Section 2052-V. Environmental applications, proceedings, approvals and permits

1.  Any  application  in  relation  to  the  purposes  of   or  contemplated  by  this  title, or any proceeding commenced, by the towns
  and the city with the state department  of  environmental  conservation,
  the   department   of  transportation  or  any  other  state  agency  or
  instrumentality or  with  the  United  States  Environmental  Protection
  Agency or any other federal agency or instrumentality shall inure to and
  for  the  benefit  of  the  authority to the same extent and in the same
  manner as if the authority had been  a  party  to  such  application  or
  proceeding,  and  the  authority shall be deemed a party thereto, to the
  extent not prohibited by any federal law. Any license, approval,  permit
  or  decision  issued  or  granted pursuant to or as a result of any such
  application or proceeding shall inure to the benefit of and  be  binding
  upon  the  authority  and shall be assigned and transferred by the local
  governments to the authority unless  such  assignment  and  transfer  is
  prohibited by federal law.
    2.  All  such  applications, proceedings, licenses, approvals, permits
  and decisions shall further inure to and  for  the  benefit  of  and  be
  binding  upon  any person leasing, acquiring, constructing, maintaining,
  using or occupying any facility financed in whole  or  in  part  by  the
  authority.
    3. The authority shall be designated as the planning unit for the area
  of   operation,   pursuant  to  section  27-0107  of  the  environmental
  conservation law and shall, in addition to the purposes set forth  above
  in  this  title, carry out the legislative purposes set forth in section
  27-0101 of the environmental conservation law.