| “FCWC’s
leadership on the pesticide neighbor notification law
was critical to its passage.”
County Legislator Vito Pinto, Member,
Environment Committee |
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Pesticide
Reduction
FCWC was instrumental in the passage of the Pesticide Neighbor
Notification Law in Westchester. The law, which requires prior
notification so that neighbors can protect themselves and
their pets against pesticide exposure, is intended ultimately
to reduce the pesticide pollutants in storm water run off,
the most significant source of water pollution in Westchester
County. |
Low
Impact Development
In order to foster techniques that reduce storm water run off,
reduce pollutants, and create a landscape more hospitable to
native animals, FCWC began the process of introducing the EPA
award winning low impact development techniques used in Maryland
for site development. Through conferences and articles which
are being carried into 2003, FCWC is targeting municipalities
as they begin to address the EPA Stormwater Phase II regulations. |
| 
Amy Parekh speaking at the
Hastings-on-Hudson riverfront
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Cat/Del
Watershed and Croton Watershed
Joining with others, FCWC has voiced its views as to the actions
required to protect the New York City water supply by writing
letters, speaking at numerous public hearings and publishing
articles to urge specific steps in connection with the filtration
avoidance determination (FAD) for the Cat/Del, to urge alternatives
to filtration for the Croton and to protect the Kensico Reservoir
from storm water and ground water pollution at Westchester Airport. |
Golf Courses
The French Hill Golf Course proposed in Yorktown and the Seven
Springs Golf Course proposed in Mount Kisco both represented
major developments with the threat of massive disruptions of
existing natural settings and the prospect of pesticides draining
into drinking water watersheds. FCWC interceded in both matters
to suggest the many serious questions that needed to be addressed
in reviewing the development proposals. |
Edna Sussman and Congresswoman Nita
Lowey
urging funding for Long Island Sound |
