Hydro Project Gets Auto-OK If State Regulators Snooze on Deadline
Published Date: 6/26/2025
Notice
Summary
Oswego Hydro Partners asked New York DEC for a water quality check on June 6, 2025, to keep their project clean and safe. New York DEC has one year, until June 6, 2026, to approve or deny this request. If they don’t decide by then, the approval is automatically given, so the project can move forward without delay.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
One-year 401 Certification Deadline
New York DEC received a Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) certification request on June 6, 2025 for the Oswego Hydro Partners project. New York DEC has until June 6, 2026 to approve or deny the request; if it does not act by that date, the certification is deemed waived and the project may move forward.
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