ENB Region 8 Completed Applications 02/18/2004

The applicant proposes to remove a debris and sediment blockage within the channel of an unnamed tributary of Trap Brook to alleviate flooding problems in the Hook Road, Martz Road, and County Road 8 area of the Town of Farmington.  Work involves removal of materials and upland disposal or transport of materials to town landfill or placement at an adjacent upland site.  Some re-establishment of stream channel/channel gradient will be conducted as part of the project.  Work is within a Class C stream and 100 ft. adjacent area of NYS Freshwater Wetland MC-7 (II).   

The Department has received an application for Bramwell Park Subdivision located on the west side of Strong Road in the Town of Victor.  This project is a 16 lot subdivision with some development proposed in the regulated 100 foot adjacent area of NYS Freshwater Wetland VT-1.  This project also includes the extension of two 24 inch culverts to 27 inches for a sewer line crossing of an un-named tributary of Irondequoit Creek to serve the proposed subdivision.  The Department has made a tentative determination to approve this application but is seeking comments prior to making a final decision on permit issuance.

The applicant, in conjunction with the US F&W "Partners for Fish & Wildlife", proposes to enhance a previously built wetland restoration project from 1991  by  performing maintainence on the berm & creating potholes connected by level ditching. The project is located at the applicant's property located at 5087 Miller Rd. in the Town of Butler, Wayne County and is in the Class II , state regulated wetland, WO-28.

The application is available for review at the Region 8 office located at 6274 East Avon - Lima Rd., Avon, NY.

The applicants proposes to develop a new 11.8 acre surface sand and gravel mine at their property on the east side of Layton Street Road, 900 feet south of Debusse Road in the Town of Lyons, Wayne County.  The mine will operate as a traditional surface extraction of outwash sand and gravels.  Mining is not proposed for below the local water table.  Excavation will be done by mechanical equipment, standard for sand and gravel mining operations and materials will be processed with a portable screen having a maximum capacity of 125 tons-per-hour.  Final reclamation will restore the site to agricultural use and will include the replacement of stockpiled subsoil and topsoil, and reseeding with an approved USDA SCS seed mixture.  The reviewed life-of-mine area is 11.8 (LOM) acres.