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A regular meeting .-of the Southold Town Conservation. Advisory
Council was held on Tuesday, May. 22, 1979. at 7:30 p.m. at•the Town
Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York. Present were:
Chairman,Frank A. Ku.jawski, Jr.
John B. Tuthill` `.
William Ruland
Margaret Conway
Frank Cichanowicz
Mr. Harold Reese appeared at the invitation .of the Council for
advice and assistance 'in preparing an Environmental Assessment
Form for the canal. he has made application to construct at Southold
Shores. ;.
Page 2 Item #13. Will surface area of existing lakes, ponds, streams,.
bays or other surface waterways be increased or decreased by
proposal? Answer is to be amended to read Yes.
Page 2 Item #14. Is project or any portion of project located in
the 100 year flood plain? Answer to be amended to read Yes.
Page 5 Impact on Land - 1 Will there be an effect as a result of a
physical, change to project site? Yes will bechecked and the following
items will receive .a check mark. Construction that will continue
for more than 1' year .or` involve ,more than one phase on stage Small
to moderate iinpacto ' . Excavation.for minin purposes that would .remove
more than 1,000 tons of natural material i.e. rock or soil) per
year. - Potential large impact. .
Page 6 Item #4. Will project affect any non-protected existing or
new body of water? Yes should be checked and a check for possible
impact by A 10% increase or decrease in the surface area of any
body of water or more than a 10. acre increase. or- decrease.
Page 6 ' Item #5. . Will project' affect surface. or groundwater quality?
Checked .yes and a check on. the` following item. Project will likely
cause siltation or other discharge into an existing body. of water
to the extent that there will be an obvious .visual contrast to
natural conditions." This is to be corrected with grass slopes,
Page 7 Item #6. Will project alter drainage flow, patterns or
surface water runoff? Check yes and note. This depends on slopes
to be determined by. Planning Board.
The matter .of the 'canal being widened further was. discussed with
Mr. Reese and he didn.'t ' feel there would be any congestion with the
50 foot width. He, doesn't think a turnaround is necessary.
If the spoil is deposited all over the place there will be a
potentially large impact but if it is graded there may. not be.
The Council doesn't think the drain proposed will handle all the
rainwater because it is all down hill to the Main Road.
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The minor subdivision of property proposed by Herbert W. Wells
for property in estate at Wells Road, Peconic was referred to the
Conservation Advisory Council for its comments .and recommendations
from the Planning Board. The Council made the following comments.
Any construction of homes should be required to meet the Suffolk
County Department of Health standards for sewage and fresh water.
Leaching field should be towards the road rather than towards the
creek, at least-100 feet from the creek.
Land should be level with the street but no fill should be deposited
on any spartina grasses.
Lot 2 might be the most difficult to construct a house on because.
it is predominantly meadow.
There should be some method of retaining sand ..or .fill so that it
doesn't leach into the meadow.
On motion made by Mrs. Conway, seconded by Mr. Ruland, it was
RESOLVED to recommend to the Southold Town Board approval of .. .
the wetland application of Thomas. E. Fox (No. 38) to fill in back
yard marsh area with the condition that a retaining Wall be
constructed to retain the fill. <
Vote of the Council: Ayes: Kujawski, Tuthill, Cichanowicz,
Conway, Ruland
Mr. Tuthill requested that a letter be written to Mr. Middleton
of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
informing .that department that the Conservation Advisory Council
of the Town of Southold feels that conditions are different in the
Town of Southold in regard to open burning. He would like to see •
this Council in charge of issuing burning permits.
Mr. Kujawski informed the Council that there are two major plumes
of gasoline, one of which has contaminated 42 private home wells
between Love Lane and Wickham Avenue in Mattituck. There are nine
old sites of gasoline stations with underground tanks which have
been abandoned. They all contain gasoline in varying amounts. It
cannot be determined right now which tank is leaking. The owners
of the 42 homes have been told not to use the water for drinking
or cooking. One well showed 20% gasoline in the water. The other
leak is in Mattituck Harbor which is cleaned to have cleaned up
but the plume is still moving. There is no way to remove gas from
the water table. Mr. Kujawski suggested that the Council recommend
to the Town Board an underground tank storage law. The law should
regulate the location and make the owners responsible for the
contents. One thing would be to know the volume of fuel because
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it is impossible to know if there is a leak unless this is checked.
Islip Town has adopted regulations because of a similar problem.
The Town of Brookhaven is presently working on a law. There are
600 plus sites of underground storage tanks in the Town of Southold.
The Islip law requires maintenance of records and a yearly check by
the building inspector. The County may in the future have require-
ments as to construction of the tanks.
There being no further business to come before the Council, Mr.
Ruland made a motion, seconded by Mr. Cichanowicz and carried to
adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Muriel Brush, Secretary
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