ENB Region 4 Completed Applications 10/12/2005

The applicant proposes to install heavy stone rip rap streambank protection along approximately 1,600 feet of the banks of the Westkill in the Town of Lexington. The banks of the Westkill, on the applicants property, have become badly eroded and unstable over the past several flooding events. Additional work to repair failing bridge abutments has previously been authorized under General Permit GP- 4-05-002.

The applicant proposes to scalp gravel bars over a 313 ft section in Browns Hollow Brook, between NYS Route 22 and the upstream culvert under Browns Hollow Road, and remove a debris jam within the stream.

Applicant proposes to construct a 192 residential apartment complex consisting of eight three-story, 24 unit, buildings, with associated grading, utilities and site work on a 26.44 acre parcel.  The project will cause unavoidable impacts of +/- 0.05 acres of Federal jurisdictional wetlands and  +/- 1.95 acres of New York State Freshwater Wetland S-115 adjacent area.  Wetland impacts are associated with the construction of a road crossing, stormwater management areas and parking.  The project is located on Campbell Rd, just norteast of Rotterdam Square, in the Town of Rotterdam, Schenectady County.