tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post403295354558363653..comments2024-03-28T13:58:45.797-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Special Meeting to Review Findings StatementCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-38485470171226026542011-10-21T10:38:43.122-04:002011-10-21T10:38:43.122-04:00'1. How is SEQR enforced?
'The SEQR stat...'1. How is SEQR enforced? <br /><br />'The SEQR statute (Article 8 of the NYS Environmental Conservation Law) did not provide DEC, or any other agency, with administrative or enforcement authority to review SEQR implementation or decisions by other agencies. DEC is charged with administration of SEQR, including promulgation of statewide regulations and model assessment forms pertaining to SEQR, but cannot force another agency to comply with SEQR. Therefore, actual oversight and enforcement of SEQR falls to interested citizens and groups. <br /><br />'To enable citizens to monitor and provide input to SEQR proceedings, specific notices and public comment periods are required at certain steps, primarily during the scoping and review of environmental impact statements (EISs). The only mechanism by which SEQR decisions can be challenged is through a court proceeding, governed by Article 78 of the New York State Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR), brought in a NYS Supreme Court.' <br /><br />'The SEQR Handbook,' pp. 169, 170.<br /><br />http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/permits_ej_operations_pdf/seqrhandbook.pdfsouth bay task forcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05907237557662655233noreply@blogger.com