N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 17-0831: Environmental monitors for tankers

§ 17-0831. Environmental monitors for tankers.

1. At the discretion of the commissioner, a tanker withdrawing or

transporting water where such withdrawal or transport was authorized

pursuant to a permit issued under section 15-1506 of this chapter shall

be accompanied by an environmental monitor authorized by the department.

2. It shall be the duty of such environmental monitor to inspect and

monitor the compliance of such tankers with all federal, state and local

requirements for operations and ballasting.

3. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the department from entering

into a memorandum of understanding with the board of commissioners of

pilots, created by article six of the navigation law, to allow licensed

pilots to perform the functions of environmental monitors.

4. The department is authorized to set environmental monitoring fees

to recover all costs associated with such monitors. Every tanker

withdrawing or transporting water where such withdrawal or transport was

authorized pursuant to a permit issued under section 15-1506 of this

chapter shall be subject to such fees.