ENB Region 7 Completed Applications 10/19/2005

The applicant proposes 220 linear feet of rock rip rap, between 1 and 2 cubic feet in size, along Dutch Hollow Brook to stabilize the streambank on the property of the Dutch Hollow Country Club, located in the Town of Owasco.

The State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit for this pharmaceutical facility in Chenango County has been modified in accordance with New York State’s Environmental Benefit Permit Strategy (EBPS).

-    Updated permit pages are issued, based on current Department guidance, format and nomenclature.

-    Permit pages are renumbered and reordered.

-    The Discharge Notification Act requirements were added to the permit.

-    Outfall 001 is now storm water only and will be covered under their storm water general permit #NYR00D056.

-    BOD, COD and TSS requirements at outfall 02A are revised based on July, 1998 - EPA pharmaceutical final effluent limitations guidelines and standards.

-    Action level for Mercury has been replaced with a limit.

-    Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) testing for outfall 002 is added because of the synergistic effects of Water Treatment Chemicals (WTC).

The USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service plans to assist the applicant, who is enrolled in the Wetland Reserve Program, to enhance or rehabilitate an existing wetland to benefit wetland wildlife, including waterfowl.  The proposed activity is to construct a berm, approximately 200 feet long by 1.8 feet high in DEC protected freshwater wetland OTV-1, across DEC protected stream, Rice Brook, with a total of approximately 2.8 acres being affected.  Location: 2008 Buckwheat Road, Otisco (T), Onondaga County.