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REGULATORY WATCH gestion. “They’ve had (these sites) for decades,” Lipscomb “but the public is saying since we don’t know why, we’re said, “now they want something different.” saying ‘No.’ You can’t park eight boats in Kingston just for

Mariners, however, insists that there’s no economy in the convenience of being near Albany.” leaving a barge idling on the river. But, Lipscomb counters Mariners look at designation differently. Lipscomb refer- that Riverkeeper members regularly send him pictures of ences the traditional anchorages with the expectation that vessels parked “day after day.” they will always be there. But that’s not the case. Designa-

Oil looms in the background of the PAWSA discussions, tion is critical because without it the existing anchorage and suspicions, about safety versus commerce. In the last sites may be forced off limits by CHPE’s 88-mile transmis- two years, oil shipments have declined on the Hudson. sion cable. Designation would require CHPE to avoid of-

Some analysts say that crude transport has shifted from