ENB Region 8 Completed Applications 08/18/2004

The applicant proposes to construct a single family residence on his property located at 127 Lakeshore Drive in the Town of Greece, Monroe County.  The house and lawn are partially located in the adjacent area of the Class I Freshwater Wetland, GR-17.

The application and file are available for review in the Region 8 office located at 6274 East Avon - Lima Rd., Avon.

The applicant proposes to perform work in approximately 2,926 lineal feet of the Class C section  of Allens Creek ( 0-108-P-113-3-8-5a) in order to improve flow and relieve upstream drainage problems.  The project is located between Calkins Rd. and Princess Dr. in the town of Henrietta, Monroe County, and consists of replacing the culvert under Queensway Rd.,  regrading and then reseeding the channel to increase flow capacity and to install gabion baskets along the west and east sides were the creek bends.  The Department is prepared to issue a Water Quality Certification for this project, as required by Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.

The application is available for review at the Region 8 Avon office located at 6274 East Avon - Lima Rd., Avon.

The applicant proposes an expansion of the current 58 acre Life-of-Mine (LOM) at the Syracuse Sand & Gravel Lake Road mine.  The modification would add 15.6 acres of reserves to the previously reviewed LOM area.  The mine will continue to operate as a traditional surface excavation of the Palmyra and Arkport gravelly loams, which are the predominate soil types on the site.  The current Mined Land Use Plan (MLUP) which describes mining and reclamation plans for the site remains essentially unchanged.  Final reclamation will restore the site to graded, stabilized and re-vegetated open land and a +/- 47.2 acre open water pond.  No changes to mining methods, hours of operation, rate of mining, truck traffic or final reclamation are proposed.  This facility has been subject to a previous environmental impact reviews in compliance with State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) regulations, and the determination has been reached that mining at this site is an allowable use which will not result in significant adverse environmental impacts.      

The applicant proposes to replace the existing Ridge Road (County Route 143) Bridge over Sodus Bay in the Town of Huron within wetland Freshwater Wetland  RO-29. The new bridge will be constructed on the present horizontal and vertical alignment, supported by a series of piles, similar to the existing structure.  A temporary causeway will be constructed immediately north of the  structure to serve as a platform from which to drive new piles and stage the construction of the sub and super structures and will restrict no more than 50% of the waterway opening. The new superstructure will also be timber with an asphalt wearing surface.  The proposed bridge will have an increase shoulder width to   enhance bicycle safety and provide a buffer between the curb and the travel way.

The Department has made a tentative determination to issue permits (listed above) for the construction of an armor stone revetement which is approximately 100 linear feet by 30 feet deep and 30 feet high including the placement of approximately 12,000 cubic yards of armor stone (75 cubic yards of which is estimated to be located below the mean high water line) to stop erosion on a segment of Lake Ontario bluff.  Stabilization of this section of bluff is part of a security upgrade required by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Order EA-03-086.  The file is available for review and comment at the NYSDEC Region 8 office.