ENB Region 7 Completed Applications 07/28/2004

Permittee proposes to modify the existing mining permit to include mining below the water table and reclaim approx. 4.6 acres of the mine as open water habitat.  The remaining 9.67 acres of the 14.27 acre life-of-mine area will be re-vegetated with native plant materials.  The proposed plan is available for review in the Syracuse Office.

To relocate approximately 1100 linear feet of Tributary 65 of Cayuga Lake for the purpose of developing a 7 lot residential subdivision.  Project is located on Bush Lane, approximately 1750' east of North Triphammer Road.

The applicant, Ithaca Alpha House Center, Inc. (dba Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services) proposes the operation of a facility at the site of the former Ithaca Alpha House which burned in    2003.  The new facility proposes to use the existing previously approved and permitted septic tank and sand filter system with a design flow of 5,250 gallons per day for sanitary wastewater.  The applicant also proposes the construction of a new system consisting of a septic tank and leach bed to handle the laundry wastewater with a design discharge of 1,000 gallons per day to groundwater.

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.  The 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.  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.  

Refer to this application by application number listed above and SPDES number, NY 007 8671.