The Department has made a tentative determination to approve this application for a modification to a permit for an existing discharge of 7,500 gallons per day (gpd) of treated sanitary wastewater into Tributary #4 of Blue Mountain Lake (Museum Brook), a Class "D" waterbody. The present discharge is from a secondary level, sand filter, wastewater treatment plant located on the east side of Routes 28N and 30 across from the Adirondack Museum building complex. The applicant proposes to construct an expanded sand filter treatment system at a new location on the west side of Routes 28N and 30 and to the north of Maple Lodge Road. A monthly average flow of 6,000 gpd will be treated and discharged through a new outfall (Outfall 002) to Tributary #4, approximately 1,000 feet upstream from Blue Mountain Lake. The present sand filter treatment system and associated outfall (Outfall 001) will be taken out of service upon completion of the new system. The application and draft permit (SPDES No. NY-024 0273) can be reviewed by making an appointment with the contact person. The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) has also reviewed this project and will issue an amendment to their permit for this facility (APA Permit No. 98-74a).

The Department is hereby supplementing earlier notices pertaining to the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES), Air Pollution Control (APC), Freshwater Wetlands (FWW) and Water Quality Certification (WQC) applications filed by Jointa in conjunction with its proposal to expand mining operations at its Smiths Basin Mine site (also know as the Hartford Quarry) and is extending the comment period on these applications. Extension of the comment period on these applications is being provided in conjunction with the Department's noticing of a Supplemental Notice of Complete Application, Notice of Public Hearing and Notice of Extension of Comment Period on Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the project (see below). The project is located approximately 3/4 of a mile north of NYS Route 149, 3/4 of a mile south of Baldwin Corners Road and 3/4 of a mile east of the Champlain Canal entirely within the Town of Hartford, Washington County. A Combined Notice of Complete Application, Notice of Acceptance of Draft EIS and Notice of Public Hearing was first published in the ENB on November 29, 2000. As provided in the Supplemental Notice, comments on the SPDES, APC, FWW and WQC applications and comments on the Draft EIS are requested and will be accepted by the contact person until July 26, 2001. A public hearing on the applications and Draft EIS will be held on July 16, 2001 at 7:00 PM at the Hartford Town Hall located in the hamlet of Hartford, Washington County. More detail on the project, permit applications, Draft EIS, document availability, deadline for public comment, deadline for filing for party status and the hearing schedule can be found in the Supplemental Notice which is available at www.dec.state.ny.us/website/ohms/notices/jointa4.htm