N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 21-1309: Jurisdiction of courts

§ 21-1309. Jurisdiction of courts.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the phrase "court of

competent jurisdiction" as used in the compact shall mean, with

reference to courts of this state, the supreme court, and said court is

hereby given all necessary and appropriate jurisdiction to hear and

determine any action or proceeding brought before it pursuant to

appropriate provisions of the compact. As used in section 11.6 of the

compact, the phrase "court of competent jurisdiction" shall mean, with

reference to courts of this state, a court in which an appropriate

proceeding under article seventy-eight of the Civil Practice Law and

Rules may be brought. As used in clause one of subdivision (a) of

section 15.1 of the compact, the phrase "court of competent

jurisdiction" shall mean with reference to courts of this state, any

court in which an action or proceeding of the class brought by the

Susquehanna river basin commission may be heard and determined.