New York Consolidated Laws, Navigation Law - NAV § 177-b. Habitat protection plan

The commissioner may require every major facility which engages in the transfer of petroleum to file with the department a habitat protection plan as a condition of issuance of a license pursuant to section one hundred seventy-four of this article.  Such plan shall provide protection from the potential adverse impact of any discharge on the habitat of threatened or endangered species and the mitigation of potential damage to wetlands in reasonable proximity to the facility.  Such plan shall contain provisions for the rehabilitation of animals damaged by the discharge of petroleum.