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New York extending rulemaking hearings to due COVID-19

New York State on PAUSE, Updated Public & Stakeholder Participation Information

Governor Cuomo has issued a PAUSE Order directing non-essential meetings/gatherings to be suspended or canceled.

As a result, at this time DEC is canceling the public hearings previously scheduled for the following proposed rulemakings and extending the comment periods for these rulemakings for 30 days.

Proposed Subpart 225-1, Fuel Composition and Use – Sulfur Limitations – Comment period will be extended to 5/15/2020.

Proposed Part 248, Use of Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel and Best Available Retrofit Technology for Heavy Duty Vehicles – Comment period will be extended to 5/15/2020.

Proposed Part 230, Gasoline Dispensing Sites and Transport Vehicles – Comment period will be extended to 5/21/2020.

Proposed Part 231, New Source Review for New and Modified Facilities – Comment period will be extended to 5/21/2020.

Proposed Part 235, Consumer Products – Comment period will be extended to 5/21/2020.

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After the Trump rally, a major trash cleanup

By Chris Franklin & Tim Hawk | For NJ.com

If you were in the market for a new beach chair, Tuesday night in Wildwood was the time to pick one up.

The thousands of people who descended upon the Jersey Shore town for President Donald Trump’s ‘Keep America Great’ rally at the Wildwoods Convention Center left behind a sea of trash in the parking lot — including their abandoned beach chairs and blankets — after the rally wrapped up.

Clean up begins after President Donald Trump’s “Keep America Great Rally” in Wildwood, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. (Tim Hawk | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

Rally-goers were allowed to bring chairs as they waited in line — some for up to 48 hours before the event — but they weren’t allowed to bring them inside the venue.

Factor in the blankets they used to stay warm, and all their drinks and food they were snacking on during the long wait in the parking lot and the convention center ends up with a parking lot full of trash to deal with Wednesday morning.

Fox Park, however, where the line ended Tuesday and where crowds remained to watch Trump on the jumbotron when they couldn’t get inside, was spotless Wednesday morning.

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Fox Park, which is owned by the city, was spotless this morning

City officials said the park cleanup was the responsibility of Wildwood, while the parking lot mess was the responsibility of the convention center, which Wildwood city does not manage.

Mayor Pete Byron on Tuesday said he wasn’t invited to the rally after he told NJ Advance Media he would be seeking reimbursement from the local Republican party. He had instructed all city workers to keep detailed logs of hours and expenses related to the rally. Byron did not return a request for comment early Wednesday morning.

A convention center employee said the cleanup was expected to be completed later Wednesday.

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