2006 New York Code - Purpose.

 
  § 17-0801. Purpose.
    To  create  a  state pollutant discharge elimination system (SPDES) to
  insure that the State of New York shall possess  adequate  authority  to
  issue  permits  regulating  the  discharge  of  pollutants  from  new or
  existing outlets or point sources into the waters  of  the  state,  upon
  condition  that  such discharges will conform to and meet all applicable
  requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended  (33
  U.S.C.  1251,  et seq.) hereinafter referred to as the "Act", and rules,
  regulations, guidelines, criteria,  standards  and  limitations  adopted
  pursuant thereto relating to effluent limitations, water quality related
  effluent  limitations,  new  source  performance  standards,  toxic  and
  pretreatment  effluent  limitations,  ocean  discharge   criteria,   and
  monitoring,  and  to  participate  in  the  national pollutant discharge
  elimination system (NPDES) created by the Act.