ENB Region 5 Completed Applications 03/17/2004

The applicant proposes to expand by 6.6 acres, an existing sand and gravel pit from a currently approved 4.85 acre Life of Mine Area to a 11.45 acre Total Life of Mine Area on a 57.3 acre parcel of land owned by the Town of Chazy.  The applicant proposes to utilize a screening operation onsite.  No washing of the gravel or other treatment is proposed.  Gravel will be trucked from the mine to Big Hill Road via an existing haul road.  The reclamation objective is grass plantings and eventual reversion to natural forest.  The mine is located about 450 feet north of Big Hill Road, approximately 1500 feet north of the Big Hill Road - NY Rt. 11 Intersection.

The proposed project involves the taking of up to 250,000 gallons per day of potable water to supply the Pleasant Ridge Water District, located west of I-87, south of the Saranac River and North of Irish Settlemnt Road.  The water supply source will be from the Town of Plattsburgh's existing Morrisonville Well source.  Construction and installation of the new distribution system will involve a small portion of a New York State regulated wetland.

The Applicant proposes a natural minerals surface mine totaling approximately 42 acres, involving two separate pit locations wholly within a contiguous 92.78 acre parcel owned by the applicant. The two sites had previously been mined in low, sub-regulatory quantities over 40 years, throughout approximately 13.5 acres. These two existing mined areas will be encompassed by the proposed new mine, and will be now subject to regulatory mining and reclamation standards. The mine site is located on the north side of Hogsback Road & Windy Hill Road, approximately 0.81 miles east of its intersection with Clarks Mills Road.