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Council completes environmental review, authorizes contractor work and adds state SRF terms for Terminal Pump Station project
Summary
Council adopted a negative declaration for the Terminal Pump Station project, authorized Seager to proceed, and approved a no-cost contract amendment to incorporate New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation terms; sponsors said work responds to a NYSDEC consent order and includes floodplain mitigation measures.
The Binghamton City Council on April 9 approved an environmental finding and authorized project work for the Terminal Pump Station, saying the upgrades are necessary and will be performed with mitigation measures because the site lies partly in the 100- and 500-year floodplains.
Corporation counsel reviewed Parts 1 and 3 of the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) environmental-assessment form during the meeting and recommended a negative declaration after outlining potential impacts and planned mitigation. Counsel noted construction could stretch to 15 months overall but said soil-disturbing work is not expected to exceed one year and described steps to reduce flood and erosion impacts: reinforcing erosion and…
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