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Hillsdale board declares lead agency, issues negative declaration for salt shed construction
Summary
The Hillsdale Town Board declared itself lead agency and issued a Type II negative declaration for a proposed salt shed after reviewing Parts 1–3 of the environmental assessment; the board recorded unanimous support and will include the paperwork in its grants package.
The Hillsdale Town Board declared itself the lead agency for environmental review of a proposed salt shed and issued a Type II negative declaration after reading Part 2 of the environmental assessment into the record. The Chair summarized that the subquestions on geological impacts, surface and groundwater, flooding, air and climate impacts (including whether emissions would exceed 10,000 metric tons CO2e), and other categories were answered "No," and then moved that "we declare the, construction of the salt shed as a type 2, and a negative declaration." The motion, recorded as moved/seconded by Erwin and Bart, passed unanimously.
The Chair said Gretchen Stevens completed Part 3 of the paperwork and the board will include the forms in the project's grants package. Board members did not request further study or conditions during the meeting; the record reflects the board's determination that the project does not pose the categories of impacts listed in Part 2. Next procedural steps noted on the record include filing the completed SEQR paperwork with the grant materials; no deadlines or grant program details beyond inclusion in the grants package were specified in the transcript.
