ENB Region 6 Completed Applications 09/03/2003

The applicant proposes an existing discharge of 6.1 million gallons per day of treated sanitary wastewater to the Mohawk River from a secondary treatment plant at the applicant’s facility located at 106 West Main Street Mohawk, New York.  The permit will be modified to include:

1) an outfall that has been used as a high water discharge point throughout the history of the Herkimer County Sewer District (HCSD) Wastewater Treatment Facility.  This outfall is now listed as Outfall 002;

2) another outfall that was designated as a treatment plant effluent discharge during high waters.  This outfall is now listed as Outfall 003.  According to a June 26, 2002 letter from the permittee, the second outfall could be used if normal power fails and emergency generator also fails.  As a result, any discharge from Outfall 003 is being categorized as a Type 1 Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) according to the DEC’s draft Compliance and Enforcement Response Guide (CERG).

    The department has made a tentative determination to issue a permit for a State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit under Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law.  This tentative determination indicates that a discharge regulated under this statute is considered to satisfy regulatory standards for permit issuance, based on information available to the Department at this time.  As a tentative determination, the Department seeks comments on the proposed regulated activity prior to making a final decision on permit issuance.  As such, this tentative determination does not signify department approval for or endorsement of the activity for which a permit is sought or for the overall proposed project.

Refer to this application by application number listed above and SPDES number, NY-0036528.

The applicant proposes to replace an existing culvert in Toothaker Creek with a 60' long x 63" x 87" CMP culvert and raise Fullerville Road 2' for a distance of 500' near the intersection of Fullerville Road and Kansas Road, approximately 2.5 miles northwest of the hamlet of Pitcairn.  The new roadway toe of slope encroaches upon regulated freshwater wetland H-24, a 30 acre Class II wooded and shrub wetland.