N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 17-0101: Declaration of policy

§ 17-0101. Declaration of policy.

It is declared to be the public policy of the state of New York to

maintain reasonable standards of purity of the waters of the state

consistent with public health and public enjoyment thereof, the

propagation and protection of fish and wild life, including birds,

mammals and other terrestrial and acquatic life, and the industrial

development of the state, and to that end require the use of all known

available and reasonable methods to prevent and control the pollution of

the waters of the state of New York.