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Adirondack Park Agency public hearings and requests for public comment involving projects under review are posted below. Notices are sorted by comment period ending date.

Adirondack Park Agency Public Notices

APA Land Use Classification: Wilderness, Intensive Use

Comment Period Ends:

Project Description: The New York State Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) propose an integrated series of related actions for the area known as the Second Pond Boat Launch Intensive Use Area and a small portion of the High Peaks Wilderness Area. On April 4, 2012, the agencies published a positive declaration determining that the proposed Second Pond Area Reclassification may have a significant adverse impact on the environment and that a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) must be prepared. The DSEIS supplements the Final Generic Unit Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Campgrounds and Day-Use Areas

The DEC proposes a Unit Management Plan (UMP) for the Second Pond Boat Launch Intensive Use Area. This plan proposes the reconstruction of the boat launch and parking area.

The APA proposes amendments of the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (SLMP) to reclassify 5.6 acres of Wilderness to Intensive Use and 6.8 acres of Intensive Use to Wilderness based on DEC recommendations developed in the Second Pond Intensive Use Area UMP. The reclassification, because it is a revision to the SLMP, requires approval by the Governor. Subsequent to the Governors approval of the reclassification, the DEC Commissioner would approve the final UMP.

APA Land Use Classification: Rural Use

Comment Period Ends: Thursday, May 30, 2013

Project Description: The project consists of the replacement and relocation of utilities along Plank Road in relation to Mill Creek Bridge replacement project. One new timber utility pole will be in excess of 40 ft. in height.

APA Land Use Classification: Hamlet,Low Intensity Use

Comment Period Ends: Thursday, May 30, 2013

Project Description: The action involves a subdivision into sites involving the lease of a 100-foot by 100-foot parcel for the construction of a new 75-foot (above existing ground level - AGL) telecommunications tower to be concealed as a simulated pine tree. The total height of the simulated tree will be 83 feet (75-foot tower plus 8-foot crown branch). The tower will be located within a truncated L shaped fenced-in equipment compound located 900± feet west of New York State Route 28N. A 200 foot radius involving a vegetative no cutting easement will protect trees in the vicinity of the proposed tower. Within the equipment compound, Verizon Wireless is proposing to install a total of twelve panel antennas (at a centerline height of 71 feet AGL) on the tower array and construct a 12± foot x 30± foot equipment shelter. Access to the facility will originate from an existing driveway from NYS Route 28N for 390± feet and a new 800± foot long gravel drive is to be constructed to accommodate construction and service vehicles. Underground utilities will be located along the 12-foot-wide driveway and within the 30-foot-wide access and utility easement.

APA Land Use Classification: Rural Use

Comment Period Ends: Thursday, May 30, 2013

Project Description: The project consists of the removal of two existing dysfunctional docks, the construction and placement of two 4 ffot by 16 foot docks in the same area to facilitate and improve access to the 5th and 6th Lake canoe carry. No additional work to adjacent wetlands is proposed. Replacement and relocation of utilities along Plank Road in relation to recent Mill Creek Bridge replacement project. One new timber utility pole will be in excess of 40 feet in height.

APA Land Use Classification: Low Intensity Use

Comment Period Ends: Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Project Description: A three-lot subdivision of the 62.3±-acre project site, creating Lot 1, a 53.3±-acre parcel containing wetlands and improved by a single family dwelling, onsite wastewater treatment system, and detached garage previously authorized by Agency permit 2007-0288: Lot 2, a vacant 4.8±-acre parcel and Lot 3 a vacant 1.2± substandard size parcel. A potential future building envelope for the construction of one single family dwelling and associated onsite wastewater treatment system has been identified on each of vacant lots 2 and 3. Access to lots 2 and 3 will be along a new shared driveway originating from the existing access driveway to Lot 1.

APA Land Use Classification: Resource Management

Comment Period Ends: Thursday, June 13, 2013

Project Description: The action involves construction of a greater than 500 square foot hunting and fishing cabin in a Resource Management land use area, involving wetlands.

Public Comments...

The public is welcome to attend Agency monthly meetings. A time for public comment is provided at the close of each monthly meeting.

APA Monthly meeting schedule...

Agency Public Comment Policy (pdf 8kb)

Press releases of upcoming Agency meeting topics and meeting locations are usually released one to two weeks in advance of monthly meetings.

State land public hearing summaries for State Land Master Plan reclassifications are posted on the State Land page when they occur.

Environmental Notice Bulletin a NYS DEC weekly publication of legally required environmental notices. See the "Current Issue" page listings for DEC Regions 5 and 6 covering the park. Follow link to "SEQR and Other Notices" for APA notices.

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