ENB Region 4 Completed Applications 09/14/2005

The applicant proposes to establish Claverack Water District 1 (WSA 10,689) and the development of a new community water system for the Town of Claverack.  The project will include construction of a booster pump station which will take an average of 90,300 GPD of water from the Town of Greenport water system and provide water to the residents of Claverack via a 200,000 gallon elevated storage tank and approximately 28,000 linear feet of 6, 8 and 12-inch water main.  The project will also require an Article 24 permit due to temporary disturbances to the Adjacent Area of New York State Freshwater Wetland HS-9 during the installation of water mains.  The project is located in the Town of Claverack, Columbia County.

The applicant proposes a new discharge of 4,500 gallons per day of untreated brine wastewater, to the Claverack Creek, from a new water softener unit, at the applicants facility to be located on Webb Road, in the Town of Claverack, Columbia County.  The applicant proposes to operate a water softener unit to treat a new water supply for the Town of Claverack Water District No. 1.  The Department has made a tentative determination to issue a permit for a State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit under Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law.  This tentative determination indicates that the discharge regulated under this statute is considered to satisfy regulatory standards for permit issuance, based on information available to the Department at this time.  As a tentative determination, the Department seeks comments on the proposed regulated activity prior to making a final decision on permit issuance.  As such, this tentative determination does not signify department approval for, or endorsement of the activity for which a permit is sought or for the overall proposed project.  A draft permit is available for inspection and comment at the Region 4 Office.   Refer to this application by the application number listed above and SPDES #NY-0268607.  In addition, this project will require an Article 15 permit for the disturbance to the bed and banks of the Claverack Creek due to the construction of an outfall pipe and rip-rap bank stabilization.

The applicant proposes to take a supply of water for use in the existing Town of Greenport system and to supply water to the Town of Claverack, Water District No. 1, by the installation of one new well (No. 4) in the Town of Greenport South Well Field to supplement existing wells.  The total permitted taking for the well field including this application (WSA 10,757) will remain at 1240 GPM.  The project is located just west of NY State Rt 9, in the Town of Greenport, Columbia County.

The applicant proposes to place stone rip rap along approximately 200 feet of eroded stream bank on the East Branch Cold Spring Creek for stabilization.  The project is locatd on the east side of State Route 8, south of the hamlet of Barbouville.

As part of the reconstruction of State Route 23A and storm water drainage improvement project  in the Village of Hunter, the applicant proposes to install approximately 335 feet of rip rap and concrete stabilization structures to repair slope failures along the Schoharie Creek. The project also includes the replacement of a 4 by 6 foot arched corrugated metal culvert with a 3.5 by 11 foot concrete box culvert and the replacement of approximately 125 feet of 5 foot pipe with an open rock lined swale on  a protected tributary of the Schoharie between Central and Glen Avenues and the installation of a new 5 foot  round culvert  under Route 23A from Botti Drive to the Schoharie Creek. Additional work not requiring Stream Protection Permits include the installation of a storm water outfall and bank stabilization on Mad Brook.

The applicant proposes to install three approx. 5,000 square foot potholes as part of an Wildlife Habitat Improvement Project in Freshwater Wetland # SY-12.

As a result of design modifications at the Recycled Newsprint Facility the permittee is proposing to modify the existing Air State Facility permit.  The modifications include; 1) source reduction of VOC emissions through use of low-VOC chemicals; 2) reduced emissions of non-criteria pollutants; 3) elimination of the 213-foot stack as result of reducing non-criteria pollutants; 4) a modification of on-site truck operations due to a reduction in size of the receiving and shipping warehouses.  The Department has determined the proposed modifications will result in less impacts.  The facility is located off Riverside Avenue in the Port of Rensselaer.   

The Applicant is proposing to modify and renew an existing Mining Permit.  The modification is for the addition of 1.5 acres of land to the previously approved 57-acre Life of Mine by mining within the 25-foot setback area along the northern and eastern boundaries of the mine site.  The mine is located on Farmers Inn Road, Town of Hoosick, Rensselaer County, NY.

The applicant proposes to add 59 acres to an existing 61 acre life of mine, for a total mining area of 120.2 acres.  The site is located on Sheer Road in the Town of Sand Lake, Rensselaer County.