N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law Section 17-1001
Legislative findings and declarations

The legislature finds and declares that the lands and waters of New York state constitute an irreplaceable resource upon which is founded the well-being of public health, economic vitality and the state’s environment; that these resources may be contaminated by spills and leaks of petroleum from active and abandoned petroleum bulk storage facilities; that once contaminated the quality of these resources cannot be completely restored to their original state; and that contamination of these resources must be prevented through improved safeguards in storage and handling. The legislature declares these spills and leaks to be a threat to the public welfare of the state and hereby exercises the power of the state to prevent these spills and leaks from occurring through the establishment of a state petroleum bulk storage code for new and substantially modified facilities.

Source: Section 17-1001 — Legislative findings and declarations, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/ENV/17-1001 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 17, 2026).

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