DEC: NYRI unresponsive to requests
ALBANY – State officials claim New York Regional Interconnect has been “unresponsive” to numerous requests for information on the power line’s environmental impact, according to document released in Albany May 28.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation filed a motion with the state’s power line authority seeking judicial intervention that would require NYRI’s to answer the questions in full.
The state Public Service Commission denied the motion May 28, concluding that the DEC and NYRI should communicate better and work out their differences informally before taking official action.
“DEC did not communicate its dissatisfaction with NYRI’s responses to NYRI nor did it provide clarification to NYRI on the questions it believes NYRI misconstrued,” the PSC ruling states. “DEC and NYRI should communicate with each other to resolve (and, in future, avoid) the type of miscommunication that is evidenced by the present DEC motion and response thereto. If, after utilizing informal procedures, the discovery issues cannot be resolved, DEC may submit a new motion.”
Conservation officials gave examples of over a dozen questions and responses as “instances of inadequate responses from NYRI,” according to the PSC document.
NYRI officials argue they met their obligations to answer the specific questions asked, and that they could have “worked to resolve the dispute and/or clarified the information that DEC sought” if it was aware issues existed and if the questions were clearer.
“NYRI asserts that it, and contends that it is not obligated to decipher intended questions,” the ruling states.
NYRI is proposing to build a 190-mile-long, 400,000 volt transmission line from Utica to Orange County. It would split 44 miles, two villages and six townships in Chenango County.
If approved, company officials claim the line would relieve electricity constraints downstate by the year 2012. Two of NYRI’s permit applications have been ruled incomplete. The project, which would cost a reported $2.2 billion, has yet to undergo an official review.
Opponents to the line believe it would ruin scenic landscapes, hurt the environment and unnecessarily weaken an already struggling local economy.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation filed a motion with the state’s power line authority seeking judicial intervention that would require NYRI’s to answer the questions in full.
The state Public Service Commission denied the motion May 28, concluding that the DEC and NYRI should communicate better and work out their differences informally before taking official action.
“DEC did not communicate its dissatisfaction with NYRI’s responses to NYRI nor did it provide clarification to NYRI on the questions it believes NYRI misconstrued,” the PSC ruling states. “DEC and NYRI should communicate with each other to resolve (and, in future, avoid) the type of miscommunication that is evidenced by the present DEC motion and response thereto. If, after utilizing informal procedures, the discovery issues cannot be resolved, DEC may submit a new motion.”
Conservation officials gave examples of over a dozen questions and responses as “instances of inadequate responses from NYRI,” according to the PSC document.
NYRI officials argue they met their obligations to answer the specific questions asked, and that they could have “worked to resolve the dispute and/or clarified the information that DEC sought” if it was aware issues existed and if the questions were clearer.
“NYRI asserts that it, and contends that it is not obligated to decipher intended questions,” the ruling states.
NYRI is proposing to build a 190-mile-long, 400,000 volt transmission line from Utica to Orange County. It would split 44 miles, two villages and six townships in Chenango County.
If approved, company officials claim the line would relieve electricity constraints downstate by the year 2012. Two of NYRI’s permit applications have been ruled incomplete. The project, which would cost a reported $2.2 billion, has yet to undergo an official review.
Opponents to the line believe it would ruin scenic landscapes, hurt the environment and unnecessarily weaken an already struggling local economy.
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