For Immediate Release: January 26, 2015
Contact:
Keith P. McKeever | Public Information Officer | Adirondack Park Agency
contact@apa.ny.gov | (518) 891-4050
Ray Brook, NY - The Adirondack Park Agency Board authorized staff at its January meeting to hold public hearings and accept public comment for a proposed rulemaking that would establish emergency project regulations. The proposed rulemaking would define emergencies as events or conditions that present an immediate threat to life or property and specific storm events that are declared emergencies by federal or state officials. The regulations would expedite approval for land use or development qualifying as emergency projects that directly address the remediation or recovery of property impacted from an emergency.
The Adirondack Park Agency has scheduled two public hearings to explain the proposed regulations and accept public comment. The hearings are scheduled for:
March 4, 2015, 6:00 p.m. Adirondack Park Agency 1133 State Route 86 Ray Brook, New York
March 5, 2015, 2:00 p.m. Department of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway, Room 129 Albany, New York
The Agency will also accept written comment on this proposed regulation until March 21, 2015.
Comments may be submitted by email to APARuleMaking@apa.ny.gov or addressed to:
Jennifer McAleese, Senior Attorney NYS Adirondack Park Agency PO Box 99 Ray Brook, NY 12977
For more information regarding Emergency Project Regulations please see the Adirondack Park Agency website APA.NY.GOV
The mission of the Adirondack Park Agency is to protect the public and private resources of the Adirondack Park through the exercise of the powers and duties of the Agency as provided by law. For more information, call the APA at (518) 891-4050 or visit www.apa.ny.gov.
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