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Title

Adirondack Park Agency Regulatory Programs Committee monthly agency meeting reports

Series Number

21734

Summary

The Regulatory Programs Division is responsible for review of all projects undertaken in the Adirondack Park that fall within the Adirondack Park Agency's (APA) jurisdiction and for coordinating and administering all permit related activity associated with review of the projects. This series consists of master microfilm copies of reports, draft minutes, agendas, preparatory materials, draft and approved permits, and related material. No use copy of this microfilm is available. Researchers should contact APA for access.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Title

State implementation plan planning files

Series Number

15491

Summary

Subject and correspondence files document the development, implementation, and monitoring of the State Implementation Plan, a state-level plan for air pollution abatement mandated by the federal Environmental Protection Agency through the Clean Air Act. Records contain correspondence and memos, state and federal statutes and regulations, hearing transcripts, reports on air monitoring and emissions, technical literature, newsletters, and minutes of meetings of various air pollution committees and commissions. Correspondents include private companies, local officials, the Environmental Protection Agency, and other DEC units.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Division of Air Resources. Bureau of Abatement Planning

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Attorney General's speech files

Series Number

18572

Summary

This series consists of speeches given by New York State Attorney Generals. Some files include agendas for events and background information regarding the issues and audience of the speeches. Subjects include crime victims' rights, racism, antitrust laws, energy, commerce, environmental issues, bias crime, sentencing guidelines, real estate securities, and other legal, environmental, and civil issues. Also included are transcripts and/or draft copies of speeches and presentations. Records may be restricted.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Law

Access Restrictions

18572-07: Designated records may contain information that is exempt from disclosure pursuant to state or federal statute or common law. Requests for access to designated records are reviewed by staff of the State Archives and the Office of the Attorney General (Dept. of Law). In certain circumstances, designated records or portions of records may be withheld.

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

Adirondack Park Agency Environmental Enforcement Unit environmental enforcement files

Series Number

18842

Summary

This series consists of complaints, correspondence, memorandums, project-related records, and other materials concerning the investigation and resolution of violations of statutes enforced by the Adirondack Park Agency.

Creator

• Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Operations Division

Access Restrictions

The State Archives holds only master microfilm of this series. Researchers should contact the Adirondack Park Agency for access to use copies.

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

Bill files

Series Number

L0186

Summary

This series consists of meeting and bill files of the Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation. The meeting files include clerk's reports; voting sheets; a final report summarizing action taken on all bills referred to the committee in 1989; and log and status sheets giving bill number, sponsor, subject, committee action, senate bill number and sponsor, and notes. Bill files typically include the bill; memorandum in support of legislation; committee bill and other legislative memoranda; and correspondence offering an opinion.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Environmental Conservation budget files

Series Number

L0218

Summary

This series documents the budgeting process of the Department of Environmental Conservation when Assemblyman Hinchey was Chair of the Standing Committee of Environmental Conservation. Records includes budget hearings held by the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee; assembly records of proceedings; copies of budget bills; handwritten notes; material relative to the Environmental Regulatory Fund; projected costs of programs; statistical tabulations; expected revenues; correspondence; memoranda; and other material relative to the budgeting process.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Assemblyman (1975-1992 : Maurice D. Hinchey)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Adirondack Park Agency Regulatory Programs Division project files

Series Number

16573

Summary

The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is responsible for insuring that all building in the Park is compatible with the natural character of the land, and has a minimum adverse affect on the environment. The Operations Division, now the Regulatory Programs Division, is responsible for the review of all projects undertaken in the Adirondack Park that fall within the APA's jurisdiction and for coordinating and administering all permit related activity associated with the review of the projects.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Assembly Program and Counsel Staff hearing files, transcripts, and audiotapes

Series Number

L0002

Summary

This series consists of hearing files and transcripts produced by standing and special committees of the State Assembly and filed with the hearing coordinator in the Assembly Program and Counsel Staff Office. Typical hearing file contains list of witnesses, public hearing speaker registration cards, written statements submitted in lieu of appearance, supporting printed material, notice of hearing with reply forms for persons wishing to testify, rough notes, and summary of proceedings.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Program and Counsel Staff

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Hudson River Valley Commission correspondence and subject files

Series Number

A1115

Summary

The series consists of the correspondence and subject files of the Hudson River Valley Commission, which was set up by order of Governor Rockefeller in 1965 for the purpose of conducting a study of the scenic and cultural resources of the Hudson River Valley. The series includes project review logs, staff correspondence and subject files, minutes of commission meetings, transcripts of hearings, correspondence files concerning reviewed projects and those projects excluded from review, and a few publications.

Creator

• New York (State). Hudson River Valley Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Environmental Conservation Executive Office press releases

Series Number

B2036

Summary

This series consists of press releases written and issued by the Department of Environmental Conservation's Bureau of Public Information.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this 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

Adirondack Park Agency Office of Counsel Legal Affairs Committee monthly agency meeting reports

Series Number

21731

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, legal opinions, legal guidance, committee reports, meeting agendas, status reports, preparatory materials, and related printed materials received and created by the Adirondack Park Agency's Legal Affairs Committee. Series consists of master negative microfilm only. No use copy is available. Researchers should contact the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) for access to use copies.

Creator

• Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Office of Counsel

Title

Senator Earl W. Brydges correspondence and subject files

Series Number

L0104

Summary

This series documents the Senate career of Majority Leader Earl Brydges. The correspondence, memoranda, speeches, press releases, reports, clippings and other printed items reflect Brydges' committee assignments and his interests in the areas of education (especially of the handicapped), health, and mental retardation. There is a significant amount of material on local issues in Niagara County and City of Niagara Falls, particularly transportation, education, and production of electrical power for the region.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1948-1972 : Earl W. Brydges)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Enforcement Committee monthly agency meeting reports

Series Number

21730

Summary

The Environmental Enforcement Unit responsibilities include accurate interpretation and enforcement of statutes administered by the Adirondack Park Agency (APA); legal advice and assistance to the agency staff; enforcement of environmental acts; and providing technical assistance and expertise to the Planning Operations Division. This series consists of microfilm copies of Enforcement Committee reports, settlement agreements, status reports, meeting agendas, draft minutes, preparatory materials, and related printed material. Series consists of master negative film only. Researchers should contact APA for use copy.

Creator

• Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Environmental Enforcement Unit

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

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

Pre-existing subdivision files

Series Number

18861

Summary

This files in this series are created by the Adirondack Park Agency Counsel's Office in the process of determining whether or not property subdivisions are pre-existing and thus exempt from land use or development permit requirements. Files include correspondence; memoranda; copies of maps, plans, and deeds; sketch maps; copies of permit applications; land title documentation; background research materials; and copies of final determinations.

Creator

• Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Office of Counsel

Access Restrictions

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

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.