Sentences with phrase «new period of public comment»

The Cuomo administration has restarted the entire review process for fracking in New York State, opening up a new period of public commenting, pusing off a decision on permitting hydraulic fracturing into 2013 at earliest.

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Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens says one day after the public comment period has closed, a 58 member staff is still opening boxes, but he expects the number of comments on a draft environmental impact statement for hydrofracking in New York State to reach 40,000.

Albany, New York — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will lengthen the public comment period on its final draft environmental impact statement from 60 to 90 days and hold four public hearings.

«Environmental Advocates of New York commends Governor Cuomo and the Department of Environmental Conservation for heeding the call of tens of thousands of New Yorkers to extend the public comment period on the state's fracking proposals.

In January 2012, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation accepted the draft environmental impact statement prepared by United Water New York (UWNY), opening the public comment period.

Four leading good government groups joined the City of New York and numerous environmental and consumer watchdog groups in asking the Public Service Commission to extend the public comment period before voting on awarding up to $ 7B in public subsidies to keep four Upstate nuclear plants operPublic Service Commission to extend the public comment period before voting on awarding up to $ 7B in public subsidies to keep four Upstate nuclear plants operpublic comment period before voting on awarding up to $ 7B in public subsidies to keep four Upstate nuclear plants operpublic subsidies to keep four Upstate nuclear plants operating.

The wife and son of slain Beatle John Lennon traveled to the Capitol on what could be the last day of the final public comment period on whether hydro fracking should go forward in New York.

«The Executive Order may be well - intentioned, but it is fatally flawed and can not be fixed through informal guidance or implementation plans,» said Heather Briccetti, the president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. «While we appreciate the administration's willingness to delay implementation and provide for a public comment period, the fact remains that this order is simply unworkable.»

Though the first public meeting of Cuomo's Common Core task force did not include a public comment period, the voices of dozens of parents and teachers who attended yesterday's session at the College of New Rochelle were anything but silent.

ReInvent Albany, Common Cause and the New York Public Interest Research Group, said they were joining with dozens of environmental and community groups in calling for a 45 - day public comment period because of the «magnitude of the potential costs.&Public Interest Research Group, said they were joining with dozens of environmental and community groups in calling for a 45 - day public comment period because of the «magnitude of the potential costs.&public comment period because of the «magnitude of the potential costs.»

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has opened a public comment period on a proposed remedy for the PCB contamination found at the G.E. Fort Edward Plant Site.

On Tuesday evening, September 2nd, the New Rochelle Board of Education will suspend their own rules to pass a resolution without further discussion that will effectively gut the tradition of a public comment period at school board meetings.

This week, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the reopening of a public comment period for a proposed new rule that would improve coordination of multi-modal transportation planning by metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) serving urban areas throughout the nation.

While the public comment period for emergency regulations is closed, the Board will make a regular filing (within 180 days of the new fees enactment) for the fees to become permanent.

Shannon Fisk, an attorney for the National Resources Defense, which has joined EPA in the federal lawsuit against DTE over violating the New Source Review provisions when it upgraded its Unit 2, pointed out the MDNRE issued DTE's permit just 8 days after the end of the public comment period regarding greenhouse gas emissions.

More Comments: The biggest news of the day was that the comment period for New York State's proposed gas drilling guidance has been extended to January 11th due to the incredible volume of comments, although this is still fewer than the 180 days that many environmentalists and public officials dComments: The biggest news of the day was that the comment period for New York State's proposed gas drilling guidance has been extended to January 11th due to the incredible volume of comments, although this is still fewer than the 180 days that many environmentalists and public officials dcomments, although this is still fewer than the 180 days that many environmentalists and public officials demanded.

As reported yesterday by the New York Law Journal, the proposed rules are «so expansive and cover so many angles — from soliciting mass tort clients to sponsoring pop - up Internet ads to using celebrity voice - overs — that the justices have taken the unusual step of ordering a 90 - day public comment period before the disciplinary standards take effect.»

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been very vocal in his criticism of the FCC, and is planning a lawsuit on the basis (I gather) that the public comment period — required for new rules although the content of the comments need not inform the result — was inadequately administered and as a result «corrupted» by stolen identities and potentially Russian agenNew York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has been very vocal in his criticism of the FCC, and is planning a lawsuit on the basis (I gather) that the public comment period — required for new rules although the content of the comments need not inform the result — was inadequately administered and as a result «corrupted» by stolen identities and potentially Russian agennew rules although the content of the comments need not inform the result — was inadequately administered and as a result «corrupted» by stolen identities and potentially Russian agents.

In a public comment period that ends in the coming weeks, the commission is asking whether the rules of multichannel distributors — like the right to carry certain popular channels and the responsibility to carry some less popular ones — should apply to new online distributors like Hulu and YouTube.

Facebook's proposed package of changes to comply with the FTC will now go into a public comment period, and will likely be finalized and accepted by the FTC at the start of the new year.

The Department of Labor has a 60 - day public comment period on the new proposal, which also poses a series of questions on whether the definitions of managerial positions should be modified as it pertains to overtime requirements.