P2022-0174-1stNIPA-Final
P.O. Box 99 • 1133 NYS Route 86 • Ray Brook, NY 12977 • Tel: 518 891-4050 • www.apa.ny.gov
NOTICE OF INCOMPLETE PERMIT APPLICATION
APA Project No.: 2022-0174
Project Sponsor:
Sean R. Stumvoll
1917 Ridge Road
Queensbury, NY 12804
Authorized Representative:
Thomas Center, P.E.
Hutchins Engineering PLLC
169 Haviland Road
Queensbury, NY 12804
Date Permit Application Received: July 25, 2022
Type of Project: Two-lot subdivision involving wetlands to create a 12.71±-acre parcel with
existing development and a 94.57±-acre to be improved by a new single family dwelling.
Location of Project: Town of Queensbury, Warren County
Land Use Area: Low Intensity & Resource Management
Tax Map No.: 253.-1-4
Dear Thomas Center:
Thank you for your permit application, received by the Agency on July 25, 2022. The
application provided important information on the proposed project. As listed below,
initial evaluation by Agency staff indicates that additional information is necessary to
review the project and complete the application.
Please submit your response to this notice by e-mail to keri.surita@apa.ny.gov
and reference Project Number 2022-0174 in the subject line.
You will receive a notice in writing informing you when staff has received the information
necessary to complete the application. At the time the application is deemed complete,
the required time period for Agency action on the proposed project will begin.
The proposal may not be undertaken until a permit has been issued by the Agency.
“Undertake” means any commencement of a material disturbance of land preparatory to
the proposed project, including but not limited to road construction, grading, installation
of utilities, excavation, clearing of building sites, or other landscaping, or in the case of
subdivision, the conveyance of any lots.
If you have any questions regarding this Notice of Incomplete Permit Application or the
project review process, please contact EPS Keri Surita.
_August 8, 2022_________ _/s/ John M. Burth_______________
Date John M. Burth
Environmental Program Specialist 3 (EPS3)
Attachment: List of Requested Information
Thomas Center
August 8, 2022
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REQUESTED INFORMATION
APA Project No. 2022-0174
Please submit your response to this notice by e-mail to keri.surita@apa.ny.gov
All application submissions should be in PDF or similar format and be legible.
Electronic copies of plans must be fully scalable.
1. Application For Minor Project Permit (Application) Item 5 – Site Plan: The
provided site plan indicates that an existing woods road crosses wetlands and
will be utilized for access to the proposed single family dwelling. Please clarify if
any grading or resurfacing is proposed for the existing woods road. If
improvements to the existing woods road are proposed, an erosion and sediment
control plan must be provided within 100 feet of wetlands, including at a minimum
silt fence or a similar erosion and sediment control down gradient of the
proposed area of disturbance and upgradient of wetlands.
Please also indicate the existing and proposed limits of clearing on the updated plan.
2. Application Item 9 – On-Site Wastewater Treatment System: Agency Q-4
standards require a minimum vertical separation of 24” between trench bottoms
and evidence of seasonal high groundwater, and a minimum of 48” between
trench bottoms and evidence of bedrock or machine refusal. To meet Agency Q-
4 standards please revise the provided plans to specify that these standards will
be met, which will require a maximum trench burial of 11” below native grade for
the provided data. Or alternatively, please provide data for an additional test pit
to confirm absence of bedrock or machine refusal to a minimum depth of 67” with
a corresponding proposed maximum trench burial at 19.”
3. Application Item 11 – Historic Preservation Resources: The project site is
located within an archeologically sensitive area according to the NYS Cultural
Resource Information System (CRIS) online map. The project site is also
improved by structures that are greater than 50 years old. A submission to the
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP)
will be necessary as part of the consultation process required by the State
Historic Preservation Act. Please be advised that the Agency cannot deem an
application complete until the OPRHP’s determination and/or recommendations
for historic resource impact mitigation have been provided to the Agency.
4. Application Item 14 – Other Governmental Reviews: Please have the Local
Government Notice Form completed, signed by the appropriate town official and
submitted to the Agency.