ENB Region 6 Completed Applications 12/13/2006

The applicant, John Leitz, proposes to increase the Life of Mine Boundary at his existing gravel mine by 0.3 acres. The current Life of Mine Boundary is 35 acres and will increase to 35.3 acres. The mine is situated within a 350 acre parcel under the applicants ownership. The additional 0.3 acres will be used for equipment storage.

Filed application documents, and Department draft permits where applicable, are available for inspection under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Law during normal business hours at the address of the contact person.

The applicant proposes to operate a surface sand and gravel mine with a 3.5 acres to the life of mine boundary within a 5.445 acre parcel southerly of Dominick Street.  The project site is on property owned by JKR Holdings, LLC and is located 1,000 feet south of W. Dominick Street, 300 feet westerly of Railroad Street.  The mine will continue to operate as a traditional surface extraction of sand and gravel from the site.  Mining is also proposed for below the local water table.  Excavation will be done by mechanical equipment, standard for sand and gravel mining operations.  Mining is proposed to remove approximately 50,000 cubic yards of aggregate sand and gravel from this 3.5 acre operational life of the mine.  Material will be stockpiled as unprocessed “run-of-bank”, or processed with portable screens and crushers.  Maximum processing rates for the screen and crushing operations will exceed 150 tons-per-hour (TPH) and the necessary air source permits have been applied for.  Final reclamation will restore the site to 1.2 acre pond and 2.3 acres of open space meadow.  Reclamation will include the replacement of stockpiled topsoil, and re-seeding with an approved USDA SCS seed mixture.  The total reviewed life-of-mine area is 3.5 (LOM) acres.

Filed application documents, and Department draft permits where applicable, are available for inspection under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Law during normal business hours at the address of the contact person.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve this application for a permit to repair an eroded embankment along the shoreline of the hydroelectric project's impoundment in the Oswegatchie River. Repair work will be done with the impoundment drawn done to allow excavation in the dry.

Filed application documents, and Department draft permits where applicable, are available for inspection under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Law during normal business hours at the address of the contact person.