Title 9 Part 587

The agency shall provide access to records in conformance with the requirements and procedures set forth in article 6 of the Public Officers Law, entitled "Freedom of Information Law,” and its implementing regulations in 21 NYCRR Part 1401. This section provides regulations specific to the agency’s responsibilities under those authorities. Additional information about the agency’s implementation of the Freedom of Information Law is on the agency’s website at www.apa.ny.gov.

One or more designated project administrators shall be the agency’s records access officer(s) with the responsibilities set forth herein and in 21 NYCRR Part 1401. The business address for the records access officer is: Adirondack Park Agency, P.O. Box 99, Ray Brook, New York 12977, and the email address is: [email protected]. In the absence of the records access officer, any agency attorney except the counsel may be designated to serve in that capacity.

Requests for access to records may be submitted to the agency in writing by email, mail or in person. Record request forms are available at the Adirondack Park Agency, 1133 NYS Route 86, Ray Brook, New York and on the agency’s website at www.apa.ny.gov. Oral requests for access to records may also be allowed, although the agency may require a written request. The agency shall respond to requests for access to records in conformance with 21 NYCRR Part 1401. The agency will provide requested records by email or mail, or make them available for inspection at the Adirondack Park Agency, 1133 NYS Route 86, Ray Brook, New York.

The agency shall accept requests for access to records and produce records during all regular business hours. Except on State holidays, or during weather or other emergencies, regular business hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Requests for exceptions from disclosure of records shall be governed by section 89(5) of the Freedom of Information Law. A person submitting records to the agency may identify information therein for which an exception from disclosure is requested pursuant to that section and shall specify the facts, in reasonable detail, supporting the request. The records access officer shall identify the person(s) within the agency who shall have custody and/or access to such information and the manner of safeguarding against unauthorized access to such information until 15 days after the entitlement to such exception has been finally determined or such further time as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Appeals shall be governed by the Freedom of Information Law or 21 NYCRR Part 1401, as applicable. Any person denied access to records, or denied a requested exception from disclosure of records, in whole or in part, may appeal in writing to the agency’s counsel. The business address of the agency’s counsel is Adirondack Park Agency, P.O. Box 99, Ray Brook, New York 12977.

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No provision of this Part shall extend to agency deliberations on projects, variances or to other quasi-judicial proceedings, or to any matter made confidential by Federal or State law.

This section states agency policy for the avoidance of conflicts of interest by agency members and employees.

In addition to any other applicable statute or rule governing conflicts of interest, agency members and employees shall comply with the provisions of sections 73 and 74 of the Public Officers Law.

In order to avoid any possible conflicts of interest, or appearance of conflicts, between the duties of the agency and the business, financial, property or the personal interest of its members, each agency member: