News That Matters » sprawl http://www.planputnam.org/ntm Brought to you by PlanPutnam.Org Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:00:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 ENB – Region 3 Notices 6/1/2011 – NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation http://www.planputnam.org/ntm/2011/06/enb-region-3-notices-612011-nys-dept-of-environmental-conservation/ http://www.planputnam.org/ntm/2011/06/enb-region-3-notices-612011-nys-dept-of-environmental-conservation/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:09:57 +0000 Jeff Green http://www.planputnam.org/ntm/?p=17617 The Town of East Fishkill Planning Board, as lead agency, has accepted a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed Montage at East Fishkill. A public hearing on the Draft SEIS will be held on June 7, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at the Town of East Fishkill Town Hall, 330 Route 376, Hopewell Junction, New York. Written comments on the Draft EIS will be accepted for an additional ten (10) days following the close of the public hearing. Copies of the Draft SEIS and the site plans and proposed subdivision plat are available at Town of East Fishkill Town Hall and online at: www.montageateastfishkill.com.

The action involves a proposal to subdivide a 385.5 acre parcel into 122 new single family residential lots located on approximately 341.5 acres, with five open space lots, two utility lots, and one lot for an existing home and one 44 acre lot. The preferred plan is a conservation subdivision, serviced by central water and sewer services. The project is located along the south side of NYS Route 52 and opposite the intersection of NYS Route 216 in the Town of East Fishkill, New York.

Contact: Pam Baier, Town of East Fishkill, 330 Route 376, [...]]]> The Town of East Fishkill Planning Board, as lead agency, has accepted a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed Montage at East Fishkill. A public hearing on the Draft SEIS will be held on June 7, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at the Town of East Fishkill Town Hall, 330 Route 376, Hopewell Junction, New York. Written comments on the Draft EIS will be accepted for an additional ten (10) days following the close of the public hearing. Copies of the Draft SEIS and the site plans and proposed subdivision plat are available at Town of East Fishkill Town Hall and online at: www.montageateastfishkill.com.

The action involves a proposal to subdivide a 385.5 acre parcel into 122 new single family residential lots located on approximately 341.5 acres, with five open space lots, two utility lots, and one lot for an existing home and one 44 acre lot. The preferred plan is a conservation subdivision, serviced by central water and sewer services. The project is located along the south side of NYS Route 52 and opposite the intersection of NYS Route 216 in the Town of East Fishkill, New York.

Contact: Pam Baier, Town of East Fishkill, 330 Route 376, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533, Phone: (845) 221-2428.

via ENB – Region 3 Notices 6/1/2011 – NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation.

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The Kansas Department of Wildlife is asking a wind energy developer to spend an extra $567 million to route its project’s power lines away from “lesser prairie chicken” mating areas. According to a Kansas City Star article published yesterday, the…

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Speaking of HUD, here’s a new article from Lisa T. Alexander (Wisconsisn) called The Promise and Perils of ‘New Regionalist’ Approaches to Sustainable Communities, forthcoming in the Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 38 (2011). The abstract: This Article argues that…

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We’ve posted a few times about the curious topic of urban chickens. The issue really crosses a lot of lines between the public-health origins of zoning; class; sustainability; and modern trends like local food. Local chickens are being debated in…

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In the April 18 edition of The New Yorker James Surowiecki has a piece about the economic – and psychological – impact of the recent rise in gas prices. High oil prices are generally bad for the U.S.—oil spending goes…

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