N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 25-0103: Definitions

§ 25-0103. Definitions.

1. "Tidal wetlands" shall mean and include the following:

(a) those areas which border on or lie beneath tidal waters, such as,

but not limited to, banks, bogs, salt marsh, swamps, meadows, flats or

other low lands subject to tidal action, including those areas now or

formerly connected to tidal waters;

(b) all banks, bogs, meadows, flats and tidal marsh subject to such

tides, and upon which grow or may grow some or any of the following:

salt hay (Spartina patens and Distichlis spicata), black grass (Juncus

Gerardi), saltworts (Salicornia ssp.), sea lavender (Limonium

carolinianum), tall cordgrass (Spartina pectinata and Spartina

cynosuroides), hightide bush (Iva frutescens), cattails (Typha

angustifolia and Typha latifolia), groundsel (Baccharis halmilifolia),

marsh mallow (Hybiscus palustris) and the intertidal zone including low

marsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora).

2. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of environmental

conservation.

3. "Pollution" shall mean the presence in the environment of

conditions or contaminants in quantities or characteristics which are or

may be injurious to human, plant, or marine life, wildlife, or other

animal life, or to property, or which unreasonably interfere with the

comfortable enjoyment of life and property throughout such tidal

wetlands as may be affected thereby.

4. "Person" shall mean any individual, public or private corporation,

political subdivision, government agency, department or bureau of the

state, bi-state authority, municipality, industry, co-partnership,

association, firm, trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.

5. "Municipality" shall mean a village, town, city or county.