DEP Biweekly Reports Folder 0049, 2000-2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Riverside South Park - Follow-up In my last report, I advised that improper sanitary connections at the Riverside Park South development had been uncovered. This discovery was incidental to an investigation of sewage and oil leaks in the area.

We determined that a 6" waste stack serving an entire unit of 34 apartments had been mistakenly connected to a storm sewer rather than a sanitary sewer, and that the waste was flowing to an outfall at 72nd Street and the river. As noted previously, two Commissioner's Orders were served on the building management, Trump New World Project Mgmt. Ltd., directing immediate remedy. DEP staff reinspected the waste lines to determine that the illegal connections had been corrected. Several days later, a dye test was conducted, confirming that the connections conformed to code. Per procedure, we are closing out the NYSDEC file number, based upon our confirmation that the proper connections have been made. It is our understanding that NYSDEC has also completed the investigation of the earlier oil contamination complaints.

Croton Aqueduct/Jerome Reservoir The filling of the north basin of the Jerome Reservoir was completed during the evening of November 26, 2000. The basin was then isolated and left in standby mode, in case it was needed during the Delaware Aqueduct shutdown. A flow of 10 million gallons of water a day from the Croton Aqueduct was diverted to the Central Park Reservoir on November 27, 2000 at 11:00 p.m. The flow was established to keep the water in the Aqueduct fresh and ready for use in the event of an emergency. The blow-off at Shaft 25 was shut at approximately the same time. A portion of the Manhattan Water Distribution System was reconfigured to isolate a 48-inch main from the rest of the system. This main is acting as a conduit allowing water to be flushed from the Croton Aqueduct, at Shaft 33, to the Central Park Reservoir. This allows water to be kept fresh in the southern leg of the Croton Aqueduct during the Delaware Aqueduct shutdown. Flow monitoring is being performed on a daily basis.

Springfield Gardens Industrial Park (Air Freight Area) (a/k/a SE-727); Queens Springfield Gardens Residential Areas (a/k/a SE-727A and SE-727B); Queens The Springfield Gardens Task Force team of DEP, the NYC Department of Design and Construction(DDC) and NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC) met with Queens Borough President Shulman on Wednesday, December 6, 2000 to provide a status report on the proposed capital projects in the Air Freight and Residential Areas. The Task Force reported that construction of the Phase I project will commence in April, 2001. The Phase II project will begin the design and street acquisition process shortly with construction to be scheduled for FY-2003.

Gateway Estates - Retail and Residential Development, Brooklyn DEP Engineers are currently reviewing a Private Sewer Plan (PDK-20/00), which was submitted by the consultants for the Gateway Estates owners. This private sewer plan is for the construction of storm sewers and outfalls to a proposed freshwater wetlands area adjacent to Shore Parkway. These sewers are being constructed for the new Gateway Center Mall project, this is the first phase of the Gateway Estates plan. The private sewer plans, along with the mitigation plans for the wetlands area,

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