Section 2708. 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  any
  participating  county  or  any  municipality,  with  the  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 town 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 project financed in  whole  or  in  part  by  the
  authority.