NYS Adirondack Park Agency (APA)

 

• Construction of dwellings
• Subdivisions of land
• Activities in or affecting wetlands
• Change in use of certain buildings
• New or expanded commercial & industrial uses
• Shoreline development, disturbance or vegetative cutting along lakes & rivers
• Towers & other structures over 40’ in height
• Waste disposal areas
• And other activities

 

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)

 

• Disturbance of bed or banks of streams, lakes, rivers - may include bridges, boathouses, shoreline stabilization
• Large wastewater systems
• Floating objects in navigable waters
• Public water supplies
• Storm water discharge for construction sites 1 acre or larger
• And other activities

 

NYS Department of Health (DOH)

 

• Realty subdivisions of five or more lots, each five acres or less
• Alternative septic systems
• Shared (“community”) household water supplies
• Food service establishments

• And other activities 

 

NYS Department of Transportation (DOT)

 

• Work in State Highway ROWs including new driveway access, underground & overhead utilities
• And other activities            

 

Army Corps of Engineers  (USACE)

• Nationwide and Regional Permits
• Navigable waters
• Freshwater wetlands

 

  Town Building Departments, Code Enforcement Officers, and Planning Boards (LOCAL)

• Site plan review
• Building permits
• Demolition permits
• Septic Permits