Riverkeeper: NYS Legislature Passes Bill to Protect 41,000 Miles of Streams at Risk From Trump Administration's Clean Water Act Rollbacks
July 22, 2020
July 22, 2020
ALBANY, New York, July 22 -- Riverkeeper issued the following news release:
The New York Senate took a historic vote to protect clean water across New York. It voted to add 41,000 miles of at risk streams to the protected class of waters within the DEC's Protection of Waters Program.
The legislation protects streams within the Class C designation and will require a permit for disturbing a stream already required for Class AA, A, B and trout waters.
This leg . . .
The New York Senate took a historic vote to protect clean water across New York. It voted to add 41,000 miles of at risk streams to the protected class of waters within the DEC's Protection of Waters Program.
The legislation protects streams within the Class C designation and will require a permit for disturbing a stream already required for Class AA, A, B and trout waters.
This leg . . .