ENB Region 4 Completed Applications 02/16/2005

The Greene County Industrial Development Agency proposes the development of a 73 acre  business park known as Kalkberg Commerce Park that would include approximately 750,000 square feet of retail office, commercial, light industrial, manufacturing, technology and warehouse distribution space.  Approximately 6.58 acres of federal jurisdictional wetlands and 2.09 acres of New York State regulated wetlands and adjacent area will be impacted to accomplish the project.  Wetland impacts will be mitigated on a 1:1 basis, which would create approximately 6.58 total acres of wetlands, and includes a significant habitat conservation component of 70+ acres.  The project is located on an 147-acre site, along the eastern side of US Route 9W at the New Baltimore and Coxsackie town line, Greene County.

The applicant proposes to dredge 2 areas totaling 1.4 acres to a depth of 10 feet within Clarke Pond/freshwater wetland RS-9 and upgrade the dam as part of a plan to improve the water quality in Otsego Lake.  Clarke Pond historically has acted as a  detention basin for a 10,000 acre drainage basin and in effect has protected Otsego Lake from a substantial loading of sediment and nutrients.  The dredging is intended to return the pond's capacity to act as a nutrient and sediment detention basin.  Modifications to the existing dam will provide additional capacity to handle the 100-year flood.  Dam repairs include refacing abutment walls, restoration of the low-level outlet, raising the wingwalls, and regrouting all joints. The project is located  on the east side of State Route 80, opposite Tiejin Road.