ENB Region 8 Completed Applications 03/31/2004

The City of Elmira proposes to construct the Link Road Connector between Grand Central Ave. and Lake St. in the City of Elmira and within a portion of the 100 foot adjacent area of the Class II  Freshwater Wetland, EL-1, to make improvements to the Flood Control structures in the area and to construct a multi use trail on the existing unimproved maintenance road within FWW EL-1.

The file is avalable for review in the Region 8 office located at 6274 Wast Avon - Lima Rd., Avon.

    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 24,000 gallons per day of treated sanitary waste to the Newtown 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 009 7004

The applicant proposes to develop approximately 92.3 acres for comercial/retail use on property located bewteen Holt Rd. and Rodge Rd. in the Town of Webster, Monroe County.  The project will involve placing fill in several federal wetlands and the relocation of approximately 1,700 lineal feet of a tributary to Mill Creek (O-100-3).  An additional 700 lineal feet of stream will be created by this project.

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

The applicant proposes a modification to the current mining permit for the Blades / Amidon sand and gravel mine.   The mine will continue to operate as a traditional surface extraction of sand and gravel.  Processing of material will be done on-site using a portable crusher and screen.  No wash plant operation is proposed.  The modification will provide for the construction of earthen berms to further isolate mining and processing areas, allow an additional 30 feet of excavation below the current mine floor, and will increase the number of daily truck trips from the mine to an allowable maximum of 160 loads per day.  The mine site is east of Co. Route 64, between C.R. 64 and Morton Hill Road. The current reviewed life-of-mine area is 30.3 acres.