NoBurnBroome: Tonight at 7pm: Endicott Village Board Meeting

No Burn Broome

Newsletter #45

October 5, 2020

Meeting: Village of Endicott Board of Trustees

Tonight at 7:00 pm

• Zoom Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85723061308

• Meeting ID: 857 2306 1308

• Dial in phone number: 1-929-436-2866

• On asking a question at the meeting:

If you didn't put in a request to speak tonight, you may be in luck as the Village didn't post the meeting until after 10am last Friday and the request to speak needed to be in 2 hours later (by noon Friday).

• Questions to ask tonight:

The best one is whatever concerns you most about this project. We also want to find out if a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which comes under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR), will be done for SungEel's project in Endicott.

On Sept 22, NY Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo put out a press release requesting a full EIS. On Sept 23, the Mayor said that SungEel was going to pay $40,000 for an "environmental study". It's not clear what "an environmental study" is, or if she meant to say an EIS. It has been estimated that a full EIS for SungEel's project in Endicott would cost well over $100,000.

Here's some info from NY State on the EIS process -- online at https://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6189.html

Step 5: Scope the Draft EIS - Scoping is the process by which the issues to be addressed in the draft EIS are identified
Step 6 Preparation of the Draft EIS - The applicant always has the right to prepare the draft EIS. If the applicant refuses to prepare the draft EIS, the lead agency has the option of preparing the draft EIS, having it prepared by a consultant, or terminating its review of the action
Step 7 Determine the Adequacy of the Draft EIS for Public Review (Accept or Return for Revision) - Upon receipt of a submitted draft EIS, the lead agency has 45 days to determine whether the document is adequate for public review in terms of scope and content
Step 8: Publish Notice that an EIS is Accepted for Public Review - Publish Notice
Step 9 Public Comment - The filing of the Notice of Completion of a Draft EIS starts the public comment period
Step 10 Decide Whether to Hold a Public Hearing - After the lead agency accepts the draft EIS, it must decide whether to hold a public hearing [see 617.9(a)(4)]
Step 11 Preparation of the Final EIS - The lead agency is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the final EIS, regardless of who prepares it
Step 12 SEQR Findings - Part 617.11 requires that each involved agency must prepare its own written SEQR findings statement, after a final EIS has been filed and before the agency makes a final decision

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From Ellen C. for the Team at NoBurnBroome.com

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