N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 23-1707: Environmental safety permit; siting

§ 23-1707. Environmental safety permit; siting.

No person shall commence the preparation of a site for, or begin the

construction of, a liquefied natural or petroleum gas storage or

conversion facility in the state without having first obtained an

environmental safety permit issued with respect to such facility or

activity by the commissioner pursuant to this title. Any such facility

with respect to which a permit is issued shall not thereafter be built,

maintained or operated, and any such activity with respect to which a

permit is issued, shall not be carried out, except in conformity with

such permit and any terms, limitations or conditions contained therein;

provided that nothing herein shall exempt such facility from compliance

with state law and regulations thereunder or with municipal laws and

regulations thereunder not inconsistent with the provisions of such

permit. A permit may be transferred, subject to the approval of the

commissioner, to a person who agrees to comply with the terms,

limitations and conditions contained therein. This section shall not

apply to a liquefied natural or petroleum gas storage or conversion

facility in actual use and operation on September first, nineteen

hundred seventy-six.