2006 New York Code - Transfer Of Environmental Applications, Proceedings, Approvals And Permits.

 
    §   2049-vv.  Transfer  of  environmental  applications,  proceedings,
  approvals and permits. 1. Any application in relation to the purposes of
  or contemplated by  this  title  heretofore  filed,  or  any  proceeding
  heretofore  or  hereafter  commenced, by either of the counties with the
  state  department  of  environmental  conservation,  the  department  of
  transportation  or  any other state authority or instrumentality or with
  the United States environmental protection agency or any  other  federal
  authority  or  instrumentality shall inure to and for the benefit of the
  authority to the same extent and in the same manner as if the  authority
  had  been  a party to such application or proceeding from its inception,
  and the authority shall be deemed a party thereto,  to  the  extent  not
  prohibited by any federal law. Any license, approval, permit or decision
  heretofore  or hereafter issued or granted pursuant to or as a result of
  any such application or proceeding shall inure to the benefit of and  be
  binding upon the authority and shall be assigned and transferred by such
  county  to  the  authority,  unless  such  assignment  and  transfer  is
  prohibited by federal law.
    2. All such applications, proceedings,  licenses,  approvals,  permits
  and  decisions  shall  further  inure  to  and for the benefit of and be
  binding upon any person leasing,  constructing,  maintaining,  using  or
  occupying any facility financed in whole or in part by the authority.