N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law Section 11-0503
Polluting streams prohibited


1.

No dyestuffs, coal tar, refuse from a gas house, cheese factory, creamery, condensary or canning factory, sawdust, shavings, tan bark, lime, acid, oil or other deleterious or poisonous substance shall be thrown or allowed to run into any waters, either private or public, in quantities injurious to fish life, protected wildlife or waterfowl inhabitating those waters or injurious to the propagation of fish, protected wildlife or waterfowl therein.

2.

a. No person shall place sewage or other matter injurious to fish where it can find its way into water used by any state fish hatchery or allow others to do so on or through premises owned or occupied by him.

b.

No person shall erect or maintain any privy, pigsty, inclosure for poultry, barn or barnyard, or drain from any building, whence drainage or refuse may find its way into water used by any state fish hatchery. Every such privy, pigsty, inclosure, barn, barnyard and drain is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and may be summarily abated by the department.

3.

Oil, acid, sludge, cinders or ashes from a vessel of any type shall not be thrown, dumped or allowed by any person to run into the waters of the Hudson or Mohawk rivers.

4.

No earth, soil, refuse or other solid substances, except snow or ice, shall be disposed of in any stream or tributary thereto which is inhabited by trout; nor shall any earth, soil, refuse or other solid substance, except snow or ice, be disposed of on the banks of trout streams or tributaries thereto in such a manner that such solid substance can enter the stream at any stage of water level. Dumps and disposal areas for refuse along the banks of trout streams, or tributaries thereto, shall be operated by the owner or lessee of such an area in such manner that the solid substances deposited thereon shall not enter the stream at any stage of water level.

5.

This section does not prohibit the control or elimination of aquatic vegetation, insects and aquatic animals, authorized by the department in order to effectuate the provisions of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-1911 and subdivision 8 of section 11-1913 of the Fish and Wildlife Law.

6.

Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit the enactment by the appropriate governing or legislative body of any county, city, town or village of local laws, not inconsistent with this chapter, prohibiting the disposal of earth, soil, refuse, or other solid substance, in streams, ponds or lakes within its jurisdiction.

Source: Section 11-0503 — Polluting streams prohibited, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/ENV/11-0503 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Dec. 21, 2024).

11‑0501
Fish and wildlife management practices cooperative program
11‑0503
Polluting streams prohibited
11‑0505
Interference with fish and wildlife
11‑0507
Liberation of fish, shellfish and wildlife
11‑0509
Water chestnut
11‑0511
Possession and transportation of wildlife
11‑0512
Possession, sale, barter, transfer, exchange and import of wild animals as pets prohibited
11‑0513
Pigeons
11‑0514
Eurasian boars prohibited
11‑0515
Licenses to collect, possess or sell for propagation, scientific or exhibition purposes
11‑0517
Taking for propagation and stocking
11‑0519
Disposition of fish, wildlife, game, shellfish, crustacea or protected insects seized by or surrendered to enforcement officers
11‑0521
Destructive wildlife
11‑0522
Urban deer management pilot program
11‑0522‑A
Long Island deer management pilot program
11‑0523
Destructive or menacing wildlife
11‑0524
Nuisance wildlife control operators
11‑0525
Control of rabies in wildlife
11‑0527
State aid to counties participating in control of rabies in wildlife
11‑0529
Cats hunting birds
11‑0531
Bounties prohibited
11‑0533
Licensing of guides
11‑0535
Endangered and threatened species, species of special concern
11‑0535‑A
Illegal ivory articles and rhinoceros horns
11‑0535‑B
Vulnerable species
11‑0535‑C
Endangered and threatened species mitigation bank fund
11‑0536
Sale of certain wild animals or wild animal products prohibited
11‑0537
Bald and golden eagles
11‑0538
Direct contact between public and big cats prohibited
11‑0539
New York natural heritage program
11‑0540
Prohibition on permits authorizing the use of elephants in entertainment acts

Accessed:
Dec. 21, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 11-0503’s source at nysenate​.gov

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