DEC Releases Guidance on Freshwater Wetlands Following Annulment – Update from Sive Paget Riesel

DEC Releases Guidance on Freshwater Wetlands Following Annulment

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released guidance clarifying its implementation of Article 24 of the Environmental Conservation Law, known as the Freshwater Wetlands Act (FWA), following the Albany County Supreme Court’s annulment of DEC’s 6 NYCRR Part 664 regulations. On April 8, 2026, Judge Richard M. Platkin of the New York State Supreme Court, Albany…. Read More Here

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