N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 15-0801: Statement of legislative findings and policy

§ 15-0801. Statement of legislative findings and policy.

1. In addition to the statements of policy and legislative findings as

herein otherwise provided in this article, the legislature hereby finds

that the volume and abrupt changes in the volume of releases of water

from impounding reservoirs of water having a capacity of more than one

billion gallons and located in the counties of Delaware, Greene, Putnam,

Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester have damaged the

recreational uses, such as trout fishing and canoeing, of waters

affected by such releases, that such waters are a recreational resource

for residents from all parts of the state of New York and elsewhere,

that such recreational resource benefits the economy and welfare of this

state and that the volume and rate of change of volume of such releases

can be regulated to protect and enhance the recreational use of waters

affected by such releases while ensuring and without impairing an

adequate supply of water for power production or for any municipality

which uses water from such reservoirs for drinking and other purposes.

2. It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that the

volume and rate of change of volume of releases of water from such

reservoirs should be regulated to protect and enhance the recreational

use of waters affected by such releases while ensuring and without

impairing an adequate supply of water for power production or for any

municipality which uses water from such reservoirs for drinking and

other purposes.