§ 17-0831. Environmental monitors for tankers.

1. At the discretion of the commissioner, a tanker withdrawing or
transporting water where such withdrawal or transport was authorized
pursuant to a permit issued under section 15-1506 of this chapter shall
be accompanied by an environmental monitor authorized by the department.

2. It shall be the duty of such environmental monitor to inspect and
monitor the compliance of such tankers with all federal, state and local
requirements for operations and ballasting.

3. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the department from entering
into a memorandum of understanding with the board of commissioners of
pilots, created by article six of the navigation law, to allow licensed
pilots to perform the functions of environmental monitors.

4. The department is authorized to set environmental monitoring fees
to recover all costs associated with such monitors. Every tanker
withdrawing or transporting water where such withdrawal or transport was
authorized pursuant to a permit issued under section 15-1506 of this
chapter shall be subject to such fees.