§ 2046-u. Title not affected if in part unconstitutional or
ineffective. If any provision of any section of this title or the
application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be adjudged
invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such order or judgment
shall be confined in its operation to the controversy in which it was
rendered, and shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any
provision of any section of this title or the application of any part
thereof to any other person or circumstance and to this end the
provisions of each section of this title are hereby declared to be
severable. Nothing contained in this title shall be held to alter or
abridge the powers and duties of the department of environmental
conservation.