DEP Environmental Protection Invoices, 1999-2001

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Insider Is Pat k I 's Pick For p u cy "c m of Br e: w•itk, e l a former DEC A deputy commis;inner who helped or hi r jle Patakfe 31.75 billion Clean Watar & Clean Air State Post Act of 1996. She has been praised for ~2r :~~ie in brokering .he New• York City Watershed Agreement to improve the quality of the ci ty's drinking "water Crotty tapped to lead She would replace John Cahill. w ho left :^e 3136.000•a•year commisatoner poet last environmental agency month to become Patau•s senor police sdvis-

At the DEC. Crotty :as it. the e ^i By Errol A. Cockf eld Jr. force ;hat devised a serial of Suoedsnd :rows• ALBA\„ all that are stridently opposed by muse of dew' Albany — Gov. George Pataki yestr. day York i environmental activism. chose Erin Crotty. an Albany insider tw o She headed the group that came up w:ti e helped him craft cor.trovversial prouosed re%i- bill that we really er.t like. Or. the tner sions to the 3cate'; hstardous waste clean- hand. she showed real openness in re-ler'r. up prograr-i. to lead the Department ofEt:vi• out to us.' said Val Washington. exe A?b a:• ronmental Conservation. rector of me tgran ntal Advocates to .~ be.-.y. Crottvs nomination• which is expected to be Another veteran Albany a nvironmrn. _,! ec- Cv-st, who asked not ta be e" but drier bed confirmed by the state Senate. was met with enthusiasm from dome comnweiq• groups who Crony a entirely affable' but said echo does lauded her negcuacing skills and envirunet<r• have a reputation for be ng much mare rconum- Icahn minded than em•ironm,tnc• iad• tal Sensitivav, Others noted that Crotty is a Pataki loyalist ed . . . The bottom line is. she'd s srt:s' gode Paca choice for the se and an architect of his proposal to encourage policies ye :-,al oy the redevelopment or abandoned and polluted Crony praised rg to industrial sites by makin g the cleanup s:an• aid returning to the nor t u r k-' or r. dads more fl exible, woudld be a pr.vaeoe. 'lts an honor to wor> `or a rcvernor who has protected more thar- That proposal is included in Patakis mast 300.000 acres of open space' she said. important piece of environmental legislation this session, which also seeks to rejuvenate Sm uriier Dan Fegut eanrributec :o :car the Superfund program. star . During a press conference yesterday. Patald said he was pleased his admiriitrecion could entice Crot y to return to public aen ice after a 15-mccth stint as director of government rela- tions for Plug Pnwsr. an Albany-area designer of electricity generation svstem_, The company employs several former high•rankirg officials of the Pataki administration. We thought lone and hard but knew that we had someone who had the experience.' Pata. ki Said.

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