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As we find relevant SEQR/SEQRA documents and references, we'll post them below. Many Utica-area projects, and others beyond us have faced similar inquiries. What can we learn from them?


State Environmental Quality Review Act - Wikipedia

Citizen's Guide to SEQR - Riverkeeper

Environmental Law 2 - New York Appellate Digest

Using SEQR to Protect Nature in Your Community - Hudsonia

Review of 2020 Cases Under SEQRA | New York Law Journal

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW OF SEQRA, By Mark A. Chertok, Margaret Holden & Sahana Rao

Taking A Harder Look At SEQRA


Scoping Documents

Draft Scope Review

Portageville Bridge Project, Scoping Document

Final Scope Review

Portageville Bridge Project, Final Scoping Document

Public Meetings

Public Scoping Hearings

Public Scoping Hearings

What does SEQRA say?: “No agency involved in an action may undertake, fund or approve the action until it has complied with the provisions of SEQR[A]” [Ref. Page 16]

New York Court Decisions Regarding SEQR

In the Matter of ADIRONDACK HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION vs. MEMORANDUM AND JUDGMENT VILLAGE OF LAKE PLACID/LAKE PLACID VILLAGE, INC. and Matter of Adirondack Historical Assn. v Village of Lake Placid/lake Placid Vil., Inc., 2018 NY Slip Op 03194, Third Dept 5-3-18

Notable Court Decisions on SEQR - NYS Dept. of Environmental

New York Supreme Court Reverses Lead Agencies in SEQRA Case, Determined They Arbitrarily Misclassified Project That Will Disturb More Than 150 Acres of Land

Survey of 2016 Cases Under New York State Environmental Quality Review Act

Edgar King, Individually and as Supervisor of the Town of Northumberland, et al., Appellants, v. Saratoga County Board of Supervisors

Utica SEQR Projects

Utica Harbor Draft Scope, September 12 2014

Other References / Groups

Federation of Monroe County Environmentalists who offers SEQR insights.

Streamlining SEQR: How to Reform New York's "Environmental" Planning Law

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW OF SEQRA

Strict Compliance with SEQRA: A Mandate Courts Enforce


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