Sentences with phrase «environmental department last»

Cuomo's health commissioner, Dr. Nirav Shah, said a month ago that he was still in the midst of a health review, requested by the governor's environmental department last September, but that he expected to be done in a few weeks.

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Martin told the committee she made the decision to go with a Class 1 environmental assessment last June 1 after Northern Pulp filed a project description with the department at the end of April.

An environmental assessment report from the US State Department that landed last week would seem to move TransCanada's hopes forward, but the pipeline's ultimate fate is still very much in limbo.

Sacramento, CA, July 9, 2007 - The efforts of California winegrape growers and vintners to build on their environmental successes gained a major boost late last month, when the United States Department of Agriculture awarded a $ 607,500 Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) to the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance.

For example, last year, FLPC students developed fact sheets on date labeling, tax incentives, and liability protections for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (Mass DEP) and Recycling Works as it rolled out its organic waste ban across the state.

During my last 6 years working for the state I managed the Ground Water Protection program for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality.

Last month, the Department of Environmental Conservation asked the board to sign a consent order agreeing to no more discharges without consent.

The Department of Environmental Conservation and the state Department of Health are finalizing a health - impact study of fracking, the controversial natural gas extraction process, and announced last week that three experts have been contracted to sort through the guidelines.

After an e-coli related closure last year, the state Department of Environmental Conservation is saying that Lake George's Million Dollar Beach is ready to open for the summer swimming season.

Algae amounts detected by the Cayuga County Health Department in the Auburn water supply last year were «below the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency health advisory level for short - term exposure,» per Syracuse.com.

The union writes in the letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent last week urging Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos to oppose the plan and not grant the necessary permits for the facility.

De Blasio will officially name Vincent Sapienza commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, more than a year after the last permanent head left.

The 13 hunting - related shooting incidents across New York State last year were the lowest since records started being kept in 1958, the state Department of Environmental Conservation reported.

Instead, the elected officials insist they were first notified last March about the contamination — though the state Health Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency informed them little could be done because the toxic chemical was not a regulated contaminant.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has approved the town of Islip's plan to clean up 50,000 tons of toxic debris that was illegally dumped in Roberto Clemente Park in Islip last year.

Last month, the State Department of Environmental Conservation along with the New York Department of State said there are several concerns with the proposed designations starting with the eastern Long Island Sound disposal site as being unnecessary, according to the governor.

PRESS RELEASE Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recognized the nine Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers and the dispatcher involved in the rescue of three men whose plane crashed in the Adirondack Mountains last week.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recognized the nine Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers and the dispatcher involved in the rescue of three men whose plane crashed in the Adirondack Mountains last week.

Last week, the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Park Agency had expressed concerns about the environmental impact of the tanker cars and pledged to look into «all legal and regulatory options to ensure the environment and the public are protEnvironmental Conservation and Adirondack Park Agency had expressed concerns about the environmental impact of the tanker cars and pledged to look into «all legal and regulatory options to ensure the environment and the public are protenvironmental impact of the tanker cars and pledged to look into «all legal and regulatory options to ensure the environment and the public are protected.»

Hydrofracking is indeed an issue on both the state and federal level, but attention in New York for the last several months has focused on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Department of Environmental Conservation's long - awaited report on the feasibility of high - volume hydrofracking.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens said last week that he expects the advisory committee of experts, local and state officials and environmental groups reviewing the controversial natural - gas extraction process hydraulic fracturing will meet in «the near fEnvironmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens said last week that he expects the advisory committee of experts, local and state officials and environmental groups reviewing the controversial natural - gas extraction process hydraulic fracturing will meet in «the near fenvironmental groups reviewing the controversial natural - gas extraction process hydraulic fracturing will meet in «the near future.»

Last month, state and federal regulators warned residents not to use the water in the Rensselaer County community and the Department of Environmental Conservation has moved to make it a state Superfund site.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation ordered Northrop Grumman late last week to speed up treatment of a contaminated groundwater plume in Bethpage or risk legal action.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced last week that it is seeking to recover cleanup costs for the Niagara Sanitation landfill from the companies and entities that dumped waste there 40 years ago.

Ritter said she and several other residents filed a petition last week against the developers, the Department of City Planning, the City Planning Commission and the city itself for failing to prepare «a full environmental impact statement.»

That outlook is the polar opposite of the praise heaped on Gov. Andrew Cuomo last month after the state Department of Environmental Conservation denied the Constitution project on environmeEnvironmental Conservation denied the Constitution project on environmentalenvironmental grounds.

During the news conference, state Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health officials reprised their explanations for the state's policy over the last year.

The Rosendale Town Board voted last week to send a letter to the two designated co-lead agencies on the State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) of the Pilgrim Pipeline project, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the New York Thruway Authority (NYTA), urging them to guarantee ample opportunities for «meaningful public and municipal participation» during the scoping phase of the review process.

Speaking in Oswego County, Cuomo announced the Department of Environmental Conservation will operate during weekend hours starting this Memorial Day Weekend, and lasting all summer long.

Sixty - five New York lakes and ponds now have toxic algae blooms, up from 56 last week, the Department of Environmental Conservation reported.

This includes New York's lead environmental agency, the Department of Environmental Conservation, which has lost hundreds of staff members in the lasenvironmental agency, the Department of Environmental Conservation, which has lost hundreds of staff members in the lasEnvironmental Conservation, which has lost hundreds of staff members in the last four years.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Alexander «Pete» Grannis was fired last week for having the courage to speak the truth about the impact threatened layoffs would have on the integrity of his department's responsibility to protect the environment and NeDepartment of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Alexander «Pete» Grannis was fired last week for having the courage to speak the truth about the impact threatened layoffs would have on the integrity of his department's responsibility to protect the environment and Nedepartment's responsibility to protect the environment and New Yorkers.

Last year, the Department of Environmental Conservation proposed closing the plant for up to 100 days in the spring and summer in order to mitigate damage to Hudson River fish populations during breeding season.

Last summer, the State Department of Environmental Conservation held public hearing on its proposal to shut down the Indian Point nuclear power plant (located in Buchanan, NY), for up to three months a year to protect fish in the Hudson River.

ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation last week received a draft of a feasibility study looking at what new water sources contamination - ravaged Hoosick Falls could draw from and findings will be shared soon, Commissioner Basil Seggos said Friday.

Just last month, Department of Environmental Protection electrical engineer Magdy Youssef was forced to resign after he used a city - issued vehicle to run personal errands and commute home 19 times over four months in 2016.

The Keene town board adopted a resolution of the board last Monday evening calling on the U.S. Department of Transportation, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the NY DOT and the NY DEC to impose a moratorium on transport of Bakken Crude Oil by rail from Montreal to Albany, until a comprehensive study determines the public health, safety, economic and environmental impacts of Environmental Protection Agency, the NY DOT and the NY DEC to impose a moratorium on transport of Bakken Crude Oil by rail from Montreal to Albany, until a comprehensive study determines the public health, safety, economic and environmental impacts of environmental impacts of a derailment.

AUBURN, N.Y. — The state Department of Environmental Conservation Wednesday notified Cayuga County that blue - green algae blooms were discovered last week in three Owasco Lake locations.

Because of your relentless effort and fierce commitment to keep fracking from polluting our water, air and harming our health, last Wednesday on December 17, 2014, at a public, livestreamed meeting of Governor Cuomo's cabinet in Albany, Governor Cuomo acknowledged the overwhelming science that speaks to the inherent dangers of fracking to public health and the environment presented by Joseph Martens, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, and Dr. Howard Zucker, Commissioner of the Department of Health, Governor Cuomo banned high volume horizontal fracturing in New York State.

Last year, the group filed an open records request with the state Department of Environmental Conservation seeking the MWBE study performed by the agency for a project in Buffalo.

Last year, the city Department of Environmental Protection, which oversees the Ashokan Reservoir and its watershed, opened city - owned land bordering Yankeetown Pond to all forms of recreation, including hunting and trapping.

Coalition Against the Pilgrim Pipelines member Jennifer Metzger said the decision last week by the state Department of Environmental Conservation signaled to opponents that state officials are taking environmental issuEnvironmental Conservation signaled to opponents that state officials are taking environmental issuenvironmental issues seriously.

Like the original passenger and commercial class plates released last year, the motorcycle class plates are available to anyone holding a valid Department of Environmental Conservation sporting license or Parks Empire Passport.

Mayor de Blasio will officially name Vincent Sapienza commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, more than a year after the last permanent head left.

The state attorney general, Patrick Morrisey (R), is leading a 24 - state lawsuit to kill it, and the state Legislature last year passed a law that limits the kind of plan that the state's environment agency, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), can write to meet federal goals.

The White House announced last July that it would revise the nearly 24 - year - old framework for how companies should clear agricultural biotech products, such as genetically modified (GM) crops and animals, with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Last summer, Daniel C. Esty, Malloy's pick to head the Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection faced these very same issues.

«We only had one positive case of rabies last year, and that was in May in a poodle in Oak Hill,» said Paul Minshew, environmental manager for the Volusia County Health Department.

We wish to thank Carla and Alberto Galimberti for their long - lasting and strenuous support of our researches on seals and sea lions; Roberto Sanvito for his advice on many different technical problems of the research; prof. Luigi Boitani of the University of Rome «La Sapienza» for his assistance during every phase of our research on elephant seals; the Falkland Islands Government for letting us carry out our research in the Falklands; the Environmental Planning Department of FIG for the granting of research permits; the Falkland Islands Development Corporation for letting us do the field work on Sea Lion Island; the staff of Sea Lion Lodge for help friendship.

Collaborating with the Department of Conservation and other state agencies to restore Cottontail Habitat is just one of many environmental initiatives undertaken by Inn by the Sea and their employees over the last decade.