STATE SITING BOARD ~ AGENDA OF FRIDAY, MARCH 23, Meeting

This meeting will be webcast

GARRY A. BROWN
Chair

JACLYN A. BRILLING

Secretary

KENNETH ADAMS
JOSEPH MARTENS
FRANCIS J. MURRAY, JR.
NIRAV SHAH, M.D.
Members

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12022/12-F-0036/AGENDA

STATE SITING BOARD LISTS AGENDA OF FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2012

Please Note:

Meeting Will Be Broadcast on the Internet

-Videocasting to Public Service Commission’s NYC Offices Also Available-

Albany, NY—03/16/12—The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment (Siting Board) will meet on Friday, March 23, 2012, beginning at 2:00 p.m., in the Public Service Commission’s Board Room, 19th floor, 3 Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York.

Individuals in New York City wishing to view the Commission’s meeting may do so in the Board Room on the 4th floor of the Commission’s offices at 90 Church Street, New York City. The videocasting will be for viewing and listening purposes only. Pursuant to procedures established by the building management, anyone planning to observe the meeting in the New York City Board Room must notify Jan Goorsky at 212-417-2378, 48 hours in advance of the meeting, and must be prepared to show valid photo identification upon arrival at 90 Church Street.
In addition to the video broadcasting of the meeting in the Commission’s New York City offices, the meeting will be broadcast live on the Internet. The Internet broadcast can be viewed by accessing http://nydps.onlinevideoservice.com./

The viewing quality of the a live webcast can be adversely affected by various factors including, but not limited to, Internet bandwidth limitations, Internet network congestion, and the configurations and settings on a computer used to view the webcast. If you experience problems viewing a live webcast, you may view it at a later time by accessing an archived copy of the webcast. Archives are available on the Department of Public Service’s Web site within two business days after the meeting.

Persons with disabilities who require a sign language interpreter or other special accommodations should call the Department of Public Service’s Human Resources Management office at 518-474-2500. Copies of notices or other material relating to pending Siting Board actions may be obtained by calling the Department’s Operations Section at 518-474-2500 or by visiting the Siting Board’s http://www.blogger.com/www.dps.ny.gov/sitingboard Web site.

The Agenda for the March 23, 1012 meeting includes the following item:

Case 12-F-0036

In the Matter of Rules and Regulations of the Public

Service Commission, contained in 16 NYCRR,

Chapter X, Certification of Major Electric Generating

Facilities to:

(A) Consider pursuant to the State Environmental Quality

Review Act (SEQRA) whether the action of adopting

regulations to implement Article 10 of the Public Service

Law would likely have a significant adverse environmental

Impact warranting the preparation of an environmental impact

statement; and

(B) Consider whether to propose regulations to implement Article 10

of the Public Service Law and seek public comment on the

proposed regulations pursuant to the State Administrative

Procedure Act (SAPA).

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