2052-V - Environmental applications, proceedings, approvals and permits.
§ 2052-v. Environmental applications, proceedings, approvals and permits. 1. Any application in relation to the purposes of or contemplated by this title, or any proceeding commenced, by the towns and the city with the state department of environmental conservation, the department of transportation or any other state agency or instrumentality or with the United States Environmental Protection Agency or any other federal agency 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, and the authority shall be deemed a party thereto, to the extent not prohibited by any federal law. Any license, approval, permit or decision 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 the local governments 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, acquiring, constructing, maintaining, using or occupying any facility financed in whole or in part by the authority. 3. The authority shall be designated as the planning unit for the area of operation, pursuant to section 27-0107 of the environmental conservation law and shall, in addition to the purposes set forth above in this title, carry out the legislative purposes set forth in section 27-0101 of the environmental conservation law.