{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-17-1001","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 17-1001","heading":"Legislative findings and declarations","body":"§ 17-1001. Legislative findings and declarations.\n  The legislature finds and declares that the lands and waters of New\nYork state constitute an irreplaceable resource upon which is founded\nthe well-being of public health, economic vitality and the state's\nenvironment; that these resources may be contaminated by spills and\nleaks of petroleum from active and abandoned petroleum bulk storage\nfacilities; that once contaminated the quality of these resources cannot\nbe completely restored to their original state; and that contamination\nof these resources must be prevented through improved safeguards in\nstorage and handling.\n  The legislature declares these spills and leaks to be a threat to the\npublic welfare of the state and hereby exercises the power of the state\nto prevent these spills and leaks from occurring through the\nestablishment of a state petroleum bulk storage code for new and\nsubstantially modified facilities.","path":["Environmental Conservation Law","Article 17. Water Pollution Control","Title 10. Control of the Bulk Storage of Petroleum"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/ENV/17-1001","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"97945283d7f71bb9178c82148b26107d69c9e5ea52c3b4611521ec8c80b15ff9","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-17-0909","next":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-17-1003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}