N.Y. ENV Law § 24-0107

§ 24-0107. Definitions.\n 1. "Freshwater wetlands" means lands and waters of the state as shown\non the freshwater wetlands map which contain any or all of the\nfollowing:\n (a) lands and submerged lands commonly called marshes, swamps,\nsloughs, bogs, and flats supporting aquatic or semi-aquatic vegetation\nof the following types:\n (1) wetland trees, which depend upon seasonal or permanent flooding or\nsufficiently water-logged soils to give them a competitive advantage\nover other trees; including, among others, red maple (Acer rubrum),\nwillows (Salix spp.), black spruce (Picea mariana); swamp white oak\n(Quercus bicolor), red ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica), black ash (Fraxinus\nnigra), silver maple (Acer saccharinum), American elm (Ulmus americana),\nand Larch (Larix laricina);\n (2) wetland shrubs, which depend upon seasonal or permanent flooding\nor sufficiently water-logged soils to give them a competitive advantage\nover other shrubs; including, among others, alder (Alnus spp.),\nbuttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), bog rosemary (Andromeda\nglaucophylla), dogwoods (Cornus spp.), and leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne\ncalyculata);\n (3) emergent vegetation, including, among others, cattails (Typha\nspp.), pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata), bulrushes (Scirpus spp.),\narrow arum (Peltandra virginica), arrowheads (Sagittaria spp.), reed\n(Phragmites communis), wildrice (Zizania aquatica), bur-reeds\n(Sparganium spp.), purple loosetrife (Lythrum salicaria), swamp\nloosestrife (Decodon verticillatus); and water plantain (Alisma\nplantago-aquatica);\n (4) rooted, floating-leaved vegetation; including, among others,\nwater-lily (Nymphaea odorata), water shield (Brasenia schreberi), and\nspatterdock (Nuphar spp.);\n (5) free-floating vegetation; including, among others, duckweed (Lemna\nspp.), big duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza), and watermeal (Wolffia spp.);\n (6) wet meadow vegetation, which depends upon seasonal or permanent\nflooding or sufficiently water-logged soils to give it a competitive\nadvantage over other open land vegetation; including, among others,\nsedges (Carex spp.), rushes (Juncus spp.), cattails (Typha spp.), rice\ncut-grass (Leersia oryzoides), reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea),\nswamp loosestrife (Decodon verticillatus), and spikerush (Eleocharis\nspp.);\n (7) bog mat vegetation; including, among others, sphagnum mosses\n(Sphagnum spp.), bog rosemary (Andromeda glaucophylla), leatherleaf\n(Chamaedaphne calyculata), pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea), and\ncranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon and V. oxycoccos);\n (8) submergent vegetation; including, among others, pondweeds\n(Potamogeton spp.), naiads (Najas spp.), bladderworts (Utricularia\nspp.), wild celery (Vallisneria americana), coontail (Ceratophyllum\ndemersum), water milfoils (Myriophyllum spp.), muskgrass (Chara spp.),\nstonewort (Nitella spp.), water weeds (Elodea spp.), and water smartweed\n(Polygonum amphibium);\n (b) lands and submerged lands containing remnants of any vegetation\nthat is not aquatic or semi-aquatic that has died because of wet\nconditions over a sufficiently long period, provided that such wet\nconditions do not exceed a maximum seasonal water depth of six feet and\nprovided further that such conditions can be expected to persist\nindefinitely, barring human intervention;\n (c) lands and waters substantially enclosed by aquatic or semi-aquatic\nvegetation as set forth in paragraph (a) or by dead vegetation as set\nforth in paragraph (b), the regulation of which is necessary to protect\nand preserve the aquatic and semi-aquatic vegetation; and\n (d) the waters overlying the areas set forth in (a) and (b) and the\nlands underlying (c).\n 2. "Freshwater wetlands map" shall mean a map promulgated by the\ndepartment pursuant to section 24-0301 of this article on which are\nindicated the boundaries of any freshwater wetlands.\n 3. "Boundaries of a freshwater wetland" shall mean the outer limit of\nthe vegetation specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision one of\nsection 24-0107 and of the lands and waters specified in paragraph (c)\nof such subdivision.\n 4. "Local government" shall mean a village, town, city, or county.\n 5. "State agency" shall mean any state department, bureau, commission,\nboard or other agency, public authority or public benefit corporation.\n 6. "Person" means any corporation, firm, partnership, association,\ntrust, estate, one or more individuals, and any unit of government or\nagency or subdivision thereof, including the state.\n 7. "Board" shall mean the freshwater wetland appeals board.\n 8. "Pollution" shall mean the presence in the environment of\nman-induced conditions or contaminants in quantities or characteristics\nwhich are or may be injurious to human, plant or wildlife, or other\nanimal life or to property.\n