ENB Region 2 Completed Applications 01/28/2004

The applicant proposes to enlarge an existing frame building to accommodate a one family house including driveway, porch, garage, shed and possible future swimming pool within the adjacent area of NYSDEC regulated Class II  Freshwater Wetland AR-8 (Jack's Pond). The proposed house will be approximately 40 feet from the wetland boundary and the shed will be approximately 30 feet from the wetland boundary. A 10 foot wide deed restricted planted buffer is proposed between the wetland and the developed area. The project site is located at 106 Hillside Terrace, Staten Island, Block 5147 Lot 12.

The applicant proposes to construct a new two-story two-family house and garage within the adjacent area of NYSDEC regulated I Class Freshwater Wetland AR-12 (Arbutus Lake). The proposed house is approximately 40 feet from the wetland boundary. A row of densely planted black chokeberry, highbush blueberry and arrowwood is proposed between the wetland and the development. The project site is located at the corner of Dan Street and Amboy Road, Staten Island, Block 6324 - Lot 28.

The applicant proposes to construct a residential development consisting of 133 one or two-family houses. The development includes the following activities that require NYSDEC permits:

Construction of underground utilities, private roads, sidewalks, residential buildings and associated parking pads and yards, and implementation of stormwater management measures,   within tidal wetlands adjacent area associated with an unnamed tidal tributary to Lemon Creek , and within the adjacent area of NYSDEC regulated Class I Freshwater Wetland AR-17 (Wolfes Pond). Construction of residential buildings and associated parking pads and yards, and implementation of stormwater management measures within tidal wetlands adjacent area, and a portion of the Coastal Erosion Hazard Area, as identified on the Coastal Erosion Hazard Area Map for Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, Sheet 3 of 14, dated March 14, 1988), along Raritan Bay. Connection of underground utilities within a general utility corridor that extends from the proposed residential development, to the existing connections near the intersection of Purdy Place and Holton Avenue, and construction of an access road and sidewalk to the proposed residential development. The utility corridor and access road are within the 100-foot freshwater wetlands adjacent area associated with the channel carrying the discharge from Wolfe’s Pond located within the New York City-owned Wolfe’s Pond Park. An earlier version of this project was the subject of a November 1989 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) prepared with the City of New York acting as lead agency.  The New York City Department of Planning has reviewed the current project and has determined that it would not have any additional significant adverse environmental impacts not already addressed in the 1989 FEIS. The proposed project is located  at Seguine Point on Raritan Bay in Staten island, between the New York City-owned Wolfe’s Pond and Lemon Creek Parks, south of Purdy Place.

The applicant proposes to construct a 16 foot by 36 foot in-ground pool within the adjacent area of NYSDEC regulated Class I Freshwater Wetland AR-23 (Page Avenue). The proposed pool is located over 65 feet from the wetland boundary at the rear of an existing house at 64 Giegerich Avenue, Staten Island Block 7796 - Lots 31 & 33.