REMARKS
Collaboration with environmental groups and stakeholders on FAD renewal
1:44:38
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Commissioner Aggarwala explains the DEP's approach to collaborating with environmental groups and other stakeholders on the FAD renewal process. While not formalized, there are ongoing conversations with DOH and DEC. The DEP also organized a research symposium with officials from other cities that have filtration avoidance determinations.
- Ongoing informal conversations with DOH and DEC about FAD renewal
- Research symposium organized with officials from other cities with filtration avoidance determinations
- DEP is developing its perspective on the future of the FAD
- Dialogue is maintained with key stakeholders in the process
Rohit T Aggarwala
1:44:38
It's not formalized at the moment.
1:44:40
What we have and I will ask you to talk about, we do have an ongoing set of conversations now with DOH And DEC kind of in an informal way, but nonetheless ongoing.
1:44:52
Dave and Shiloh actually organized several months ago a research symposium where we actually had senior officials from all of the other cities that have filtration avoidance determinations came to to Westchester County, and and we spent 2 days with them.
1:45:08
I joined for 1 full day because it was so valuable to understand what they are seeing and what they are doing in their watersheds.
1:45:15
Some are are very similar.
1:45:17
Some are very different, but it's always very useful.
1:45:20
And in fact, Shilo and Dave are are working together on developing a kind of a DEP perspective on on what the future of the FAD will be in conjunction with these conversations with DOH, DOC, DEC, and certainly we are keeping a dialogue with key stakeholders as well.
1:45:40
Anything that you can talk about that we should add?
