AMTRAK'S West Side Connection

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

CITY OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 2358 MUNICIPAL BUILDING, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10007 (212) 669-8200

HARVEY W. SCHULTZ Commissioner MEMORANDUM February 29, 1988 TO: Douglas Smith, P.E., Acting Chief, Engineering Review Section,' Bureau of Sewers PROM: Gordon Yee, P.E., Acting Chief, Private Drainage Review Section, Bureau of Sewers SUBJECT: Hydraulic review of Amtrak-West Side Connection, West 37th Street to Harlem River, Borough of Manhattan

This Is In reply to your submittal of plans for the referenced project with a memo dated November 30, 1987. This office has the following comments: 1. Except for the 72nd Street location (T-19), the plans do not Indicate any proposed connections to existing sewers. However, in conversations by telephone between Mr. N. Satterthwalte (Amtrak) and Morton Swedlow, P.E. (D.E.P.) on February 4, 1988 and February 18, 1988 It was learned that: a. All proposed drainage work shall be done within the Amtrak rlghts-of-way and will be under Amtrak maintenance Jurisdiction. One exception Is the relocation of an existing sewer manhole on the 5’-6” X 5’-0” city sewer within an easement along the track Just south of 72nd Street. This office has no hydraulic objection to this relocation (Dwg. T-19)» b. No existing connections from Amtrak drains to city sewers will be disturbed. Proposed work will consist only of cleaning, rehabilitating existing drainage pipes and basins, and laying new storm drains and underdrains within the Amtrak right-of-way.

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