Section 5-359. Entry upon lands to make maps

The commissioner, his or her
  agents, engineers, surveyors, and such other persons as may be necessary
  to enable him or her to perform his or her duties under this subchapter,
  are hereby authorized, pursuant to section  four  hundred  four  of  the
  eminent domain procedure law, to enter upon real estate, and any land or
  water  on  or contiguous to the line, course, site or track of any pond,
  lake, stream,  reservoir,  dam,  aqueduct,  culverts,  sluices,  canals,
  bridges,   tunnels,   pumping   works,   blow-offs,   shafts  and  other
  appurtenances for the purpose of  making  surveys  or  examinations  and
  preparing and posting the notices required by this subchapter.