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PETITION SEEKING TO ANNUL A NEGATIVE DECLARATION UNDER THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT (SEQRA) CONCERNING A TRUCK STOP PROJECT PROPERLY DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO EXHAUST ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES, TOWN PLANNING BOARD DID NOT ACT ARBITRARILY AND CAPRICIOUSLY WHEN IT FAILED TO FOLLOW A LOCAL LAW WHICH CONFLICTED WITH SEQRA (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department determined petitioner did not exhaust administrative remedies before bringing a petition to annul the town’s negative declaration under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) for a truck stop project. The court further found that the town planning board did not act arbitrarily and capriciously when it failed to follow a Local Law (which required an environmental impact statement (EIS)) because the Local Law conflicted with SEQRA and was therefore invalid:

… [W]e conclude that petitioner failed to exhaust its administrative remedies … . The record establishes that the Planning Board, as the lead agency on the project, held a public hearing that petitioner’s counsel attended, but during which he remained silent. Although petitioner made a FOIL request two days after the public hearing, that request did not alert the Planning Board of any specific concerns. …

“A local law that is inconsistent with SEQRA’ must be invalidated” … . “[I]nconsistency has been found where local laws prohibit what would have been permissible under State law or impose prerequisite additional restrictions on rights under State law, so as to inhibit operation of the State’s general laws” … . Here, section 59-3 (A) of the Town Code provided that “Type I actions are likely to have an effect on the environment and will, therefore, require the preparation of an environmental impact statement.” SEQRA, on the other hand, provides that, “[t]he lead agency must determine the significance of any Type I . . . action . . . [and,] [t]o require an EIS for a proposed action, the lead agency must determine that the action may include the potential for at least one significant adverse environmental impact” … . Thus, Chapter 59 is inconsistent with SEQRA because SEQRA permits a negative declaration for Type I actions, whereas Chapter 59 effectively precluded a negative declaration in such actions. Matter of Pilot Travel Ctrs., LLC v Town Bd. of Town of Bath, 2018 NY Slip Op 05082, Fourth Dept 7-6-18

​ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ((PETITION SEEKING TO ANNUL A NEGATIVE DECLARATION UNDER THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT (SEQRA) CONCERNING A TRUCK STOP PROJECT PROPERLY DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO EXHAUST ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES, TOWN PLANNING BOARD DID NOT ACT ARBITRARILY AND CAPRICIOUSLY WHEN IT FAILED TO FOLLOW A LOCAL LAW WHICH CONFLICTED WITH SEQRA (FOURTH DEPT)/STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT (SEQRA) (PETITION SEEKING TO ANNUL A NEGATIVE DECLARATION UNDER THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT (SEQRA) CONCERNING A TRUCK STOP PROJECT PROPERLY DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO EXHAUST ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES, TOWN PLANNING BOARD DID NOT ACT ARBITRARILY AND CAPRICIOUSLY WHEN IT FAILED TO FOLLOW A LOCAL LAW WHICH CONFLICTED WITH SEQRA (FOURTH DEPT))/MUNICIPAL LAW (ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, PETITION SEEKING TO ANNUL A NEGATIVE DECLARATION UNDER THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT (SEQRA) CONCERNING A TRUCK STOP PROJECT PROPERLY DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO EXHAUST ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES, TOWN PLANNING BOARD DID NOT ACT ARBITRARILY AND CAPRICIOUSLY WHEN IT FAILED TO FOLLOW A LOCAL LAW WHICH CONFLICTED WITH SEQRA (FOURTH DEPT))/ADMINISTRATIVE LAW (ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, MUNICIPAL LAW, (PETITION SEEKING TO ANNUL A NEGATIVE DECLARATION UNDER THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT (SEQRA) CONCERNING A TRUCK STOP PROJECT PROPERLY DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO EXHAUST ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES, TOWN PLANNING BOARD DID NOT ACT ARBITRARILY AND CAPRICIOUSLY WHEN IT FAILED TO FOLLOW A LOCAL LAW WHICH CONFLICTED WITH SEQRA (FOURTH DEPT))

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