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ANR describes dam-safety work and FERC-linked hydroelectric permitting under flood-resilience law
Summary
Committee heard that dam safety, river-corridor regulation and hydroelectric relicensing are active areas under the Flood Resilience Act; ANR said hires continue and coordination with utilities and federal FERC processes is required.
Jason Batchelder, commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, and Julie Moore described state efforts on dam safety and flood resilience that follow last year’s Flood Resilience Act.
Batchelder said DEC’s work includes dam-safety oversight and coordination on dams that generate hydropower; Moore added that federal licensing through FERC complicates…
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