Funding for Resilient Waterfront Design; Public Comment Opportunity on Water Quality Standards

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Request for Proposals: Climate Adaptive Design Project Development

A Cornell landscape architecture student explains her resilient waterfront design concept to an interested resident.The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC),  in partnership with the Hudson River Estuary Program, invites proposals to design a project to reduce shoreline or stormwater risk in one or more of the communities of Catskill, Kingston, Piermont, or Hudson, New York. Each of these communities participated in the Climate-Adaptive Design studio (CAD), a program which links Cornell University graduate and undergraduate students in landscape architecture with flood-risk Hudson riverfront communities to explore design alternatives for more climate resilient and connected waterfront areas.

The purpose of this project is for a consultant, with support from the municipality, to review CAD concepts, select appropriate elements, and design an implementable project at specific sites. Eligible projects must reduce flood risks and erosion while enhancing habitat value. This may include options for strategic relocation, resilient waterfront structures and infrastructure, natural and nature-based shoreline design, and stormwater green infrastructure.

$125,000 is available for one project through this RFP. The deadline for applications is April 19, 2019 at noon. To download the RFP and to apply, go to the Contractor Opportunities page on NEIWPCC’s website.

YouTube iconWatch Adapt: The Key to Climate Resilience on DEC's YouTube channel to learn more about the Climate-Adaptive Design studio.

 

Amendments to Water Quality Standards Regulations and the Classification of Upper and Lower New York Bay

New York Harbor with Manhattan skyline in the background.DEC is seeking public comments on the revised rulemaking to amend water quality standards regulations and the classification of Upper and Lower New York Bay. The rulemaking to amend Parts 700, 703, and 890 of Title 6 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules, and Regulations of the State of New York (6 NYCRR) to adopt new standards for enterococci and E. coli to meet the requirements of federal law and to upgrade the classifications of certain surface waters in New York Harbor was proposed on March 21, 2018.  In response to public comment, DEC is making several changes to the original proposal, and seeks written public comment on those revisions. There will not be any additional public hearings related to these revisions. Public comments are due by midnight on April 15, 2019. For more information, including how to comment, visit the February 27 Environmental Notice Bulletin.