Section 2053-X. Environmental applications, proceedings, approvals and permits

1.  Any  application  in  relation  to  the  purposes  of   or  contemplated  by  this  title,  or  any proceeding commenced in relation
  thereto, by the  county  with  the  state  department  of  environmental
  conservation, the department of transportation or any other state 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 county 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 be 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.