ENB Region 4 Completed Applications 03/21/2007

Expansion of the Norlite life of mine area by 54 acres from the current 78 acres to a total of 132 acres.  Expansion of the affected mine area is proposed for the southern section in order to construct an overburden  storage area that will receive non rock soil material removed to uncover and allow the mining of rock reserves within the hard rock quarry area.  This overburden disposal area will be operated during cold weather months from November through April of each year.  A similar overburden storage area is located on the northern part of the mine.  The rock quarry area is proposed to expand along the western boundary by some 400 feet to the property line increasing recoverable rock reserves.  A draft SPDES permit has been prepared to cover stormwater permit requirements applying to this proposal.  This draft permit also would add effluent limits for Mercury and settleable solids, PCB and mercury pollutant minimization programs, reduction in mercury limit, additional monitoring requirements and additional stormwater outfalls including one for the hazardous waste fuel (used to fire the lightweight aggregate kilns) truck staging area subject to the approval of a wastewater treatment facility by the Department and an outfall for the advanced liquid recycling area. Receiving waters are the Salt Kill except for Outfall 006 which discharges into the Mohawk River.  The life of mine is located in the Town of Colonie and the City of Cohoes.  Written comments may be submitted by mail, fax or e-mail.  The mining application documents and draft modified SPDES Permit may be viewed at the Department's office listed below, the Colonie Public Library and the Cohoes Public Library.

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 is proposing a 4 year aquatic pesticide treatment program to treat Robinson Pond for the purposes of controlling nuisance vegetation.  The treatment will involve the use of Aquathol Super K, Navigate and Sonar Q to treat milfoil, water chestnuts and coontail and  Captain to treat planktonic and filamentous algae.  Treatments are planned to occur between April 15th and August 31st of each year.  Robinson Pond is located in the Town of Copake, Columbia County.

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 is requesting permission to treat Copake Lake during the 2007 season by applying Aquathol K on up to 55 acres of the lake to treat Curlyleaf Pondweed and Eurasian Watermilfoil and Copper Sulfate algaecide to control nuisance algae blooms. Application of Aquathol K is planned to occur between late April 2007 and early May 2007.  The application of copper sulfate is tentatively scheduled for June 2007 and August 2007.

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 a new surface discharge of 4800 gpd of liquid effluent waste through a recirculating sand filter to an unnamed stream, from the proposed Stamoulis Diner at Routes 9 & 20 in the town of Schodack, Rensselaer County.  The Department has made a tentative determination to issue a permit for a State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) 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 the Department at this time.  As a tentative determination, 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.  A draft permit is available for inspection and comment at the Region 4 Office.  SPDES #NY0268780.

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.