ENB Region 8 Completed Applications 01/08/2003

The New York State Department of Transportation is upgrading 1.93 miles of NYS Route 17 in the Town and Village of Horseheads.  Improvements at the eastern end of the project near NYS Route 13 will impact 1.22 acres of NYS Regulated Freshwater Wetlands.  To compensate for this impact, 2.30 acres of wetland will be created and an additional 5.0 acres will be dedicated to a conservation use.  Project documents are available in the office of the Village Clerk for the Village of Horseheads in addition to this office.  

The applicant proposes to construct a rip rap revetment of approximately 120 lineal feet in order to control erosion at the applicant's Lake Ontario shoreline. The site is located on Norway Heights Road, approximately 650 feet east of Norway Road. Application materials are available for public review and comment at the NYS DEC Regional Office.

This project involves the installation of 3,920 linear feet (LF) of 8-inch and 12-inch sanitary sewer within the central core of the Village of Red Creek, serving portions of Main Street, Canada Street, Church Street, Water Street, and Cross Street.  A portion of this project or approximately 650 LF of sanitary sewer, 6 manholes, a grinder pump station along with various service connections will be located within 100 LF from the edge of Mill Pond, a New York State Regulated Freshwater Wetland.  On a interim basis, wastewater will be treated at the treatment plant in the Village.  After completion of the regional wastewater treatment plant in the vicinity of Ford Road and Caywood Road, all wastewater will be treated at the new facility.