Research

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New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Pollution Prevention Unit

 

 

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This series contains project files and studies documenting the Department of Environmental Conservation's effort to create measurable objectives in the field of environmental protection and restoration in the 1990s..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Adirondack Mountain Authority

 

 

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The series consists of Adirondack Mountain Authority meeting files, correspondence, feasibility/construction estimates for various recreational projects, administrative files, and public relations contract files. In addition, there is a small quantity of meeting files of the superseded Whiteface Mountain .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1967

 

 

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The series consists of memoranda, news clippings, draft copies of propositions, copies of hearing testimony, lists of citations to legislation, and related research materials pertinent to substantive issues discussed at the convention by committees on natural resources, education, and local government. .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks

 

 

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This series contains mainly correspondence, reports, studies, and project proposals involving the temporary commission. The studies and recommendations of the commission led directly to the creation of the Adirondack Park Agency in 1971. Topics that appear repeatedly in recommendations, proposals, and .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of records created during the establishment and early planning phases of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). Records document six major initiatives undertaken during this period: Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks; Harris Petition; APA Private Land Use and .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Health

 

 

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The series consists of project files for sewage treatment works in state municipalities for which state planning aid was requested. The records include correspondence, memoranda, discharge permits, certificates of expenditures, engineers' field reports, and applications for state grants to fund preliminary .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Adirondack Mountain Authority

 

 

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The series consists primarily of legal and administrative files dealing with the two major recreational ski areas in Warren (Gore Mountain) and Essex (Whiteface Mountain) counties. The authority worked closely with the Conservation Department, and the records relate to the authority's continuation of .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Division of Pure Waters

 

 

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This series contains files on the establishment of enforceable water quality standards for interstate and coastal waters. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1965 required each state to adopt water quality standards applicable to interstate waters within or on its borders. The Department of Health's .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Governor. Secretary to the Governor

 

 

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The series consists of material collected and maintained by Dr. William J. Ronan, secretary to Governor Nelson Rockefeller. It is primarily copies of the governor's subject files (roughly F-P), campaign speeches including the 1964 Presidential campaign, and press releases. There are also indexes to .........

 

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New York State Archives