ENB Region 3 Completed Applications 09/14/2005

The applicant proposes to reconstruct an existing roadway crossing within State-designated Freshwater Wetland HP-21 (Class I) and construct a new sanitary wastewater treatment plant with a treatment capacity of 66,100 gallons per day (GPD).  The project site is located on the west side of NYS Route 9G, approximately 0.6 mile north of the intersection with Mill Road.  The project would involve the disturbance of approximately 0.06 acre of wetlands for replacement of an existing 4-culvert crossing with a new single-span bridge approximately 40 feet long.  There will also be a total of about 0.06 acre of impact to federally regulated wetlands for construction of utilities and an emergency access road.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve this application for a SPDES permit to discharge an average volume of 66,100 GPD from the proposed wastewater treatment plant to Crum Elbow Creek [DEC Water Index No. H-124; Class A(T)]. The permittee will be required to maintain records and report data to verfiy compliance with the SPDES permit conditions and discharge limits.  A draft SPDES permit (SPDES No. NY-0078549) is available for review at the NYSDEC Region 3 office.   A stormwater pollution prevention plan has also been prepared for the site pursuant to the SPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Construction Activities (GP-02-01).

    The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received an application to re-issue/re-new the following pre-existing EPA minor Private/Commercial/Institutional State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (P/C/I SPDES) permit.  DEC has made a tentative determination to re-issue/re-new this pre-existing permit for a five year term maintaining current effluent limitations and monitoring and reporting requirements.  If issued, the permit will also be modified to incorporate relevant changes to applicable SPDES regulations (6 NYCRR 750) that have occurred since the previous renewal.  This permit involves the surface discharge through a septic tank and sand filter of up to 1,000 gallons per day of treated sanitary waste to Ananwana Brook.

    Additional information on this permit may be requested from or inspected at the NYSDEC Central Office in Albany.  Substantive comments must be submitted in writing to the contact person.  To be called substantive, 6 NYCRR Part 621.7 requires public comments "explain the basis of opposition and explain specific grounds..." for opposition.

    SPDES #:  NY 010 1141

Applicant proposes to construct a single family residence with privat well and subsurface sanitary disposal system on a 7.75 acre lot located on Mahoney Road between Gabriety Road and Peach Road.  All work associated with development of this lot must be done within the 100 foot adjacent area of Freshwater Wetland PO-16 ( Class II ).  No work is proposed in the wetland itself.

Applicant proposes to construct one single family residence with private well and subsurface sanitary disposal system on Lots 16 and 17 of the Deepwell Farms Subdivision.  The property is located on Deepwell Farms Road, north of Shady Lane, across from the Meadow Pond Elementary School.  All work associated with the development of these combined lots will be done within the 100 foot adjacent area of Freshwater Wetland D-36 ( Class II ).  The access driveway will cross a portion of the wetland itself.  A vegetation restoration of an area of previously filled wetland is proposed.  In addition, a sediment basin is proposed to reduce impacts associated with a road drainage pipe that discharges into an unnamed tributary ( Ct-10-P1111-2 ) of Scotts Reservoir.  Stone rip-rap will be placed at selected locations along this stream on the property in order to reduce further erosion.

This new State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit was drafted for the  Kensico Small Hydro Power Facility operated by the New York Power Authority (NYPA).  The facility has been in operation since 1983.  The subject application was submitted to NYSDEC on 03 January 2003 following an enforcement action at another similar small hydro facility operated by NYPA.  The permit authorizes the surface discharge of non-contact cooling water from this small elecrtical generation facility to the Kensico Aquaduct/Reservoir.  The permit includes monitoring requirements for total flow, oil and grease and temperature.

A draft permit is available for review at the NYSDEC central office in Albany.  SPDES Number NY 026 8178.