2006 New York Code - Spdes Permits; Application.

 
  § 17-0803. SPDES permits; application.
    Except  as  provided  by  subdivision  five of section 17-0701 of this
  article, it shall be unlawful to discharge pollutants to the  waters  of
  the  state from any outlet or point source without a SPDES permit issued
  pursuant hereto or in a manner other than as prescribed by such  permit.
  The  department  shall,  by  rule  and  regulation,  require  that every
  applicant for a permit to discharge pollutants into the  waters  of  the
  state  shall file such information at such times and in such form as the
  department may reasonably require to  execute  the  provisions  of  this
  article.  Rules  and  regulations  adopted hereunder may provide that in
  lieu of issuance of such permit the department may accept as  compliance
  herewith  a  permit  duly  issued by the federal government or an agency
  thereof pursuant to the provisions of the Act.