STATEMENT TO

SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

[Second Reprint]

SENATE, No. 275

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Assemblywoman ALLEN)

ADOPTED: DECEMBER 4, 1997

      These floor amendments would require the Department of Environmental Protection to hold a public hearing on a municipal plan concerning water levels of a lake or reservoir within its borders, prior to the department making a decision on the plan.