N.Y. Executive Law § 881: Master application procedure

* § 881. Master application procedure. 1. The office shall develop and

implement a master application procedure to expedite the identification

and processing of permits for business undertakings, projects, and

activities. A master application shall be made on a form prescribed by

the office, such form to be designed primarily for the convenience of

applicants confronting requirements for multiple permits from one or

more state agencies, and shall provide for concise and specific

information necessary to a determination of those permits which are or

may be required for the undertaking, project, or activity.

2. Use of the master application procedure shall be at the option of

any person proposing a business undertaking, project or activity. The

office shall assist any person upon request in preparing a master

application, describe the procedures involved, and provide such other

information from the comprehensive permit information file as may be

helpful or necessary.

3. Upon receipt of a master application the office shall immediately

notify in writing each state agency having a possible interest in the

proposed business undertaking, project, or activity with respect to

permits which are or may be required.

4. Each state agency so notified shall respond to the office within

fifteen days of receipt of the notice and shall advise the office

whether one or more permits under its jurisdiction are or may be

required for the business undertaking, project, or activity described in

the master application. The response shall specify the permits which in

the opinion of the agency are or may be required, if any, and shall

indicate the fees to be charged.

5. Any state agency so notified which responds that it does not have

an interest in the permit requirements of the business undertaking,

project, or activity described in the master application, or which does

not respond within the time period specified in subdivision four of this

section, shall not require a permit for the undertaking, project, or

activity described in the master application.

6. The provisions of subdivision five of this section shall not apply

if the master application contained false, misleading or deceptive

information, or failed to include pertinent information, the lack of

which could reasonably lead a state agency to misjudge the applicability

of permits under its jurisdiction, or if new permit requirements or

related standards subsequently became effective for which a state agency

had no discretion in establishing the effective date thereof.

7. The office, following the fifteen day notice and response period,

shall promptly provide the person having submitted a master application

with application forms and related information for all permits specified

by the interested state agencies and shall advise such person:

(a) that all such forms are to be completed and submitted to the

interested state agencies; or, at the option of the applicant,

(b) that the office will receive all such forms as a package with the

fees to be charged, if any, and that the office will immediately

separate and submit such forms and any allocable fees to the interested

state agencies.

8. An applicant may withdraw a master application at any time without

forfeiture of any permit approval applied for or obtained under the

master application procedures contained in this section.

* NB Authority of office terminated per § 893 December 31, 1995