STATE OF NEW YORK
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5516--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 14, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
central pine barrens area and the core preservation area
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 10 and 11 of section 57-0107 of the environ-
2 mental conservation law, as added by chapter 240 of the laws of 2013,
3 are amended to read as follows:
4 10. "Central Pine Barrens area" shall mean the contiguous area as
5 described and bounded as follows:
6 Beginning at a point where the southerly side of Route 25A intersects
7 the easterly side of Miller Place Road; thence southward along the east-
8 erly boundary of Miller Place Road to Helme Avenue; thence southward
9 along the easterly boundary of Helme Avenue to Miller Place-Middle
10 Island Road; thence southward along the easterly boundary of Miller
11 Place-Middle Island Road to Whiskey Road; thence westward along the
12 southerly boundary of Whiskey Road to Mount Sinai-Coram Road; thence
13 southward along the easterly boundary of Mount Sinai-Coram Road to
14 Middle Country Road (Route 25); thence westward along the southerly
15 boundary of Route 25 to Patchogue-Mount Sinai Road (County Route 83);
16 thence southward along the easterly boundary of County Route 83 to Bicy-
17 cle Path Drive; thence southeastward along the easterly side of Bicycle
18 Path Drive to Mt. McKinley Avenue; thence southward along the easterly
19 boundary of Mt. McKinley Avenue to Granny Road; thence northeastward
20 along the northerly boundary of Granny Road to Port Jefferson-Patchogue
21 Road (Route 112); thence southward along the easterly boundary of Route
22 112 to Horse Block Road (County Route 16); thence eastward along the
23 northerly boundary of County Route 16 to Maine Avenue; thence northward
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 along the westerly boundary of Maine Avenue to Fire Avenue; thence east-
2 ward along the northerly boundary of Fire Avenue to John Roe Smith
3 Avenue; thence southward along the easterly boundary of John Roe Smith
4 Avenue to Jeff Street; thence eastward along the northerly boundary of
5 Jeff Street to Hagerman Avenue; thence southward along the easterly
6 boundary of Hagerman Avenue to the Long Island Expressway (Route 495);
7 thence eastward along the northerly boundary of Route 495 to the [east-
8 erly] westerly side of Yaphank Avenue (County Road 21); thence southward
9 along the westerly side of Yaphank Avenue to the south side of the Long
10 Island Expressway (Route 495); thence eastward along the southerly side
11 of the Long Island Expressway (Route 495) to the easterly side of
12 Yaphank Avenue; thence southward along the easterly side of Yaphank
13 Avenue, crossing Sunrise Highway (Route 27) to the south side of Montauk
14 Highway (County Road 80); thence southwestward along the south side of
15 Montauk Highway (County Road 80) to South Country Road; thence southward
16 along the easterly side of South Country Road to Fireplace Neck Road;
17 thence southward along the easterly side of Fireplace Neck Road to Beav-
18 er Dam Road; thence eastward along the northerly side of Beaver Dam Road
19 to the westerly boundary of the Carmans River and the lands owned by the
20 United States known as Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge (the "Refuge");
21 thence generally westerly and southerly to the waters of Bellport Bay;
22 thence generally easterly across the Bay and northerly along the easter-
23 ly boundary of the Refuge, including all lands currently part of the
24 Refuge and any lands which may become part of the Refuge in the future,
25 to the east side of the southern terminus of Smith Road; thence north-
26 ward along the easterly side of Smith Road to the southwesterly corner
27 of the property identified as District 200, Section 974.50, Block 1, Lot
28 11; thence eastward, northward and westward in a counter-clockwise
29 direction along the southern, eastern and northern boundaries of that
30 property to the easterly side of Smith Road; thence northward along the
31 east side of Smith Road to Merrick Road; thence northeasterly along the
32 northerly side of Merrick Road to the easterly side of Surrey Circle and
33 the southwest corner of the property identified as District 200, Section
34 880, Block 3, Lot 58.1; running thence easterly along the southerly side
35 of said lot to the west side of William Floyd Parkway (County Road 46);
36 thence northerly along the westerly side of William Floyd Parkway (Coun-
37 ty Road 46), crossing Route 27, to the Long Island Railroad (LIRR);
38 thence eastward along the northerly boundary of the Long Island Rail
39 Road tracks 7,500 feet; thence southward 500 feet; thence eastward 525
40 feet to the intersection of North Street and Manor-Yaphank Road; thence
41 southward along the easterly boundary of Manor-Yaphank Road to Morich-
42 es-Middle Island Road; thence eastward along the northerly boundary of
43 Moriches-Middle Island Road to Sunrise Highway (Route 27); thence east-
44 ward along the northerly boundary of Route 27 to an old railroad grade
45 (unpaved); thence southeastward along the northerly boundary of the old
46 railroad grade (unpaved) to Old County Road (Route 71); thence eastward
47 along the northerly boundary of Route 71 to the Long Island Rail Road
48 tracks; thence eastward along the northerly boundary of the Long Island
49 Rail Road tracks to Montauk Highway; thence eastward along the northerly
50 boundary of Montauk Highway to Route 24; thence northward along the
51 westerly boundary of Route 24 to Sunrise Highway (Route 27); thence
52 eastward along the northerly boundary of Route 27 to Squiretown Road;
53 thence northward along the westerly boundary of Squiretown Road to Upper
54 Red Creek Road; thence westward along the southern boundary of Upper Red
55 Creek to Lower Red Creek Road; thence southward along the easterly boun-
56 dary of Lower Red Creek Road to Hubbard County Park; thence westward
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1 along the northern boundary of Hubbard County Park to Riverhead-Hampton
2 Bays Road (Route 24); thence westward along the southerly boundary of
3 Route 24 to Peconic Avenue; thence northward along the westerly boundary
4 of Peconic Avenue to the Riverhead-Southampton border; thence westward
5 along the Riverhead-Southampton border and the Riverhead-Brookhaven
6 border to the Forge Road Bridge; thence northward along the westerly
7 boundary of the Forge Road Bridge to Forge Road; thence northwestward
8 along the westerly boundary of Forge Road to the railroad tracks; thence
9 northward along the westerly boundary of Forge Road (unpaved) to the
10 intersection of Route 25 and River Road; thence westward along the
11 southerly boundary of River Road to Edwards Avenue; thence northward
12 along the westerly boundary of Edwards Avenue 3,800 feet; thence west-
13 ward 4,400 feet to an unnamed, unpaved road; thence northward along the
14 westerly boundary of the unnamed, unpaved road 150 feet; thence westward
15 and northwestward along the eastern boundary of the United States
16 Navy/Grumman Aerospace Corporation property (as of 1982) up to its
17 intersection with Middle Country Road (Route 25); thence westward along
18 the southerly boundary of Route 25 to the intersection of Route 25 and
19 25A; thence northeastward, westward, and southwestward along the eastern
20 and northern boundary of the United States Navy/Grumman Aerospace Corpo-
21 ration (as of 1982) and located immediately east of Route 25A, to its
22 intersection with Route 25A; thence westward along the southerly bounda-
23 ry of Route 25A to the point or place of beginning, and excluding one
24 distinct area described as follows: The area defined as beginning at a
25 point where the westerly side of William Floyd Parkway (County Road 46)
26 meets northerly side of the Long Island Railroad (LIRR); thence westward
27 along the northerly side of the LIRR to Moriches-Middle Island Road;
28 thence generally northwestward along the northerly side of Moriches-Mid-
29 dle Island Road to the southerly side of Long Island Expressway (Route
30 495); thence eastward along the southerly side of the Long Island
31 Expressway (Route 495) to the westerly side of William Floyd Parkway
32 (County Road 46); thence southward along the westerly side of William
33 Floyd Parkway (County Road 46) and containing the subdivision known as
34 RB Industrial Park, to the point or place of beginning.
35 11. "Core preservation area" shall mean the core preservation area of
36 the Central Pine Barrens area which comprise the largest intact areas of
37 undeveloped pine barrens as described and bounded as follows:
38 Beginning at a point where the northwestern corner of the New York
39 State Rocky Point Natural Resource Management Area (the "NYS Rocky Point
40 Land") intersects the southerly side of NYS Route 25A; thence generally
41 southward and eastward along the generally westerly and southerly bound-
42 aries of the NYS Rocky Point Land (including the Currans Road Pond State
43 Wildlife Management Area, all adjacent or contiguous undeveloped Town of
44 Brookhaven parks, preserves, open space areas, or reserved areas, and
45 the crossings of the undeveloped Suffolk County property known as the
46 Port Jefferson - Westhampton road right of way, Whiskey Road, County
47 Route 21, and Currans Road), and including those properties identified
48 as District 200, Section 346, Block 1, Lots 3 and 4, to the point where
49 the NYS Rocky Point Land meets the northerly side of NYS Route 25
50 (Middle Country Road); thence eastward along the northerly boundary of
51 NYS Route 25 to the southeastern corner of that property west of Wood-
52 lots Road which is identified as District 200, Section 349, Block 2, Lot
53 1.3; thence northward along the easterly boundary of that property to
54 the Suffolk County Pine Trail Nature Preserve; thence eastward and
55 southeastward along the southerly boundary of the Suffolk County Pine
56 Trail Nature Preserve where the Preserve is adjacent to developed
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1 parcels or parcels in agricultural or horticultural use, or along a line
2 parallel to, and 100 (one hundred) feet south of, the Preserve where the
3 Preserve is adjacent to parcels which are undeveloped as of June 1,
4 1993, to County Route 46; thence southward along the easterly boundary
5 of County Route 46 to NYS Route 25; thence eastward along the southerly
6 boundary of NYS Route 25 to the Suffolk County Pine Trail Nature
7 Preserve; thence southward along the westerly boundary of the Suffolk
8 County Pine Trail Nature Preserve where the Preserve is adjacent to
9 developed parcels, or along a line parallel to, and 100 (one hundred)
10 feet west of, the Preserve where the Preserve is adjacent to parcels
11 which are undeveloped as of June 1, 1993, to the northern boundary of
12 the United States land known as Brookhaven National Laboratory; thence
13 generally westward along the northerly boundary of Brookhaven National
14 Laboratory to County Route 46 (William Floyd Parkway); thence generally
15 northwestward on a straight line to the intersection of Sally Lane and
16 Pond Lane; thence westward along the southerly side of Pond Lane to Ruth
17 Lane; thence northward along the westerly side of Ruth Lane to NYS Route
18 25; thence westward along the northerly side of NYS Route 25 to the
19 southeast corner of the NYS Middle Island State Game Farm and Environ-
20 mental Education Center; thence northward, westward, and southward along
21 the easterly, northerly, and westerly boundaries of the NYS Middle
22 Island State Game Farm and Environmental Education Center to NYS Route
23 25; thence westward along the southerly side of NYS Route 25, excluding
24 all parcels abutting that road which are developed as of June 1, 1993,
25 to Giant Oak Road; thence southward along the easterly side of Giant Oak
26 Road to Medford Road; thence southwestward along the southeasterly side
27 of Medford Road crossing to the west side of Smith Road; [thence south-
28 ward along the westerly side of Smith Road;] thence southerly along the
29 westerly side of Smith Road to the southeast corner of District 200,
30 Section 406, Block 1, Lot 6; thence westward and northward along the
31 southerly and westerly sides of said parcel to the southerly side of the
32 developed lands known as Strathmore Ridge; thence westward, northward
33 and eastward along the southerly, westerly and northerly sides of the
34 developed lands known as Strathmore Ridge to the westerly side of Smith
35 Road; thence northerly along the westerly side of Smith Road to the
36 southerly side of NYS Route 25; thence westerly along the southerly side
37 of NYS Route 25, to the northwestern corner of that property which is
38 identified as District 200, Section 406, Block 1, Lot 4.3; thence south-
39 erly along the westerly boundary of that property and continuing south-
40 ward along the westerly sides of the properties identified as District
41 200, Section 406, Block 1, Lot 4.6; District 200, Section 406, Block 1,
42 Lot 4.4 and District 200, Section 504, Block 1, Lot 2 to the southerly
43 side of Longwood Road; thence eastward along the southerly side of Long-
44 wood Road to the northwest corner of the property identified as District
45 200, Section 504, Block 1, Lot 7.2; thence southward and [eastward]
46 westward along the generally westerly boundary of that parcel to the
47 eastern end of Rugby Lane (also known as Rugby Avenue or Rugby Road), a
48 paper street shown on Suffolk County tax maps District 200, Sections
49 500, 502, and 503; thence westward along the northerly boundary of Rugby
50 Lane, across County Route 21, to the westerly boundary of County Route
51 21 (Yaphank - Middle Island Road); thence southward along the westerly
52 boundary of County Route 21 to the northeastern corner of the parcel
53 identified as District 200, Section 529, Block 1, Lot 28, and which is
54 coterminous with the southerly boundaries of the parcels located on the
55 south side of Rustic Lane; thence westward along the northerly boundary
56 of that parcel to the southwest corner of the parcel identified as
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1 District 200, Section 528, Block 5, Lot 2; thence northward along a
2 portion of the easterly boundary of the Carmans River, which comprises
3 the easterly boundary of the parcel identified as District 200, Section
4 528, Block 5, Lot 1, to its intersection with the southern boundary of
5 the Suffolk County Nature Preserve parcel identified as District 200,
6 Section 500, Block 1, Lot 1.4; thence eastward along the southern bound-
7 ary of that parcel to the southeast corner of that parcel; thence north-
8 ward along the easterly boundary of that Suffolk County Nature Preserve
9 parcel to the southeast corner of the Suffolk County Nature Preserve
10 parcel identified as District 200, Section 500, Block 1, Lot 3.1, thence
11 generally northward along the easterly boundary of that parcel to the
12 north side of East Bartlett Road; thence easterly along the north side
13 of East Bartlett Road to the east side of County Road 21; thence south-
14 erly along the east side of County Road 21 to the southwest corner of
15 District 200, Section 501, Block 1, Lot 2.1; thence easterly and north-
16 erly along the southern and eastern sides of that property and northward
17 along the easterly side of District 0200, 50100, Block 0100, Lot 002002
18 and across to the north side of Longwood Road; thence westerly along the
19 north side of Longwood Road to the southeast corner of District 200,
20 Section 482, Block 1, Lot 3.1; thence northward and eastward along the
21 easterly and southerly boundaries of that parcel to the northwest corner
22 of the parcel identified as District 200, Section 483, Block 2, Lot 1.4;
23 thence eastward along the southerly property boundary of the parcel
24 identified as District 200, Section 482, Block 1, Lot 4 to the southeast
25 corner of that parcel; thence northward along the easterly boundary of
26 that parcel to the northeast corner of that parcel; thence eastward and
27 northward along the southerly and easterly boundaries of the parcel
28 identified as District 200, Section 456, Block 2, Lot 4 to the northeast
29 corner of that parcel; thence generally northerly and westerly along the
30 easterly and northerly boundary of Prosser Pines County Nature Preserve
31 to County Road 21; thence westward (directly across County Route 21)
32 along the southerly boundary of the property identified as District 200,
33 Section 434, Block 1, Lot 12.1, to the [southeast] southwest corner of
34 the property identified as District 200, Section 434, Block 1, Lot 14.3,
35 adjacent to the eastern side of Cathedral Pines County Park; thence
36 northward along the eastern boundary of Cathedral Pines County Park to
37 the southeast corner of the property identified as District 200, Section
38 402, Block 1, Lot 23.1, thence continuing northward along the easterly
39 boundary of that property to the southerly side of Lafayette Road;
40 thence westward along the southerly side of Lafayette Road to the east-
41 ern boundary of the property identified as District 200, Section 402,
42 Block 1, Lot 24.7; thence generally [northward, westward, southward and
43 westward] in a counter-clockwise direction along the easterly, norther-
44 ly, westerly and northerly boundaries of that property to the easterly
45 boundary of the parcel identified as District 200, Section 402, Block 1,
46 Lot 19.2; thence northerly along the easterly side of said lot to the
47 southeast corner of the property identified as District 200, Section
48 402, Block 1, Lot 20, thence westward and northward along the southerly
49 and westerly sides of that property to the southerly side of NYS Route
50 25; thence westward along the southerly boundary of NYS Route 25 to the
51 northwestern corner of the parcel identified as District 200, Section
52 402, Block 1, Lot 16.4; thence generally southward along the westerly
53 boundary of that parcel to the northerly boundary of the parcel identi-
54 fied as District 200, Section 454, Block 1, Lot 9.1; thence westward
55 along the northerly boundary of that parcel to East Bartlett Road;
56 thence southward along the easterly boundary of East Bartlett Road to
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1 its intersection with Ashton Road; thence westward to the northeastern
2 corner of the old filed map shown on District 200, Section 499; thence
3 westward and southward along the northerly and westerly boundaries of
4 the old filed map shown on Suffolk County tax maps District 200,
5 Sections 498, 499, and 527 to Hillcrest Road; thence eastward along the
6 southerly boundary of Hillcrest Road to Ashton Road; thence southward
7 along the easterly side of Ashton Road to Granny Road; thence eastward
8 along the southerly side of Granny Road to the northwesterly corner of
9 District 200, Section 547, Block 1, Lot 18.1; thence generally south-
10 ward, westward, southward, eastward and northward in a counter-clockwise
11 direction along the western, northern, southern and eastern boundaries
12 of said parcel to the southeast corner of the parcel identified as
13 District 200, Section 548, Block 1, Lot 3; thence northward along the
14 easterly boundary of that parcel to its northeast corner; thence gener-
15 ally northward, northeastward and eastward along the westerly, northwes-
16 terly and northerly sides of German Boulevard to its intersection with
17 the northeasterly side of Lakeview Boulevard; thence southeastward along
18 the northeasterly side of Lakeview Boulevard to the westerly boundary of
19 the parcel identified as District 200, Section 611, Block 1, Lot 5;
20 thence northward along the westerly boundary of that parcel to its
21 northwest corner; thence southward along the westerly boundary of the
22 parcel identified as District 200, Section 579, Block 3, Lot 1, compris-
23 ing part of the western bank of the Carmans River also known as Upper
24 Lake, to the northerly side of Mill Road, also known as County Route
25 101; thence eastward along the northerly side of Mill Road to the north-
26 east corner of the parcel identified as District 200, Section 579, Block
27 3, Lot 19; thence westerly along the northerly boundary of that parcel
28 to the [western] eastern boundary of the parcel identified as District
29 200, Section 579, Block 3, Lot 1; thence northward along the easterly
30 side of that parcel, comprising part of the eastern bank of the Carmans
31 River also known as Upper Lake, to the southwest corner of the parcel
32 identified as District 200, Section 548, Block 2, Lot 5.1; thence east-
33 ward along the southern boundary of that parcel to its southeast corner;
34 thence eastward across County Route 21 to its easterly side; thence
35 northward along the easterly boundary of County Route 21 to the south-
36 west corner of the Suffolk County Nature Preserve parcel known as
37 Warbler Woods and identified as District 200, Section 551, Block 1, Lot
38 4; thence generally eastward along the southerly boundary of the Warbler
39 Woods parcel and then southward along the westerly boundary of an exten-
40 sion of that parcel's southerly boundary to the southeast corner of the
41 southern terminus of Harold Road; thence generally westward, southward
42 and westward in a counter-clockwise direction along the northerly,
43 westerly, northerly and westerly boundaries of the Suffolk County Nature
44 Preserve parcel known as Fox Lair, and identified as District 200,
45 Section 580, Block 3, Lot 24.2, to the northwest corner of the parcel
46 Suffolk County Water Authority parcel identified as District 200,
47 Section 580, Block 3, Lot 24.6; thence southward, eastward and southward
48 along the westerly boundary and southerly boundaries of that Suffolk
49 County Water Authority parcel to Main Street; thence eastward along the
50 north side of Main Street to the southeast corner of said Suffolk County
51 Water Authority parcel to its southeast corner; thence northward along
52 the easterly boundary of that parcel to the southwest property boundary
53 of the Suffolk County Nature Preserve parcel known as Fox Lair and iden-
54 tified as District 200, Section 580, Block 3, Lot 24.2, thence generally
55 eastward, southward, eastward, northward and eastward along the souther-
56 ly boundaries of said parcel and eastward along the southerly boundary
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1 of the Suffolk County Nature Preserve parcel identified as District 200,
2 Section 583, Block 1, Lot 4.1, to the west side of the unimproved north-
3 south oriented road known variously as Smith Road, Longwood Road and
4 Private Road; thence southward along the westerly boundary of Smith Road
5 to the north side of the Long Island Expressway; thence westward along
6 the northerly boundary of the Long Island Expressway to the south side
7 of Main Street in Yaphank; thence westward along the southerly boundary
8 of Main Street in Yaphank to the westernmost extent along Main Street of
9 the Southaven County Park boundary; thence westward across County Road
10 21 to the western boundary of the County Road 21 right-of-way; thence
11 southward along the western boundary of the County Road 21 right-of-way
12 to the northerly side of the parcel identified as District 200, Section
13 611, Block 3, Lot 16, comprising the northerly bank of the Carmans River
14 known as Lower Lake; thence westward along the northerly side of that
15 property to the southwest corner of the parcel identified as District
16 200, Section 612, Block 4, Lot 1; thence northward along the westerly
17 boundary of that parcel to the southerly side of County Route 21 known
18 as Main Street; thence westward along the southerly side of County Route
19 21 known as Main Street to the northeast corner of the parcel identified
20 as District 200, Section 612, Block 2, Lot 12; thence southward along
21 the easterly boundary of that parcel to the southeast corner of the
22 parcel identified as District 200, Section 612, Block 2, Lot 11; thence
23 westward and northwestward along the northerly and northeasterly bounda-
24 ries of the Town of Brookhaven parcel identified as District 200,
25 Section 611, Block 3, Lot 9 to the south side of Mill Road, also known
26 as County Road 101; thence generally westward and southward along the
27 southerly side of Mill Road and continuing southward along the eastern
28 side of Patchogue-Yaphank Road, also known as [Country] County Road 101,
29 to the southerly side of Gerard Road; thence eastward along the souther-
30 ly side of Gerard Road to [the] its westerly boundary [of the map filed
31 in the Suffolk County Clerk's Office] known as [Enchanted Forest] the
32 map of Grand Heights, filed in the offices of the Suffolk County clerk;
33 thence southward along the westerly map line of the filed map known as
34 [Enchanted Forest] Grand Heights to the north side of the Long Island
35 Expressway NYS Route 495; thence easterly along the northerly side of
36 the Long Island Expressway NYS Route 495 to the westerly side of County
37 Route 21 known as Yaphank Avenue; thence southward along the westerly
38 side of Yaphank Avenue to the south side of the Long Island Expressway;
39 thence eastward along the south side of the Long Island Expressway to
40 the westerly boundary of Southaven County Park, thence generally south-
41 ward along the westerly boundary of Southaven County Park to the north-
42 east corner of the lands of Suffolk County identified as District 200,
43 Section 665, Block 2, Lot 1; thence generally southward along the east-
44 erly boundary of said lot, crossing the LIRR and Park Street and contin-
45 uing southward along the westerly boundary of Davenport Avenue as shown
46 on the old filed map known as Bellhaven Terrace; thence southward and
47 eastward along the westerly and southerly boundaries of the parcel iden-
48 tified as District 200, Section 744, Block 1, Lot 10 to the westerly
49 boundary of the parcel identified as District 200, Section 781, Block 1,
50 Lot 3.1; thence continuing southerly along the westerly boundary of that
51 parcel to the easterly boundary of Gerard Road; thence southward along
52 the easterly boundary of Gerard Road to Victory Avenue; thence eastward
53 along the northerly boundary of Victory Avenue to a point where the west
54 bank of the Carmans River passes under Victory Avenue and Route 27;
55 thence south under Route 27 to the southerly side of Montauk Highway
56 also known as County Road 80; thence westward along the southerly side
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1 of Montauk Highway County Road 80, including lands owned by the United
2 States known as Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge (the "Refuge"), to the
3 eastern side of Old Stump Road; thence southward along the easterly side
4 of Old Stump Road to the northerly side of Beaver Dam Road; thence east-
5 ward along the northerly side of Beaver Dam Road to the lands owned by
6 the United States known as Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge (the
7 "Refuge"), including the Carmans River; thence generally westerly and
8 southerly to the waters of Bellport Bay; thence generally easterly
9 across the Bay and northerly along the easterly boundary of the Refuge,
10 including all lands currently part of the Refuge and any lands which may
11 become part of the Refuge in the future to the east side of the southern
12 terminus of Smith Road; thence northward along the easterly side of
13 Smith Road to the southwesterly corner of the property identified as
14 District 200, Section 974.50, Block 1, Lot 11; thence eastward, north-
15 ward and westward in a counter-clockwise direction along the southern,
16 eastern and northern boundaries of that property to the easterly side of
17 Smith Road; thence northward along the easterly side of Smith Road to
18 the northerly side of Montauk Highway County Road 80; thence northeast-
19 erly to the southwesterly corner of the property identified as District
20 200, Section 849, Block 2, Lot 2; thence eastward along the northerly
21 boundary of Montauk Highway to the southeasterly corner of the property
22 identified as District 200, Section 850, Block 3, Lot 8; thence north-
23 ward to the northeasterly corner of that parcel, including all lands
24 owned by the United States known as Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge
25 (the "Refuge") at any time between June 1, 1993 and the present, and any
26 lands which may become part of the Refuge in the future; thence
27 northwestward across Sunrise Highway (NYS Route 27) to the southwesterly
28 corner of the property identified as District 200, Section 850, Block 2,
29 Lot 1; thence northward along the westerly boundary of that parcel
30 across to the northerly boundary of Victory Avenue; thence westward
31 along the northerly boundary of Victory Avenue to the westerly boundary
32 of River Road; thence northward along the westerly boundary of River
33 Road to the north side of the Long Island Rail Road right-of-way; thence
34 easterly along the northerly side of the Long Island Rail Road right-of-
35 way to the north side of Moriches-Middle Island Road; thence generally
36 northward and westward along the northerly side of Moriches-Middle
37 Island Road to the northerly side of the Long Island Expressway; thence
38 [eastward] westward along the northerly boundary of the Long Island
39 Expressway to the southeasterly corner of the Longwood Greenbelt proper-
40 ty (the property identified as District 200, Section 583, Block 2, Lot
41 1.1); thence northward along the easterly boundary of the Longwood
42 Greenbelt property to its northeast corner; thence eastward to the
43 southwesterly corner of the property known as District 200, Section 552,
44 Block 1, Lot 8; thence generally northeastward along the easterly bound-
45 ary of the property identified as District 200, Section 552, Block 1,
46 Lot 1.7 to the northeasterly corner of that parcel; thence eastward
47 along the southerly boundaries of the parcels identified as District
48 200, Section 504, Block 1, Lot 8, and District 200, Section 504, Block
49 1, Lot 11, to the westerly boundary of the William Floyd Parkway (County
50 Route 46); thence northward along the westerly side of County Route 46
51 to a point 2000 (two thousand) feet south of the southern bank of the
52 Peconic River crossing of County Route 46; thence generally southeast-
53 ward along a line parallel to, and 2000 (two thousand) feet generally
54 south or southwest of, and parallel to, the southernmost bank of the
55 Peconic River to a point where the Peconic River crosses the unpaved,
56 unnamed, north-south firebreak and patrol road on the eastern half of
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1 the Brookhaven National Laboratory property; thence southward and south-
2 westward along the easterly and southeasterly boundaries of the unpaved,
3 unnamed, north-south firebreak and patrol road starting on the eastern
4 half of the Brookhaven National Laboratory property to the Brookhaven
5 National Laboratory road known as Brookhaven Avenue; thence due westward
6 along a straight line to the Brookhaven National Laboratory road known
7 as Princeton Avenue; thence westward along the southerly boundary of
8 Princeton Avenue to the unnamed Laboratory road which diverts southwest
9 in the vicinity of the Laboratory gate house; thence southwestward along
10 the southerly side of the unnamed Laboratory road just described to
11 County Route 46; thence southward along the easterly side of County
12 Route 46 to NYS Route 495; thence eastward along the northerly boundary
13 of NYS Route 495 to County Route 111; thence southeastward along the
14 northerly boundary of County Route 111 to NYS Route 27 (Sunrise High-
15 way); thence generally southward across NYS Route 27 to the westernmost
16 extent along NYS Route 27 of the undeveloped portion (as of June 1,
17 1993) of the parcel assemblage comprised of those parcels identified as
18 District 200, Section 594, Block 2, Lot 4 and District 900, Section 325,
19 Block 1, Lot 41.2; thence southward along the westerly boundary of the
20 undeveloped portion (as of June 1, 1993) of that parcel assemblage to
21 County Route 71 (Old Country Road); thence eastward along the northerly
22 boundary of County Route 71 to the southeastern corner of the Suffolk
23 County Nature Preserve lands which run from NYS Route 27 south to County
24 Route 111 and which adjoin the easterly side of the preceding assem-
25 blage; thence northward along the easterly boundary of that Suffolk
26 County Nature Preserve assemblage (crossing the County Route 111 right
27 of way) to NYS Route 27; thence eastward along the southerly boundary of
28 NYS Route 27 to the westerly end of 19th Street as shown in the old
29 filed map contained within the tax map identified as District 900,
30 Section 276, Block 2; thence southward along the westerly boundary of
31 that old filed map (shown in District 900, Sections 276, 302, 303, 327,
32 and 328), and coterminous with the westerly side of those parcels along
33 the westerly side of Oishei Road, to County Route 71; thence eastward
34 along the northerly boundary of County Route 71 to the southeasterly
35 corner of the parcel identified as District 900, Section 328, Block 2,
36 Lot 19; thence northward along the easterly boundary of that old filed
37 map surrounding Oishei Road, and coterminous with the easterly side of
38 those parcels along the easterly side of Oishei Road, to a point along
39 that line due west of the northwesterly corner of the parcel containing
40 the Suffolk County facilities identified as District 900, Section 331,
41 Block 1, Lot 1; thence due eastward along a straight line to the
42 northwesterly corner of that parcel; thence eastward along the northerly
43 boundary of that parcel to its northeasterly corner shown in District
44 900, Section 307; thence due eastward along a straight line to Summit
45 Boulevard; thence southward along the westerly side of Summit Boulevard
46 to County Route 71; thence eastward along the northerly side of County
47 Route 71, excluding all parcels abutting that road which are developed
48 as of June 1, 1993, to the Long Island Rail Road tracks; thence eastward
49 along the northerly boundary of the Long Island Rail Road tracks to
50 County Route 31 (Old Riverhead Road); thence northward along the wester-
51 ly boundary of County Route 31 to that point opposite the point along
52 the easterly side of County Route 31 (north of the Stewart Avenue inter-
53 section) at which the undeveloped portion (as of June 1, 1993) of the
54 Suffolk County Airport (Gabreski Airport) occurs; thence generally
55 northward, eastward and southward around the westerly, northerly and
56 easterly boundaries of the undeveloped portion (as of June 1, 1993) of
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1 the airport property (excluding from the Core Preservation Area those
2 portions of the airport property which are occupied by the runways,
3 their associated maintenance areas, and those areas identified for
4 future use in the Suffolk County Airport Master Plan approved by the
5 County Legislature) to the Long Island Rail Road tracks (including in
6 the Core Preservation Area those portions of the airport property which
7 are adjacent to the Quogue Wildlife Refuge's westerly boundary and which
8 are in their natural state); thence eastward along the northerly bounda-
9 ry of the Long Island Rail Road tracks to the southeasterly corner of
10 the Town of Southampton parcel identified as District 902, Section 1,
11 Block 1, Lot 22.1; thence generally northward and eastward along the
12 easterly border of that parcel and the Town of Southampton parcels to
13 the immediate north identified as District 900, Section 313, Block 1,
14 Lot 42.1 and District 900, Section 287, Block 1, Lot 1.55 to County
15 Route 104; thence northward along the westerly boundary of County Route
16 104 to a point 1000 (one thousand) feet southward of NYS Route 27;
17 thence eastward along a line parallel to, and 1000 (one thousand) feet
18 south of, NYS Route 27, to the westerly boundary of the parcel identi-
19 fied as District 900, Section 252, Block 1, Lot 1; thence southward
20 along the westerly boundary of that parcel to the Long Island Rail Road
21 tracks; thence eastward along the northerly boundary of the Long Island
22 Rail Road tracks to Montauk Highway; thence eastward along the northerly
23 boundary of Montauk Highway to that point where the boundary of Sears-
24 Bellows County Park heads northward along the eastern side of the Munns
25 Pond portion; thence northward along the easterly boundary of Sears-Bel-
26 lows County Park, to NYS Route 27; thence eastward along the northerly
27 boundary of NYS Route 27 to NYS Route 24 (Riverhead - Hampton Bays
28 Road); thence generally northwestward and westward along the southwes-
29 terly boundary of NYS Route 24 to the easternmost extent along NYS Route
30 24 of the Suffolk County Parkland known as Flanders or Hubbard County
31 Park; thence generally northward, westward, and southward along the
32 easterly, northerly, and westerly boundaries of Flanders or Hubbard
33 County Park, including all adjacent or contiguous undeveloped Town of
34 Southampton parks, preserves, open space areas, or reserved areas, to
35 NYS Route 24; thence westward along the southerly boundary of NYS Route
36 24 to Pleasure Drive; thence southward along the easterly boundary of
37 Pleasure Drive a distance of 2000 (two thousand) feet, excluding all
38 parcels abutting that road which are developed as of June 1, 1993;
39 thence generally westward along a straight line to the southernmost
40 extent of the NYS David Sarnoff Preserve along the westerly boundaries
41 of the parcels on the westerly side of Brookhaven Avenue; thence gener-
42 ally northward and westward along the easterly and northerly boundary of
43 the NYS David Sarnoff Pine Barrens Preserve, crossing County Routes 105
44 and 104, to County Route 63 (Riverhead-Moriches Road); thence generally
45 westward and northward along the northerly boundary of the Suffolk Coun-
46 ty Cranberry Bog County Nature Preserve to County Route 51; thence
47 southwesterly along the westerly side of County Route 51 to the boundary
48 of the Cranberry Bog County Nature Preserve; thence westward and north-
49 ward along the northeasterly boundary of Cranberry Bog County Nature
50 Preserve to County Route 94 (also known as NYS Route 24, or Nugent
51 Drive); thence eastward along the northerly side of County Route 94 to
52 the County Route 94A bridge; thence northward along the westerly side of
53 the County Route 94A bridge to the Riverhead-Southampton border; thence
54 westward along the Riverhead-Southampton border, and the Riverhead-Bro-
55 okhaven Border, to the Forge Road Bridge; thence northward along the
56 westerly boundary of the Forge Road Bridge to Forge Road; thence
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1 northwestward along the westerly boundary of Forge Road to the Long
2 Island Rail Road tracks; thence northward along the westerly boundary of
3 Forge Road (unpaved) to the intersection of NYS Route 25 and River Road;
4 thence westward along the southerly boundary of River Road to Edwards
5 Avenue; thence westward along the southerly boundary of River Road
6 (Grumman Boulevard or Swan Pond Road) to the southeast corner of that
7 parcel containing Conoe (or Canoe) Lake and identified as District 600,
8 Section 137, Block 1, Lot 1; thence northward, westward, and southward
9 along the borders of that parcel containing Conoe (or Canoe) Lake to
10 River Road (Grumman Boulevard); thence westward along the northerly
11 boundary of Grumman Boulevard to the southeasternmost corner of the
12 undeveloped portion (as of June 1, 1993) of the United States
13 Navy/Grumman Corporation property located on the north side of Grumman
14 Boulevard and adjacent to the Grumman entrance known as the South Gate;
15 thence due north along the easternmost edge of that undeveloped portion
16 (as of June 1, 1993) of the United States Navy/Grumman Corporation prop-
17 erty to NYS Route 25; thence along a straight line to the northerly side
18 of NYS Route 25 to a point occupied by the southeasternmost corner of
19 the parcel assemblage comprised of District 600, Section 75, Block 3,
20 Lot 10.1, and District 600, Section 96, Block 1, Lot 14, and otherwise
21 known as Camp Wauwepex; thence northward, westward, and generally south-
22 ward along the easterly, northerly, and generally westerly boundaries of
23 the Camp Wauwepex assemblage to NYS Route 25; thence westward along the
24 northerly side of NYS Route 25 to Montauk Trail; thence northeastward
25 along the northwesterly side of Montauk Trail to Panamoka Trail; thence
26 northward along the westerly side of Panamoka Trail, excluding all
27 parcels abutting that road which are developed as of June 1, 1993, to
28 Matinecock Trail; thence westward along the southerly side of Matinecock
29 Trail to the easterly boundary of Brookhaven State Park; thence general-
30 ly northward along the easterly boundary of Brookhaven State Park,
31 including all adjacent or contiguous undeveloped Town of Brookhaven
32 parks, preserves, open space areas, or reserved areas, to its inter-
33 section with NYS Route 25A; thence westward along the southerly side of
34 NYS Route 25A to the northeast corner of the Shoreham-Wading River
35 school district property; thence southward, westward, and northward
36 along the easterly, southerly, and westerly boundaries of the Shoreham-
37 Wading River school district property to NYS Route 25A; thence westward
38 along the southerly side of NYS Route 25A to County Route 46; thence
39 southward along the easterly side of County Route 46 to its intersection
40 with the Suffolk County Pine Trail Nature Preserve; thence westward
41 along the northerly boundary of the Suffolk County Pine Trail Nature
42 Preserve where the Preserve is adjacent to developed parcels or parcels
43 in agricultural or horticultural use, or along a line parallel to, and
44 100 (one hundred) feet north of, the Preserve where the Preserve is
45 adjacent to parcels which are undeveloped as of June 1, 1993, to the
46 southeastern corner of the parcel west of Woodlots Road and identified
47 as District 200, Section 291, Block 1, Lot 14.1; thence northward and
48 westward along the easterly and northerly boundaries of that parcel to
49 Whiskey Road; thence westward along the southerly side of Whiskey Road
50 to Wading River Hollow Road; thence northward along the westerly side of
51 Wading River Hollow Road to the boundary of the NYS Rocky Point Land;
52 thence generally northward along the easterly boundary of the NYS Rocky
53 Point Land, including all adjacent or contiguous undeveloped Town of
54 Brookhaven parks, preserves, open space areas, or reserved areas, to NYS
55 Route 25A; thence westward along the southerly side of NYS Route 25A,
56 excluding those parcels abutting that road which are developed as of
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1 June 1, 1993, and those lands identified for the reroute of Route 25A by
2 the NYS Department of Transportation, to the northeastern corner of the
3 parcel identified as District 200, Section 102, Block 3, Lot 1.4; thence
4 southward along the westerly boundary of that parcel to the parcel iden-
5 tified as District 200, Section 102, Block 3, Lot 1.6; thence generally
6 westward and southward along the westerly boundaries of that parcel and
7 the adjoining southerly parcel identified as District 200, Section 102,
8 Block 3, Lot 1.5 to the boundary of the NYS Rocky Point Land; thence
9 westward along the northerly boundary of the NYS Rocky Point Land to
10 County Route 21; thence generally westward along a straight line across
11 County Route 21 to the northernmost extent along County Route 21 of the
12 NYS Rocky Point Land; thence generally westward along the generally
13 northerly boundary of the NYS Rocky Point Land to the point or place of
14 beginning, and excluding the area defined as beginning at a point where
15 the southerly boundary of NYS Route 25 meets the easterly side of the
16 Suffolk County Pine Trail Nature Preserve; thence southeastward along
17 the easterly side of the Suffolk County Pine Trail Nature Preserve where
18 the Preserve is adjacent to developed parcels, or along a line parallel
19 to, and 100 (one hundred) feet east of, the Preserve where the Preserve
20 is adjacent to parcels which are undeveloped as of June 1, 1993, to the
21 Long Island Lighting Company high voltage transmission lines; thence
22 northward along the westerly side of the Long Island Lighting Company
23 high voltage transmission lines to NYS Route 25; thence westward along
24 the southerly side of NYS Route 25 to the point or place of beginning;
25 and excluding two distinct areas described as follows: Area One is the
26 area defined as beginning at a point where the southerly boundary of NYS
27 Route 25 meets the easterly side of the Suffolk County Pine Trail Nature
28 Preserve; thence southeastward along the easterly side of the Suffolk
29 County Pine Trail Nature Preserve where the Preserve is adjacent to
30 developed parcels, or along a line parallel to, and 100 (one hundred)
31 feet east of, the Preserve where the Preserve is adjacent to parcels
32 which are undeveloped as of June 1, 1993, to the Long Island Lighting
33 Company high voltage transmission lines; thence northward along the
34 westerly side of the Long Island Lighting Company high voltage trans-
35 mission lines to NYS Route 25; thence westward along the southerly side
36 of NYS Route 25 to the point or place of beginning; Area Two is the area
37 defined as beginning at the northwest corner of the parcel identified as
38 District 200, Section 552, Block 1, Lot 3; thence eastward, southwest-
39 ward and generally northward along the northerly, southeasterly and
40 westerly boundaries of that parcel, containing the sewage treatment
41 facility known as the Dorade facility, to the point of beginning.
42 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
