N.Y. Soil and Water Conserv. Dist. Law § 11-B Agricultural Nonpoint Source Abatement and Control Projects

• Library: New York Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 2023 NY Law Chapter 777
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.Y. Soil and Water Conserv. Dist. Law § 11-B

1. Subject to the availability of funds appropriated therefor, a matching grant program is established to fund agricultural nonpoint source abatement and control projects that meet the following criteria:

a. the project must consist of activities or plans which will identify, reduce, abate, control or prevent nonpoint source pollution originating from agricultural sources;

b. the project must be proposed for implementation by a district or group of districts acting jointly;

c. the project must identify agricultural nonpoint sources of pollution or propose to implement best management practices, as defined in section three of this chapter; and d. the district or districts must have funds available to pay for its share of the eligible project costs.

2. Applications for matching grants shall contain the following information:

a. the name and location of the water body and the nonpoint source problem to be addressed;

b. identification of the best management practices to be implemented, if applicable;

c. a cost estimate for the proposed project;

d. the source of funds available to the district to pay for its share of the eligible costs;

e. information sufficient to demonstrate that the criteria in subdivision one of this section have been met; and f. such further information as may be required by the committee through regulations.

3. In awarding grants the committee shall give preference to those projects located in priority water bodies identified pursuant to section 17-1407 of the environmental conservation law. The committee shall also give preference to projects proposed to promote participation or further the priorities of the agricultural environmental management (AEM) program as set forth in article eleven-A of the agriculture and markets law.