N.Y. Navigation Law § 70: Minimum conditions for petroleum-bearing vessels in certain areas; tanker-avoidance zones

§ 70. Minimum conditions for petroleum-bearing vessels in certain

areas; tanker-avoidance zones. 1. The commissioner of environmental

conservation in consultation with the petroleum-bearing vessel advisory

commission established in section seventy-one of this article, the

United States Coast Guard, the board of commissioners of pilots and

appropriate officials of any state or country with concurrent

jurisdiction over water bodies which might be affected, through rule and

regulation may establish standards setting forth:

(a) the minimum conditions under which petroleum-bearing vessels as

defined in section one hundred seventy-two of this chapter may enter or

move upon the navigable waters of the state and any tidewaters bordering

on or lying within the boundaries of Nassau and Suffolk counties. Such

conditions may include, but not be limited to, visibility, the tide and

wind conditions and weather; and

(b) the minimum conditions under which petroleum-bearing vessels may

enter or leave any major facility, port or harbor. Such conditions may

include, but not be limited to, visibility, the tide and wind conditions

and weather.

2. The commissioner of environmental conservation may, in consultation

with the petroleum-bearing vessel advisory commission established in

section seventy-one of this article, the United States Coast Guard, the

board of commissioners of pilots and appropriate officials of any state

or country with concurrent jurisdiction over water bodies which might be

affected, establish tanker-avoidance zones, where it shall be unlawful

for petroleum-bearing vessels as defined in section one hundred

seventy-two of this chapter, to enter or move upon the navigable waters

of the state or any tidewaters bordering on or lying within the

boundaries of Nassau and Suffolk counties.