2019 New York Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 39 - Office of Business Permits
881 - Master Application Procedure.

* § 881. Master application procedure. 1. The office shall develop and
implement  a master application procedure to expedite the identification
and processing of  permits  for  business  undertakings,  projects,  and
activities.  A  master application shall be made on a form prescribed by
the office, such form to be designed primarily for  the  convenience  of
applicants  confronting  requirements  for  multiple permits from one or
more  state  agencies,  and  shall  provide  for  concise  and  specific
information  necessary  to a determination of those permits which are or
may be required for the undertaking, project, or activity.
  2. Use of the master application procedure shall be at the  option  of
any  person  proposing  a business undertaking, project or activity. The
office shall assist any  person  upon  request  in  preparing  a  master
application,  describe  the  procedures involved, and provide such other
information from the comprehensive permit information  file  as  may  be
helpful or necessary.
  3.  Upon  receipt of a master application the office shall immediately
notify in writing each state agency having a possible  interest  in  the
proposed  business  undertaking,  project,  or  activity with respect to
permits which are or may be required.
  4. Each state agency so notified shall respond to  the  office  within
fifteen  days  of  receipt  of  the  notice  and shall advise the office
whether one or more  permits  under  its  jurisdiction  are  or  may  be
required for the business undertaking, project, or activity described in
the master application.  The response shall specify the permits which in
the  opinion  of  the  agency  are or may be required, if any, and shall
indicate the fees to be charged.
  5. Any state agency so notified which responds that it does  not  have
an  interest  in  the  permit  requirements of the business undertaking,
project, or activity described in the master application, or which  does
not respond within the time period specified in subdivision four of this
section,  shall  not  require  a permit for the undertaking, project, or
activity described in the master application.
  6. The provisions of subdivision five of this section shall not  apply
if  the  master  application  contained  false,  misleading or deceptive
information, or failed to include pertinent  information,  the  lack  of
which could reasonably lead a state agency to misjudge the applicability
of  permits  under  its  jurisdiction,  or if new permit requirements or
related standards subsequently became effective for which a state agency
had no discretion in establishing the effective date thereof.
  7. The office, following the fifteen day notice and  response  period,
shall  promptly provide the person having submitted a master application
with application forms and related information for all permits specified
by the interested state agencies and shall advise such person:
  (a) that all such forms are to  be  completed  and  submitted  to  the
interested state agencies; or, at the option of the applicant,
  (b)  that the office will receive all such forms as a package with the
fees to be charged,  if  any,  and  that  the  office  will  immediately
separate  and submit such forms and any allocable fees to the interested
state agencies.
  8. An applicant may withdraw a master application at any time  without
forfeiture  of  any  permit  approval  applied for or obtained under the
master application procedures contained in this section.
  * NB Authority of office terminated per § 893 December 31, 1995