NEW YORK STATE DEC- NOTICE OF VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING March 1, 2022 at 6:00pm regarding: The draft SPDES permit application to authorize the City of Syracuse to treat Skaneateles Lake with the algicide, EarthTee, to decrease the density of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria that contribute to harmful algal blooms near the City's drinking water intakes. Click here for more information

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

application to.the state officials, local officials, beach/resource managers, the Skaneateles Lake Association, and to riparian owners and users. The City would also·provide daily post-treatment monitoring of microcystin concentration and would notify local and state health departments if the microcystin concentration were at or above the 4 microgram per liter threshold for re-opening a swimming area. ·

WrittenComments:

All written comments concerning the draft permit must either be submitted to the DEC Contact Person at the email address or mailing address indicated below by 5:00 p.m. on March 2, 2022. All public comments on these permits will be reviewed by DEC Staff to determine whether the comments raise substantive and significant issues that warrant further review by DEC staff.

Specific comments must be supported by full documentation and references should be limited to

readily available information.

Public Comment Hearings:

A virtual public comment hearing·will be·held on March l, 2022 at 6:00 P.M (EST) to receive

unswom statements from the public on the draft permit. Instructions to participate.in the virtual hearing session may be accessed at the DEC's website at https://www.dec.ny.gov/pennits/6061.html Persons who wish to receive the instructions by mail or telephone may contact the DEC Office of Hearings and Mediation Services by telephone at

(518) 402-9003 or by email to ohms@dec.ny.gov. Please provide your first and last nanie, address, and telephone number and reference the City of Syracuse SPDES pennitpublic comment hearing.

All persons, organizations, corporations, or government agencies which may be affected by the proposed project are invited to attend the public comment hearing and to submit oral or written comments.

Lengthy statements should be in writing and summarized for oral presentation. Reasonable time limits may be set for each speaker to afford everyone an opportunity to be heard. Equal weight will b given to both oral and written statements. Interpreter services shall be made available to deaf persons, and translator services shall be made available to persons with limited English proficiency, at no charge for either service, upon written request by February 15, 2022. Requests should be submitted to directed to the NYSDEC Office of Communication Services, either by mail (address: NYSDEC, Office of Communication Services, 625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233-4500), by telephone (518 402-8044) or by e-mail (language@dec.ny.gov).

Contact:

Ms. Karyn Hanson

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Environmental Permits

625 Broadway, 4^th Floor Albany, New York 12233-1750

· Phone: (518) 402-91_67

Email: deppermitting@dec.ny.gov

 Instructions for Attending March 1, 2022 Virtual Legislative Public Comment Hearing

To join the virtual public comment hearing through the internet, visit www.webex.comandclick "Join a meeting."

Event Number: 2336 809 6593 Password: Marl-6PM

To join the hearing by phone only:

Dial: l-518-549-0500   .

Access Code: 2336 809 6593

Persons wishing !<? comment on the City .of Syracuse application and_ the draft permit will have the opportunity to make a statement at the virtual public comment hearing. Any person wishing to provide a public statement must register in advance of the hearings no later t];ian 10:00 a.m. February 28, 2022. Any person who wishes only to observe-the webinars online must also register. Any person may listen to the hearings by phone without pre-registration.

To register electronically: Persons ·who will login to the hearings electronically must register. To 'register, visit https://www.webex.com, click "Join a meeting," input the event number listed above, click "Register," and fill in the requested information. You will be asked whether you wish to make a

public statement or not. After registration is complete, you will receive a

confirmation by email with information about how to join the hearing. We

request that speakers only register for one hearing session.

On the appropriate date and time of the hearings, participants should visit hrips://www.webex.com, click"Join a meeting" at the top right-hand comer of the screen, and input the appropriate event number for the hearing. Participants will be asked to "select audio system." It is re owmeµded that participants choose to have the system "call me or "call using computer." the "call me" option will require participants to enter their phone numbers..

To register by telephone: Any person who is not able to login electronically may participate by telephone. Call-in participants must register to speak in advance by calling the Department at 518..:402-9003 no later than 10:00 a.m. on February 28, 2022. Please provide your first and last name, address, email address if any, and telephone number and reference the City of Syracuse public comment hearing.

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