§ 911. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the meaning ascribed to them, unless the context otherwise\nrequires:\n 1. "Coastal area" shall mean (a) the state's coastal waters, and (b)\nthe adjacent shorelands, including landlocked waters and subterranean\nwaters, to the extent such coastal waters and adjacent lands are\nstrongly influenced by each other including, but not limited to,\nislands, wetlands, beaches, dunes, barrier islands, cliffs, bluffs,\ninter-tidal estuaries and erosion prone areas. The coastal area extends\nto the limit of the state's jurisdiction on the water side and inland\nonly to encompass those shorelands, the uses of which have a direct and\nsignificant impact on the coastal waters. The coastal area boundaries\nare as shown on the coastal area map on file in the office of the\nsecretary of state as required in section nine hundred fourteen of this\narticle.\n 2. "Coastal area boundaries" shall mean the boundaries prepared by the\nsecretary of state pursuant to section forty-seven of chapter four\nhundred sixty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-five.\n 3. "Coastal waters" means lakes Erie and Ontario, the St. Lawrence and\nNiagara rivers, the Hudson river south of the federal dam at Troy, the\nEast river, the Harlem river, the Kill von Kull and Arthur Kill, Long\nIsland sound and the Atlantic ocean, and their connecting water bodies,\nbays, harbors, shallows and marshes.\n 4. "Inland waterways" shall mean (a) the state's major inland lakes\nconsisting of lakes Baldwin, Ballston, Big Tupper, Black, Brant,\nCampfire, Canadarago, Canandaigua, Carmel, Casse, Cazenovia, Cayuga,\nChamplain, Charles, Chateaugay, Chautauqua, Chazy, Conesus, Cranberry,\nDean Pond (in the county of Putnam), Drew, East Caroga, Dickiebusch,\nEcho (in the county of Westchester), George, Gilead, Glencoma, Great\nSacandaga, Honeoye, Indian, Journeys End, Junior (in the county of\nWestchester), Furnace Brook, Katonah, Kentwood, Keuka, Kirk, Kitchawan,\nLittle Wolf (in the county of Franklin), Lincolndale, Long, Lost (in the\ncounty of Putnam), Meahagh, Mirror, MacGregor, Mahopac, Minerva,\nMohegan, Nimham, Neatahwanta, Northville, Oceola, Oneida, Onondaga,\nOscaleta, Ossi, Otisco, Otsego, Owasco, Palmer, Paradox, Peach,\nPeekskill, Placid, Purdys, Putnam, Raquette, Rippowam, Ronkonkoma,\nRound, Sacandaga, Saratoga, Schroon, Secor, Seneca, Shenorock,\nSkaneateles, Silver (in the county of Wyoming), Sagamore, Saranac, Seven\nHills, Simon (in the county of Franklin), Sparkle, Tibet, Tonetta,\nTeakettle Spout, Truesdale, Waccabuc, West Caroga, White (in the county\nof Sullivan) and Wixon, and the Fulton chain of lakes; (b) the state's\nmajor rivers comprised of the Allegheny, Ausable, Battenkill, Black,\nBoquet, Bronx, Canisteo, Chaumont (including Chaumont bay), Chemung,\nChenango, Cohocton, Delaware, Deer, Genesee, Grasse, Great Chazy,\nHoosic, Hudson north of the federal dam at Troy, Indian, Little (in the\nAdirondack park), Little Ausable, Little Salmon (including north and\nsouth branches), Mad, Mettowee, Mohawk, Oswegatchie, Oswego, Pocantico,\nRacquette, Sacandaga, Salmon, Saranac, Saw Mill, Schroon, St. Regis,\nSusquehanna, Tenmile, Tioga, Tioughnioga, Wallkill and Buffalo rivers,\nand the north and middle branches of the Moose river; (c) the state's\nmajor creeks comprised of the 18 Mile Creek located in Erie county,\nChittenango Creek, Bash Bish and Kinderhook Creek located in Columbia\ncounty, Kinderhook Creek located in Rensselaer county, Basher Kill,\nBushkill, Cattaraugus, Cayadutta, North Chuctanunda, Cincinnati, East\nKill, Esopus (including upper and lower branches), Ferguson, Fish\n(including east and west branches), Gooseberry, Great Valley, Kennyetto,\nLittle Sandy, Moodna, Moyer, Mud Creek located in Oneida county,\nNinemile Creek, Onondaga, Oriskany, Peekskill Hollow, Reall, Roeliff\nJansen Kill, Rondout, Sandy, Sauquoit, Schoharie, Shawangunk Kill, Six\nMile Creek, Sout
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