ENB Region 2 Completed Applications 11/17/2004

The Applicant proposes to construct an intermodal facility at Port Ivory, a former Proctor and Gamble manufacturing facility located in the northwest corner of Staten Island. The intermodal facility will provide for the transfer of shipping containers to and from rail cars for distribution to other states in support of the container terminal operations at Port Authority's Howland Hook Marine Terminal.

The complete plans for the site include three construction phases. Phase 1A at the Port Ivory Intermodal Facility (PIIF) will include:

Phase 1A is the only phase being considered for construction at this time, and is therefore the only Phase for which the Department has received an application and completed its review. The Applicant will make a decision as to whether to proceed with Phase 1B and Phase 2 after the completion of Phase 1A and a determination that operations at the PIIF warrant expansion of the facility. Subsequent phases require separate application to the Department for review and approval.

Phase 1A will result in wetland impacts for which the Applicant has proposed appropriate mitigation.

The applicant proposes to construct  4  attached one-family housed within the adjacent area of NYSDEC regulated Class 1 Freshwater Wetland NA-7 (South Beach). A five foot wide planting strip will be established between the development and the wetland to reduce impacts. The project site is located at the intersection of Wentworth and Quincy Avenues, Staten Island Block 3410, Lots 48 & 51. This project site is also located within the Staten Island Mid-Island Bluebelt Moratorium area which prevents issuance of a NYSDEC permit for the proposed project until conclusion of the moratorium.