§ 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 course, channel or bed of any stream as defined in subdivision 2, or remove any sand, gravel or other […]
§ 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 public corporation without a permit issued pursuant to subdivision 2 of this section. As used in this section, and section 15-0511 of this […]
§ 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 waters of the state, or in marshes, estuaries, tidal marshes and wetlands that are adjacent to and contiguous at any […]
§ 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 in a safe condition. As used in this section and section 71-1109 of this chapter, “owner” means any […]
§ 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 title 5 of this article.
§ 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 the state, the commissioner may cause an investigation to be made of the nature of the […]
§ 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 act, or a prime contractor of a person, public corporation or state department to act with or without an intention to violate […]
§ 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 those areas of the land surface through which water of great […]
§ 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 to article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules.
§ 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, to the chief executive officer of a municipality in which the dam is located, a copy of such report. Such report shall also […]
§ 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 shall promulgate rules and regulations to prevent water quality and other environmental impairments resulting from land clearing debris facilities or composting facilities. Such regulations shall at a minimum require: […]
