§ 2049-vv. Transfer of environmental applications, proceedings,
approvals and permits. 1. Any application in relation to the purposes of
or contemplated by this title heretofore filed, or any proceeding
heretofore or hereafter commenced, by either of the counties with the
state department of environmental conservation, the department of
transportation or any other state authority or instrumentality or with
the United States environmental protection agency or any other federal
authority or instrumentality shall inure to and for the benefit of the
authority to the same extent and in the same manner as if the authority
had been a party to such application or proceeding from its inception,
and the authority shall be deemed a party thereto, to the extent not
prohibited by any federal law. Any license, approval, permit or decision
heretofore or hereafter issued or granted pursuant to or as a result of
any such application or proceeding shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the authority and shall be assigned and transferred by such
county to the authority, unless such assignment and transfer is
prohibited by federal law.

2. All such applications, proceedings, licenses, approvals, permits
and decisions shall further inure to and for the benefit of and be
binding upon any person leasing, constructing, maintaining, using or
occupying any facility financed in whole or in part by the authority.