ENB Region 1 Notices 7/7/2021
Notice of Availability of Final Scope
Suffolk County - The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), as lead agency, has made the Final Scope for the proposed Bridgehampton to Buell (BTB) New 69kV Underground Cable available. The Final Scope is available from contact listed below and on line at: www.psegliny.com/reliability/BridgetoBuell. The action involves the installation of a new underground 69kV transmission cable from the Bridgehampton Substation located on Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike in the Town of Southampton to the Buell Substation located on Cove Hollow Road in the Town of East Hampton (approximately 5.2 miles), New York. The new underground cable is designed to be installed below grade within the existing LIPA owned and/or controlled overhead right-of-way (ROW). In addition to the underground cable, fourteen manholes will be installed along the Proposed Action route. Approximately 4,000 linear foot of the cable extending east from the Bridgehampton Substation to the west side of Widow Gavits Road will be installed via horizontal directional drill (HDD) with a single manhole installed within the previously disturbed area west of Widow Gavits Road. Approximately 100 linear foot of the cable located west of Cove Hollow Road and beneath the Long island Railroad (LIRR) will be installed via jack & bore. The remaining portions of cable installation will be installed via trenching.
Contact: Hannah Emouna, LIPA, 175 East Old Country Road, Hicksville, NY 11801, Phone: (800) 490-0025, E-mail: PSEG-LI-B2BSEQR@pseg.com.
Notice of Acceptance of Draft EIS and Public Hearing
Suffolk County - The Town of East Hampton Zoning Board of Appeals, as lead agency, has accepted a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed Nigel Curtiss Revetment. A public hearing on the Draft EIS will be held on July 27,
2021 at 6:30 p.m. information on time and place is available from the contact listed below. Written comments on the Draft EIS will be accepted until August 20, 2021. The Draft EIS is available from the contact listed below.
The action involves an application, dated received January 29, 2078, requesting a Natural Resources Special Permit (NRSP) pursuant to §255-4-20 and a variance from §255-3-85 (Coastal Erosion Overlay District regulations) any other relief necessary from the Town Code to allow a coastal erosion control structure to remain where the new installation of a new coastal erosion control structure is prohibited. Applicant is seeking to allow an approximately 185 linear foot geocube (sandbag) revetment (revetment) and a 5 foot by 10 foot pedestrian walkway extension to remain on a parcel of land containing barrier dunes, beaches, dune land and beach vegetation. The project is located at 393 Cranberry Hole Road in Amagansett, Town of East Hampton, New York.
Contact: Kyle Vorpahl, Town of East Hampton , 300 Pantigo Place, Suite 105, East Hampton, NY 11937, Phone: (631) 324-8816.
