§ 177 — Emergency oil spill control network

§ 177. Emergency oil spill control network. 1. The commissioner shall\nestablish an emergency oil spill control network which shall be\ncomprised of available equipment from appropriate town, county and state\nhighway departments. Such network shall be employed to provide an\nimmediate response to a discharge on any of the waters of the state.\nFurthermore, such network shall be employed in conjunction with the\ncleanup operations of the owner or operator, the department and any\nfederal agency.\n 2. The commissioner shall make an inventory of all equipment in town,\ncounty, and state highway departments that would be capable of\nparticipating in discharge cleanup operations.\n 3. The commissioner shall have the power to deploy such equipment to\nparticipate in a discharge cleanup operation at his discretion and to\nreimburse such town, county, and state highway departments for use of\nsuch equipment from the fund.\n 4. The commissioner may request and shall receive from any other state\nagency such assistance and data as will enable him to carry out his\nresponsibilities pursuant to this section.\n 5. (a) The commissioner shall issue a catalogue designed to expedite\nresponses to discharges of petroleum.\n (b) The catalogue shall contain the following information, broken down\nby geographical area:\n (i) a listing of state stand-by contractors, their equipment and spill\nresponse capabilities;\n (ii) a listing of state-owned equipment which could be used in the\nevent of a major discharge of petroleum;\n (iii) a listing of companies and organizations that have spill\nresponse equipment available for sale, lease or loan; and\n (iv) a listing of organizations which are involved in the cleanup and\nrehabilitation of birds and wildlife.\n (c) The catalogue shall be updated as deemed appropriate by the\ncommissioner.\n (d) The commissioner shall notify the chief executive officer of all\ncounties which border on any navigable waters of the state or on the\nmarine and coastal district, as defined in section 13-0303 of the\nenvironmental conservation law, of the availability of the catalogue.\nThis catalogue shall be distributed upon request at a maximum fee of\ntwenty-five cents per page. Any such fee shall be deposited into the New\nYork environmental protection and spill compensation fund established\npursuant to section one hundred seventy-nine of this article.\n 6. The commissioner may institute a program to educate local officials\non procedures to follow in reporting and responding to spill\nemergencies.\n