Post by Admin on Jan 23, 2015 11:18:23 GMT -5
The NY State Dept of Environmental Conservation is Proposing Rulemaking to Require Class I and SD Waters to meet the "Swimmable" goal of the Clean Water Act. This could potentially be a big step forward for our urban waterways but the devil is in the details and several groups have expressed their concerns. The CAC co-chairs plan on submitting comments on behalf of the CAC, roughly based on the SWIM Coalition talking points (see link below). The deadline is February 2nd. We will circulate a draft for review/ approval. If you have any thoughts or comments, please share them via this forum.
Background materials:
Background materials:
- NYSDEC page: www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/99546.html
- SWIM Coalition talking points: swimmablenyc.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/WQS-Talking-Points-Jan_2015.pdf