For Immediate Release: October 26, 2022
Contact:
Keith P. McKeever | Public Information Officer | Adirondack Park Agency
contact@apa.ny.gov | (518) 891-4050
RAY BROOK, NY – The Adirondack Park Agency is accepting public comment on projects currently under review. The public is encouraged to go to the Agency’s website found at www.apa.ny.gov and click the Public Comment and Hearing Opportunities link found in the News & Activities information box.
The link will direct the public to the Requests for Public Comment page where more information is located. In addition, the public will find an option to electronically submit a comment for the posted projects.
Presently, the Agency is accepting comments on the following proposed projects:
- Installation of a replacement on-site wastewater treatment system within 100 feet of a wetland in the Town of Harrietstown, Franklin County
- Construction of four pedestrian bridges involving wetlands to connect a proposed hiking trail from a designated parking lot on Sabattis Road to Buck Mountain fire tower in the Town of Long Lake, Hamilton County
- The installation of an elevated post dock 4 feet wide and 36 feet long within wetlands for access to Jenny Lake in the Town of Corinth, Saratoga County
- New commercial sand and gravel mine in the Town of Elizabethtown, Essex County
- Shoreline variance request for the construction of a single-family dwelling in the Town of Ticonderoga, Essex County
- Three-lot subdivision in the Town of Tupper Lake, Franklin County
- Construction of a new 85-foot-tall telecommunications tower in the Town of Indian Lake, Hamilton County
- Demolition of existing mining equipment and structures at the former Republic Steel Mineville #7 complex in the Town of Moriah, Essex County
- Reconstruction of an existing 46kV electric transmission line in the Towns of Long Lake, Arietta and Long Lake, Hamilton County
- Replacement and expansion of an existing on-site wastewater treatment system within 100 feet of wetlands in the Town of Webb, Herkimer County
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.