N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 17-1725: Permission to discharge sewage

* § 17-1725. Permission to discharge sewage.

1. Upon application duly made to the commissioner by the public

authorities having by law the charge of the sewer system of any

municipality, the commissioner shall have power to consider the case of

a sewer system otherwise prohibited by section 17-1701 from discharging

sewage into any of the waters of the state, and whenever in his opinion

the general interests of the public health would not be endangered

thereby he may issue a permit for the discharge of sewage from any such

sewer system into any of the waters of the state, and may stipulate in

the permit, modification, regulations and conditions on which such

discharge may be permitted.

2. Such application must be made in a form required by the

commissioner. The plans for the construction of any sewer system or

sewage disposal plant for the extension, reconstruction or modification

of sewers, sewer systems or sewage disposal plants the permit for the

discharge from which is requested from the commissioner as provided in

this section shall be submitted to and approved by the department before

such permit becomes effective.

3. Such permit before being operative shall be recorded in the county

clerk's office of the county wherein the outlet of the said sewer system

is located, and a copy of the permit shall be transmitted by the

commissioner to the board of health of the municipality wherein the

outlet of said sewer system is located.

* NB Expired September 1, 1973