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Committee hears ANR request to push flood‑safety, river‑corridor and resilience deadlines in H.319
Summary
DEC and stakeholders told the House Natural Resources & Energy Committee that recent floods, staffing shortfalls and contracting timelines mean the agency needs more time to deliver river‑corridor maps, rulemaking and dam‑safety studies required under last year’s flood safety and climate legislation.
The House Natural Resources & Energy Committee on March 26 considered H.319 amendments that would move back multiple DEC implementation deadlines tied to the Flood Safety Act, dam emergency planning, and the Climate Superfund Act resilience strategy.
Why it matters: Rules, maps and permitting changes tied to river corridors and flood standards affect development, permitting timelines and local flood resilience planning across the state. DEC staff said the agency’s ability to complete the legislative tasks on the original schedule was strained by repeated flood events and workforce shortfalls.
DEC river program and dam‑safety witnesses told the committee that the Flood Safety Act requires a large set of mapping, outreach, rulemaking and reporting tasks. Rob Evans, who manages the Rivers program, said the program expected to…
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