Section 35.07. State agencies; coordination and cooperation

1.  The
  commissioner, in carrying out his functions and  responsibilities  under
  this  title,  shall  consult  with,  cooperate with, and, to the maximum
  extent practicable, coordinate  his  activities  with  other  interested
  state agencies.
    2.   The   following   officers   of   state   agencies  with  program
  responsibilities   that   affect   aspects   of   the    interpretation,
  preservation,  development  and  use  of  heritage areas resources shall
  prepare a program statement which shall detail actions in the  areas  of
  planning,  development,  use, assistance and regulation that can support
  and assist the establishment and management of state heritage areas:
    (a)  Commissioner  of  parks,  recreation  and  historic  preservation
  regarding  the  state  historic  preservation  program  and  for outdoor
  recreation;
    (b) Commissioner of economic development regarding the  state  tourism
  program and economic development activities;
    (c)   Commissioner   of   environmental   conservation  regarding  the
  management of natural resources within heritage areas;
    (d) Commissioner of  education  regarding  educational  resources  and
  their interpretation;
    (e) Commissioner of transportation regarding access and transportation
  within state designated heritage areas;
    (f)  Secretary  of state regarding neighborhood preservation programs,
  the coastal zone management program and  other  planning  and  community
  development  programs  administered  by  the  department  of  state, and
  regarding its activities for identifying and preserving rural resources;
    (g) Commissioner of the  office  of  general  services  regarding  the
  management and disposition of state property;
    (h)  Commissioner of the division of housing and community development
  regarding housing and neighborhood programs;
    (h-1) Chairman of the New York state thruway authority  regarding  its
  operation of the New York state canal system;
    (h-2) Commissioner of agriculture and markets regarding agriculture in
  heritage areas;
    (i)  Director  of  the  office  of  urban revitalization regarding its
  activities for the revitalization of urban areas.
    Such statements and  revisions  thereto  shall  be  submitted  to  the
  heritage areas advisory council.
    3.  Where  there  is  an approved management plan in effect, any state
  agency conducting, funding or approving activities directly affecting  a
  heritage  area  shall  consult  with, cooperate with, and coordinate its
  activities with the office and the  appropriate  local  government.  Any
  such  state  agency shall conduct or support such activities in a manner
  which is,  to  the  maximum  extent  practicable,  consistent  with  the
  approved  management  plan and reviews to determine consistency of state
  proposed actions with individual management  plans.  The  heritage  area
  program shall be incorporated as part of the reviews of actions pursuant
  to  the  state  environmental  quality review act as provided in article
  eight of the environmental conservation  law  and  the  New  York  state
  historic  preservation  act of 1980. The office shall review and comment
  in writing upon the statement and effects on a state designated heritage
  area or the heritage area program, made pursuant to  section  8-0109  of
  the environmental conservation law or section 14.09 of this chapter.