New York Environmental Conservation Law Title 5 - PROTECTION OF WATER

• 15-0501 - Protection of Certain Streams; Disturbances of Stream Beds; Permit.
  1. Except as provided in subdivisions 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this section, no person or public corporation shall change, modify or disturb the...
• 15-0503 - Protection of Water Bodies; Permit.
  1. Except as provided in subdivision 3 of this section a. No dam shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed or repaired by any person or local...
• 15-0505 - Protection of Navigable Waters; Excavation or Fill; Permit.
  1. No person, local public corporation or interstate authority shall excavate or place fill below the mean high water level in any of the navigable...
• 15-0507 - Structures Impounding Waters; Structures in Waters; Responsibility of Owner; Inspection.
  1. Any owner of a dam or other structure which impounds waters shall at all times operate and maintain said structure and all appurtenant structures...
• 15-0509 - Bonds.
  The department may require the posting of a bond by permittees conditioned upon compliance with the terms of permits issued pursuant to the provisions of...
• 15-0511 - Alterations to Watercourses and Lakes; Inspection and Correction; Illegal Impounding of Waters.
  1. Whenever in the judgment of the commissioner, public safety requires, or an illegal excavation, fill, or dam exists in or on the waters of...
• 15-0513 - Liability of Subcontractor, Employee or Agent.
  It shall be unlawful for a subcontractor, employee or agent of a person or public corporation, or of a state department to knowingly and intentionally...
• 15-0514 - Prohibition of Certain Incompatible Uses Over Either Primary Groundwater Recharge Areas or Federally Designated Sole Source Aquifers.
  1. Definitions: The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this section, shall have the following meanings: a. "Primary groundwater recharge areas" shall mean...
• 15-0515 - Review.
  A determination, order or issuance, modification or denial of a permit, pursuant to sections 15-0501, 15-0503 and 15-0505 shall be reviewable in a proceeding pursuant...
• 15-0516 - Inspection Report of Dam Safety.
  1. Within thirty days of the creation by the department of any inspection report of any intermediate or high hazard dam, the department shall provide,...
• 15-0517 - Water Quality Testing Requirements for Land Clearing Debris and Compost Facilities in Nassau and Suffolk Counties
  15-0517. Water quality testing requirements for land clearing debris and compost facilities in Nassau and Suffolk counties. 1. In Nassau and Suffolk counties, the department...

Last modified: February 3, 2019