* § 1161. Eligible projects; priority ranking. Subject to the\nprovisions of section thirty-two of the chapter of the laws of 1996\nwhich added this section, in consultation with the commissioner of\nenvironmental conservation, the commissioner shall establish and\nmaintain a list of potentially eligible projects and shall establish,\npursuant to rules and regulations, a process for listing potentially\neligible projects identified by potential recipients and a priority\nranking system for the purpose of providing financial assistance to\nrecipients for such projects under this title. In establishing such\nsystem, the commissioner shall take into account the public health\nsignificance of such potentially eligible projects which shall include,\nbut need not be limited to, an assessment of (i) public health and\nsafety; (ii) population affected; (iii) attainment of state drinking\nwater quality goals and standards; (iv) taking into consideration the\nwater resources management strategy pursuant to title twenty-nine of\narticle fifteen of the environmental conservation law; and (v)\ncompliance with state and federal law, rules and regulations.\n * NB Effective until March 21, 2015\n * § 1161. Eligible projects; priority ranking. Subject to the\nprovisions of section thirty-two of the chapter of the laws of 1996\nwhich added this section, in consultation with the commissioner of\nenvironmental conservation, the commissioner shall establish and\nmaintain a list of potentially eligible projects and shall establish,\npursuant to rules and regulations, a process for listing potentially\neligible projects identified by potential recipients and a priority\nranking system for the purpose of providing financial assistance to\nrecipients for such projects under this title. In establishing such\nsystem, the commissioner shall take into account the public health\nsignificance of such potentially eligible projects which shall include,\nbut need not be limited to, an assessment of (i) public health and\nsafety; (ii) population affected; (iii) attainment of state drinking\nwater quality goals and standards; (iv) taking into consideration the\nwater resources management strategy pursuant to title twenty-nine of\narticle fifteen of the environmental conservation law; (v) taking into\nconsideration future physical climate risk due to sea level rise, and/or\nstorm surges and/or flooding, based on available data predicting the\nlikelihood of future extreme weather events, including hazard risk\nanalysis data if applicable; and (vi) compliance with state and federal\nlaw, rules and regulations.\n * NB Effective March 21, 2015\n
§ 1161. Eligible projects; priority ranking. Subject to the provisions\nof section thirty-two of the chapter of the laws of 1996 which added\nthis section, in consultation with the commissioner of environmental\nconservation, the commissioner shall establish and maintain a list of\npotentially eligible projects and shall establish, pursuant to rules and\nregulations, a process for listing potentially eligible projects\nidentified by potential recipients and a priority ranking system for the\npurpose of providing financial assistance to recipients for such\nprojects under this title. In establishing such system, the commissioner\nshall take into account the public health significance of such\npotentially eligible projects which shall include, but need not be\nlimited to, an assessment of (i) public health and safety; (ii)\npopulation affected; (iii) attainment of state drinking water quality\ngoals and standards; (iv) taking into consideration the water resources\nmanagement strategy pursuant to title twenty-nine of article fifteen of\nthe environmental conservation law; (v) taking into consideration future\nphysical climate risk due to sea level rise, and/or storm surges and/or\nflooding, based on available data predicting the likelihood of future\nextreme weather events, including hazard risk analysis data if\napplicable; and (vi) compliance with state and federal law, rules and\nregulations.\n
