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Environmental study delay leaves 55 Palmetto subdivision SEQR review unresolved
Summary
An ecological and engineering study for the 55 Palmetto Parkway subdivision remains incomplete because consultants could not access an updated federal species list during a government shutdown; the applicant declined to postpone, and the board must decide whether it has enough information to close SEQR.
Planning staff told the Mount Vernon Planning Board during a work session that an environmental consultant has not completed required study work for the 55 Palmetto Parkway subdivision because it could not obtain an updated species screening from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service during the federal government shutdown.
“The DEC documentation only provides known locations of state-listed species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service screening accounts for federal species known to occur within the vicinity of the project area,” the assistant commissioner…
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