(b) The following actions are Type I if they are undertaken, funded or approved by the Power Authority:

1. (1) the adoption of a comprehensive resource management plan;
2. (2) the acquisition, sale, lease or other transfer of 100 or more contiguous acres of land;

3. (3) construction of new nonresidential facilities which meet or exceed any of the following thresholds; or the expansion of existing nonresidential facilities by more than 50 percent of any of the following thresholds, provided that the expansion and the existing facilities, when combined, meet or exceed any threshold contained in this section:

   1. (i) a project or action which involves the physical alteration of 10 acres;
   2. (ii) a project or action which would use ground or surface water in excess of 2,000,000 gallons per day;
   3. (iii) parking for 1,000 vehicles;
   4. (iv) in a city, town or village having a population of 150,000 persons or less: a facility with more than 100,000 square feet of gross floor area; or
   5. (v) in a city, town or village having a population of more than 150,000 persons: a facility with more than 240,000 square feet of gross floor area;
4. (4) any structure exceeding 100 feet above original ground level in a locality without any zoning regulation pertaining to height;
5. (5) any nonagricultural use occurring wholly or partially within an agricultural district (certified pursuant to the Agriculture and Markets Law, article 25-AA, sections 303 and 304) which exceeds 10 percent of any threshold established in this section;
6. (6) any action (unless the action is designed for the preservation of the facility or site) occurring wholly or partially within, or contiguous to, any facility or site listed on the National Register of Historic Places, or any historic building, structure or site, or prehistoric site, that has been proposed by the Committee on the Registers for consideration by the New York State Board for Historic Preservation for a recommendation to the State historic officer for nomination for inclusion in said National Register;
7. (7) any project or action, which exceeds 25 percent of any threshold in this section, occurring wholly or partially within or substantially contiguous to any publicly owned or operated parkland, recreation area or designated open space; and
8. (8) any action which exceeds the locally established thresholds or, if no such thresholds are established, any action which takes place wholly or partially within, or substantially contiguous to, any critical environmental area designated by a local agency pursuant to 6 NYCRR 617.14.