N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 6, § 635.4 – Conditions for the receipt of State aid.

(a) To ensure the most efficient use of available local assistance funds, State aid shall be approved only for those environmental conservation activities performed by either (1) a full-time local health department organized and staffed pursuant to the Public Health Law, or (2) a local environmental control agency created under local initiative provided:
1. (i) The local enabling legislation clearly delineates the organization and scope of the environmental control agency's responsibilities, particularly in relation to the local health department.
2. (ii) Adequate local funds are made available for the environmental control agency.
3. (iii) The environmental control agency is staffed with qualified personnel.
(b) County and city commissioners of health and/or environmental conservation shall maintain such records and submit such reports as may, from time to time, be required by the commissioner. All books and records shall be available for examination by authorized agents of the commissioner.
(c) The State Department of Environmental Conservation may conduct a quarterly review of county and city environmental programs. The purpose of the review is to ascertain progress in accomplishing the program plans and to provide the foundation for joint development of the program plan for the ensuing year.
(d) Personnel employed by agencies which are receiving State aid shall be qualified for their respective positions. In New York City, personnel shall possess at the time of appointment the qualifications established for the positions by the New York City department of personnel. In the remainder of the State, personnel appointed to positions for which qualifications have been established by Part 11 of Title 10 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations (10 NYCRR Part 11) shall possess such qualifications at the time of appointment; in the case of personnel appointed to positions for which qualifications have not been established by Part 11, the position title and qualifications therefor must be approved by the State Commissioner of Health in the case of local health departments and by the commissioner in the case of local environmental control agencies as applicable.
(e) Inspections and investigations of possible sources of pollution of the air, water or land shall be made by agencies which are receiving State aid at a frequency and of a nature satisfactory to the commissioner.
(f) The processing, review and approval of plans required to be submitted to the State Department of Environmental Conservation shall be made in a manner acceptable to the commissioner.