ENB Region 6 Completed Applications 08/25/2004

Stabilize the shoreline area along the front of Alster Tower at Boldt Castle on Heart Island in the St. Lawrence River by removing the existing wall and backfill and installing 124 L.F. of interlocking sheetpiling with 300 C.Y. of new cobblestone backfill being placed behind the sheetpiling along with 59 C.Y. of crusher run stone.

Installation of a ten inch water main across Sandy Creek, South Sandy Creek, Taylor Brook and unnamed tributary of South Sandy Creek.  Project involves excavation of streambed and placement of up to 200 cubic yards of bedding material and concrete cap.

The applicant proposes to develop a single family residence in the adjacent area of regulated freshwater wetland TP-5, a 90 acre Class II emergent marsh.  The site is located on Wellesley Island, west of CR 191, 2.6 miles north of NYS Route 12, near the terminus of Lake of the Isles.  The site was, in the past, developed as a residential site and a restaurant.  There are currently no structures on the site.

The applicant, in cooperation with Ducks Unlimited,  proposes to install approximately 60' of PVC sheet pile  around the outlet culvert beneath County Route 65 (Ives Street Road), one mile south of the City of Watertown.  The project would maintain spring water levels through the waterfowl nesting and rearing period.  The site is located in regulated freshwater wetland W-2. a 339 acre Class I, predominately emergent marsh wetland.  The project would not increase levels over normal spring levels, but would enhance nesting success by maintaining water levels through the juvenille rearing period.  

The applicant proposes to construct a 300 foot long by 90 feet wide shallow pond in the adjacent area of New York State DEC regulated Freshwater Wetland SB-40. Freshwater Wetland SB-40 is a class II, 2,281 acre wetland. The purpose of the pond construction is to improve waterfowl habitat. The pond construction will create additional wetland habitat. The project is located on the south side of Jug Point Road .6 miles east of Fish Creek Station.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve this application for a permit to replace various existing sewage treatment systems consisting of septic tanks and leach fields due to age, potential failure, upgrading the facilities and limited expansion within the Park.

An approved new sanitary sand filter system will replace an old absorption field (004) and will include lift stations, dosing stations, new septic tank, sand filter and UV disinfection at a discharge rate of 10,000 gpd to the St. Lawrence River.

The permit was updated to reflect existing conditions by correcting the outfall names, the outfall numbers and the related flow noted on the old permit. The permit shows the deletion of two septic tank/leach field systems (010 and 011).

The draft SPDES permit is available for review in the Region 6 NYS DEC office in Watertown, New York.