Legal Opinion
City of Utica v. Water Pollution Control Board
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 22, 1959PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
After years of careful and detailed study of the problem of water pollution and its abatement (Report of Joint Legislative Committee, N. Y. Legis. Doc., 1927, No. 78; Reports of Special Committee on Pollution Abatement, N. Y. Legis. Docs., 1947, No. 59; 1948, No. 50; 1949, No. 51), the Legislature in 1949 enacted the Water Pollution Control Law (L. 1949, ch. 666; Public Health Law, art. 12, §§ 1200-1263). The act, designed to prevent pollution of the waters of the State, created the Water Pollution Control Board and directed it to develop a comprehensive program for the abatement and control…
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