Bisignano v. Department of Environmental Conservation

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, to prohibit the Department of Environmental Conservation (hereinafter the DEC) from promulgating a freshwater wetlands map for Richmond County different from the 1981 freshwater wetlands map, the petitioners appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Amann, J.), dated July 29, 1986, which dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

Pursuant to ECL 24-0301 (1) the DEC was given the authority to "conduct a study to identify and map” freshwater wetlands. Once studies were completed the DEC…