ENB Region 9 Completed Applications 05/19/2004

The applicant proposes to discharge 1,000 gallons per day of untreated process and sanitary wastewater to groundwater from a proposed facility to be located on New York State Route 19, approximately 1500 feet south of the Town Line Road in the Town of Belfast. The applicant proposes to operate a laundromat.  The Department has made a tentative determination to issue a permit for a State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit under Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law. This tentative determination indicates that the discharge regulated under this statute is considered to satisfy regulatory standards for permit issuance, based on information available to the Department at this time. The Department seeks comments on the proposed regulated activity prior to making a final decision on permit issuance. As such, this tentative determination does not signify Department approval for or endorsement of the activity for which a permit is sought or for the overall proposed project. In commenting, please refer to this application by application number listed above and SPDES number, NY0269441.

The applicant proposes to control vegetation by the use of herbicides along various State Routes  in Allegany County.  Parts of the roadside areas are within the regulated 100-foot wide adjacent areas of several state freshwater wetlands.  This vegetation management is proposed near road safety-related appurtenances, such as road signs, delineators and guiderails that are located along tops of embankments and are beyond the control and personnel safety capability of  mowing machines.   The application of herbicides will be conducted by New York State Department of Transportation employees that haven been certified as pesticide applicators by NYSDEC.

The Department has prepared a SPDES draft permit modification (NY 0000973), which would provide twenty (20) stormwater outfalls from the West Valley Demonstration Project at 10282 Rock Springs Road. A similar draft permit has been prepared for issuance to New York State Energy Research and Development Authority for stormwater discharges (please see the other concurrently running public notice). The US Department of Energy and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority have requested that separate permits be issued to each agency for stormwater discharges. This draft permit modification also removes outfall 01A, which was never constructed, from the existing permit. In addition, some sampling/monitoring requirements for the process waste water outfall have been changed in the draft permit modification based upon the collection and analysis of data at the facility that was required in the existing permit. The stormwater outfalls discharge to: tributary (unnamed) of Erdman Brook, Class D, and Erdman Brook, Class D; tributary (unnnamed) to Franks Creek, Class C and wetland to Franks Creek, Class C; wetland tributary to Quarry Creek, Class C; and tributary (unnamed) to Buttermilk Creek. The draft permit requires a twice yearly sampling of stormwater runoff from certain specified rainfall events. The permit also contains a schedule that requires the permittee to prepare and submit a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan. The draft permit, fact sheets and materials submitted in support of the application are available for review and comment in both the regional office listed in this notice and the Albany office at 625 Broadway.

The Department has prepared a draft permit (NY 0269271), which regulates the discharge of stormwater from the NYS Licensed Disposal Area at 10282 Rock Springs Road. The permit would be issued to New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. A draft permit modification, adding stormwater outfalls, has also been prepared for the adjacent US Department of Energy - West Valley Demonstration Project (please see the other concurrently running public notice). The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the US Department of Energy have requested that separate permits be issued to each agency for control of stormwater. Six outfalls, for stormwater are included in this draft permit, which discharge to the listed water courses: WO1, tributary (unnamed) to Erdman Brook, Class D; WO2, Erdman Brook, Class D; WO3 and WO4, tributary (unnamed) to Franks Creek, Class C; WO5, wetland tributary to Franks Creek, Class C; and WO6, tributary (unnamed) to Erdman Brook, Class D. The draft permit requires a twice yearly sampling of stormwater runoff from certain specified rainfall events. Sampling/monitoring requirements in the draft permit are based on review of the data provided in the SPDES application. The permit also contains a schedule that requires the permittee to prepare and submit a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan. The draft permit, fact sheets and submitted application materials are available for review and comment in both the regional office listed in this notice and the Albany office at 625 Broadway.