N.Y. ENV Law § 17-1725

* § 17-1725. Permission to discharge sewage.\n 1. Upon application duly made to the commissioner by the public\nauthorities having by law the charge of the sewer system of any\nmunicipality, the commissioner shall have power to consider the case of\na sewer system otherwise prohibited by section 17-1701 from discharging\nsewage into any of the waters of the state, and whenever in his opinion\nthe general interests of the public health would not be endangered\nthereby he may issue a permit for the discharge of sewage from any such\nsewer system into any of the waters of the state, and may stipulate in\nthe permit, modification, regulations and conditions on which such\ndischarge may be permitted.\n 2. Such application must be made in a form required by the\ncommissioner. The plans for the construction of any sewer system or\nsewage disposal plant for the extension, reconstruction or modification\nof sewers, sewer systems or sewage disposal plants the permit for the\ndischarge from which is requested from the commissioner as provided in\nthis section shall be submitted to and approved by the department before\nsuch permit becomes effective.\n 3. Such permit before being operative shall be recorded in the county\nclerk's office of the county wherein the outlet of the said sewer system\nis located, and a copy of the permit shall be transmitted by the\ncommissioner to the board of health of the municipality wherein the\noutlet of said sewer system is located.\n * NB Expired September 1, 1973\n