ENB Region 9 Completed Applications 07/21/2004

The project involves the installation of erosion protection measures in approximately 3,000 linear feet of the Genesee River to protect the Belvidere Villa Homestead, a registered historic site. The project includes the realignment of approximately 1,000 linear feet of the river low-flow channel, to about 300 feet to the south of an eroding high bank with construction of a bench along the high bank; installation of 1325 feet of rock riprap along the north bank, including the toe of the bench and the mouth of a small tributary; the installation of three rock grad stabilizers in the river and one in the tributary; the installation of four bendway weirs and the installation of anchored tree revetments. A culverted driveway will also be constructed across the confluence of an oxbow (bayou) with the river to facilitate construction and future maintenance. The project site is upstream (south) of Allegany Couny Route 20, Gibson Hill Road.

    The applicant proposes an existing discharge of 60,000 gallons per day of treated (activated sludge secondary clarifier, tertiary sand filter and chlorination system) sanitary wastewater and water treatment plant backwash to Chautauqua Lake from the Chautauqua Heights Wastewater Treatment Plant.   The wastewater treatment plant was recently acquired from Chautauqua Lake Estates and will serve the newly created Chautauqua Heights Sewer District.  

    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. As a tentative determination, the Department seeks comments on the proposed regulated activity prior to making a final decision on permit issuance. 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 the SPDES number NY0269450.

The Department has prepared a draft permit (NY0269484) and made a tentative determination to approve the discharge of 1,500 gallons per day of treated sanitary waste water to the West Branch Cazenovia Creek which has a classification of B and a standard of B.  A copy of the application and the draft permit are available for review and comment at the regional office during normal business hours.

The Department has drafted and made a tentative determination to issue a modified SPDES Permit No. NY-0000906 for an existing discharge of stormwater runoff from eight outfalls into the Niagara River via Pikes Creek and City of Niagara Falls storm sewers.  The draft permit modification regulates several new outfalls.  Outfalls 003, 005, 007, 008, and 009 have been added in response to the permittee's July 9, 1992 and February 6, 1997 stormwater permit applications.  All of the water quality based effluent limits have been deleted from the draft permit modification.  A short term monitoring program required in the draft permit modification will provide a basis for determining whether additional permit limits are needed.  The permittee's plant is located at 5700 Niagara Falls Boulevard.  

The applicant proposes mining of sand and gravel with processing by a small portable crusher that has a capacity of less than 150 tons per hour, on 9.9 acres of land.  The anticipated life of mine is 10 years and the reclamation objective is agriculture.  The proposal is located north of NYS Route 19, approximately 3,900 feet west of the intersection of NYS Route 19 and Silver Lake Road.