Time to Move Forward
a letter to the editor of the East Hampton Star
October 12, 2020
David,
The long-negotiated settlement agreement in the South Fork Wind application with the Public Service Commission is officially known as the joint proposal. Recently, the town trustees unanimously approved and signed on to the joint proposal and the town board has indicated its intention to do so. On Friday, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation after years of thorough and painstaking review issued a statement in support of the joint proposal.
While the statement is seven pages long, it can be summed up in the following excerpt: “Based on the administrative record and the Joint Proposal, including the proposed certificate conditions, the Department [DEC] is satisfied that environmental impacts will be minimal and primarily of a temporary nature provided that the PSC ultimately adopts the proposed certificate of conditions and other elements of the Joint Proposal in any Certificate issued for the Project.”
The conclusion in its entirety reads: “Based on the foregoing, the Department supports the Joint Proposal and respectfully requests the Commission adopt the Joint Proposal and associated settlement documents without modification, as agreed to by the signatory parties.”
It’s time to move this shovel-ready project forward.
Jeremiah T. Mulligan
East Hampton, NY