Press Release
September 08, 2021
Dan Keefe | Brian Nearing
(518) 486-1868 | news@parks.ny.gov
Draft State Historic Preservation Plan Available for Review
Public Meeting on
Draft Plan/Draft GEIS Set for September 28
(Waterford,
NY) The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
(OPRHP) Division for Historic Preservation today announced the release of the
Draft New York State Historic Preservation Plan (2021-2026)/Draft Generic
Environmental Impact Statement.
The State
Historic Preservation Plan (SHPP) guides preservation efforts at the local,
regional, and state levels. It serves as a blueprint for identifying and
preserving New York's historic and cultural resources and is periodically
updated to address current needs, issues, and opportunities. Statewide plans
are the product of collaboration within OPRHP and broad-based
professional, partner, and public involvement from across the State.
A public meeting on the Draft Plan/DGEIS will be hosted
online, Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at 6:00 pm. This meeting will be recorded
and made publicly available.
During the meeting OPRHP staff will make a presentation
about the Plan and be available for a question-and-answer session after the
presentation. Free registration in advance of the online meeting will be
required in order to attend. To register, please e-mail SHPP.plan@parks.ny.gov no later than Friday, September 24, 2021 at 5:00 pm.
This meeting is accessible to people with language
differences and/or disabilities. Any person who needs an interpretive or
disability-related accommodation or modification to participate must make a
written request no later than close of business on Tuesday, September 14, 2021.
The written request must be addressed to the Agency Contact below.
OPRHP encourages the public to
participate in the online public meeting for the Statewide Plan and welcomes
all comments on the draft documents. An online version of the draft Plan/DGEIS
is available at the following publicly accessible website: https://parks.ny.gov/inside-our-agency/master-plans.aspx
A non-digital
copy of the documents can be provided by the Agency Contact listed below.
Written comments on the Draft Plan/DGEIS will be accepted
until close of business on Friday, October 15, 2021, and may be submitted to SHPP.plan@parks.ny.gov or mailed to the contact address below.
Following the comment period, OPRHP
will prepare and post a Final State Historic Preservation Plan
(2021-2026)/Generic Environmental Impact
Statement.
Agency
Contact:
Daniel
McEneny, Historic Preservation Program Coordinator
Division for Historic Preservation
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Peebles Island State Park, P.O. Box 189
Waterford, New York 12188
(518) 268-2162
For
additional information on historic preservation in New York State, please visit
our website at https://parks.ny.gov/shpo/