N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 25-0405: Payments for extractions from or filling in wetlands

§ 25-0405. Payments for extractions from or filling in wetlands.

1. Any applicant for a permit to dredge, excavate, or remove soil,

mud, sand, shells, gravel or other aggregate from any publicly-owned

tidal wetland shall be required to pay to the public owner thereof such

amount, which shall not be nominal, as the office of general services or

its local equivalent body shall determine to be the value of the

aggregate extracted. Any person aggrieved by such determination may seek

judicial review pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice

law and rules in the supreme court for the county in which the tidal

wetland is located.

2. Any applicant for a permit to dump, fill, or deposit any soil,

stones, sand, gravel, mud, rubbish, or fill of any kind onto or in any

publicly-owned tidal wetlands shall be required to pay to the owner such

amount, which shall not be nominal, as the office of general services or

its local equivalent shall determine. Any person aggrieved by such

determination may seek judicial review pursuant to article seventy-eight

of the civil practice law and rules in the supreme court for the county

in which the tidal wetland is located.

3. Monies paid to the state under this section shall be used by the

commissioner for preservation of the tidal wetlands.