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Notice is hereby given that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) filed a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with the Department of State to amend the State's existing 6 NYCRR Part 199 Forest Tax Law regulations. The Forest Tax Law program provides private landowners a significant real property tax reduction on their enrolled forest lands if they agree to follow a long-term timber management plan written and administered by a professionally trained forester. The proposed rulemaking aims to improve the program by lessening the administrative burdens placed on participants and Department staff while strengthening the sustainable forest management standards.

Public Comment Hearing

Public comment hearings for the proposed rulemaking will be held before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) via electronic webinar on September 13, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. The electronic webinar format is reasonably accessible to persons with impaired mobility.
Registration is required for any person who wishes to provide a public statement during the hearing. No registration is required for listening to the hearing only. Registration must be done in advance of the hearings and the deadline to do so is 1 p.m. on August 23, 2022.

Date: Tuesday September 13, 2022 Time: 1:00 PM
Registration and webinar link: https://meetny-broadcast-pilot.webex.com/meetny-broadcast-pilot/j.php?RGID=r0b1582cb91d6920ae662e215c0f7230f
Webinar access number: 2332 180 2300
Webinar password: DLF480a-1PM (35348020 from phones)
Join by phone: 1-518-549-0500
Access Code: 2332 180 2300

Date: Tuesday September 13, 2022 Time: 6:00 PM
Registration and webinar link: https://meetny-broadcast-pilot.webex.com/meetny-broadcast-pilot/j.php?RGID=r256195200bf5bfd01095b04a18409689
Webinar access number: 2339 942 7699
Webinar password: DLF480a-6PM (35348020 from phones)
Join by phone: 1-518-549-0500
Access code: 2339 942 7699

The Department will provide interpreter services for hearing impaired persons, and language interpreter services for individuals with difficulty understanding or reading English, at no charge, upon written request submitted no later than Tuesday, August 23, 2022. The written request must be addressed to ALJ Richard Sherman, NYS DEC - Office of Hearings and Mediation Services, 625 Broadway, 1st Floor, Albany, NY 12233-1550 or emailed to ALJ Richard Sherman at ohms@dec.ny.gov.

Notice is hereby given that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) filed a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with the Department of State to amend the State's existing 6 NYCRR Part 199 Forest Tax Law regulations. The Forest Tax Law program provides private landowners a significant real property tax reduction on their enrolled forest lands if they agree to follow a long-term timber management plan written and administered by a professionally trained forester. The proposed rulemaking aims to improve the program by lessening the administrative burdens placed on participants and Department staff while strengthening the sustainable forest management standards.

Public Comment Hearing

Public comment hearings for the proposed rulemaking will be held before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) via electronic webinar on September 13, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. The electronic webinar format is reasonably accessible to persons with impaired mobility.
Registration is required for any person who wishes to provide a public statement during the hearing. No registration is required for listening to the hearing only. Registration must be done in advance of the hearings and the deadline to do so is 1 p.m. on August 23, 2022.

Date: Tuesday September 13, 2022 Time: 1:00 PM
Registration and webinar link: https://meetny-broadcast-pilot.webex.com/meetny-broadcast-pilot/j.php?RGID=r0b1582cb91d6920ae662e215c0f7230f
Webinar access number: 2332 180 2300
Webinar password: DLF480a-1PM (35348020 from phones)
Join by phone: 1-518-549-0500
Access Code: 2332 180 2300

Date: Tuesday September 13, 2022 Time: 6:00 PM
Registration and webinar link: https://meetny-broadcast-pilot.webex.com/meetny-broadcast-pilot/j.php?RGID=r256195200bf5bfd01095b04a18409689
Webinar access number: 2339 942 7699
Webinar password: DLF480a-6PM (35348020 from phones)
Join by phone: 1-518-549-0500
Access code: 2339 942 7699

The Department will provide interpreter services for hearing impaired persons, and language interpreter services for individuals with difficulty understanding or reading English, at no charge, upon written request submitted no later than Tuesday, August 23, 2022. The written request must be addressed to ALJ Richard Sherman, NYS DEC - Office of Hearings and Mediation Services, 625 Broadway, 1st Floor, Albany, NY 12233-1550 or emailed to ALJ Richard Sherman at ohms@dec.ny.gov.

Join us for this presentation by Dr. Paul Ries of Insightful Nature LLC. Paul has more than 35 years of experience in urban forestry including as a state urban forestry program manager and professor at Oregon State College, a former president of International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), and a developer of curricula for the Municipal Forestry Institute (MFI).

Register now (free, but required): https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/j.php?RGID=r660884628e3215174df71f4a71ecf38b

DEC will be providing an overview of the DRAFT ACT Fleet Reporting template and accompanying guidance document, and to accept feedback from applicable entities.

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