ENB Region 1 Completed Applications 03/26/2003

The applicant proposes to construct a 22-foot by 42-foot by 40-foot high fire training tower, a 20-foot by 20-foot concrete pad for vehicle extraction training, a storm drain, and new gas service within the 100-foot adjacent area of regulated wetland SC-6.  The tower will be surrounded by a concrete containment pad to control water runoff which will be directed to the storm drain and the vehicle extraction pad will be pitched to contain water runoff on-site.  The project is located within the parking area of the Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Co. 2 Headquarters, s/s Community Drive East, Manhasset, Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County.

The applicant proposes to rehabilitate (drain, dredge and regrade)  the three acre pond within the Betty Allan Nature Preserve to increase habitat for fish species such as sunfish, trout, alewife and bass.  An earthen berm will be raised, restoring the pond to its historic level.  A fish ladder will also be included in the construction of a spillway that will allow migratory fish to access the pond.  The preserve is located at Route 25A and Stony Hollow Road in Centerport in the Town of Huntington, County of Suffolk.   

The applicant proposes to remove rip-rap and underlying concrete and asphalt along 200 linear feet of shoreline.  This work would be done both by hand and by means of a mechanical excavator. The affected area would include sections seaward of average high water.  The material would be taken to an upland site for disposal.  It is also proposed to install stone on filter fabric along the southern section of shoreline and to plant stands of Spartina alterniflora running northward to the property line.  Approximately 15 cubic yards of clean sand would be placed in area measuring 600 square feet to create a beach.

In addition to the work described above, an existing dock would be extended by 20 feet to create a structure 68 feet long and a boat lift would be installed parallel to the length of the dock at its seaward end.  All existing structures landward of average high water would be demolished and a new single family dwelling, including accessory structures, would be constructed.