The Department has made a tentative determination to approve this application for a new permit for an existing discharge of 3,000 gallons per day of treated sanitary wastewater into a unnamed tributary to Beaver Dam Lake, a Class D water body, from a treatment system at the applicant's facility located on Route 207, New Windsor. The applicant operates an elementary public school for approximately 700 students. A draft permit is available for inspection and comment at the regional office.

The applicant proposes to intall approximately 200 linear feet of underground telephone cable and construct a telepone equipement shelter and driveway/parking area within the regulated 100-foot adjacent area of State-designated Freshwater Wetland ML-7 (Class II). The project site is located on the south side of Dutchess Co. Rte. 30 (Lake Secor Rd.) approximately 0.2 mile east of the intersection with Dutchess Co. Rte. 24 (Wood St.). The proposed equipment shelter is 10 feet wide by 20 feet long, and the proposed driveway is about 10 feet wide by 130 feet long. The proposed utility line and equipment shelter will be connected to cellular telephone antennas that will be placed on an existing electricity transmission tower at the same location. All construction will occur within an existing electricity transmission corridor.

The applicant proposes to acquire Potake Pond from Ramapo Land Company and modify its current water release plan. The current release scheme was approved by DEC in water supply permit issued in 1993 and allows United Water New York (UWNY) to undertake releases from Potake and Cranberry Ponds to a maximum drawdown of 4.5 feet and 2.0 feet, respectively, for a total volume of 190 million gallons of water per year (MGY). Water currently released from Cranberry and Potake Ponds flows via Nakoma Brook into the Ramapo River, which in turn maintains the river flow at sufficient levels to continue UWNY's use of the Ramapo Valley Well Field during dry periods. The proposed water release scheme would eliminate water releases from Cranberry Pond and allow the 190 MGY to be released entirely from Potake Pond, resulting in a 7.0 foot maximum drawdown of Potake Pond. A pipeline approximately 4,100 feet long would be constructed to discharge water released from Potake Pond to Nakoma Brook, which will require a new Protection of Waters permit from DEC.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve this application for a SPDES permit for subsurface discharge of up to 1,120 gallons of sanitary wastewater per day. The site is located on the east side of NYS Route 17 approximately 300 feet south of the intersection with Eagle Valley Road in the Village of Sloatsburg. The project involves the conversion of an existing commercial building into a restaurant/tavern, construction of a new septic system, and associated parking improvements. The project is located within the Ramapo River recreational river corridor and will also require a Wild, Scenic, Recreational Rivers permit from the Department. A draft SPDES permit has been prepared and is available for review at the DEC Region 3 office.

THIS IS A RE-NOTICE OF THE NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLISHED ON AUG. 6, 2001 IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL NOTICE BULLETIN, BUT WAS ONLY PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER. THEREFORE, IT IS BEING RE-PUBLISHED WITH A NEW PUBLIC COMMENT DATE OF FRIDAY OCT. 12, 2001. THE REST OF THE NOTICE IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE ONE PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER ON AUG. 6 2001.

COMMENTS ALREADY SUBMITTED DO NOT HAVE TO BE RESUBMITTED, BUT YOU MAY SUBMIT ANY NEW OR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS APPLICATION ON OR BEFORE THAT DATE.

The applicant has applied for a renewal of its Part 360 permit to continue to operate a Yardwaste Compost facility for up to 68,000 cubic yards per year of leaves, grass and brush on the 17+/- acres of the 28.5+/- acre site. The existing woodchipping operation on the site (previously regulated as a registered activity) will now incorporated into this Part 360 permit renewal and will now subject to all the terms and conditions of this permit.

The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has proposed several permit modifications to restrict certain activities in order to reduce the potential for off-site visual impacts and off-site impacts from odors and dust. The facility is located at 168 Milton Turnpike in the Town of Marlborough, Ulster County, NY.

The applicant proposes to fill a portion of the 100 foot adjacent area of Freshwater Wetland CD-13 (Class II) in order to construct three single family residences on one lot with a common drive and common septic disposal system. Activities proposed within the adjacent area include construction of an unpaved driveway and installation of a 12 inch diameter culvert pipe. The total area of disturbance to the adjacent area is less than 0.04 acre. The project is located on the east side of Muu Muu Lane with access from Allhusen Road 2000 feet north of NYS Route 44/55 in the Town of Plattekill, Ulster County.