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Title

Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation hearing files and transcripts

Series Number

L0131

Summary

These records relate to statewide public hearings held by the Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation. Records consist of testimony by individuals and organizations on topics such as the Adirondack Park Agency; Catskill resource management; taxation of forest lands; resource recovery and recycling; solid waste management; and the involvement of organized crime in the waste disposal industry.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Environmental Conservation

Access Restrictions

L0131-11: Private hearings found in Box 2 of this accretion are restricted.

Title

Minutes of meetings

Series Number

14285

Summary

This series consists of Adirondack Park Agency (APA) meeting minutes. Records include adopted meeting minutes, as well as committee reports and memoranda submitted at each meeting. Minutes from 1979 forward also include meeting agendas for both the full agency and individual committees within the agency. Records reflect drafting and amending of APA rules and regulations, drafting and amending of public and private land use and development plans, and agency decisions and responses to litigation.

Creator

• Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Application files pertaining to public water supply systems

Series Number

20653

Summary

This series documents the regulation of public water supply systems that are owned and operated by municipalities, as well as private companies, organizations and individuals. The series include water supply application files and maps. The application files reflect the process of applying for and receiving permits for proposed public water supply systems. The application maps contains maps, blueprints, profiles and drawings depicting the location of main water lines, reservoirs, aqueducts, water basins, dams, tunnels and related water works structures.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Division of Water. Bureau of Water Permits

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Joint Legislative Committee on Lake George Water Conditions exhibit files

Series Number

B1822

Summary

The Joint Legislative Committee on Lake George Water Conditions compiled these exhibits while conducting public hearings and research. Exhibits include a map of all locations of International Paper Company mills at Ticonderoga; an engineering plan detailing International Paper Company's old and new dams at Ticonderoga; diagrams showing variations in Lake George's height, draft, and accumulated precipitation at Ticonderoga; photographs and blueprint survey maps of islands in Lake George; and legal documents from the suit filed by the state against System Properties Inc.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Lake George Water Conditions

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Conservation Department rules and regulations

Series Number

B1837

Summary

This series documents the rules and regulations that the Conservation Department forwarded to the Department of State for publication. The bulk of the material consists of routine correspondence between the Conservation Department and the Department of State and the text of the rules and regulations adopted, revised, or repealed; in some instances, internal memorandums concerning the content of draft regulations and certificates citing the statute that gave the department the authority to issue a given regulation are also present.

Creator

• New York (State). Conservation Department

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Air contamination source files

Series Number

18576

Summary

The Bureau of Stationary Sources (formerly Bureau of Application Review and Permitting), a sub-division of the Division of Air Resources, coordinates all air permitting activities within the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The records document the implementation of an ambient air monitoring program, including meteorological monitoring. Documents detail the results of sampling and analyses conducted under the Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan (Work Plan) approved by DEC in 1992. Included are reports, description of the model, and analytical and laboratory data packages.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Bureau of Application Review and Permitting

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Hearing records

Series Number

B2508

Summary

This series contains records of the Legislative Affairs Office pertaining to the formulation of formal testimony presented at legislative hearings, hearing notices, questions and answers, and hearing transcripts. The office coordinates agency policies on legislation to ensure that testimony presented by Department of Environmental Conservation officials at public hearings on issues of legislative concern represents agency policy on the matters.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Environmental Enforcement original orders of consent

Series Number

16942

Summary

This series consists of non-routine consent orders involving cases relating to hazardous waste; cases encompassing multiple Department of Conservation (DEC) regions; cases involving novel issues of policy or law; cases appearing to conflict with DEC policy; or cases involving sensitive or controversial issues. Each consent order includes finding of violation, remedial program description, compliance timetable, interim proposals, orders to pay costs of investigation and remediation, penalties for non-compliance, and provisions for modifications or summary abatement orders.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Division of Environmental Enforcement

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Chronological correspondence files

Series Number

18851

Summary

This series consists of chronological correspondence files compiled and maintained by the office of the Executive Director of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). Within the series there are files created directly by the executive director and files created by the agency's chief legal counsel. Records consist predominantly of copies of outgoing correspondence and attachments directed to other state agencies, local and regional environmental groups, and private citizens as well as copies of memoranda addressed to agency members and staff. Also included are meeting materials, agendas, and minutes; legal documents; agency resolutions; budget materials; draft reports and studies; annual reports; proposed legislation and related memoranda; executive orders; permit and variance applications, notices of public hearings, variance and project review minutes, proposed Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan map amendments, and agency orders; and clippings of newspaper and journal articles.

Creator

• Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Executive Director's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

John Hanna, Jr. professional papers

Series Number

B2492

Summary

This series consists of files created by John Hanna, Jr. while serving as counsel to the New York State Office of Employee Relations and as deputy commissioner and general counsel of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The materials do not completely document his tenure in these positions but rather highlight significant legal issues and cases he handled. One such issue that is well covered by the files is the Taylor Law and Hanna's role in mediating labor disputes.

Creator

• Hanna, John, Jr.

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Adirondack Park land use planning county maps

Series Number

A3318

Summary

The series consists of maps produced by the Adirondack Park Agency for the Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan of 1973. The maps consist of a printed base map of each county (sometimes done in sections) prepared by the Office of Planning Services, with an attached plastic film overlay in colors representing the various land use classifications. Additionally, wilderness areas and "primitive areas" are represented.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Usage Restrictions

Use under supervision or with assistance of archivist due to fragile condition of the plastic film overlays.

Title

State Environmental Board subject files

Series Number

15796

Summary

This series consists agendas and minutes of the State Environmental Board's meetings; correspondence; memoranda; copies of proposed rules and regulations; resolutions and internal reports; and audio cassettes of meetings and briefings. The Bureau of Regulatory Management serves as the board's executive secretariat.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Bureau of Regulatory Management

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Survey of discharges by businesses into state waterways

Series Number

12205

Summary

This series contains forms detailing the amount and type of effluence discharged into the state's rivers, lakes, and streams by various businesses in 1903. Businesses self-reported to the Department of Health, the location and nature of their business; the number of outlets discharging effluvia; processes which created the discharges; the kind, amount, and location of the discharge; and the amount of sewage within the discharge. The numbers of employees by gender, including children under 16 employed, are also listed.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Health

Title

Bill files

Series Number

L0237

Summary

These files were compiled under the leadership of Bernard C. Smith, one of the State's principal architects of major legislation in the areas of environmental protection, conservation, and recreation. Files include legislation and supporting memoranda of virtually all aspects of environmental law, including land, air, and water resource management and protection; wildlife conservation; and regulation and enhancement of outdoor recreation.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Committee on Conservation and Recreation

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Department of Environmental Conservation archived websites

Series Number

B2088

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites maintained by the Department of Environmental Conservation.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Water Supply Commission survey questionnaires

Series Number

16828

Summary

This series consists of two questionnaires: one describing in detail the water supply and distribution for each respondent community and the other with questions about their sewage disposal systems. Water Supply Commission used these to conduct an investigation and report for the legislature. The questionaires were distributed to cities, incorporated villages, private water companies, and towns statewide.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Water

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Department of Environmental Conservation Office of General Counsel civil and administrative litigation files

Series Number

16945

Summary

This series contains records pertaining to litigation in state or federal court against or on behalf of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) including but not limited to Article 78 proceedings, federal Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) cases, and violators of the Environmental Conservation Law. Records include summonses, pleadings, affidavits, notices, briefs, memoranda of laws, findings of fact, opinions, decisions, correspondence, and court documents.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Office of General Counsel

Access Restrictions

Access to attorney-client privileged correspondence, attorney work-product, and certain inter-agency correspondence is restricted pursuant to Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Section 87(2)(g). State Archives staff will review requests and disclose records in accordance with FOIL.

Title

Department of Law Legislative Bureau legislative program bill files

Series Number

15433

Summary

These files document the Department of Law's own program bills, from initial conception to final action. Program bills initiated by the department cover a wide range of issues, including consumer finance, hazardous products and substances, environmental protection, housing codes, and civil and criminal procedure.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Law. Legislative Bureau

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Department of Environmental Conservation Office of Hearings and Mediation Services decisions, orders, rulings, and hearing reports

Series Number

17067

Summary

This series consists of hearing files documenting the results of adjudicatory and legislative public hearings held by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Topics include New York City's application for a water supply permit for drought emergency operation of the Hudson River Pumping Plant at Chelsea, and solid waste disposal in Saint Lawrence County. Records include hearing notices, transcripts, and testimony; emergency declarations; correspondence; public comments; briefs; exhibits; reports; draft environmental impact statements; and results of public hearings.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Office of Hearings and Mediation Services

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.