White Creek Solar In-Person Public Comment Hearing

An in-person public comment hearing to receive comments from the public on the White Creek Solar facility and the Office of Renewable Energy Siting’s draft permit will be held at the York Town Hall, 2668 Main St, York, NY 14592, on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 6:00 p.m.

All persons, organizations, corporations, or government agencies who may be affected by the facility are invited to attend the hearing and comment on the application and the draft permit conditions. Lengthy comments will not be accepted and instead should be submitted in writing. Equal weight will be given to both oral and written comments. To ensure that all interested persons have an opportunity to speak, the Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) may limit the time available for oral comments to three (3) minutes per person. The public comment hearing will be transcribed for inclusion in the administrative record. Written comments concerning the application and the draft permit conditions must be filed with ORES by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 15, 2024. View instructions on how to submit written comments.

The hearing location is reasonably accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.  Interpreter services shall be made available to deaf persons, and English language translator services shall also be made available, at no charge for either service, upon written request to:

Chief ALJ James T. McClymonds
Office of Renewable Energy Siting
Empire State Plaza
P-1 South, J Dock
Albany, NY 12242
518-473-4590

or [email protected].

All requests must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 30, 2024.

Please check this page periodically for updates in the event that the public comment hearing needs to be canceled, rescheduled or postponed. For more information, please visit the Office of Renewable Energy Siting’s website at https://dps.ny.gov/ores-permit-applications and click on the appropriate project number.