N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law Section 15-1719
Equitable rental for Niagara River water

The department shall have the power to fix and determine, after a hearing held upon notice to the parties interested, the amount of an equitable rental, which is hereby charged pursuant to the reservations made in chapter 597 of the laws of 1918 for the diversion, as specified in such chapter, of water from the Niagara River in excess of a daily diversion at the rate of fifteen thousand one hundred cubic feet per second, and also, from July 1, 1943, the amount of an equitable rental, which is hereby charged, for the diversion of water from the Niagara River to the extent of a daily diversion at the rate of fifteen thousand one hundred cubic feet per second and not otherwise subject to the imposition of an equitable rental as specified in such chapter. Such rental shall be fixed in like manner as if application were made for a license under the provisions of title 17 of this article before the water was used, and the people of the state may sue for and collect in behalf of the state such rentals as so fixed and determined.

Source: Section 15-1719 — Equitable rental for Niagara River water, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/ENV/15-1719 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 27, 2024).

15‑1701
Reservation of state control 15‑1703
Definitions 15‑1705
Licenses 15‑1707
Procedure on application for license 15‑1709
Preliminary permits 15‑1711
Provisions and conditions of licenses 15‑1713
Waters impounded by dams constructed for power purposes impressed with a public interest 15‑1715
Licenses and the protection of navigation 15‑1717
Provisions for the revision and readjustment of rent in licenses 15‑1719
Equitable rental for Niagara River water 15‑1721
Reservation in the license 15‑1723
Contribution to the cost of headwater improvement 15‑1725
Prosecution of project works 15‑1727
Maintenance of project works 15‑1729
Eminent domain 15‑1731
Eminent domain 15‑1733
Use of land occupied by a public highway 15‑1735
Contracts extending beyond license period 15‑1737
Transfer of license restricted 15‑1739
Revocation of license 15‑1741
Re-entry at expiration of the license period 15‑1743
Renewal and extension of licenses 15‑1745
Prohibited diversions 15‑1747
False entries, statements or reports 15‑1749
Previous grantees not to divert waters without a license 15‑1751
Right to amend and repeal reserved

Accessed:
Apr. 27, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 15-1719’s source at nysenate.gov

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Location: https://newyork.public.law/laws/n.y._environmental_conservation_law_section_15-1719

Original Source: Section 15-1719 — Equitable rental for Niagara River water, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/ENV/15-1719 (last accessed Aug. 20, 2023).