Chautauqua Lake Organizations React to DEC Wetlands Ruling

Chautauqua Lake organizations react to DEC wetlands ruling

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Chautauqua Lake organizations are reacting to a state judge's decision to declare the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's wetland regulations that went into effect Jan. 1, 2025 to be null and void. State of New York Supreme Court Judge Richard M. Platkin released the 41-page decision, order and [...]

Post-Journal: Judge Ruling Annuls Portion Of Freshwater Wetlands Act

The Jamestown Post-Journal reports the lawsuit filed by the Chautauqua Lake Property Owners Association has resulted in the annulment of the state DEC’s Freshwater Wetlands Act regulations. Albany …

Judge strikes down DEC regulation over definition of 'freshwater wetland'

Business groups and landowners argued the rules would make it much harder to get new development projects off the ground like housing.