REQUEST FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS ON PROPOSED SHELLFISH AQUACULTURE LEASE ASSIGNMENT

Notice is hereby given that the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development & Planning has received one Lease Assignment Application requesting the assignment of a Shellfish Aquaculture Lease in Little Peconic Bay pursuant to Local Law 09-2021, A Local Law to Amend, Update And Reorganize Chapter 475 Article II of the Suffolk County Code. This lease site is located within the adopted Shellfish Cultivation Zone and was initially leased during the 2017 Lease Application Cycle.

North Fork Big Oyster Corp. Public Notice and Summary Map

Comments regarding this lease assignment application must be mailed to the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning at the address listed below. Such comments should reference the applicable SCALP application reference #, as shown in the table above. Any objections to the assignment of this lease should include data to the maximum extent possible and/or supporting information as required by the County Code. All Comments must be post marked by: September 13, 2021. Comments that are received and/or post marked after the required post mark date will not be accepted and shall be returned to the sender.

In the future, hard copies of these Public Notices and the lease application summary sheets are available for review at the following locations:

• Division of Planning & Environment
• Office of the County Clerk
• NYSDEC, Division of Marine Resources Office
• Town Clerk Offices:
  • Babylon
  • Brookhaven
  • East Hampton
  • Huntington
  • Islip
  • Riverhead
  • Shelter Island
  • Smithtown
  • Southampton
  • Southold
• Town Trustee Offices
  • East Hampton
  • Southampton
  • Southold

For information on the Ten Year Review Project, please go to the Ten Year Review Project website.