ENB Region 8 Completed Applications 08/20/2003

The applicant has proposed to install a Jet Air aerobic treatment unit for sanitary waste. The proposed Jet Air unit will discharge through a perforated pipe in a stone trench to the existing storm sewer which discharges to a tributary of Irondequoit Creek, a class C waterbody.  The proposed system will discharge 500 gallons per day.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has made a tentative determination to issue a State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit under Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law for this activity.  As a tentative determination, the Department seeks comments on the proposed regulated activity prior to making a final decision on permit issuance.  A draft permit is available for review at the NYSDEC Region 8 office.

The applicant proposes to expand the currently permitted sand and gravel mining operation at the Willow Bend Farm property on Port Gibson Road in the Town of Manchester by adding approximately 10.45 acres to the current 3.96 acre life of mine area, increasing the extraction rate of minerals from 5,000 to 10,000 cubic yards per year using mechanical equipment standard for mining operations, and extending the operational life of the mine to 2012. No processing of mined materials is proposed, and there are no other changes to the operation of this facility.  Final reclamation will restore the site to agricultural use.  Upland reclamation will include the replacement of stockpiled topsoil, and reseeding with an approved USDA SCS seed mixture, and will restore the site to agricultural use.  Application materials are available for public review and comment at the Regional Office of NYS DEC.

A complete application has been received in the NYSDEC Region 8 office from Yaws Environmental Process Control, Inc.  for application of anaerobically digested municipal sewage sludge to farm land located on the Bruce Austic farm.  The Bruce Austic farm is located on the northeast corner of West Blaine Road and Log City Road in the Town of Romulus.  The municipal sewage sludge will be landspread over 79 acres of the Bruce Austic farm.

The application materials, as prepared by a licensed engineer, satisfactorily demonstrate that the regulatory requirements of the Department's Part 360 Solid Waste Management Facility regulations will be met in full.  The landspreading site meets all the set back requirements for residences, potable water wells, property lines and drainage ditches. The sludge will be applied by either subsurface injection (approximately 6 inches below the surface) or application on the surface and plowing under within 24 hours, therefore there should be no impact to surface or ground water and odor should be minimal.  In addition, sludge will not be applied during rainfall or when the ground is snow covered, frozen or saturated.  Soil and sludge analysis will be conducted periodically to ensure that regulatory thresholds are not exceeded.  In addition, an annual report will be reviewed by the Department.

The applicant proposes to expand the currently permitted mining operation by adding approximately 35 acres to the currently permitted 3.8 acre surface sand and gravel mine on  County Route 22 in the Town of Cameron.  Additionally, the modification includes on-site processing and expanded hours of operation.  No increase in traffic from the site is proposed.  No other changes are proposed to the operation of the mine.  Excavation will be done by mechanical equipment, standard for sand and gravel mining operations. Mining is proposed to remove approximately 900,000 tons of aggregate sand and gravel over the operational life of the mine.  Material will be stockpiled as unprocessed “run-of-bank”, or processed with a portable crusher.  Maximum processing rates for the crushing operations will not exceed 150 tons-per-hour (TPH).  Final reclamation will restore the site to undeveloped land/open space.   Reclamation will include the replacement of stockpiled topsoil, and re-seeding with an approved USDA SCS seed mixture. Application materials are available for public review and comment at the Regional Office of NYS DEC.