ENB Region 9 Completed Applications 05/07/2003

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve a modification to the existing permit (NY0204781) and has prepared a draft permit which is available for review and comment at the regional office. The permit would allow the surface discharge of 2,400 gallons per day of treated sanitary waste to the unnamed tributary #2 of Oil Creek (identified as PA 53-54-11-2). Tributary #2 has a class and standard of "A". A new treatment system consisting of a septic tank and sand filter with disinfection would replace the existing failing treatment system. The facility is located approximately 500 feet north of Route 446 on the east side of Union Hill Road.  

This application is for the installation of a water distribution system to serve the newly created Town of Portland Water District No. 5, and the taking of a supply of water in amounts estimated to average 27,360 gallons per day.  Water is to be obtained from surplus of the Village of Brocton water supply.  Maximum daily demand is estimated at 68,400 gallons per day.  The new water district will initially serve 122 residential lots, 3 commercial properties and Lake Erie State Park in the town.  The 20-year projected average daily demand, estimated at 33,000 gallons per day, includes anticipated growth. The proposed system includes intstallation of approximately 55,000 linear feet of watermain and related appurtenances.

The proposal is for the construction of a 28 foot high earth dam that would create a 1.88 acre private pond, designed to impound 9.87 acre feet of water at the permanent pool elevation.  The service and auxiliary spillways will both discharge to an existing stream. As part of the proposal, about 850 linear feet of unprotected, seasonal stream would be relocated away from the base of the dam.  That stream’s flows will be carried via a newly constructed parabolic channel which is designed to handle flows from a 100 year storm event.  The dam’s discharge flow is also sized for that event.  The project is located at 3679 East Blood Road, about 1300 feet southeast of the intersection of East Blood and Liberia Roads.     

The Department has drafted and made a tentative determination to issue a modified SPDES Permit No. NY-0000906 for an existing average discharge of 2.1177 million gallons per day (MGD) of  boiler blowdown water, contaminated groundwater, stormwater runoff, contact and noncontact cooling water from eight outfalls into the Niagara River via Pikes Creek.  The draft permit modification regulates several new outfalls.  Outfalls 003, 005, 007, 008, and 009 have been added in response to the permittee's July 9, 1992 and February 6, 1997 stormwater permit applications.  Outfalls 02A, 02B, and 02C have been added based on Department inspections and on the permittee's September 15, 1997 data submittal.  The draft permit modification includes both interim and final permit limits, and a compliance schedule for achieving those limits. The permittee's carbon and graphite products manufacturing plant is located at 5700 Niagara Falls Boulevard.