§ 56-0303. Management programs, plans and projects.

1. Of the moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant
to the Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act of 1996, five hundred twenty-five
million dollars ($525,000,000) shall be allocated to water quality
improvement projects identified as follows:

(a) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for
state assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water
quality improvement projects intended to implement the Hudson River
estuary plan as set forth in section 11-0306 of this chapter.

(b) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be available for
state assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water
quality improvement projects intended to implement the Long Island Sound
comprehensive conservation and management plan developed pursuant to
section 320 of the federal clean water act.

(c) Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be available for state
assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water quality
improvement projects intended to implement the Lake Champlain management
plan developed pursuant to the federal Lake Champlain special
designation act of 1990.

(d) Seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) shall be available for
state assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water
quality improvement projects intended to implement the Onondaga Lake
plan developed pursuant to the consent order issued by the United States
District Court for the Northern District of New York agreed to among
Onondaga County, the state of New York, and the Atlantic States Legal
Foundation, Inc. Provided, however, that such municipality shall adhere
to the construction timetable set forth in said plan and shall provide
the department with periodic updates as to the progress of said
construction and the prospect of any pilot or demonstration technologies
set forth in said plan. The commissioner shall have discretion not to
make any disbursement until these conditions have been met to his or her
satisfaction and upon the approval of the state comptroller.

(e) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for
state assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water
quality improvement projects intended to implement the New York/New
Jersey harbor comprehensive conservation and management plan, developed
pursuant to section 320 of the federal clean water act.

(f) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for
state assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water
quality improvement projects intended to implement the department's
great lakes program developed in accordance with the federal great lakes
critical programs act of 1990 and the great lakes water quality
agreement of 1987, as amended, between the governments of Canada and the
United States of America.

(g) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for
state assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water
quality improvement projects for the finger lakes and their tributaries
which are approved by the secretary of state pursuant to article
forty-two of the executive law or by the commissioner.

(h) For state assistance payments for the cost of water quality
improvement projects intended for any waters of the state for projects
to support a study of groundwater quality in Long Island or open space
land conservation projects which have been (a) approved by the
commissioner, (b) identified in plans in accordance with section 1455b
of the federal coastal zone management act or article forty-two of the
executive law and approved by the secretary of state, or (c) developed
in accordance with title eleven-b of article two of the soil and water
conservation districts law and approved by the state soil and water
conservation committee and commissioner of agriculture and markets.

(i) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for
the expenses of projects at facilities owned by the state of New York
which enhance the quality of the waters of the state by remedying
environmental deficiencies or complying with environmental laws and
regulations.

(j) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be available to
municipalities for wastewater treatment improvement projects and the
cost of municipal flood control projects in villages, towns, and cities
with a population of seventy-five thousand or less.

(k) Thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available for state
assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water quality
improvement projects intended to implement the comprehensive
conservation management plan for the peconic estuary developed pursuant
to section 320 of the federal clean water act and for the comprehensive
management plan for the south shore estuary reserve plan developed
pursuant to article forty-six of the executive law.

(l) Thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available for state
assistance payments through the environmental facilities corporation to
villages, towns, and cities with a population of less than one million,
for environmental compliance assistance projects for businesses which
enhance the quality of the waters of the state through compliance with
environmental laws and regulations, or to remedy or prevent
environmental deficiencies.

(1) The president of the environmental facilities corporation is
authorized to provide state assistance payments to villages, towns, and
cities with a population less than one million, for implementation of
environmental compliance assistance projects which enhance the quality
of the waters of the state.

(2) A village, town, and city with a population of less than one
million may submit an application to the president, in such form and
manner as the president may require, for state assistance payments
toward the cost of environmental compliance assistance projects.

(3) Upon receipt of a request for state assistance application, the
president shall review and, within ninety days from the receipt of a
complete application, may approve, disapprove, or recommend
modifications thereto consistent with applicable law criteria,
standards, or rules and regulations relative to such projects.

(m) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, amounts
allocated in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this
subdivision may be interchanged between such paragraphs and may be
interchanged to amounts allocated in paragraph (h) of this subdivision.

2. At least three wastewater treatment improvement projects funded
pursuant to this title shall be projects designed to refine innovative
technologies for use in the physical environment of New York state and
serve as a catalyst for technology transfer. Such technologies may
include, but shall not be limited to, technologies that reduce the
amount and toxicity of sewage sludge and effluent; increase reliability
and cost efficiency; reduce energy consumption; or achieve more reliable
pathogen destruction.