N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 17-0801: Purpose

§ 17-0801. Purpose.

To create a state pollutant discharge elimination system (SPDES) to

insure that the State of New York shall possess adequate authority to

issue permits regulating the discharge of pollutants from new or

existing outlets or point sources into the waters of the state, upon

condition that such discharges will conform to and meet all applicable

requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33

U.S.C. 1251, et seq.) hereinafter referred to as the "Act", and rules,

regulations, guidelines, criteria, standards and limitations adopted

pursuant thereto relating to effluent limitations, water quality related

effluent limitations, new source performance standards, toxic and

pretreatment effluent limitations, ocean discharge criteria, and

monitoring, and to participate in the national pollutant discharge

elimination system (NPDES) created by the Act.