§ 17-1409 — State assistance for non-agricultural nonpoint source abatement and control projects

New York § 17-1409

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law ENV: Environmental Conservation
• Title 14: Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Control
• Art. 17: Water Pollution Control

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§ 17-1409. State assistance for non-agricultural nonpoint source\n abatement and control projects.\n 1. Subject to the availability of funds appropriated therefor, a\nmatching grant program is established to fund the costs of implementing\nnonpoint source abatement and control projects that meet the following\ncriteria:\n a. the project must consist of activities and projects which will\nsignificantly reduce, abate or control nonpoint source pollution\noriginating from non-agricultural activities;\n b. the project must be proposed for implementation by a municipal\ncorporation, or by a district at the formal request of such corporation;\n c. the project must be located within a water body identified by the\ncommissioner, pursuant to section 17-1407 of this title;\n d. the project must propose to implement best management practices\nwhich meet the criteria promulgated pursuant to section 17-1411 of this\ntitle; and\n e. the municipal corporation must have funds available to pay for its\nshare of the eligible project costs.\n 1-a. Subject to the availability of funds appropriated therefore, a\nmatching grant program is established to fund the cost of comprehensive\nwatershed based water quality management designed to address the\nreduction and control of nonpoint source pollution and the improvement\nof water quality in a water body or water bodies identified on the\nprioritized list developed pursuant to section 17-1407 of this title.\n 2. Applications for matching grants shall contain the following\ninformation:\n a. the name and location of the water body and the nonpoint source\nproblem to be addressed;\n b. for projects described in subdivision one of this section, an\nidentification of the best management practice to be implemented;\n c. a cost estimate for the proposed project;\n d. the source of funds available to pay for the non-state share of the\neligible costs;\n e. information sufficient to demonstrate that the criteria set forth\nin subdivision one of this section have been met; and\n f. such other information as may be required by the commissioner\nthrough regulations.\n 3. In awarding grants pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall\ngive preference to those projects located or designed to address water\nquality concerns for in the highest priority water bodies identified\npursuant to section 17-1407 of this title.\n 4. Eligible costs that may be funded pursuant to this section are\narchitectural and engineering services, plans and specifications,\nconsultant and legal services and other direct expenses related to\ncomprehensive watershed based water quality management and project\nimplementation.\n 5. Matching grants awarded pursuant to this section shall be up to\nseventy-five percent of the eligible costs for any specified project.\n 6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, storm\nwater discharges of a municipality permitted pursuant to title seven or\neight of this article shall be treated as a non-agricultural nonpoint\nsource for the purpose of qualifying for funding pursuant to this\nsection.\n