N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 70-0111: Minor projects

§ 70-0111. Minor projects.

(a) On or before fifteen calendar days after the receipt of an

application for a permit for a minor project, the department shall mail

written notice to the applicant of its determination whether or not the

application is complete. If the department fails to mail written notice

to an applicant of its determination whether or not an application is

complete within such fifteen calendar day period, the application shall

be deemed complete.

(b) Within forty-five calendar days after the department mails written

notice to the applicant that an application for a permit for a minor

project is complete or within forty-five calendar days after the

application is deemed complete pursuant to the provisions of this

article and subject to the provisions of subdivisions four, five, and

six of section 70-0109, the department shall make a decision on the

application by mailing the applicant a permit, a permit with conditions

or a statement that the permit applied for has been denied.

(c) If the department fails to make a decision on an application for a

permit for a minor project within such forty-five calendar day period,

then the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision three of section

70-0109 shall apply.

(d) The department may provide, by rule and regulation pursuant to

section 70-0107 of this article, for the issuance of general permits

covering minor projects. Such general permits may be issued following

such events as natural disasters or acts of God which lead numbers of

individuals to seek to undertake similar types of minor projects that

are of a remedial nature. Such permits may be issued only upon a written

statement of necessity by the commissioner justifying the issuance of

such general permit and may be issued only for a specified duration of

time.