New York Environmental Conservation Law Section 17-0103 - Statement of purpose.

17-0103. Statement of purpose.
It is the purpose of this article to safeguard the waters of the state
  from  pollution  by  preventing  any new pollution and abating pollution
  existing when the predecessor of  this  chapter  was  enacted,  under  a
  program  consistent  with  the  declaration  of policy stated in section
  17-0101.

Last modified: February 3, 2019