ENB Region 3 Completed Applications 10/05/2005

The applicant requests the modification of an existing Mined Land permit to expand the"life of Mine" from 47.3 acres to 66.5 acres, on a total site of 88 +/- acres. In addition it is proposed to modify (lower) final floor elevations in portions of the existing mine. No changes in existing procedures in the extraction of mineral (shale, limestone and gneiss), material  processing and transport is proposed. The location is northwest of Clove Roadin the Salisbury Mills section of the Town.

       The Town of Crawford has applied for a Water Supply Permit (WSA #10,830) to take water from the Finneran Lane Well at a pumping rate of up to 100 gallons per minute (gpm) to supplement the Town's three approved water supply wells.  The Finneran Lane Well is approximately 68 ft. deep and takes water from a 20' to 40' thick shallow gravel aquifer.  The Town conducted of 5-day aquifer test and an 8-hour step drawdown test to determine the safe yield of this well.  The well is located on Town property off Finneran Lane in the hamlet of Pine Bush, Town of Crawford, Orange County, NY.

          The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received an application to re-issue/re-new  the following pre-existing 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 with updated regulatory requirements and maintaining current effluent limitations and monitoring and reporting requirements.  This permit involves the surface discharge through a septic tank and 2 stage sand filtration system of up to 13,700 gallons per day of treated sanitary waste to the Sheldrake Stream.

    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 0978

The applicant proposes to utilize new equipment, a hydraulic rock hammer and a drop ball, at an existing 4.9 acre bluestone and shale mine on a 10.7-acre site over the five year permit term.  The proposed rock hammer will be used to fracture an existing bedrock ledge at the mine to facilitate material removal. The proposed drop ball will be used to reduce the size of excavated rock.  The currently permitted surface mine is anticipated to remove 100,000 cubic yards of material from the site at the rate of several thousand cubic yards per year. Proposed final reclamation will return the mine site to open space. No other changes in mine operation or reclamation are proposed; no further modification to the existing permit for operation of this facility is proposed. The mine is located on the east side of Quarry Road, approximately 1,000 feet east of the intersection with Lapla Road in the Town of Marbletown, Ulster County.