ENB Region 6 Completed Applications 07/28/2004

The applicant proposes to operate a new topsoil mining operation on a 16.5 acre parcel owned by the applicant. The life of mine boundary will be 11 acres with 6 acres affected during the initial 5 year permit term. A portable screener will be used to process material. The project is located between the Barge Canal and Mohawk River west of Moss Road. Moss Road will be used to access the mine.

The applicant proposes armouring approximately 470 linear feet of stream bank upstream of the Moyer Road bridge over Otsquago Creek. Both the north and south banks of the stream will be armored. The bridge abutment on the north side of the stream will be armored to prevent undermining.A stone wing deflector will be constructed upstream of the bridge to futher protect the northern abutment. In addition to the heavey stone fill willows will be planted on the southern stream bank, This project is a cooperative effort between New York Department of Transpertation, Town of Stark, and Herkimer County Soil and Water Conservation District.

Construct a boathouse extension to the existing 31' x 21' single slip boathouse with the extension to be 8' long x 21' wide and supported on pipes driven into the river bottom, plus rebuild the pipe supported docks around the boathouse and increase the width of the docks from 5' to a new width of 6' to allow wheelchair

access to the dock and boathouse structure located in FWW  TP-18, a 51 acre Class II wetland in the St. Lawrence River.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve this application for a new permit for the Park to replace various existing sewage treatment systems consisting of septic tanks and leach fields due to age and potential failure. The Park is proposing to upgrade the facilities and have limited expansion. Three old septic tank and leach field systems will be completely replaced with new septic tanks, lift stations, dosing stations and new absorption fields (outfall 002 @ 2560 gpd, outfall 003 @ 3200 gpd and outfall 008 @ 3855 gpd ). A new sanitary sand filter system will replace an old absorption field (004) and will include lift stations, dosing stations, new septic tanks, a sand filter and UV disinfection at a discharge rate of 11,040 gpd.

The project includes installation of a new outfall pipe in the St. Lawrence River. Pipe will be part of the new sand filter proposed. The pipe will be ductile iron approximately 40 to 50 feet long and 4 inches in diameter. The pipe will outfall in the river at a depth of 5 feet of water.

The project will also include reconstruction of the RV trailer dumping station in the same location as the existing and will be expanded from two to three bays, in order to comply with NYS DOH requirements for the number of bays per campsites. A DEC designated wetland area (MI-2) is located within 100 feet of the proposed work.

The draft SPDES permit and other permit applications are available for review in the Region 6 NYS DEC office in Watertown, New York.