Freshwater Wetlands Appeals Board
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- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
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- Compiled text through
- Sep 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- Jun 6, 2026
The Freshwater Wetlands Appeals Board is empowered to review the following agency actions:
(a)determinations pursuant to section 571.2 of these regulations as to the existence of wetlands and the locations of wetland boundaries;
(b)actions on wetlands projects jurisdictional solely pursuant to the Freshwater Wetlands Act;
(c)classification of wetlands, promulgation of minimum land use regulations for freshwater wetlands, approval or disapproval of proposed freshwater wetland land use regulations submitted by a local government and farming land use regulations in the event of disapproval, action on applications to change such land use regulations, and orders or regulations issued pursuant to section 582.2 of these regulations;
(d)determination of applications and determinations not to require a permit made pursuant to section 578.11 of this Part;
(e)determinations to regulate extended adjacent areas made pursuant to section 582.8(d) of these regulations;
(f)readjustment of freshwater wetlands maps pursuant to section 578.12 of this Part;
(g)any other order or decision made pursuant to this Part and reviewable pursuant to section 24-1103 of the Freshwater Wetlands Act. The regulations of the board are set forth at 6 NYCRR Part 647.