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On December 29th, 2023 the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) released a draft permit for the Prattsburgh Wind Project. A lot of local laws were tossed aside in the draft permit. Avoca, Cohocton, Howard, Prattsburgh, and Wheeler all saw local laws overruled by the State. The draft permit is 87 pages. Content specific to Prattsburgh starts on page 11. You can read it here: Prattsburgh Wind Draft Permit
Project updates.
Work on the Main Street Project has been on hold since mid-August. The Town and the developer are trying to work out the details of what a third-party review of the building plans will consist of. Larson Engineering will be performing the review, technically called a Performance Compliance Code Analysis. If we can get things moving again, work should be completed in 2024.
The town has signed a formal agreement with Larson Design Group to retain their services for planning and preliminary engineering services associated with proposed water and wastewater infrastructure improvements. The initial plan was to construct a small collection sewer which would connect to the school’s treatment plant. That plan was scrapped in favor of a less costly plan. The new plan is to construct a system that resembles a residential system with a holding tank and engineered leach field. Estimate for the project is $2,288,000. The Town is pursuing aid from the United States Economic Development Administration, the Appalachian Regional Commission and other sources. The State establishes Special District Average Estimated Cost Thresholds for both sewer and water districts annually. In 2023 the threshold for sewer districts is $694. The Town must get projected participant cost under the threshold to move the project forward.
On October 30th of this year the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) determined that the application submitted by Terra-Gen, LLC on September 26, 2022, as amended and supplemented on November 4, 2022, April 21, 2023, August 31, 2023, September 13, 2023, October 16, 2023, October 17, 2023, and October 26, 2023, is complete. One of two things will happen next. ORES will either draft a siting permit for public comment or a statement of intent to deny this Permit Application. ORES has until December 29th to publish its decision. If ORES decides to draft a siting permit, they will publish the draft permit conditions for public comment. The public comment period will be open for a minimum of sixty days . The State maintains a website with all of the documents pertaining to the project. You can access that website here: NY DPS Docs The Prattsburgh Wind case number is 21-00749 Just enter the case number in the Matter/Case Number field and click Search. Click on the link returned to access the documents and more.
You can write to ORES the old fashioned way too. Be sure to include your return address information and the case number, 21-00749. You can share your concerns via written correspondence addressed to:
Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES)
c/o: OGS Mailroom
Empire State Plaza
P-1 South, J Dock
Albany, N.Y. 12242
The process to register as a party or subscribe to the service list for the wind project is a bit involved. Registering as a party will allow you to efile comments with the State. Registering as a party or subscribing to the service list will provide email notifications whenever new content is submitted to the project site. The process requires a couple of steps. First, you'll need to get a NY Gov ID. Second, you'll need to register with the Document and Matter Management System (DMM). The next link provides pretty good instructions for navigating through the process: Instructions
The State also maintains a portal where you can manage your Document and Matter Management System subscriptions. You can access the portal using your NY Gov ID and password. That site is here: DMM Management Portal If you've registered as a party, this portal is where you can post comments and concerns. Just reference case number 21-00749.
A compilation of updates from the 2021 year is available here: 2021 archive. A compilation of updates from 2020 is available here: 2020 archive. A compilation of updates for the 2019 calendar year is also available, 2019 archive.
Town Council meeting dates for 2022 were set at our organizational meeting on Monday, January 3rd. All regular meetings start at 6:30 PM. I'll announce special meetings here and on social media.
Date |
Location |
January 18th |
Prattsburgh Town Hall |
February 22nd |
Prattsburgh Town Hall |
March 18th |
Prattsburgh Town Hall |
April 15th |
Prattsburgh Town Hall |
May 20th |
Ingleside Christian Church |
June 17th |
Prattsburgh Town Hall |
July 15th |
Prattsburgh Town Hall |
August 19st |
Prattsburgh Town Hall |
September 16th |
Ingleside Christian Church |
October 21st |
Prattsburgh Town Hall |
November 18th |
Prattsburgh Town Hall |
December 16th |
Prattsburgh Town Hall |