ENB Region 3 Completed Applications 09/13/2006

     The IBM Corp., has applied for permits to install a 12-inch diameter by 1.8 mile long permanent buried water transmission line, to supply water from the Town of Fishkill to a number of homes in the "Shenandoah Road Area Water Supply Project."  The homes in this portion of the Shenandoah Road area need a new source of water to replace their private wells, which are contaminated by an old chemical spill.  The water transmission main, know as "Contract B," is mandated by Administrative Order on Consent #CERCLA-02-2001-2020.  

       The trenching for the installation of this water transmission line would disturb a portion of the 100-foot wide adjacent area of the following state regulated Freshwater Wetlands:

               HJ-54,   Class 1, along Shenandoah Road

               HJ-37,   Class 2, along Rt 52

               HJ-56,   Class 2  along Rt 52 in two locations, and

               HJ-65    Class 3  along Rt 52

Additionally, the water transmission line would be installed under the following protected streams:

               H-95-9  Class C-t, and

               H-95-8  Class C-t (Wiccopee Creek).

       Construction of this water transmission line water line is located completely outside of the Shenandoah Road Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site, and thus trenching for the  installation of this water transmission line will not disturb any contaminated groundwater.

        The proposed water transmission line would be constructed in the shoulder of NYS Rt 52 and also in the shoulder of Shenandoah Road, primarily in the Town of East Fishkill, but a short section would be in the Town of Fishkill, in Dutchess County, New York.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve this application for a new SPDES permit for a proposed surface discharge of 25,000 gallons per day (gpd) of treated sanitary wastewater into  the Indian Kill (Class C) from the Jeffrey Groves Estates Subdivision. The proposed project involves construction of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) to serve 38 proposed townhouse units and nine (9) single family homes on a 25+ acre parcel.  The project is located on the north side of North Cross Road (County Route 37), approximately 2000 feet west of Reservoir Road in the Town of Hyde Park, Dutchess County. A draft SPDES permit and stormwater management plan  are available for review at the regional office.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve this application for a new SPDES permit # NY-050740 for Vincent's Restaurant (location formerly known as Chef Fischetti's), located at 276 Malden Turnpike, Saugerties, to discharge up to 2050 gallons of treated wastewater per day to the Sawyer Kill (Water Index # H-172; Class C).  

The applicant proposes to use the existing treatment system which has been out of use for approximately 12 years.  The permittee will be required to maintain records and report data to verify compliance with the SPDES permit conditions and discharge limits.  

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 applicant proposes to expand an existing horse farm by adding 2 horse barns, 2 outdoor riding rings, an indoor riding ring, multiple paddocks, a maintenance building, a caretaker cottage, stormwater management basins, and a 2400 gallon per day subsurface sewage disposal system.  The stormwater basins, paddocks, outdoor riding ring, and access road are proposed to disturb approximately 1.5 acres of the 100-foot regulated Adjacent Area of NYS Freshwater Wetland L-9, Class I.  Disturbance would include clearing of vegetation and excavation and fill. Approximately 1000 square feet of the wetland are proposed to be impacted by the placement of an open bottom culvert for the access road.    Approximately 0.15 acre of wetland, currently an old roadbed, is proposed to be restored and planted with appropriate vegetation.  No sewage disposal within the Freshwater Wetland or 100-foot Adjacent Area is proposed.

The proposed subsurface sanitary discharge appears to meet the criteria for DEC's General Permit for Sanitary Discharge of 1,000 - 10,000 gallons per day to Groundwater (GP-0-05-001).

The applicant proposes to stabilize approximately 1,300 linear feet of the Hudson River and Kill Brook shorelines, and construct a new public fishing pier and kayak launching ramp associated with a waterfront redevelopment project known as Harbor Square.  The project site is located in the Village of Ossining, off Westerly Raod just west of the Metro North train station.   Shoreline stabilization measures will include about 700 linear feet of riprap along the Hudson River, and about 390 linear feet of steel sheet pile bulkhead and 180 linear feet of concrete bulkhead along the Kill Brook.  The overall development project includes the construction of a 150-unit residential building, 10,000 square foot retail building, and associated parking and infrastructure.  About 2.7 acres of publicly accessible open space will be maintained by the project and enhanced through re-establishment of a small beach, and construction of a fishing pier and kayak launch.  A stormwater pollution prevention plan has been developed in accordance with the requirements of the SPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Construction Activities (GP-02-01).  In addition, portions of the site known to contain contaminated soils are being remediated in accordance with a voluntary cleanup agreement with the Department.