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State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) Reviews
Long Island, NY

Description

Bowne has served as the lead municipal reviewer under the SEQR process, including a review of the various SEQR documents (Scoping Document, DEIS, FEIS and Findings Statement) for the following projects:

Mill Pond Acres
Port Washington North, NY

Bowne was hired by the Village of Port Washington North to serve in a review capacity and to represent the Village throughout the SEQR process for the proposed rezoning and development of a 41-acre vacant site for senior citizen housing within an industrial area. On behalf of the Village, Bowne reviewed the Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) and advised the Village Planning Board on compliance with SEQR. As a result of the findings during the SEQR process, the applicant reduced the proposed intensity of development from 327 to 250 residential units and increased the perimeter buffer five-fold. Bowne was also the consultant to the Village Planning Board during the preliminary and final subdivision/site plan review process.

Chabad of Great Neck
Kings Point, NY

The applicant proposed a 69,000 square foot building to be used for religious and institutional purposes, including religious services, a day school and catered affairs. Bowne reviewed the DEIS on behalf of the Village of Kings Point. As a result of the SEQR process, the applicant reduced the scale of the project. The SEQR issues included:

	Parking		Land Use and Zoning
	Site Access		Noise
	Traffic		Coastal Zone Consistency
	Pedestrian Safety		Wetland Impacts
	Groundwater Impacts		Sanitary Sewage Disposal
	Surface Water Impacts		Growth Inducement
	Ecology

Manhasset Glen II
Plandome, NY

Bowne was hired by the Village of Plandome to represent the Village throughout the SEQR process pertaining to 9 single-family residential lots adjacent to sensitive forested wetlands. The SEQR issues included:

	Land Grading		Sanitary Sewage Disposal
	Steep Slopes		Traffic Safety
	Wetland Impacts		Emergency Access
	Surface and Storm Water Runoff

Redcote Farms
Oyster Bay Cove, NY

The Village of Oyster Bay Cove hired Bowne to represent the Village throughout the SEQR process for a proposed 24 residential lot subdivision on 75 acres of land that has local significance. The SEQR issues included:

	Site Access
	Groundwater Impacts
	Surface Water Impacts
	Land Grading and Steep Slopes
	Tree Saving

Expansion of Suffolk County Jail
Yaphank, NY

Bowne prepared a DEIS under SEQR for the expansion of the Suffolk County Jail. The issues included existing infrastructure and surface water quality.