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HomeMy WebLinkAboutYellow Barn Solar.Mem to Appl.Combined Notice 2024-12-16KATHY HOCHUL Governor RORY M. CHRISTIAN Chief Executive Officer ZERYAI HAGOS ORES Executive Director Harriman Campus, Building 9, 4th Floor, 1220 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12226 | www.dps.ny.gov/ores Via Email TO: James Muscato II, Esq. Young / Sommer LLC Executive Woods Five Palisades Drive Albany, NY 12205 jmuscato@youngsommer.com FROM: James T. McClymonds Chief Administrative Law Judge DATE: December 16, 2024 RE: Matter of YELLOW BARN SOLAR, LLC O RES Permit Application Number 23-00048 Combined Notice of Availability of Draft Permit Conditions, Public Comment Period and Public Comment Hearing, and Commencement of Issues Determination Procedure Attached for publication is the Combined Notice of Availability of Draft Permit Conditions, Public Comment Period and Public Comment Hearing, and Commencement of Issues Determination Procedure, in both Word and PDF format. The notice schedules a public comment hearing for 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 20, 2025, to be conducted at the Groton High School Gymnasium, 400 Peru Road, Groton, New York 13073. The full notice will be posted on the ORES Permit Application Portal (Portal) on December 16, 2024. Consistent with 16 NYCRR 1100-8.2(a), applicant is responsible for publishing the notice in newspapers provided for at 16 NYCRR 1100-1.6(c)(2). Applicant must publish the notice in the newspaper of largest circulation in the county in which the proposed facility is to be located on the earliest available publication date and no later than Thursday, January 30, 202 5. The notice must be published in the other newspapers specified at 16 NYCRR 1100-1.6(c)(2) on the earliest available publication date. As soon as they become available, applicant must post affidavits of publication on the Portal and email them to the ALJs. Applicant is also responsible for serving the notice on the party list for this proceeding, and on all persons and entities required to receive copies of the 2 application pursuant to 16 NYCRR 1100-1.6(a) or notice of the application pursuant to 16 NYCRR 1100-1.6(c). Service on the party list by email is authorized. Service on the persons and entities listed in 16 NYCRR 1100-1.6(a) and (c) must be in the same manner and form as provided for in section 1100-1.6. As soon as they become available, affidavits of service must be posted on the Portal and emailed to the ALJs. Finally, applicant is responsible for obtaining the services of a court reporter to stenographically transcribe the February 20, 202 5, public comment hearing. Please provide the ALJs with the name and contact information for the court reporter once it is available. As soon as it is available, applicant must post the transcript to the Portal and provide an electronic version of the transcript to the ALJs. Please be advised that in light of the timeframe for responsive briefing and response to comments provided for in the notice, an expedited transcript may be required. Please contact me if there are any questions or concerns. Attachments ec: Party List Z. Hagos, Executive Director ALJ Favreau ALJ Joseph N. Stone ORES Permit Application Portal