N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 57-0115: Comprehensive management plan

§ 57-0115. Comprehensive management plan.

1. The council shall, after holding public hearings, prepare and adopt

a comprehensive management plan for the Long Island Pine Barrens

maritime reserve, which the state and local governments may adopt. Such

plan shall include, but not be limited to:

a. a statement of the public values of the area, including their

educational, ecological and hydrological values, together with the

general goals and policies which will best protect and enhance such

values;

b. a map of the area, delineating the boundaries of the Long Island

Pine Barrens maritime reserve;

c. a brief and general historical overview regarding the lands of the

Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve;

d. an inventory of all public lands and lands available for public use

within the Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve specifying use,

facilities for public use, and the management agency with jurisdiction

over the property;

e. management guidelines for the preservation, recreational and

educational use of resources of the Long Island Pine Barrens maritime

reserve;

f. management guidelines for protecting and supporting indigenous

economic activities like agriculture, fishing, recreation and tourism;

g. a plan for protection and management for dedicated land in the Long

Island Pine Barrens preserve including:

(1) A survey or inventory of the following, together with the

establishment of management priorities therefor:

(i) natural plant and wildlife resources;

(ii) historic resources;

(iii) erosion control needs and stream protection;

(iv) trails, trail development and use; and

(v) other recreational uses.

(2) Recommendations for the enforcement of laws pertaining to public

use activities, which can be implemented by rules and regulations for

the administration and use of lands dedicated to the preserve.

(3) Recommendations for acquisition of open space suitable for

dedication in the preserve.

(4) Recommendations for institutional arrangements to coordinate

management of dedicated land held by separate owners;

h. a local participation plan, which describes how local citizens,

officials and members of the tourism, agricultural and fishing

industries will participate in the planning and implementation of the

management program and which contains a statement identifying support

for such program by the participating local governments; and

i. a financial statement estimating the necessary costs and potential

funding sources to carry out recommendations in the study over a five

year period and the benefits therefrom.

2. A draft plan shall be prepared and made available to the public and

the local governments within the Long Island Pine Barrens maritime

reserve prior to adopting the plan. The council shall hold public

hearings at different locations within the Long Island Pine Barrens

maritime reserve. There shall be two public hearings on the draft plan

and there shall also be a public hearing on the completed plan before

the plan is submitted to the commissioner.