021214 stop the mts flyer

1365 First Avenue New York, NY 10021 T el:(212) 860-4906 Fax: (917) 432-2983 [email protected] Want more updates? Visit www micahkellner net for community news, legislative updates, and information about events. Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/AssemblymanMicahKellner. ACTION ALERT TO DUMP THE DUMP Take Action to Stop the MTS New York City must renew its 5-year operating permit for the East 91 st Street Marine Transfer Station with New York State in the coming weeks. This gives New Yorkers fighting the dump the chance to make the State conduct a thorough public review of the City’s effort to renew the permit it needs to build the MTS. It is critical that New Yorkers fighting the dump write to New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) to urge it to : solicit public comment on the City’s effort to renew its permit to build and operate the MTS; hold a public hearing on the City’s application ; and thoroughly review the MTS, its compliance with new flood regulations proposed by the federal government, and the major changes in the community around the site since the City’s permit was first issued. Letters should refer to the East 91 st Street Marine Transfer Station and “DEC Permit Number: 2-6204-00007/00013 ”, and be addressed to: John F. Cryan Regional Permits Administrator for Region 2 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Environmental Permits 47-40 21 st Street Long Island City, NY 11101 (For more information and talking points, see reverse side.)

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Take Action to Stop the MTS!

It’s been almost five years since New York City first obtained a permit from New York State to build

and operate the Marine Transfer Station at East 91st Street. The community has changed drastically

since then:

After Superstorm Sandy, the Federal Emergency Management Administration(FEMA) proposed new flood regulations for waterfront infrastructure projects

like the MTS, which the City wants to build at almost six feet below the new

federal guidelines

Thousands of new residents have moved to the area and significant newconstruction is occurring

Five new schools have opened or are opening new buildings within ten blocksof the MTS site

The advent of Select Bus Service has resulted in the designation of a permanent dedicated bus lane on First Avenue, with one on Second Avenue to

The City has constructed a permanent dedicated bicycle lane on First Avenue,with one on Second Avenue to follow

Write to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and urge it to solicit public

comment on the City’s permit renewal application, hold a public hearing, and conduct acomprehensive review of the MTS’s compliance with new FEMA flood regulations and of the major

changes in the community around the MTS site since the City’s permit was first issued five years

ago.

Letters should reference the East 91st Street Marine Transfer Station and “DEC Permit Number:

2-6204-00007/00013”, and be addressed to:

John F. Cryan

Regional Permits Administrator for Region 2

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Division of Environmental Permits

47-40 21st Street

Long Island City, NY 11101

Contact My Office District Office of Assembly Member Micah Z. Kellner

1365 First Avenue New York, NY 10021