N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2049-vv: Transfer of environmental applications, proceedings, approvals and permits

§ 2049-vv. Transfer of 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 or hereafter commenced, by either of the counties with the

state department of environmental conservation, the department of

transportation or any other state authority or instrumentality or with

the United States environmental protection agency or any other federal

authority 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 such

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, constructing, maintaining, using or

occupying any facility financed in whole or in part by the authority.