for the formation of...

15-1915 - Proceedings for Formation of District. - 1. At the hearing the department shall hear all persons...

15-1917 - Surveys and Maps. - 1. The department may proceed to make such survey of...

15-1919 - Drainage Enhancements. - 1. For the purpose of making apportionments of the cost...

15-1921 - Proceedings on Enhancements. - 1. The drainage enhancements shall be set forth in a...

15-1923 - Plans and Estimates. - The department may make a study of the works necessary...

15-1925 - General Apportionment of Cost. - 1. A general apportionment of the cost of the complete...

15-1927 - Proceedings on General Apportionment of Costs and Final Fixation of Boundaries. - fixation of boundaries. 1. The department shall prepare and sign...

15-1929 - Corrections and Revisions of Statements of Enhancements. - Should it be found necessary to correct or to revise...

15-1931 - Procedure for Authorization of Construction. - 1. Petition may at any time after the final fixation...

15-1933 - Construction. - 1. In general all construction work shall be done by...

15-1935 - Contracts. - 1. The department may prepare contracts, plans and specifications for...

15-1937 - Operation and Maintenance. - 1. The care, operation and maintenance of the drainage works...

15-1939 - Special Apportionment of Cost. - 1. The special apportionment of the cost of a construction...

15-1941 - Major Repairs of Drainage Works. - 1. Major repairs, alterations, extensions and improvements of drainage works...

15-1943 - Minor Repairs in Drainage Districts. - 1. Application for the repair, enlargement or cleaning out of...

15-1945 - Minor Repairs in Existing Drainage Ditches. - 1. Repairs of a minor nature may be made to...

15-1947 - Unlawful Interference With Drainage Works. - 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to divert...

15-1949 - Removal of Beaver. - In the event that any drainage improvement district is inhabited...

15-1951 - Financing of Improvements. - 1. For defraying the costs of all proceedings, surveys, studies...

15-1953 - Drainage Improvement District Fund. - Moneys received under the provisions of title 19 of this...

15-1955 - Proceedings for Assessment and Collection of Cost. - 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, all costs and...

15-1957 - Drainage Fund. - 1. The Comptroller shall designate a depository or depositories for...

15-1959 - Corrections and Revisions of Assessments, Determinations of Drainage Enhancements and Apportionment of Costs. - drainage enhancements and apportionment of costs. 1. In the event...

15-1961 - Drainage District With Federal Aid. - 1. In the event that any agency of the government...

15-1963 - Formation of District With Federal Aid. - 1. The department may proceed of its own motion to...

15-1965 - Construction Project. - As soon as the formation of the district becomes effective,...

15-1967 - Changes in Project. - After such district is formed and the original federal project...

15-1969 - Continuation of District. - Except for such projects as may be carried out by...

15-1971 - Transfer of Property and Discontinuance of District. - Whenever a drainage improvement district created pursuant to this article...

15-1973 - Drainage Section Association; Definitions. - The following words and phrases, unless otherwise specified, are defined...

15-1975 - Drainage Section Association; Creation. - Three or more owners of drainable acreage may form a...

15-1977 - Articles of Association; Recording and Filing. - 1. The articles of association shall be signed by all...

15-1979 - First Annual Meeting; Members; Officers; By-Laws. - 1. Upon filing and recording, the articles of association shall...

15-1981 - Powers of Association; Limitations; Voluntary Dissolution. - 1. The association shall have: a. Power to construct, maintain...

15-1983 - Drainage of Agricultural Lands; Procedure. - 1. Any person or persons owning any swamp, bog, pond,...

Title 21 - River Regulation by Storage Reservoirs

15-2101 - Definitions and Construction. - The following words and phrases when used in title 21...

15-2103 - Creation of River Regulating Districts. - (1) The proposed name of the district, as the ..................

15-2105 - Organization of the Boards of River Regulating Districts. - 1. Within thirty days after the incorporation of a river...

15-2107 - General Duties. - 1. Upon its organization the board may prepare a plan...

15-2109 - General Powers. - 1. The board shall have power to make all necessary...

15-2111 - Acquisition of Real Estate. - 1. The board on behalf of such district shall, subject...

15-2113 - Discontinuance or Relocation, or Both, of Highways, Roads and Streets. - streets. 1. If the board shall deem it necessary to...

15-2115 - Taxation of Real Estate. - Lands owned by the state and acquired pursuant to the...

15-2117 - Cemeteries. - 1. Whenever for the purposes of title 21 of this...

15-2119 - Procedure for Construction of Reservoirs. - 1. Preliminary plans, specifications, maps, statements and estimates are required...

15-2121 - Apportionment of Cost. - 1. If proceedings to review the final order of the...

15-2123 - Assessments; How Levied and Collected. - 1. After the apportionment of cost has been made and...

15-2125 - Operation and Maintenance Charges. - 1. The board shall make an estimate of an amount...

15-2127 - Error in Names. - No error in the names of the owners of real...

15-2129 - Financing. - 1. After the cost of any improvement made or to...

15-2131 - Reports. - 1. The board of any river regulating district created hereunder...

15-2133 - Operation of Reservoirs. - 1. The board shall not permit the water in any...

15-2135 - Hearings; Hearing Officers; Determinations. - Whenever the department is empowered under the terms of title...

15-2137 - Hudson River-Black River Regulating District; Old Boards Abolished; New Board Created. - abolished; new board created. 1. The Hudson River Regulating District...

15-2139 - Hudson River Regulating District and Black River Regulating District: Transfer of Functions; Pending Actions and Proceedings; Interpretation of Docume - District: transfer of functions; pending actions and proceedings; interpretation of...

15-2141 - Hudson River Regulating District and Black River Regulating District: Funds of the Board. - District: funds of the board. 1. Notwithstanding the consolidation of...

Title 23 - River Improvement

15-2301 - Legislative Purpose. - The purpose of title 23 of this article is to...

15-2303 - River Improvement Districts. - 1. Bodies corporate which shall consist of and be known...

15-2305 - River Improvement Associations. - There shall be in each river improvement district an association...

15-2307 - Construction Contracts. - 1. In general all construction work shall be done by...

15-2309 - Entry Upon Lands, Structures and Waters; Acquisition of Property. - property. The department, its members, officers, employees and agents may...

15-2311 - Financing of River Improvements; Assessment and Collection of Cost; Correction and Revision of Assessments. - 1. After a river improvement project has been duly authorized...

15-2313 - Operation, Maintenance, Repair and Extension of River Improvements. - improvements. 1. The care, operation and maintenance of any works...

15-2315 - Unlawful Interference With Improvement Works. - It shall be unlawful for any person to damage, alter,...

15-2317 - Construction of Reservoir on State-Owned Lands in a Forest Preserve. - preserve. If as a part of any project for the...

15-2319 - Payment by the State of Part of Cost of River Improvement. - Should the department find that the state of New York...

15-2321 - River Improvement District With Federal Aid. - 1. In the event that any agency of the government...

Title 25 - Joint River Regulating, River Improvement and Drainage Improvement Districts

15-2501 - Formation of Joint Districts. - 1. A river regulating district formed and established under the...

15-2503 - Finances. - The financial affairs of each sub-district shall be handled as...

15-2505 - Powers of the Department. - Nothing in title 25 of this article shall be held...

Title 27 - Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System

15-2701 - Statement of Policy and Legislative Findings. - 1. The legislature hereby finds that many rivers of the...

15-2703 - Definitions. - Except as otherwise required by the context, the following terms...

15-2705 - Jurisdiction of the Commissioner and the Adirondack Park Agency. - agency. Notwithstanding provisions of any other general or special law,...

15-2707 - Classes of River Areas Includable in System, Criteria; Management Objectives. - (1) The minimum length of any one section shall be...

15-2709 - Administration of the System. - 1. The wild, scenic and recreational rivers system shall be...

15-2711 - Establishing Boundaries. - The commissioner shall, within one year after a river has...

15-2713 - Initial Designations. - The following rivers which are located within the boundaries of...

15-2714 - Additional Designations. - In addition to the rivers designated in section 15-2713 of...

15-2715 - Designation of Additions to the System. - 1. The commissioner or agency shall study and from time...

15-2717 - Cooperation With the Federal Government. - Nothing in this title shall preclude a section of the...

15-2719 - Cooperation Clause. - The commissioner and agency shall cooperate with each other and...

15-2721 - Conflict With Other Laws. - Any section of the state wild, scenic and recreational rivers...

15-2723 - Penalties and Enforcement. - Any person who violates any provision of this title or...

Title 29 - Water Resources Management Strategy

15-2901 - Water Resources Planning Council; Organization. - There is hereby established within the department of environmental conservation...

15-2903 - Water Resources Planning Council; Quorum, Bylaws. - A majority of the members of the council shall constitute...

15-2905 - Statewide Inventory of Existing Significant Deficiencies in Water Supply Systems. - water supply systems. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner...

15-2907 - Water Resources Management Strategy; Development Purpose. - Not later than January first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, the department...

15-2909 - Water Resources Management Strategy; Hearings. - Upon receipt of the statewide water resources management strategy from...

15-2911 - Water Resources Management Strategy; Approval. - The water resources planning council shall, as expeditiously as practicable...

15-2913 - Water Resources Management Strategy; Revision. - From time to time and at least once every two...

Title 31 - Groundwater Protection and Remediation Program

15-3101 - Short Title. - This title shall be known and may be cited as...

15-3103 - Legislative Findings and Intent. - The legislature hereby finds and declares that: 1. The waters...

15-3105 - Purpose. - It is the intent of the legislature that the department...

15-3107 - Groundwater Information Management. - Information collected pursuant to this section shall be incorporated into...

15-3109 - Groundwater Remediation Strategy. - (a) Recognition that both short- and long-term remediation strategies may...

15-3111 - Rules and Regulations. - The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary and appropriate...

Title 33 - Source Water Protection Projects

15-3301 - Definitions. - As used in this title the following terms shall mean:...

15-3303 - Land Acquistion Projects for Source Water Protection. - 1. The commissioner is authorized to provide state assistance to...

15-3305 - Approval and Execution of Projects. - 1. Land acquisition projects for source water protection may be...

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