Afton takes steps to repeal road use law
AFTON – In a special meeting last Thursday, members of the Afton Town Board presented legislation that would repeal an existing law prohibiting natural gas-related trucking on town roads.
The road use law, Local Law #3 of 2010, currently prohibits natural gas-related trucking from within 1,000 feet of schools, residential neighborhoods consisting of five or more houses, hospitals and health care centers. The board narrowly adopted the measure by a vote of 3 to 2 in early December, after which it was filed and certified by the state.
The regulation did not restrict trucking related to fuel, septic, garbage, propane or other industries, according to Supervisor Robert Briggs, who called the special meeting earlier in the week.
Three of the four members of the council agreed to the new legislation, Local Law #1 of 2011, and scheduled a short public hearing after for the town’s next regular meeting, April 14 at 6:45 p.m. A vote on the new legislation will follow.
Councilwoman Mary Jo Long did not attend Thursday’s meeting and could not be reached for comment. She, with the assistance of town attorney James Downey, introduced and drafted the original road use legislation to the board in the fall. Long was joined by Councilmen Calvin Tallmadge and Jamie Baciuska in support of Local Law #3; Briggs said he and Councilman John Lawrence voted against it.
Afton resident Earl Wayne Colley, who attended the special meeting Thursday, said it wouldn’t have restricted trucking of “all the real hazardous stuff.”
Chenango County’s Natural Gas Industry Consultant Steven Palmatier told members of the Natural Gas Advisory Committee March 29 that Afton’s law would have created a legal delay that energy companies could then use to extend their mineral rights leases through force majeure.
The road use law, Local Law #3 of 2010, currently prohibits natural gas-related trucking from within 1,000 feet of schools, residential neighborhoods consisting of five or more houses, hospitals and health care centers. The board narrowly adopted the measure by a vote of 3 to 2 in early December, after which it was filed and certified by the state.
The regulation did not restrict trucking related to fuel, septic, garbage, propane or other industries, according to Supervisor Robert Briggs, who called the special meeting earlier in the week.
Three of the four members of the council agreed to the new legislation, Local Law #1 of 2011, and scheduled a short public hearing after for the town’s next regular meeting, April 14 at 6:45 p.m. A vote on the new legislation will follow.
Councilwoman Mary Jo Long did not attend Thursday’s meeting and could not be reached for comment. She, with the assistance of town attorney James Downey, introduced and drafted the original road use legislation to the board in the fall. Long was joined by Councilmen Calvin Tallmadge and Jamie Baciuska in support of Local Law #3; Briggs said he and Councilman John Lawrence voted against it.
Afton resident Earl Wayne Colley, who attended the special meeting Thursday, said it wouldn’t have restricted trucking of “all the real hazardous stuff.”
Chenango County’s Natural Gas Industry Consultant Steven Palmatier told members of the Natural Gas Advisory Committee March 29 that Afton’s law would have created a legal delay that energy companies could then use to extend their mineral rights leases through force majeure.
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