ENB Region 9 Completed Applications 08/02/2006

The applicant proposes a discharge of .78 million gallons per day of treated wastewater to Dodge Creek at the confluence with Allegheny River, a Class C waterbody, at the applicant's facility located off Main Street in the Village of Portville, Cattaraugus County. All existing process limits are proposed to be upgraded which includes ultraviolet disinfection. This is an Environmental Benefit Permit Strategy (EBPS) modification with a score of 69. The Department has made a tentative determination to issue a permit for a State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit 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 this Department at this time. 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. The application is available for review at the office listed below. In commenting please refer to this application by application number listed above and SPDES number NY00200966.

This application is for the development of new water supply Well No. 12 in the Cassadaga Well Field to replace existing Well No. 6, which is to be abandoned due to inefficiency.  The replacement well will operate at a rate not to exceed 700 gallons per minute, which is equivalent of the rate currently authorized for Well No. 6.   Total permitted production for the Cassadaga Well Field, 10 million gallons per day, will not change.  The well development includes installing production equipment,  pipeline and a well head protection building in the 100-foot Adjacent Area of Freshwater Wetland No. GE-14.      

The proposal is a USDA/NRCS Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) project to restore and enhance wetlands that were altered by previous farming on about 12.2 acres in State regulated Freshwater Wetlands #EC-2 and CS-10, the wetlands 100-foot Adjacent Areas and upland of the wetlands.  The project involves restoring aquatic and emergent wetland habitat by constructing a complex of potholes with connecting level ditches to create open-water areas for waterfowl habitat.  Spoil material will be placed  upland and/or in a  4-foot wide berm adjacent to the pothole.  The total WRP permanent easement site is 220 acres.  Access to a portion of the WRP project site involves crossing Mill Creek at an existing farm equipment ford. The project site is located along the northwest and southeast sides of County Rte. 66 about 2,500 feet northeast of County Rt. 380 in the Town of Gerry.

The applicant is proposing waterline installation for the previously created Town of Newstead Water District No. 10.  The project involves the installation of approximately 46,500 linear feet of 8-inch PVC waterline and associated appurtenances along road right-of ways.  Installation will be within the regulated 100 foot wide adjacent areas of the following NYS regulated Freshwater Wetlands:  WO-27 along Tonawanda Creek Road; W0-22 along Greenbush Road; and AK-9 along Cedar Street.  In addition, the waterline installation will cross the following protected streams:  Ledge Creek,  (Class/Standard B) along Martin Road and Cedar Street; and a tributary of Dorsch Creek along Millgrove Road.           

The District proposes to Construct Phase II of the Eighteenmile Creek Streambank Stabilization & Habitat Restoration Project at Fisherman's Park on the west side of Route 78. The project consists of the placement of large riprap stones along both banks to redefine and narrow the channel and to create a wetland area the east creek bank. Hydraulic cover stones would also be placed in the creek and wetland vegetation restored. This work would extend from the main access ramp from the parking lot upstream approximately 560 feet.

The Department has prepared a draft SPDES permit (NY029832) and made a tentative determination to approve the discharge of up to 450 gallons per day of treated sanitary wastewater from a proposed on-site wastewater treatment system which includes disinfection of the effluent. The discharge is to tributary 28 of Oatka Creek with a Class and Standard of C. The Department is seeking 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. In commenting, please refer to this application by application number and SPDES number listed in this notice.