ENB Region 2 Completed Applications 02/19/2003

The applicant proposes to operate a new medical cyclotron facility for the production of short lived radionuclides which will be incorporated into clinical pharmaceuticals for research on human subjects. Radioactive materials in effluents to air originating from the new CitiGroup Biomedical Imaging Center will be discharged from a single emission point on the rooftop of the Weill Medical College S Building which is located at 516 East 72nd Street, Manhattan.

The applicant has requested a permit modification and renewal to allow it to construct an approximately 10,000 square-foot, one-story restaurant building and 91-space parking lot in place of the approximately 16,000 square-foot, one-story retail store building and 81-space parking lot previously permitted.  All construction would occur at a 35-foot or greater distance from the tidal wetland boundary.  A portion of the wooded buffer area which currently extends up to 70 feet from the wetland boundary would be preserved, and enhanced with additional plantings of native trees and shrubs so as to screen the building and parking area from the wetland.

The applicant has requested a permit modification and renewal to allow it to construct an approximately 10,000 square-foot, one-story restaurant building and 91-space parking lot in place of the approximately 16,000 square-foot, one-story retail store building and 81-space parking lot previously permitted.  All construction would occur at a 35-foot or greater distance from the tidal wetland boundary.  A portion of the wooded buffer area which currently extends up to 70 feet from the wetland boundary would be preserved, and enhanced with additional plantings of native trees and shrubs so as to screen the building and parking area from the wetland.

The applicant proposes to construct a 50 foot by 52 foot 2-story medical building with parking within the adjacent area of NYSDEC regulated Class I Freshwater Wetland AR-37 (Scudder Amboy). The wetland is separated from the proposed building by an existing paved road. The project site is located on the west side of Amboy Road thirty eight feet north of Parkwood Avenue, Staten Island, Block 6896 - Lot 71.