Riverkeeper: Statement on Gov. Cuomo's Veto of Bill to Protect 41,000 Miles of NY's Headwater Streams and Creeks
November 30, 2020
November 30, 2020
OSSINING, New York, Nov. 30 -- Riverkeeper issued the following news release:
Governor Andrew Cuomo has vetoed legislation that will extend the Department of Environmental Conservation's Protection of Waters Program to class C streams intended to provide oversight to projects which may disturb stream banks or beds. Class AA, A, B and C trout streams already require permits for covered activities. Riverkeeper and our partner organizations have documented waterways across the Hudson R . . .
Governor Andrew Cuomo has vetoed legislation that will extend the Department of Environmental Conservation's Protection of Waters Program to class C streams intended to provide oversight to projects which may disturb stream banks or beds. Class AA, A, B and C trout streams already require permits for covered activities. Riverkeeper and our partner organizations have documented waterways across the Hudson R . . .