October 31, 2013 |
Posted by Karen L. Mintzer 10/31/2013
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The New York City Department of City Planning has begun a rulemaking for proposed new rules that would supplement the list of “Type II” actions set forth in the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”) regulations with a list of citywide-specific Type II actions. Type II actions are actions taken by governmental agencies, including discretionary approvals, that have been deemed not to have a significant adverse environmental impact and are thus exempt from the environmental review requirements of SEQRA. SEQRA permits municipalities to designate a supplemental list of actions as Type II.
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