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General Provisions and Public Policy (Consolidated Laws of New York: Environmental Conservation Law; Article 17 Water Pollution Control; Title 1; §§ 17-0101 − 17-0105)

País/Territorio
Estados Unidos de América
Subdivisión territorial
New York
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
1909 (2018)
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Agua
Palabra clave
Control de la contaminación Normas sobre calidad del agua Contaminación de las aguas dulces Salud pública Conservación del ecosistema Normas sobre calidad ambiental Protección del medio ambiente Normas
Área geográphica
Americas, Ártico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte
Resumen

This Title of Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law of New York contains general provisions and public policy regarding water pollution control. It is declared to be the public policy of the state of New York to maintain reasonable standards of purity of the waters of the state consistent with public health and public enjoyment thereof, the propagation and protection of fish and wild life, including birds, mammals and other terrestrial and acquatic life, and the industrial development of the state, and to that end require the use of all known available and reasonable methods to prevent and control the pollution of the waters of the state of New York. It is the purpose of Article 17 to safeguard the waters of the state from pollution by preventing any new pollution and abating pollution existing when the predecessor of this chapter was enacted.

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public.leginfo.state.ny.us