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Article 12 - Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Compensation

Part 1 - General Provisions

170 - Legislative Intent. - § 170. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that...

171 - Purposes. - § 171. Purposes. It is the purpose of this article...

172 - Definitions. - (a) is a vessel of the United States; (b) operates...

Part 2 - Oil Spill Cleanup and Removal; Licenses

173 - Discharge of Petroleum; Prohibition. - § 173. Discharge of petroleum; prohibition. 1. The discharge of...

174 - Licenses. - (b) The surcharge on the license fee shall be four...

174-A - Use of Containment Booms. - (b) Any owner, lessee or operator violating any provisions of...

174-B - Use of Agents. - § 174-b. Use of agents. 1. The commissioner may promulgate...

175 - Notification by Persons Responsible for Discharge. - § 175. Notification by persons responsible for discharge. Any person...

176 - Removal of Prohibited Discharges. - (b) Section eight of the court of claims act or...

177 - Emergency Oil Spill Control Network. - (b) The catalogue shall contain the following information, broken down...

177-A - Emergency Oil Spill Relocation Network. - § 177-a. Emergency oil spill relocation network. 1. The commissioner...

177-B - Habitat Protection Plan. - § 177-b. Habitat protection plan. The commissioner may require every...

178 - Right to Enter and Inspect. - § 178. Right to enter and inspect. The department is...

178-A - Responder Immunity. - (a) "response efforts" means rendering care, assistance, or advice in...

Part 3 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund; Liability; Third Party Compensation

179 - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Compensation Fund. - (a) An account which shall be credited with all license...

179-A - New York Environmental Protection and Spill Remediation Account. - § 179-a. New York environmental protection and spill remediation account....

180 - Administrator of the Fund. - § 180. Administrator of the fund. The state comptroller shall...

181 - Liability. - (a) The cost of restoring, repairing, or replacing any real...

181-A - Environmental Lien. - (a) owned by a person liable to the fund for...

181-B - Environmental Lien Notice; Contents. - § 181-b. Environmental lien notice; contents. A notice of environmental...

181-C - Filing of Notice of Environmental Lien; Filing of Release. - § 181-c. Filing of notice of environmental lien; filing of...

181-D - Enforcement of Environmental Lien. - § 181-d. Enforcement of environmental lien. An environmental lien may...

181-E - Amounts Received to Satisfy Lien. - § 181-e. Amounts received to satisfy lien. Amounts received by...

182 - Claims Against the Fund. - § 182. Claims against the fund. Claims shall be filed...

183 - Settlements. - § 183. Settlements. The administrator shall attempt to promote and...

184 - Settlements When Source of Discharge Is Unknown. - § 184. Settlements when source of discharge is unknown. If...

185 - Hearings for Persons on Claims Filed With the Administrator. - § 185. Hearings for persons on claims filed with the...

186 - Disbursement of Moneys From the Fund. - (b) Moneys in the account established by paragraph (b) of...

187 - Reimbursements of Moneys to Fund. - § 187. Reimbursements of moneys to fund. The administrator shall...

188 - Subrogation of Rights. - § 188. Subrogation of rights. Payment of any cleanup costs...

189 - Awards Exceeding Current Balance. - § 189. Awards exceeding current balance. In the event that...

190 - Claims Against Insurers. - § 190. Claims against insurers. Any claims for costs of...

190-A - Application of Article. - § 190-a. Application of article. For purposes of cleanup and...

Part 4 - Miscellaneous

191 - Joint Rules and Regulations. - § 191. Joint rules and regulations. The commissioner and the...

192 - Enforcement of Article; Penalties. - § 192. Enforcement of article; penalties. Any person who knowingly...

193 - Availability of Additional Remedies. - § 193. Availability of additional remedies. Nothing in this article...

194 - Severability. - § 194. Severability. If any section, subdivision, provision, clause or...

195 - Construction. - § 195. Construction. This article, being necessary for the general...

196 - Reports. - § 196. Reports. The commissioner and the administrator shall make...

197 - Effect of Federal Legislation. - § 197. Effect of federal legislation. If the United States...