N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 25-0103

§ 25-0103. Definitions.\n 1. "Tidal wetlands" shall mean and include the following:\n (a) those areas which border on or lie beneath tidal waters, such as,\nbut not limited to, banks, bogs, salt marsh, swamps, meadows, flats or\nother low lands subject to tidal action, including those areas now or\nformerly connected to tidal waters;\n (b) all banks, bogs, meadows, flats and tidal marsh subject to such\ntides, and upon which grow or may grow some or any of the following:\nsalt hay (Spartina patens and Distichlis spicata), black grass (Juncus\nGerardi), saltworts (Salicornia ssp.), sea lavender (Limonium\ncarolinianum), tall cordgrass (Spartina pectinata and Spartina\ncynosuroides), hightide bush (Iva frutescens), cattails (Typha\nangustifolia and Typha latifolia), groundsel (Baccharis halmilifolia),\nmarsh mallow (Hybiscus palustris) and the intertidal zone including low\nmarsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora).\n 2. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of environmental\nconservation.\n 3. "Pollution" shall mean the presence in the environment of\nconditions or contaminants in quantities or characteristics which are or\nmay be injurious to human, plant, or marine life, wildlife, or other\nanimal life, or to property, or which unreasonably interfere with the\ncomfortable enjoyment of life and property throughout such tidal\nwetlands as may be affected thereby.\n 4. "Person" shall mean any individual, public or private corporation,\npolitical subdivision, government agency, department or bureau of the\nstate, bi-state authority, municipality, industry, co-partnership,\nassociation, firm, trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.\n 5. "Municipality" shall mean a village, town, city or county.\n