ENB Region 6 Completed Applications 02/11/2004

The applicant proposes to mine 3.9 acres of clay, silt and gravel during a five year permit term, from a proposed 25.6 acre life of mine, located on a 79.9 acre parcel owned by the applicant, approximately one mile East of the Village of Alexandria Bay, South of Swan Hallow Road, approximately one half mile Southeast of the Swan Hallow Road and NYS Route 12 intersection.  On site processing may take place as needed.

This Department has received a request to issue a permit and has drafted an Article 19 (Air Pollution Control) of the Environmental Conservation Law, an Air State Facility Permit, at the facility located at Barrett Paving Pamelia Quarry, State Route 37, Pamelia, NY  13600.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve the application of the Barrett Paving Pamelia Quarry facility, a crushed stone and asphalt production facility. The State Facility Permit allows the operation of Emission units 1-PLANT, 2-STONE, and 3-SCREE, which includes asphalt production including waste oil as a fuel, crushing and screening of stone including temporary portable operations, diesel generator operation, and exempt and trivial sources.  The facility has capped out of Title V, and NOx RACT.  Permitting requirements by tracking and restricting its facility emissions of PM-10, NOx, and CO below 95 tons per year.  

The draft permit with conditions is available for review in the Region 6 NYSDEC office in Watertown, New York.

     The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received an application to re-issue the following EPA minor Private/Commercial/Institutional State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (P/C/I SPDES)permit. DEC has made a tentative determination to re-issue this permit for a five-year period, maintaining the current effluent limitations and monitoring and reporting requirements.  This permit involves the surface discharge of 3,000 gallons per day of treated sanitary waste to the Sauquoit Creek.

    Additional information including the current permit, renewal applications, and supporting documentation may be obtained from or inspected at the NYSDEC central office in Albany.  Substantive comments on the permit or requests for hearing or both must be submitted in writing to the contact person.

    SPDES Number: NY 002 9742

Burrows Trucking and Excavating proposes to expand the life of mine boundary of their sand and gravel pit from 15.0 acres to 35.3 acres.  The area to be affected during the 5-year permit term will increase from 9.0 acres to 15.0 acres.  The operation will include on-site minerals processing with portable equipment.  The expansion will not result in a significant increase in noise, visual or traffic impacts.  The sand and gravel pit is within a 47.9 acre parcel owned by the applicant and located approximately 200 feet south of Route 69 and 3700 feet west of the intersection of Rts. 69 and 291 in the Town of Whitestown.