ENB Region 6 Completed Applications 07/02/2003

The applicant proposes to dredge an area approximately 80' long x 10' wide and 1' deep adjacent to island property in Goose Bay, north of the Village of Alexandria Bay on the St. Lawrence River.  The site is in regulated freshwater wetland R-3 a 27 acre Class II emergent marsh wetland.  The area to be dredged was previously open channel that has filled with silt and debris.

The applicant proposes to stabilize 320 feet of stream bank on the Mad river in the Village of Camden, Oneida County. Mad River is a Class C, Standards C(T) stream. Oneida County Soil and Water Conservation District has provided a designed incorporating tree revetments, willow fascines,  and a wing deflector. Approximately 50 feet of the project area is on lands owned by the village of Camden.

The Department has received a permit application from Mr. Gary Harvey, 8308 Hughes Rd., Holland Patent, N.Y. to renew and modify the mining permit for his sand and gravel mining operation in the Town of Floyd .  The proposal would increase the life of mine boundary from 3.0 acres to 11.1 acres, with the affected area for the 5-year permit term increasing to 7.2 acres.

Mining will include on-site processing of mineral products.  The mine is located 100 feet north of NYS Rt. 365, 2 miles west of Floyd in the Town of Floyd.

This Department has received a request to issue a permit and has drafted an Article 19

(Air Pollution Control) of the Environmental Conservation Law, an Air State Facility Permit, at the

facility located at Special Metals Corporation , 4317 Middle Settlement Rd., New Hartford, NY 13413

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve the application of the Special Metals Corporation, a metal Alloy production plant.  The State Facility Permit allows the operation of Emission units 1-ACID1, 1-BOIL1, 1-FCE01, 1-GRIND, 1-INCIN, 1-OVEN1, 1-RMIX1, 1-SAW01 which includes acid etching and cleaning of alloys, combustion processes, furnaces for melting and refining metal alloys, grinders to remove surface scale from metal billets, an incinerator for confidential office papers, ovens to pre-heat and bake refractory for furnaces, refractory mortar mixers, and saws to cut metal alloy billets.   Emissions from these units Include: Particulates & PM-10. Nox, SO2, CO, VOC and HAPS.

The Draft Permit with conditions is available for review in the Region 6 NYSDEC office in Utica, New York.

The applicant proposes to fill a federally regulated wetland area approximately 115' long x 30' wide x 5' deep adjacent to residence for quality of life purposes and future garage location and an additional area 25' wide x 50' long adjacent to and beneath an existing shop subject to moisture problems.  The site is located approximately 6 miles North of the Village of Harrisville, 1000' East of State Route 812 on the East side of Ore-Bed Road.