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Riverkeeper and Ulster County Join Forces to Protect the Lower Esopus and its Communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, Riverkeeper 516.526.9371 [email protected] Petition DEC to take action against DEP’s unpermitted turbid releases into Lower Esopus Creek Ossining, NY— December 16, 2011 – In a joint petition submitted today, Ulster County and Riverkeeper took steps to require the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to obtain a permit that would limit the release of turbid water into the Lower Esopus Creek from the Ashokan Reservoir. The petition calls for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to initiate a permitting […]
