Draft Flood Risk Management Guidance Available for Public Comment
 DEC has released two flood-risk management guidance documents for public review. The flood-risk management guidance documents were developed under the Community Risk and Resiliency Act (CRRA), which requires applicants for some State permits, State funding, and certain facility-siting regulations to consider future physical climate risk due to sea-level rise, storm surge, and flooding. The proposed guidance also addresses mitigating risk due to sea-level rise, storm surge, and flooding in the approval and funding of public infrastructure. CRRA added mitigation of these hazards to the State’s list of smart-growth criteria for public infrastructure.
The deadline for comments is August 20, 2018. Comments on the draft New York State Flood Risk Management Guidance and Guidance for Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Assessment may be submitted by e-mail to climatechange, please include “CRRA Comments” in the subject line of the e-mail; and by mail to DEC, Office of Climate Change, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-1030. |
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