ENB Region 6 Completed Applications 12/31/2003

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve an application for a modification of an existing SPDES permit (NY0001856) to discharge approximately 2.5 MGD of treated process wastewater to a tributary of the Oswegatchie River from an existing outfall (001) at the permittee's paper mill located in the Hamlet of Newton Falls in St. Lawrence County.  The modification also includes the discharge of approximately 30,000 GPD of treated sanitary wastewater and 1.2 MGD of cooling water from two other existing outfalls (002 & 003) discharging to the Oswegatchie River.  The permittee initially plans on producing 215 tons per day of paper at the site.  The draft permit with conditions is available in the Region 6 NYSDEC office in Watertown, New York.

The applicant proposes to renew an expired mining permit for the Swartz #1 sand pit, a 7.5 acre mine located on a 322.4 acre parcel owned by the applicant.  The site is located 2000' east of VanKennen Road, 6000' southeast of the hamlet of Plumbrook.  While there is no current proposal to expand the present mine boundary, the applicant, through improved surveying, requests ratification that the actual mine acreage is 13 acres.

The applicant proposes to expand an existing 24.3 acre topsoil mine (Norfolk Topsoil Mine) by 12.2 acres, for a new life of mine of 36.5.  The mine is on a 123.8 acre parcel owned by the applicant.  The site is located south of CR47, approximately 1.5 miles east of the intersection of CR47 and State Route 56, approximately 1.5 miles southeast of Norfolk.  Concurrent site reclamation is proposed with open field habitat reestablished.