N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1199-t: Environmental applications, proceedings, approvals and permits

§ 1199-t. Environmental applications, proceedings, approvals and

permits. 1. Any application in relation to the purposes of or

contemplated by this title heretofore filed, or any proceeding

heretofore commenced, by the county with the state department of

environmental conservation, the department of transportation or any

other state agency or instrumentality or with the United States

environmental protection agency or any other federal agency or

instrumentality shall inure to and for the benefit of the authority to

the same extent and in the same manner as if the authority had been a

party to such application or proceeding from its inception, and the

authority shall be deemed a party thereto, to the extent not prohibited

by any federal law. Any license, approval, permit or decision heretofore

or hereafter issued or granted pursuant to or as a result of any such

application or proceeding shall inure to the benefit of and be binding

upon the authority and shall be assigned and transferred by the county

to the authority, unless such assignment and transfer is prohibited by

federal law.

2. All such applications, proceedings, licenses, approvals, permits

and decisions shall further inure to and for the benefit of and be

binding upon any person leasing, acquiring, constructing, maintaining,

using or occupying any facility financed in whole or in part by the

authority.