N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law Section 17-1725
Permission to discharge sewage


1.

Upon application duly made to the commissioner by the public authorities having by law the charge of the sewer system of any municipality, the commissioner shall have power to consider the case of a sewer system otherwise prohibited by section 17-1701 from discharging sewage into any of the waters of the state, and whenever in his opinion the general interests of the public health would not be endangered thereby he may issue a permit for the discharge of sewage from any such sewer system into any of the waters of the state, and may stipulate in the permit, modification, regulations and conditions on which such discharge may be permitted.

2.

Such application must be made in a form required by the commissioner. The plans for the construction of any sewer system or sewage disposal plant for the extension, reconstruction or modification of sewers, sewer systems or sewage disposal plants the permit for the discharge from which is requested from the commissioner as provided in this section shall be submitted to and approved by the department before such permit becomes effective.

3.

Such permit before being operative shall be recorded in the county clerk’s office of the county wherein the outlet of the said sewer system is located, and a copy of the permit shall be transmitted by the commissioner to the board of health of the municipality wherein the outlet of said sewer system is located. * NB Expired September 1, 1973

Source: Section 17-1725 — Permission to discharge sewage, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/ENV/17-1725 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Dec. 21, 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:
Dec. 21, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 17-1725’s source at nysenate​.gov

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