ENB Region 3 Completed Applications 10/12/2005

The applicant proposes to disturb approximately 0.3 acre of the adjacent area of NYS Freshwater Wetland PB-11, Class 3, for the purpose of constructing a driveway and well for a single family dwelling located outside the adjacent area and wetland.  The proposal includes approximately 79 cubic yards of fill within the adjacent area.

      The City of Middletown has as applied for a Water Supply permit (WSA# 10,755) to develop a new well, known as the Shawangunk Reservoir Well,  to be pumped at a rate of 80 gallons per minute (gpm), to supplement the City's existing reservoir system during peak summer demands.  The 500 foot deep bedrock well has a steel casing from just above ground level down 80 feet and is grouted into bedrock, to prevent surface water from draining into the well.  The City submitted the results of a 72-hour pumptest demonstrating that the well can safely produce 80 gpm.  During the pumptest, the City also tested the discharge water for changes in turbidity and water temperature, and based on the results determined that there was no measurable inflow of reservoir water or other surface water into the aquifer.  

       The well is located immediately adjacent to the northwest shore of the City's Shawangunk Lake Reservoir about 600 feet from the dam forming the City's Highland Lake Reservoir in the Town of Wallkill, Orange County, NY.

    The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has received an application to re-issue/re-new  the following pre-existing Major Municipal State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (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 of up to 450,000 gallons per day of treated sanitary waste to the Quaker Creek from the Village of Florida Wastewater Treatment Plant.

    Additional information on this permit may be requested from or inspected at the NYSDEC Central Office in Albany or at the NYSDEC Region 3 offices located in New Paltz.  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 002 0273

The applicant proposes to dredge 4400 cubic yards of material from Hillden Pond (Class B), a 0.99 acre pond within Freshwater Wetland K-17 (Class II) for recreational and aesthetic purposes, and dispose of the dredge spoils in two upland areas on the 24+ acre site. Activities proposed within the Freshwater Wetland include construction of a temporary asphalt ramp to allow equipment access to the pond and hydraulically dredging the pond. The total area of temporary disturbance to the wetland is approximately 1 acre. The project is located on the west side of Sarles Street, south of Westwood Drive in the Town of New Castle, Westchester County.