NYDEC submits a letter to the PB and Edsall concerning the pending DEIS

Dec. 20,2006:

The NYDEC submits a letter to the PB and Edsall concerning the pending DEIS and the town as lead agency. They do not object to the town PB as lead agency. However, they are not aware of the conflicts of interest since there is no mention of it in their letter, and more importantly, no conflicted town officers at this point had made any official disclosures as required by the town’s ethics code. So the DEC and public could not be aware of the conflicts. They recommend that a public scoping be done so important studies get included, and the public and other involved agencies have input. As you will see later the scoping was skipped over despite the request of experts at the DEC who express concerns over wind farm impacts particularly in this area. In addition the letter outlines numerous areas of study the DEC thinks are important.
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