New York Consolidated Laws, Environmental Conservation Law - ENV § 25-0402. Application for permits

1. Any person proposing to conduct or cause to be conducted an activity regulated under this act  1 upon any inventoried tidal wetland shall file an application for a permit with the commissioner, in such form and containing such information as the commissioner may prescribe. The applicant shall have the burden of demonstrating that the proposed activity will be in complete accord with the policy and provisions of this act.  1 Such application shall include a detailed description of the proposed work and a map showing the area of tidal wetland directly affected, with the location of the proposed work thereon, together with the names of the owners of record of adjacent lands and the known claimants of water rights in or adjacent to the tidal wetlands of whom the applicant has notice. The commissioner shall cause a copy of such application to be mailed to the chief administrative officer in the municipality where the proposed work or any part of it is located.

2. The rules and regulations adopted by the department to implement this article and the provisions of article 70 of this chapter and rules and regulations adopted thereunder shall govern permit applications, renewals, modifications, suspensions and revocations under this article.