Wednesday: Cranberry Lake May Come Off Pollution List

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Story Published: Feb 3, 2010 at 2:46 PM EDT

Story Updated: Feb 3, 2010 at 2:46 PM EDT

New York conservation officials want to remove dozens of waterways - including Cranberry Lake - from the list of those considered "impaired" by pollution, citing measures to reduce stormwater and agricultural runoff, sewage discharges and smokestack pollution.

The Department of Environmental Conservation would include all or part of 590 lakes, ponds, streams and rivers on a list requiring plans to reduce pollution under the federal Clean Water Act.

The agency is accepting comments on the proposed update, which would also add dozens of water bodies that weren't previously assessed to the 2008 list of 562.

Among the waterways the DEC would remove are Rudd Pond in Dutchess County, Cranberry Lake in St. Lawrence County, and White
Birch Lake in Broome County.
 

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