Adjudged that the judgment is reversed, on the law, with costs, and the petition is granted.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (hereinafter the DEC) possesses broad powers to enter any inactive hazardous waste disposal site and inspect and take samples of waste, soils, air, surface water, and ground water (see, ECL 27-1305 [4] [a]; 27-1309 [3]; Matter of Kohilakis v New York State Dept. of Envtl. Conservation,
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