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Public raises alarm over CUGA inlet dredging; committee to seek extended comment period and a public information session
Summary
At the April 2 Planning, Energy and Environmental Quality Committee meeting a public commenter urged the county to press DEC for a public information session and extension on a CUGA inlet dredging project; committee members agreed to ask DEC to extend the comment period and to convene the Water Resources Council to review the materials.
A member of the public told the Tompkins County Planning, Energy and Environmental Quality Committee April 2 that New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) officials posted a notice for a CUGA inlet dredging project, issued a negative declaration and opened a short public comment window — and that the county should press DEC for a public information meeting and a longer comment period.
"Any comments after that are pretty much performative," said Brian Eden, who told the committee he learned of the environmental notice posting only shortly before the meeting and that the ENB listed a comment deadline he characterized as too short. Eden described the project’s proposed handling of…
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