ENB Region 6 Completed Applications 06/14/2006

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve an application for the modification of an existing State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit for the Remington Steam Plant facility at 11 Remington Ave. The applicant's (Remington Arms Company, Inc.) request is the result of their acquiring a portion of the NRG-Ilion Energy Center facility. Part of the modification will be to amend the flow chart to reflect the applicant's use of the facility as a steam boiler plant. Additional modifications will include elimination of effluent limits and monitoring requirements for total chlorine use at outfall 001 and elimination of "Additional Requirements" number 3 for chlorine use. These changes reflect the fact that Chlorine based biocides will no longer be used. Special Conditions and Best Management Practices will also be updated.

A draft permit is available for inspection and comment at the Region 6 sub-office at 207 Genesee Street Utica.

The applicant proposes to expand a 43 acre sand and gravel mine to include an additional 7 acres.  The site is located on a 97 acre parcel owned by applicant, and located three miles northwest of the Village of La Fargeville, 2,000 feet west of De Lafarge Corners and 300' south of East Line Road.  On site processing, screening and crushing currently takes place at the mine site.

The applicant proposes to construct and operate a 184,300 square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenter and a retail gas filling station on a 45-acre parcel owned by the applicant. The project site is located south of US Route 11 approximately 500' west of the Village of Potsdam.  An on-site sanitary waste system and water supply wells are proposed.  A draft State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) has been prepared for the proposed discharge of treated sanitary wastewater into groundwater from the proposed sanitary waste system.  The system has a design flow of 8700 gallons per day.  In addition, a dam permit application has been submitted, relative to the stormwater management and wetlands mitigation basins.  The Town of Potsdam Planning Board, as Lead Agency prepared a draft and final Environmental Impact Statement for this proposal and prepared a Findings Statement in accordance with 6 NYCRR Part 617, the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA).