N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 58-0903: Programs, plans and projects

§ 58-0903. Programs, plans and projects.

1. Eligible water quality improvement project costs include, but are

not limited to:

a. costs associated with grants to municipalities for projects that

reduce or control storm water runoff, using green infrastructure where

practicable;

b. costs associated with projects that reduce agricultural nutrient

runoff and promote soil health such as projects which implement

comprehensive nutrient management plans, other agricultural nutrient

management projects, and non-point source abatement and control programs

including projects developed pursuant to sections eleven-a and eleven-b

of the soil and water conservation districts;

c. costs associated with projects that address harmful algal blooms

such as abatement projects and projects focused on addressing nutrient

reduction in freshwater and marine waters, wastewater infrastructure

systems that treat nitrogen and phosphorus, and lake treatment systems;

d. costs associated with wastewater infrastructure projects including

but not limited to extending or establishing sewer lines to replace

failing septic systems or cesspools and projects as provided by section

twelve hundred eighty-five-u of the public authorities law;

e. costs associated with projects to reduce, avoid or eliminate point

and non-point source discharges to water including projects authorized

by the New York state water improvement infrastructure act of 2017 and

section twelve hundred eighty-five-s of the public authorities law;

f. costs associated with the establishment of riparian buffers to

provide distance between farm fields and streams or abate erosion during

high flow events; and

g. costs associated with lead service line replacement pursuant to

section eleven hundred fourteen of the public health law.

2. The department and the New York state environmental facilities

corporation are authorized to provide state assistance payments or

grants to municipalities for projects authorized pursuant to paragraphs

a, b, and d of subdivision one of this section.

3. The department of agriculture and markets shall be authorized to

make state assistance payments to soil and water conservation districts

for the cost of implementing agricultural environmental management

plans, including purchase of equipment for measuring and monitoring soil

health and soil conditions.

4. The department is authorized to make grants available to

not-for-profits and academic institutions for paragraphs b, c, and f of

subdivision one of this section, and make state assistance payments to

municipalities and undertake projects pursuant to this section.

5. Provided that for the purposes of selecting projects for funding of

this section, the relevant agencies shall develop eligibility guidelines

and post information on the department's website in the environmental

notice bulletin providing for a thirty-day public comment period and

upon adoption post such eligibility guidelines on the relevant agency's

website.