ENB Region 3 Completed Applications 06/14/2006

Applicant proposes to mine sand and gravel from a 3 acre knoll area located within its 350 acre farm property.  The knoll to be removed contains the remnants of a former one acre mine.  A one acre recreational pond with a maximum depth of 15 feet will be excavated as part of the mining operation.  Approximately 50,000 cubic yards of material will be excavated and used on the farm or removed for off-site purposes.  The mine area is located south of NYS Route 199 and east of Schultz Hill Road.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve this application for modification to existing SPDES permit # NY-0148601 for Whispering Woods (formerly known as Lazy G Campground), located on Rosemond Rd in Woodridge, to discharge up to 30,000 gallons of treated wastewater per day to an unnamed tributary of the West Branch of the Beerkill (Water Index # H-139-14-38-3-1-6;  Class B(t)). A draft SPDES permit with DEC proposed effluent limits and monitoring requirements is available for review at the DEC Region 3 headquarters in New Paltz. The permittee will be required to maintain records and report data to verify compliance with the SPDES permit conditions and discharge limits.  

The applicant proposes to replace the current treatment system which discharges 6600 gallons of treated wastewater per day into an unnamed tributary of Silver Lake (Water Index # H-139-14-38-P807-4, Class D).  The current sand filters and outfall are less than 100 feet from existing dwellings.  The existing system will be abandoned in place as soon as the proposed system is in operation.

The upgrade in sewer capacity is part of a proposed facility expansion which will remove the existing travel trailers and test sites and add an additional 68 double wide home trailers.  Construction of the proposed sewer outfall will disturb no more than 20 feet of the unnamed tributary of the West Branch of the Beerkill.

The applicant proposes to construct a 4 foot by 200 foot catwalk as an access to Highland Lake.  The catwalk is proposed to be at least 1 foot above the wetland surface and the boards of the decking to be spaced at least 1 and half inches apart.  The project site is adjacent to and within Freshwater Wetland HL-50 (Class II) on the west side of Highland Lake, east of Hartung Road.