2022 New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 57 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act
Title 1 - Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime Reserve Act
57-0115 - Comprehensive Management Plan.

§ 57-0115. Comprehensive management plan.
  1. The council shall, after holding public hearings, prepare and adopt
a  comprehensive  management  plan  for  the  Long  Island  Pine Barrens
maritime reserve, which the state and local governments may adopt.  Such
plan shall include, but not be limited to:
  a.  a  statement  of  the  public  values of the area, including their
educational, ecological  and  hydrological  values,  together  with  the
general  goals  and  policies  which  will best protect and enhance such
values;
  b. a map of the area, delineating the boundaries of  the  Long  Island
Pine Barrens maritime reserve;
  c.  a brief and general historical overview regarding the lands of the
Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve;
  d. an inventory of all public lands and lands available for public use
within the Long Island Pine Barrens  maritime  reserve  specifying  use,
facilities  for  public use, and the management agency with jurisdiction
over the property;
  e.  management  guidelines  for  the  preservation,  recreational  and
educational  use  of  resources of the Long Island Pine Barrens maritime
reserve;
  f. management guidelines  for  protecting  and  supporting  indigenous
economic activities like agriculture, fishing, recreation and tourism;
  g. a plan for protection and management for dedicated land in the Long
Island Pine Barrens preserve including:
  (1)  A  survey  or  inventory  of  the  following,  together  with the
establishment of management priorities therefor:
  (i) natural plant and wildlife resources;
  (ii) historic resources;
  (iii) erosion control needs and stream protection;
  (iv) trails, trail development and use; and
  (v) other recreational uses.
  (2) Recommendations for the enforcement of laws pertaining  to  public
use  activities,  which  can be implemented by rules and regulations for
the administration and use of lands dedicated to the preserve.
  (3)  Recommendations  for  acquisition  of  open  space  suitable  for
dedication in the preserve.
  (4)  Recommendations  for  institutional  arrangements  to  coordinate
management of dedicated land held by separate owners;
  h. a local participation plan, which  describes  how  local  citizens,
officials   and   members  of  the  tourism,  agricultural  and  fishing
industries will participate in the planning and  implementation  of  the
management  program  and  which contains a statement identifying support
for such program by the participating local governments; and
  i. a financial statement estimating the necessary costs and  potential
funding  sources  to  carry out recommendations in the study over a five
year period and the benefits therefrom.
  2. A draft plan shall be prepared and made available to the public and
the local governments within  the  Long  Island  Pine  Barrens  maritime
reserve  prior  to  adopting  the  plan.  The  council shall hold public
hearings at different locations within  the  Long  Island  Pine  Barrens
maritime  reserve.  There shall be two public hearings on the draft plan
and there shall also be a public hearing on the  completed  plan  before
the plan is submitted to the commissioner.