§ 56-0303. Management programs, plans and projects.\n 1. Of the moneys received by the state from the sale of bonds pursuant\nto the Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act of 1996, five hundred twenty-five\nmillion dollars ($525,000,000) shall be allocated to water quality\nimprovement projects identified as follows:\n (a) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for\nstate assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water\nquality improvement projects intended to implement the Hudson River\nestuary plan as set forth in section 11-0306 of this chapter.\n (b) Two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be available for\nstate assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water\nquality improvement projects intended to implement the Long Island Sound\ncomprehensive conservation and management plan developed pursuant to\nsection 320 of the federal clean water act.\n (c) Fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) shall be available for state\nassistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water quality\nimprovement projects intended to implement the Lake Champlain management\nplan developed pursuant to the federal Lake Champlain special\ndesignation act of 1990.\n (d) Seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) shall be available for\nstate assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water\nquality improvement projects intended to implement the Onondaga Lake\nplan developed pursuant to the consent order issued by the United States\nDistrict Court for the Northern District of New York agreed to among\nOnondaga County, the state of New York, and the Atlantic States Legal\nFoundation, Inc. Provided, however, that such municipality shall adhere\nto the construction timetable set forth in said plan and shall provide\nthe department with periodic updates as to the progress of said\nconstruction and the prospect of any pilot or demonstration technologies\nset forth in said plan. The commissioner shall have discretion not to\nmake any disbursement until these conditions have been met to his or her\nsatisfaction and upon the approval of the state comptroller.\n (e) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for\nstate assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water\nquality improvement projects intended to implement the New York/New\nJersey harbor comprehensive conservation and management plan, developed\npursuant to section 320 of the federal clean water act.\n (f) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for\nstate assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water\nquality improvement projects intended to implement the department's\ngreat lakes program developed in accordance with the federal great lakes\ncritical programs act of 1990 and the great lakes water quality\nagreement of 1987, as amended, between the governments of Canada and the\nUnited States of America.\n (g) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be available for\nstate assistance payments to municipalities for the cost of water\nquality improvement projects for the finger lakes and their tributaries\nwhich are approved by the secretary of state pursuant to article\nforty-two of the executive law or by the commissioner.\n (h) For state assistance payments for the cost of water quality\nimprovement projects intended for any waters of the state for projects\nto support a study of groundwater quality in Long Island or open space\nland conservation projects which have been (a) approved by the\ncommissioner, (b) identified in plans in accordance with section 1455b\nof the federal coastal zone management act or article forty-two of the\nexecutive law and approved by the secretary of state, or (c) developed\nin accordance with title eleven-b of article two of the soil and water\nconservation districts law and approved by the state soil and water\nconservation committee and commissioner of agriculture and markets.\n (i) Twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,0
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