Nilsson v. Department of Environmental Protection

OPINION OF THE COURT

Pigott, J.

Intending to build a house on a parcel of vacant land in Putnam County, petitioner S. Elof Nilsson applied for a permit to build a subsurface sewage treatment system (SSTS). The parcel is within what is commonly referred to as the New York City Watershed, where reservoirs provide drinking water to that city and to an increasing number of residents of counties north of it. *401Construction within the Watershed is governed by regulations administered and enforced by the City of New York Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) (Rules of City of NY Dept of Envtl…