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Board accepts Part 2 for Lofaro timber harvest; staff to draft Negative Declaration
Summary
After reviewing a full EAF, the Planning Board accepted Part 2 for a selective timber harvest on Route 44/55 and authorized counsel to draft Part 3 and a Negative Declaration; a public hearing was scheduled for the board’s next meeting.
Christopher Prentis of Lower Hudson Forestry asked the board for approval of a selective timber harvest on property along Route 44/55 and confirmed he had submitted a full EAF. Pat Hines reviewed his draft Part 2, concluding that most SEQRA thresholds were not exceeded and that potential impacts (including a check for habitat for the spreading globeflower) were unlikely given the site's topography. "There is a plant species that was identified as potentially having habitat for that endangered plant species ... the habitat on that site is not conducive to having habitat," Hines said.
Attorney Hannah Atkinson told the board she would draft Part 3 and a Negative Declaration for review and recommended the board accept the Part 2 answers now and proceed to set a public hearing. The board voted to accept Part 2 by unanimous voice vote and directed staff to circulate draft Part 3 and a Negative Declaration and to schedule the public hearing at the next meeting.
Next steps: counsel will prepare Part 3 and a proposed Negative Declaration; staff will post a public hearing at the March 2 meeting.
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