Final draft

Kiryas Joel adopts Draft Environmental Impact Statement for annexation; report gives no indication of growth

Published Mar 26, 2015 at 3:08 pm (Updated Mar 26, 2015)

By Bob Quinn KIRYAS JOEL The Village of Kiryas Joel has adopted the final scope of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DGEIS) for the annexation of 507 acres from the unincorporated section of the Town of Monroe into the Village.

Now that the Final Scope has been adopted," village officials said in a press released issued by the Albany-based Corning Place Communications firm, the next step in the SEQRA process is for the Villages consultants to prepare the DGEIS for consideration by the Village Board as SEQRA lead agency. A subsequent public hearing on the DGEIS will be scheduled once it is accepted by the lead agency. The accepted DGEIS and subsequent SEQRA documents will continue to be shared publicly on the website.

No word on developmentThe scope does not indicate what would - or could - happen if the land is annexed from the town into the village. Theres no mention of housing, schools or roads.

Those questions are asked as part of a 13-page Full Environmental Assessment Form: Part 1 - Project and Setting.

Under the section labelled "Proposed and Potential Development," the following questions are posed. Each is followed by a box to mark Yes and another to mark No.

Does the project include new residential uses?

No. Does the proposed action include construction or other activities that will result in the impoundment of any liquids, such as creation of a water supply, reservoir, pond, lake, waste lagoon or storage?

No. Will the propose action use, or create a new demand for water?

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