John Mason is reporting in the Register Star an online petition requesting the Hudson Common Council prepare an environmental impact statement on the city’s planned sewer separation project had garnered 175 signatures as of Thu., Apr. 9. The goal is to acquire 1,000 signatures. The petition was authored by South Bay Task Force member Timothy O’Connor, the project’s most vocal critic. According to the petition, the stormwater separation plan would result in the discharge of an estimated 242 million gallons a year of stormwater into the marsh. The petition asserts the plan is discretionary, a point city Department of Public Works Superintendent Rob Perry disputes. He said, “Everybody is missing the central point. This is not an option. Our...permit states unequivocally we will separate stormwater from sanitary. It is a requirement.” Read the full story in the Register Star.