Ames v. Smoot
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lazer, J. P.
Has the enactment of article 33 of the Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) pre-empted the field of pesticide regulation and thus precluded local governments from *217legislating in that area? Since we believe that it has, we conclude that the local law enacted by the Incorporated Village of Laurel Hollow prohibiting aerial spraying of pesticides was void and that it could be repealed without the filing of an environmental impact statement.
Although the enactment under immediate challenge is Laurel Hollow’s Local Law No. 1 of 1982, which repealed Local Law No. 1 of…
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