ENB Region 3 Completed Applications 09/10/2003

The applicant, as lessee, for property owned by the City of Beacon proposes to construct a floating, recreational wading pool on the Hudson River on the north side of Riverfront Park.  The pool will be 20 feet in diameter, attached to the shoreline with two 4 foot wide gangways and anchored with four 6 foot by 6 foot by one foot concrete blocks.  The pool is intended as an experimental prototype and will include testing of various types of floor materials for assessment in the design and development of a larger floating swimming pool facility.  The applicant proposes to hand remove existing water chestnut vegetation below the pool location.  The floor of the prototype pool will float a maximum of one foot below the water surface.  The pool structure will be removed at the end of the recreational season.

The Applicant proposes to fill approximately 600 square feet of Freshwater Wetland PV-3 (Class II) AKA "Traver Marsh," in widening a farm road in conjunction with the subdivision of 118 acres into 28 building lots.  A detailed stormwater pollution prevention plan has been prepared.  The location is on the west side of Freedom Road just north of the Town line with LaGrange.

The applicant proposes to upgrade an existing driveway crossing approximately 200 feet of Freshwater Wetland #KE-28 (Class: II) for sale as a 19 +/- acre building lot.  The location is on the west side of Route 9G approximately 0.3 miles north of Route 308.

The applicant proposes to construct a portion of a new 11,250 square foot maintenance garage within the 100-foot adjacent area of State-designated Freshwater Wetland GR-4 (Class II).  The site is located at the end of Elm Street within the existing Village DPW complex.  In addition to the new garage, a new stormwater quality basin measuring about 30 feet wide by 70 feet long would be constructed, and the concrete foundation of a former DPW garage measuring about 35 feet wide by 65 feet long would be removed. Existing gravel areas within the regulated area will be planted with grasses and shrubs.

The applicant proposes to replace the existing bridge over the Delaware River between Barryville, NY and Shohola, PA.  The existing 34-foot wide, three span bridge will be replaced with a 52-foot wide six span bridge built immediately north of the existing bridge.  The project will involve the temporary filling of approximately 0.92 acre of the Delaware River for construction of temporary causeways, and approximately 0.08 acre of federally regulated wetlands.  Permanent impacts include the filling of approximately 0.57 acre of the Delaware River for pier construction and scour protection, as well as the filling of approximately 0.07 acres of federally-regulated wetlands.  Approximately 0.10 acres of wetlands will be created on-site to mitigate wetland losses.  The project also involves the construction of a new pedestrian access to the Delaware River from River Road on the New York side.

      The Town of North Castle, Water District #4, has applied for a Water Supply permit (WSA# TBA) to increase the pumping rate from two of its existing, approved wells, known as Business Park Wells #1 and #2 .  The current approved rate for these wells is 250 gallons per minute (gpm) for each well and the Town has applied to increase that to a new rate of 400 gpm each but not to be pumped simultaneously at this rate.   This would increase the total authorized taking for the Town's Water District #4 to a new total of 1,030,650 gallons per day (equal to 715 gpm) from a total of six wells, which also includes the District's School Street Wells #1 & 2 and Whippoorwill Wells # 4 & 5.  

       The Business Park wells are located on the former IBM property in the southwest quadrant of the intersection of I-684 and Route 22, in the Hamlet of Armonk, Town of North Castle, Westchester County, NY.