§ 56-0303. Management programs, plans and projects.\n 1. Of the moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant\nto the Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act of 1996, five hundred twenty-five\nmillion dollars ($525,000,000) shall be allocated to water quality\nimprovement projects identified as follows:\n (a) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for\nstate assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water\nquality improvement projects intended to implement the Hudson River\nestuary plan as set forth in section 11-0306 of this chapter.\n (b) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be available for\nstate assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water\nquality improvement projects intended to implement the Long Island Sound\nco
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§ 56-0303. Management programs, plans and projects.\n 1. Of the moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant\nto the Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act of 1996, five hundred twenty-five\nmillion dollars ($525,000,000) shall be allocated to water quality\nimprovement projects identified as follows:\n (a) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for\nstate assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water\nquality improvement projects intended to implement the Hudson River\nestuary plan as set forth in section 11-0306 of this chapter.\n (b) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be available for\nstate assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water\nquality improvement projects intended to implement the Long Island Sound\ncomprehensive conservation and management plan developed pursuant to\nsection 320 of the federal clean water act.\n (c) Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be available for state\nassistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water quality\nimprovement projects intended to implement the Lake Champlain management\nplan developed pursuant to the federal Lake Champlain special\ndesignation act of 1990.\n (d) Seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) shall be available for\nstate assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water\nquality improvement projects intended to implement the Onondaga Lake\nplan developed pursuant to the consent order issued by the United States\nDistrict Court for the Northern District of New York agreed to among\nOnondaga County, the state of New York, and the Atlantic States Legal\nFoundation, Inc. Provided, however, that such municipality shall adhere\nto the construction timetable set forth in said plan and shall provide\nthe department with periodic updates as to the progress of said\nconstruction and the prospect of any pilot or demonstration technologies\nset forth in said plan. The commissioner shall have discretion not to\nmake any disbursement until these conditions have been met to his or her\nsatisfaction and upon the approval of the state comptroller.\n (e) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for\nstate assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water\nquality improvement projects intended to implement the New York/New\nJersey harbor comprehensive conservation and management plan, developed\npursuant to section 320 of the federal clean water act.\n (f) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for\nstate assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water\nquality improvement projects intended to implement the department's\ngreat lakes program developed in accordance with the federal great lakes\ncritical programs act of 1990 and the great lakes water quality\nagreement of 1987, as amended, between the governments of Canada and the\nUnited States of America.\n (g) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for\nstate assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water\nquality improvement projects for the finger lakes and their tributaries\nwhich are approved by the secretary of state pursuant to article\nforty-two of the executive law or by the commissioner.\n (h) For state assistance payments for the cost of water quality\nimprovement projects intended for any waters of the state for projects\nto support a study of groundwater quality in Long Island or open space\nland conservation projects which have been (a) approved by the\ncommissioner, (b) identified in plans in accordance with section 1455b\nof the federal coastal zone management act or article forty-two of the\nexecutive law and approved by the secretary of state, or (c) developed\nin accordance with title eleven-b of article two of the soil and water\nconservation districts law and approved by the state soil and water\nconservation committee and commissioner of agriculture and markets.\n (i) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for\nthe expenses of projects at facilities owned by the state of New York\nwhich enhance the quality of the waters of the state by remedying\nenvironmental deficiencies or complying with environmental laws and\nregulations.\n (j) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be available to\nmunicipalities for wastewater treatment improvement projects and the\ncost of municipal flood control projects in villages, towns, and cities\nwith a population of seventy-five thousand or less.\n (k) Thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available for state\nassistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water quality\nimprovement projects intended to implement the comprehensive\nconservation management plan for the peconic estuary developed pursuant\nto section 320 of the federal clean water act and for the comprehensive\nmanagement plan for the south shore estuary reserve plan developed\npursuant to article forty-six of the executive law.\n (l) Thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available for state\nassistance payments through the environmental facilities corporation to\nvillages, towns, and cities with a population of less than one million,\nfor environmental compliance assistance projects for businesses which\nenhance the quality of the waters of the state through compliance with\nenvironmental laws and regulations, or to remedy or prevent\nenvironmental deficiencies.\n (1) The president of the environmental facilities corporation is\nauthorized to provide state assistance payments to villages, towns, and\ncities with a population less than one million, for implementation of\nenvironmental compliance assistance projects which enhance the quality\nof the waters of the state.\n (2) A village, town, and city with a population of less than one\nmillion may submit an application to the president, in such form and\nmanner as the president may require, for state assistance payments\ntoward the cost of environmental compliance assistance projects.\n (3) Upon receipt of a request for state assistance application, the\npresident shall review and, within ninety days from the receipt of a\ncomplete application, may approve, disapprove, or recommend\nmodifications thereto consistent with applicable law criteria,\nstandards, or rules and regulations relative to such projects.\n (m) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, amounts\nallocated in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this\nsubdivision may be interchanged between such paragraphs and may be\ninterchanged to amounts allocated in paragraph (h) of this subdivision.\n 2. At least three wastewater treatment improvement projects funded\npursuant to this title shall be projects designed to refine innovative\ntechnologies for use in the physical environment of New York state and\nserve as a catalyst for technology transfer. Such technologies may\ninclude, but shall not be limited to, technologies that reduce the\namount and toxicity of sewage sludge and effluent; increase reliability\nand cost efficiency; reduce energy consumption; or achieve more reliable\npathogen destruction.\n