ENB Region 4 Completed Applications 05/19/2004

The Town of Colonie proposes to operate a Regulated Medical Waste Storage and Transfer facility to handle a quarterly maximum of 750 pounds of medical waste materials accepted at the Colonie Landfill. The medical waste is either accepted from residents, accepted from the Town of Colonie Emergency Medical Services (EMS) or separated from other solid wastes and recyclable materials received by the landfill. The waste will be stored in a secure medical waste storage building until removed from the facility by a Department permitted medical waste transporter.

The Town of Bovina is developing a wastewater treatment and collection system that will serve the Hamlet of Bovina Center in accordance with Section 122 of the New York City Watershed Memorandum of Agreement.The project area for the collection system extends generally from the County Route 6 Bridge at the Little Delaware River, west of Bramley Mountain Road to Coulter Brook Road at the east end of the Hamlet. The collection system, consisting of gravity sewers, force mains and manholes as necessary, is located primarily within the roadways of Delaware County and the Town of Bovina.The treatment Facility will consist of  a large multi chambered septic tank and a leachfield system The facility  has a design flow of 25,000 gallons daily average flow.

Concurrently with the construction of the sanitary collection system, Delaware County DPW will undertake to improve the stormwater management system in the same area. The stormwater collection system will include the installation of a concrete swale along the pavement edge to channel drainage into new catch basins.The drainage will be piped to 13 outfalls near Brush Brook. A drainage swale will be installed uphill of the central portion of the hamlet. Intercepted drainage will be piped directly to an outfall near Brush Brook.  The road surfaces will be completely rebuilt to improve drainage and drivability. Sidewalks will be replaced and/or installed.

These  two projects are being combined to reduce the duration of construction activity and avoid duplication of effort.

The applicant proposes to modify and renew an existing permit for an unconsolidated sand and gravel mine.  The modification consists of the addition of 11 acres to the life of mine, an increase of affected acreage during this permit term from 15 acres to 20 acres, and the addition of a closed loop system wash plant to wash sand products.  The site is located on County Route 26, opposite and  north and east of Fork Shop Road.