ENB Region 9 Completed Applications 03/22/2006

The applicant proposes the installation of a water distribution system, which will include 7,700 linear feet of 12 inch watermain and related appurtenances, to serve the newly created Allegany County Water District No. 1.   Under the terms of a Water Sales Agreement, the County proposes to purchase water from the village of Belmont in amounts estimated to average 26,200 gallons per day with a maximum daily demand of 39,300 gallons per day.  This new water district will initially serve a total of 24 residential, 4 commercial parcels and the new Allegany County Correctional Facility.  The new water district will encompass 220 acres of land along NYS Rte. 19 from the south boundary of the Village of Belmont extending south about 1 mile.

The proposal is a USDA/NRCS Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) project to restore wetland hydrology on about 157 acres altered by previous farming and beaver dam removals in State regulated Freshwater Wetland #BC-1 and its 100-foot Adjacent Area. It is proposed to use existing soil piles from the southwest corner of the WRP site to construct a low-level earthen berm 4-foot high or less, 900 feet long, with a plastic sheet-pile weir to control peak storm discharges and a water control structure to control low flows outlet to Tributary 9 of Oil Creek.  Two 1.5 acre potholes are proposed at the northwest corner of the WRP site, in the 100-foot wide Adjacent Area of Wetland #BC-1. The project site is north side of Jackson Hill Road, east of NYS Rte. 305 and west of the Genesee Valley Greenway Trail in the Town of Cuba, Allegany County.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has reviewed the Hazardous Waste Management Permit renewal application submitted by Honeywell International Inc., Buffalo Research Laboratory, 20 Peabody Street, Buffalo, and made a tentative determination to issue a 6 NYCRR Part 373 Permit to incorporate measures addressing soil and groundwater contamination.  The Part 373 Permit will require Honeywell International to develop an updated soil management plan and an updated annual groundwater monitoring program as part of Corrective Action measures.

The Draft Permit, application and fact sheet are available for public review during normal business hours at NYSDEC, Region 9 Office, Division of Environmental Permits, 270 Michigan Avenue, Buffalo, NY.  Copies of the documents are also available at NYSDEC, Division of Solid and Hazardous Materials, Albany, contact Person:  Mr. Edwin Dassatti.  

Interested persons can submit comments in writing to:  Mr. David Denk, NYSDEC, Division of Environmental Permits, 270 Michigan Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14203-2999, telephone no. (716) 851-7165 before the last filing date.  A mailing list will be maintained for this facility.  Persons interested in this facility's operations can submit a written request to the contact person to be put on the mailing list.  

In addition, any interested person may request a Public Hearing.  The request for a Public Hearing must be made in writing, stating the nature of the issues proposed to be raised in the hearing and be submitted to the contact person no later than the last date.