NY Freshwater Wetlands Act — 2022 Amendment Lower Threshold (NY)
Tracked preemption from the New York overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
2025-01-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:NY
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Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
parcel.has_freshwater_wetlands_jurisdiction == TruePreempted fields
1 field on the base district schema is rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
base_districts[*].dec_freshwater_wetlands_permit_required | override | True | 2022 amendment (effective Jan 1, 2025) removed the 12.4-acre threshold for state jurisdiction and shifted to a 7.4-acre threshold stepping down to any wetland 'of unusual importance' — greatly expanded state wetland jurisdiction. Adjacent area: 100 ft statewide, 300 ft for exceptional wetlands. |
Citation
Authority source
NY Environmental Conservation Law Article 24, as amended by Part TT of Chapter 58 of the Laws of 2022; 6 NYCRR Part 664
§ ECL §§24-0101–24-1305
Research notes
Statewide geographic preemption — any parcel containing or adjacent to DEC-regulated freshwater wetland. 2022 amendment response to federal Sackett v. EPA (2023) narrowing WOTUS jurisdiction — NY deliberately broadened state jurisdiction to fill federal gap. federal_conflict_check=true because state/federal wetland jurisdictions overlap (USACE §404, EPA).