ENB Region 1 Completed Applications 02/15/2006

The applicant proposes a discharge of 136,000 gallons per day of treated backwash water into a recharge basin from a proposed Iron Removal Filtration System situated at the SCWA's Margin Drive East Well Field and Pump Station site located in Shirley, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, NY. The proposed discharge is located within an area designated as a sole source aquifer.  The following water purveyors have been identified as having service  areas located within a 3-mile radius of the applicant's facility: Suffolk County Water Authority.          

The Department has made a tentative determination to issue a permit for a State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 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.

Refer to this application by the application number listed above and SPDES number, NY0267139.

The applicant proposes to construct a two story single family dwelling, attached garage, driveway, and sanitary system.  A stairway is also proposed to be constructed down a bluff to provide beach access.  The proposed project is located within 100 feet of a NYSDEC regulated freshwater wetland at 204 Old Montauk Highway in Montauk in the Town of East Hampton in Suffolk County, SCTM# 0300-22-01-04.

The applicant proposes to construct 1,513 linear feet of low sill bulkhead in areas of intertidal marsh vegetation.  A single row of 200 pound stone is also proposed to be placed over 40 linear feet along the high water line seaward of an area of intertidal marsh vegetation.  Two existing boat basins are proposed to be dredged to 5' below mean low water with 3,400 cubic yards of material proposed to be removed and transported to an approved upland location.  Existing catwalks are proposed to be removed and replaced with two 4' wide catwalks of 240' and 273' in length.  Two hundred twenty-six linear feet of bulkhead is proposed to be constructed within 28" of an existing bulkhead. The proposed project is located at 33 Library Avenue Extension in the Village of Westhampton Beach, Town of Southampton in Suffolk County, SCTM#: 905-15-01- 5.4.       

        

The applicant proposes to place 320 cu. yds. of clean fill in eroded areas landward of four bulkheads around the footings of an existing bridge.  Forty-five tons is of rip-rap is also proposed be installed as shoreline stabilization at the seaward ends of the four bulkheads. The fill and rip-rap will be placed seaward of the tidal wetland boundary at this site. Cracks and spalls in the concrete portion of the bridge are proposed to be repaired, concrete sidewalks on the bridge are proposed to be removed and replaced, and the steel portion of the bridge is proposed to be repainted.  The  proposed project is located at Bayview Avenue over Goose Creek in the Town of Southold in Suffolk County, SCTM# 1000-71-01-43.