ENB Region 6 Completed Applications 06/07/2006

The applicant has submitted plans for an expansion of the Renzi Brothers food distribution facility in the City Center Industrial Park, City of Watertown.  A permit was previously issued for Phase I, which included an access drive, initial site development and stormwater infiltration basins.  The initial Master Plan has been modified for this Phase of development.  A portion of expanded parking area and an additional stormwater infiltration basis is proposed to the west of the current facility, and would encroach into the buffer area of regulated freshwater wetland S-4, a 1305 acre Class II wetland.  

The applicant proposes to develop and operate a 25.1 acre limestone mine on a 97.5 acre parcel owned by Steven J. Hall, 3128 NY-12E, Cape Vincent, New York 13618.  The site is located approximately 300' north of NYS Route 12E, 175' west of County Route 4, and 3.25 miles east of the Village of Cape Vincent.  Blasting will take place two to three times a year to facilitate excavation.  The material will be used for local highway projects and the life of mine is anticipated to be for a period of approximately six years.

The applicant proposes to install 250' of sheet piling across Delaney Marsh, approximately 25' upstream of the Middle Road on Grindstone Island, in concert with Ducks Unlimited Inc., the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and neighboring property owners, Lloyd and Camilla Baum.  The project would maintain spring marsh water levels at an elevation beneficial to waterfowl, fish and other wildlife during reproduction and juvenille rearing periods.  Fish passage will be incorporated in the  water level control structure.  The site is located in a state regulated wetland, designated TP-1, a 191.4 acre Class I emergent marsh.

The applicant, in concert with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, 5865 Waters Road, Lowville, New York 13367, proposes to restore approximately five acres of wetland area previously drained for agricultural use. Two low earthen levees would be constructed to isolate the site from active agricultural fiels, while retaining seasonal water that occurs from flooding along the Black River. The project would provide hydrologic benefit to approximately twenty five acres of weltand.  The site is within state regulated wetland L-9, an eighteen acre Class III wetland.

The applicant proposes to add the herbicide Oust to be used in a post Vegetative Management Plan that currently authorizes the use of the herbicide Accord.  Herbicides are used to control unwanted vegetation in areas being cleared of unexploded ordnance for safety purposes, and on  firing ranges where vegetation would interfere with target site attainment.  While these herbicides are approved for use in New York State, a permit is required for application in, or within 100 of state regulated freshwater wetlands.  The plan restricts herbicide application to the buffer area of wetlands and not in-wetland application.