ENB Region 6 Completed Applications 11/03/2004

The applicant proposes to add 5 acres to a permitted 16 acre sand and gravel mine on a 161.5 acre parcel owned by Bradley Lyndaker, 7713 Wagner Road, Lowville, New York 13367.  The site is located east of Wagner Road, 500' south of Tillman Road, approximately 1 mile east of the hamlet of New Breman.

The applicant proposes to install a 36" diameter CMP Culvert with a concrete box drop inlet water level control structure through the road base of the Erie Canal Road at the Chase Lake outlet.  An existing 60" culvert installed in the roadway in 2003 was found to be in sound condition and will act as a secondary spillway.  The project is designed to ensure highway integrity and for maintainance of traditional water levels in Chase Lake. The site is located approximately 4.5 miles south of Crystal Dale, 9 miles southeast of the Village of Lowville.

This Department has received a request to modify a permit and has drafted an Article 19

(Air Pollution Control) of the Environmental Conservation Law, an Air State Facility Permit, at the facility located at Utica Cutlery Company, 820 Noyes St., Utica, NY 13501.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve the application of the Utivca Cutlery Company, a producer of metal cutlery and pocket knives.  The modification  to the State Facility Permit allows the removal of operations of emission units U-000J and U-000K, and the continues operation of Emission unit U-000P, which includes the converored degreasing of stainless steal flatware and metal and plastic parts for pocket knives in a closed loop system .  The facility has capped out of Title V Permitting requirements by tracking and restricting it's emissions of Hazardous Air Pollutants below individual emissions of 10 tons per year and cumulative emissions of 25 tons. The draft permit with conditions is available in the Region 6 NYS DEC offices in Watertown and Utica, New York.

The applicant proposes to operate a sand & gravel mine within a 23.9 acre life of mine boundary.  During the first 5-year permit term the area to be affected will be 9.8 acres. The project will include on-site processing of mineral products by a portable screening and crushing plant.

The mine is part of a 111.5 acre parcel owned by Marone Acee, P.O. Box 1633, Vernon, N.Y. 13476 and is located approximately 3 miles south of the Village of Vernon at the intersection of Burns Road and Hunt Road in the Town of Vernon.

The applicant proposes to develop and operate a 5 acre life of mine, surface sand mine on a 60.2 acre parcel owned by Allen J.Tower, 2880 Main Street Hopkinton, New York 12965.  The site is located  300' south of Port Kent Road, 2,300' easterly of Sand Street, approximately 1 mile east of Nicholville. Sand will be used primarily for winter road sanding and Town road maintainance.  Excavation will be done with a front end loader and transported by Town dump trucks.  Extraction of approximately 3,000-4,000 tons per year over a 15 year period is anticipated.  Final reclamation will be to an open-space condition.  This Notice is a joint notice between the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Adirondack Park Agency (APA).  A Commercial Sand and Gravel Extraction Permit - a Class B Regional Project pursuant to Section 810(2)(c)(12) of the Adirondack Park Agency Act is required.  The APA contact is Mr. Michael P. Hannon, P.O. Box 99, Route 86, Raybrook, New York 12977, phone number (518) 891-4050.   

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve this State Pollution Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit application to discharge up to 2500 gallons per day of treated sanitary waste water to the St. Lawrence River. The discharge is from an upgraded onsite treatment system which serves the concession stand and bath house at the Massena Town Beach in the Town of Massena, St. Lawrence County.