Section 177. Emergency oil spill control network

1. The commissioner shall
  establish  an  emergency  oil  spill  control  network  which  shall  be
  comprised of available equipment from appropriate town, county and state
  highway  departments.    Such  network  shall  be employed to provide an
  immediate response to a discharge on any of the  waters  of  the  state.
  Furthermore,  such  network  shall  be  employed in conjunction with the
  cleanup operations of the owner or  operator,  the  department  and  any
  federal agency.
    2.  The commissioner shall make an inventory of all equipment in town,
  county,  and  state  highway  departments  that  would  be  capable   of
  participating in discharge cleanup operations.
    3.  The  commissioner shall have the power to deploy such equipment to
  participate in a discharge cleanup operation at his  discretion  and  to
  reimburse  such  town,  county, and state highway departments for use of
  such equipment from the fund.
    4. The commissioner may request and shall receive from any other state
  agency such assistance and data as will enable  him  to  carry  out  his
  responsibilities pursuant to this section.
    5.  (a)  The commissioner shall issue a catalogue designed to expedite
  responses to discharges of petroleum.
    (b) The catalogue shall contain the following information, broken down
  by geographical area:
    (i) a listing of state stand-by contractors, their equipment and spill
  response capabilities;
    (ii) a listing of state-owned equipment which could  be  used  in  the
  event of a major discharge of petroleum;
    (iii)  a  listing  of  companies  and  organizations  that  have spill
  response equipment available for sale, lease or loan; and
    (iv) a listing of organizations which are involved in the cleanup  and
  rehabilitation of birds and wildlife.
    (c)  The  catalogue  shall  be  updated  as  deemed appropriate by the
  commissioner.
    (d) The commissioner shall notify the chief executive officer  of  all
  counties  which  border  on  any navigable waters of the state or on the
  marine and coastal district,  as  defined  in  section  13-0303  of  the
  environmental  conservation  law,  of the availability of the catalogue.
  This catalogue shall be distributed upon request at  a  maximum  fee  of
  twenty-five cents per page. Any such fee shall be deposited into the New
  York  environmental  protection  and spill compensation fund established
  pursuant to section one hundred seventy-nine of this article.
    6. The commissioner may institute a program to educate local officials
  on  procedures  to  follow  in  reporting  and   responding   to   spill
  emergencies.