17-1737 – Legal Construction and Limitations; Riparian Owners.
* § 17-1737. Legal construction and limitations; riparian owners. Nothing in titles 15 and 17 of this article shall be construed to diminish or otherwise to modify the common law rights of riparian owners in the quality of waters of streams covered by such rights, nor in the case of actions brought against the pollution […]
17-1739 – Repeal of Provisions.
§ 17-1739. Repeal of provisions. The provisions of sections 17-1701, 17-1705, 17-1707, 17-1713 to 17-1737, inclusive, and 71-1925, shall remain in force and effect only until September 1, 1973.
17-1741 – Sewerage; Construction; Villages.
§ 17-1741. Sewerage; construction; villages. 1. Whenever any local board of health in any incorporated village shall deem the sewers of such village insufficient to properly and safely sewer such village, and protect the public health, it shall certify such fact in writing, stating and recommending what additions or alterations should in the judgment of […]
17-1743 – Reporting of Spills of Liquids Stored in Bulk.
§ 17-1743. Reporting of spills of liquids stored in bulk. Any person who is the owner of or in actual or constructive possession or control of more than one thousand one hundred gallons, in bulk, of any liquid, including petroleum, which, if released, discharged or spilled would or would be likely to pollute the lands […]
17-1745 – Sewage From Vessels.
§ 17-1745. Sewage from vessels. 1. Definitions. (a) “Dump station” means any facility designed to receive sewage from any portable toilet carried on any vessel. (b) “Marine holding tank” means any container aboard any vessel that is designed and used for the purpose of collecting and storing treated or untreated sewage from marine toilets. (c) […]
17-1719 – Actions by Municipalities to Prevent Discharge of Sewage Into Waters.
* § 17-1719. Actions by municipalities to prevent discharge of sewage into waters. 1. Any incorporated city or village in the state of New York, which has made such provision for the disposal of its sewage as not to pollute or contaminate therewith any river, stream, lake or other body of water, may have and […]
17-1721 – Reports of Municipal Authorities to Local Boards of Health.
* § 17-1721. Reports of municipal authorities to local boards of health. 1. The report of the public authorities having by law charge of the sewer system of every municipality in the state, from which sewer system sewage was being discharged into any of the waters of the state on May 7, 1903, transmitted by […]
17-1723 – Reports of Proprietors of Industrial Establishments.
* § 17-1723. Reports of proprietors of industrial establishments. 1. The report of the proprietor of every shop, factory, mill and industrial establishment in the state, from which refuse or waste matter was being discharged into any of the waters of the state on May 7, 1903, filed in the office of the commissioner shall […]
17-1725 – Permission to Discharge Sewage.
* § 17-1725. Permission to discharge sewage. 1. Upon application duly made to the commissioner by the public authorities having by law the charge of the sewer system of any municipality, the commissioner shall have power to consider the case of a sewer system otherwise prohibited by section 17-1701 from discharging sewage into any of […]
17-1727 – Permission to Discharge Refuse or Waste Matter From Industrial Establishments.
* § 17-1727. Permission to discharge refuse or waste matter from industrial establishments. 1. Upon application duly made to the commissioner by the proprietor, lessee or tenant of any shop, factory, mill or industrial establishment from which the discharge of refuse or waste matter into any of the waters of the state is otherwise prohibited […]