ENB Region 9 Completed Applications 06/11/2003

The applicant proposes to develop a natural gas well, Peterson No. 1, in the regulated 100-foot wide adjacent area of Freshwater Wetland # JA-7, within an existing abandoned railroad right-of- way.  The project involves an initial disturbance of 22,500 sq. ft. including  3,000 sq. ft. of permanent well pad.  The site will be accessed using the existing abandoned railroad and trolley line grades.  The production pipeline will be installed in the trolley grade also.  The project site is located approximately 4,700 feet north of Riverside Road and is east of Conewango Creek.

Construction of a 316-unit development, Dockside Village, consisting of apartments, townhouses and patio homes, and associated sanitary sewer, water and electric utility infrastructure on an approximate 271 acre site, of which approximately 183 acres (including State and Federally regulated wetlands) are to be donated to the Town of Amherst for preservation for open space.  The project as proposed will result in the elimination of 1.99 acres of State regulated Freshwater Wetland #CC- 45 and impact approximately 9.18 acres of the wetland’s regulated 100-foot wide adjacent area.  As compensatory wetland mitigation, the applicant proposes to create 4.08 acres of wetland adjacent to the west portion of State regulated Freshwater Wetland # CC-45 and north of Lou Gerhrig Park.  The project will also impact approximately 1.26 acres of federally regulated wetland during the installation of a sewer line along Millersport Highway.   The project site is located at10750 Transit Road, north of Dann Road between Millersport Highway and Transit Road.

The applicant proposes to install year round public water and sanitary sewers on Sunset Island. The watermain and sewer forcemain will be installed by directional drilling under Tuscarora Bay and will be connected to the existing systems. The 6-inch diameter water supply line will be installed under the bay in the vicinity of the Crow's Nest Restaurant and the 4-inch diameter low pressure sewer will be connected to the Village of Wilson Waste Water Treatment Plant by a connection  to be drilled under the bay at the harbor entrance.

The construction of a 26.5 foot high earthen dam with service and auxiliary spillways is proposed by the applicant on their property located on the north side of Wethersfield Road and .6 miles west of its intersection with Weber Road.  The dam would impound 38.46 acre feet of water, with a surface area of 5.17 acres and has been determined to be a Hazard Class "A" structure. The application materials are available for review and comment in the regional office during normal business hours.