Health & Fitness
LIPUMP Public Comment Ongoing Through April 30
The DEC will be holding public hearings next week regarding the Long Island Pesticide Use Management Plan. Written public comments will be accepted through April 30.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will be holding public hearings next week, on April 3 and April 4, regarding the Long Island Pesticide Use Management Plan (LIPUMP).
After years of study and discussion, the public is invited to comment on the plan.
The DEC will also accept written public comments through April 30, 2013.
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Here is the summary: http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/materials_minerals_pdf/draftstrategysum.pdf
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and here is the "Draft Strategy" : http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/materials_minerals_pdf/draftstrategy.pdf
The hearings will be held on:
April 3, 2013: 7-9 PM at the Suffolk County Community College Eastern Campus on 121 Speonk-Riverhead Road in Riverhead, NY
Shinnecock 101 is the meeting room.
April 4, 2013: 7-9 PM at the Morrelly Homeland Security Center on 510 Grumman Road West in Bethpage, NY.
The hearing will be in in the Main Conference Room.
If you cannot attend the hearings, please send your written comments
on the Draft Strategy, by 5pm April 30, 2013
via fax to : 518-402-9024
please click here to send your written comments to the DEC via email.
or by US postal mail to:
Scott Menrath, P.E., Director, Pest Management
NYS DEC, Division of Materials Management
625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233-7254
Also send a copy to your NYS senator and Assembly member so they know what you think about the plan.
