N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 23-0301: Declaration of policy

§ 23-0301. Declaration of policy.

It is hereby declared to be in the public interest to regulate the

development, production and utilization of natural resources of oil and

gas in this state in such a manner as will prevent waste; to authorize

and to provide for the operation and development of oil and gas

properties in such a manner that a greater ultimate recovery of oil and

gas may be had, and that the correlative rights of all owners and the

rights of all persons including landowners and the general public may be

fully protected, and to provide in similar fashion for the underground

storage of gas, the solution mining of salt and geothermal,

stratigraphic and brine disposal wells.