§ 17-0831 — Environmental monitors for tankers

§ 17-0831. Environmental monitors for tankers.\n 1. At the discretion of the commissioner, a tanker withdrawing or\ntransporting water where such withdrawal or transport was authorized\npursuant to a permit issued under section 15-1506 of this chapter shall\nbe accompanied by an environmental monitor authorized by the department.\n 2. It shall be the duty of such environmental monitor to inspect and\nmonitor the compliance of such tankers with all federal, state and local\nrequirements for operations and ballasting.\n 3. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the department from entering\ninto a memorandum of understanding with the board of commissioners of\npilots, created by article six of the navigation law, to allow licensed\npilots to perform the functions of environmental monitors.\n 4. The department is authorized to set environmental monitoring fees\nto recover all costs associated with such monitors. Every tanker\nwithdrawing or transporting water where such withdrawal or transport was\nauthorized pursuant to a permit issued under section 15-1506 of this\nchapter shall be subject to such fees.\n