Weekly APA Public Comment Periods Announcement

For Immediate Release: December 16, 2024

Contact:
Benjamin Brosseau | [email protected]
Assistant Public Information Officer | Adirondack Park Agency | Press Office | (518) 891-4050

Weekly APA Public Comment Periods Announcement

RAY BROOK, NY - The Adirondack Park Agency is accepting public comment on projects currently under review. The public is encouraged to go online to learn more about each public comment opportunity and to submit comments electronically.

At present, the following projects are available for comment at https://apa.ny.gov/Hearings/index.cfm:

• Dredging associated with construction of one 40-foot-long, 34-foot-wide, U-shape pile dock with a close-sided sundeck and one 48-foot-long, 34-foot-wide, U-shape pile dock with a close-sided peaked boathouse in the Town of Bolton, Warren County (P2024-0235).

• A three-lot subdivision containing existing residential development with no new land use and development proposed in the Town of Dresden, Washington County (P2023-0159).

• A six-lot subdivision to create residential lots for the construction of a single-family dwelling, on-site wastewater treatment system, potable water well, and driveway on each in the Town of Bellmont, Franklin County (P2024-0226).

• Replacement of an existing 6-foot diameter, 106-foot-long corrugated metal culvert with a 106-foot-long, 18-foot-wide by 8-foothigh precast concrete box culvert in the Town of Piercefield, St. Lawrence County (P2024-0241).

• Re-configuration of a previously authorized marina on Lake Champlain with the number of boat dock slips increasing from 234 to 302, the number of boat moorings decreasing from 112 to 68, and the total footprint of breakwater structures reducing from 27,150 square feet to 6,750 square feet in the Town of Peru, Clinton County (P2024-0152).

• Continued operation of an existing sand and gravel extraction. An area of 5.1± acres will be affected within the five-year permit term, within a 11.3±-acre life of mine. The mine is accessed from South River Road. Activities consist of excavation, screening, crushing and stockpiling. On-site activity occurs intermittently Monday through Friday, 7am to 5pm. Material is removed from the stockpile by the Town of Waverly as needed for road maintenance and other Town projects, with a maximum of 15 truck trips per day in the Town of Waverly, Franklin County (P2024-0268).

The mission of the Adirondack Park Agency is to protect the public and private resources of the Adirondack Park through the exercise of the powers and duties of the Agency as provided by law.