The DEC Wakes Up

YNN 4/19/13
ORANGE COUNTY, N.Y. -- Another snag in the Kiryas Joel pipeline. The Department of Environmental Conservation announced Friday that they will hold a public hearing on Kiryas Joel's plan to connect to a well in the Town of Cornwall.

This comes in response to concerns voiced by county legislators and Woodbury town officials, along with a number of other organizations and groups.

Crews are currently working on the 13-and-a-half mile long pipeline along County Route 44 in Woodbury despite not having the necessary permits from the DEC to tap into the well.

The Town of Woodbury Supervisor says he's looking forward to the hearing.

"We're grateful that they're going to give us an opportunity to present scientific evidence, as well as information from a wide variety of groups who have expressed concern," said Town of Woodbury Supervisor John Burke. "They also received documentary evidence that we feel would say we can't have two wells drawing from this aquifer, which would not be able to handle that withdrawal of water."

The date and time of the legislative hearing have not yet been determined.