New York Consolidated Laws, Navigation Law - NAV § 181-a. Environmental lien

(a) owned by a person liable to the fund for such costs under section one hundred eighty-one of this part at the time a notice of environmental lien is filed; and

(b) upon which the discharge occurred.

(a) cleanup and removal costs and damage costs are incurred by the fund;

(b) the person referred to in subdivision one of this section fails to pay such costs within ninety days after a written demand therefor by the administrator is mailed by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested; and

(c) a notice of environmental lien is filed as provided in section one hundred eighty-one-c of this part; provided, however, that a copy of the notice of environmental lien is served upon the owner of the real property subject to the environmental lien within thirty days of such filing in accordance with the provisions of section eleven of the lien law.

(a) the claim or judgment against the person referred to in subdivision one of this section for cleanup and removal costs and damage costs is satisfied or becomes unenforceable;

(b) the lien is released by the administrator pursuant to this subdivision;

(c) the lien is discharged by payment of moneys into court; or

(d) the lien is otherwise vacated by court order.

Upon the occurrence of any of the foregoing, except where the lien is vacated by court order, the administrator shall execute the release of an environmental lien and file the release as provided in section one hundred eighty-one-c of this part. The administrator may release an environmental lien where: