Plans are underway to replace four aging underwater electric transmission lines running under the waters of Seneca Lake from Torrey to Romulus. The N.Y. State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) sent a request to the supervisors and town boards of Torrey and Romulus notifying them of the application they have received from NYSEG, and requesting coordination as the lead agency in the State Environmental Quality Review because they must oversee the construction. The requests states, "As proposed, two new electric distribution cables will be installed south of the existing cables to allow for continued operation of the existing cables during construction...
