N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law Section 17-1721
Reports of municipal authorities to local boards of health


1.

The report of the public authorities having by law charge of the sewer system of every municipality in the state, from which sewer system sewage was being discharged into any of the waters of the state on May 7, 1903, transmitted by the board of health of the municipality within which any sewer outlet of the said sewer system is located to the commissioner and filed by him in his office, shall constitute the evidence of exemption from the prohibition of section 17-1701.

2.

No sewer system shall be exempt from the prohibition of said section against the discharge of sewage into the waters of the state for which a satisfactory report shall not have been filed in the office of the commissioner in accordance with chapter 468 of the laws of 1903. * NB Expired September 1, 1973

Source: Section 17-1721 — Reports of municipal authorities to local boards of health, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/ENV/17-1721 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

17‑1701
Definition of sewage
17‑1703
Contamination of salt wells
17‑1704
Discharge of sewage and other offensive matter from new or renovated wastewater disposal systems to the surface waters of the Owasco lake...
17‑1705
Discharge of sewage into Wallkill Creek prohibited
17‑1707
Discharge of sewage into the Susquehanna near Binghamton prohibited
17‑1709
Discharge of sewage and other offensive matter into Lake George and Skaneateles lake prohibited
17‑1710
Deposit of garbage or other refuse on or in waters of the Owasco lake watershed extending from the city dam on the outlet to the existing...
17‑1711
Deposit of garbage or other refuse on or in waters of Lake George and Skaneateles lake and their tributaries prohibited
17‑1713
Discharge of sewage and other offensive matter into Brant Lake, Loon Lake, Friends Lake and Schroon Lake prohibited
17‑1715
Discharge of sewage and other offensive matter into Oneida Lake prohibited
17‑1717
Order to discontinue pollution of waters
17‑1719
Actions by municipalities to prevent discharge of sewage into waters
17‑1721
Reports of municipal authorities to local boards of health
17‑1723
Reports of proprietors of industrial establishments
17‑1725
Permission to discharge sewage
17‑1727
Permission to discharge refuse or waste matter from industrial establishments
17‑1729
Permits for conduit or discharge pipes
17‑1731
Revocation or modification of permits
17‑1733
Record of permits
17‑1735
Violations
17‑1737
Legal construction and limitations
17‑1739
Repeal of provisions
17‑1741
Sewerage
17‑1743
Reporting of spills of liquids stored in bulk
17‑1745
Sewage from vessels

Accessed:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 17-1721’s source at nysenate​.gov

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