Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Williams, J.), entered December 5, 2003 in Saratoga County, which, upon reconsideration, in a proceeding pursuant to CFLR article 78, granted respondents’ motion to dismiss the petition.
This appeal concerns respondents’ approval of an application to subdivide a 39-acre parcel on Manning Road in the Town of Malta, Saratoga County, referred to as Tiffany Estates. Following commencement of this CFLR article 78 proceeding to annul respondents’ approval of the subdivision, respondents made a preanswer motion to dismiss. Initially, Supreme Court determined that respondents failed to comply with General Municipal Law § 239-m, as alleged in the petition, and annulled respondents’ approval of the subdivision. Respondents then moved to renew and/or reargue, claiming that the factual information upon which Supreme Court relied in reaching its decision was inaccurate. Supreme Court granted the motion and, upon reconsideration, dismissed the petition. Fetitioners appeal.
Respondents’ original motion to dismiss contends that petitioners’ allegations concerning violations of the State Environmental Quality Review Act (ECL art 8 [hereinafter SEQRA]) are meritless. As Supreme Court dismissed the petition in its entirety, petitioners continue to assert on this appeal that respondents did not meet their obligations under SEQRA by failing to take a “hard look” at the environmental impacts of the project. Because the subdivision in question was classified as an unlisted action, a short environmental assessment form must be submitted to the lead agency “to assist it in determining the environmental significance or nonsignificance of actions” (6 NYCRR 617.2 [m]; see 6 NYCRR 617.6 [a] [3]). The lead agency must make a “positive or negative declaration as to whether the proposed action will have a significant effect on the environment” (Matter of Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine v Dormitory Auth. of State of N.Y., 224 AD2d 95, 99-100 [1996], lv denied 89 NY2d 802 [1996]). Before making the declaration, the lead agency must take a “ ‘hard look’ at relevant areas of environmental concern and . . . make a reasoned elaboration of the basis of its determination” (Matter of Holmes v Brookhaven Town Planning Bd., 137 AD2d 601, 604 [1988], lv denied 72 NY2d 807 [1988] [emphasis added]; see Matter of Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine v Dormitory Auth. of State of N.Y., supra at 100).
Although it is the preferred practice that the Board set forth more of a reasoned elaboration for the basis of its determinations, this particular record is adequate for us to exercise our supervisory review to determine that the Board strictly complied with SEQRA procedures (see Matter of Holmes v Brookhaven Town Planning Bd., supra), and the degree of detail with which each factor must be discussed varies with the circumstances of each case. Moreover, the Legislature has left the agencies with considerable latitude in determining environmental impacts (see generally Matter of Jackson v New York State Urban Dev. Corp., 67 NY2d 400, 417 [1986]). The wealth of documentation contained in this record sufficiently demonstrates the reasons for respondents’ actions.
Cardona, P.J., Crew III, Carpinello and Kane, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs.