N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 3-0319: Sea level rise projections

§ 3-0319. Sea level rise projections.

The department shall, no later than January first, two thousand

sixteen, adopt regulations establishing science-based state sea level

rise projections. In adopting such regulations, the department shall

consider information including, but not limited to, reports of the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the National Oceanic

Atmospheric Administration Climate Assessment, the Sea Level Rise Task

Force report created pursuant to chapter six hundred thirteen of the

laws of two thousand seven, projections prepared by the New York City

Panel on Climate Change and any other relevant regional, state and local

reports. The department shall update such regulations no less than every

five years.