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SEQR Findings StatementsNYSDEC - Cricket Valley SEQR Findings

Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)FEIS Section 1 - Project Description

FEIS Section 1 - Figures

FEIS Section 2 - Earth Resources


FEIS Section 3 - Natural Resources


FEIS Section 4 - Air Resources

FEIS Section 5 - Water Resources


FEIS Section 6 - Community Resources


FEIS Appendices�Title Type Author Date Size Tags

FEIS Appendix 1-A - Comments Received on the DEIS Part 1 .pdf 5.17 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 1-A - Comments Received on the DEIS Part 2 .pdf 4.76 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 1-B Response to Comments .pdf 1.32 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 1-C - Hearing Transcripts .pdf 1.98 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 1-D - Responses to Hearing Transcripts .pdf 526.63

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FEIS Appendix 1-E - Temporary Use of Former Rasco Parcel .pdf 1.83 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 1-F - Temporary Use of Remote Laydown Site .pdf 3.21 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 2-A - Asbestos Assessment Summary Table .pdf 78.65 KB Download

FEIS Appendix 2-B - Paint Testing Summary Table .pdf 24.29 KB Download

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FEIS Appendix 3-A - Former Rasco Parcel – Temporary Work Area and Restoration Plans

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FEIS Appendix 3-B - Bog Turtle Survey .pdf 4.81 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 3-C - Updated Floodplain Map .pdf 1.14 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 3-D - Wetland Photos .pdf 2.95 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 3-E - Timber Rattlesnake .pdf 1.55 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 3-F - Indiana Bat .pdf 460.94

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FEIS Appendix 4-A - Updated Tables from the DEIS .pdf 65.33 KB Download

FEIS Appendix 5-A - Drawing Modifications - Project SWPPP .pdf 4.70 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 5-B - Preliminary SWPPP - Former Rasco Parcel .pdf 3.75 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 5-C - Preliminary SWPPP Remote Laydown Site .pdf 5.02 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 6-A - Lighting Plan - Former Rasco Parcel .pdf 2.54 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 6-B - Lighting Plan - Remote Laydown Site .pdf 2.20 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 6-C - Updated Traffic Impact Study .pdf 308.39

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FEIS Appendix 6-D - Route 22 Highway Improvement Plans .pdf 3.92 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 6-F - Internal Traffic Plan .pdf 4.07 MB Download

FEIS Appendix 6-E - OPRHP Correspondence .pdf 3.08 MB Download

Public Service Commission (PSC) ApplicationCertificate of Public Convenience & Necessity (CPCN) Petition

CPCN Petition - Exhibits�

Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

CVE DEIS_Executive Summary

CVE DEIS_Section 1 - Project Description

CVE DEIS_Section 2 - Earth Resources

CVE DEIS_Section 3 - Natural Resources

CVE DEIS_Section 4 - Air Resources

CVE DEIS_Section 5 - Water Resources

CVE DEIS_Section 6 - Community Resources

CVE DEIS_Section 7 - Alternatives

CVE DEIS_Section 8 - Other Environmental Impacts

DEIS FiguresCVE DEIS - Section 1 Figures

CVE DEIS - Section 2 Figures


Page 2 of 5Cricket Valley - Documents




CVE DEIS - Section 6 Figures Part 1




Air Permit Application

CVE Final Title IV Permit

CVE Final Air State Facility Permit

CVE Draft Air Permit�- Revised Dec 2011

CVE Draft Air Permit�- May 2011

CVE Air Permit Application 01

CVE Air Permit Application 02 Appendix A - NYSDEC Forms

CVE Air Permit Application 03 Appendix B - Supporting Calculations

CVE Air Permit Application 04 Appendix C - Monitoring Protocol and Agency Correspondence

CVE Air Permit Application 05 Appendix D - Modeling Support

CVE Air Permit Application 06 Appendix E - Electronic Modeling Files

CVE Air Permit Response to Comments 11-12-10

CVE Air Permit Supplement 2-4-11

Wetlands Permit ApplicationCVE Final Article 24 Wetlands Permit

CVE Draft Wetlands Permit�- May 2011

Wetland Permit Application - Jan 2010 - Part 1

Wetland Permit Application - Jan 2010 - Part 2

Wetland Permit Application - rev. June 2012 - Part 1

Wetland Permit Application - rev. June 2012 - Part 2

Wetland Permit Application - rev. August 2012 - Part 1�

Wetland Permit Application - rev. August 2012 - Part 2





DEIS AppendicesFile Extension File Size �

Appendix 1-A Economic Dispatch Analysis May 2011 .pdf 217.29 KB

Appendix 2-A Site Photographs .pdf 4.63 MB

Appendix 3-A Part 1 Wetland Delineation Report .pdf 1.78 MB



Appendix 3-B Wetland Jurisdictional Determination .pdf 3.78 MB

Appendix 3-C Part 1 Habitat Surveys .pdf 3.73 MB





Appendix 3-D Site Plan Alternatives .pdf 985.69 KB

Appendix 3-E Wetland Restoration Plan .pdf 3.42 MB

Appendix 4-A Part 1 Air Modeling Protocol .pdf 3.31 MB

Appendix 4-A Part 2 Air Modeling Protocol .pdf 4.03 MB

Appendix 4-B Emissions Information .pdf 4.07 MB

Appendix 5-A Part 2 Preliminary SWPPP .pdf 3.61 MB



Appendix 5-B Laydown Site SWPPP .pdf 2.21 MB

Appendix 5-C Site Water Budget Report .pdf 3.15 MB

Appendix 5-D Wetland Permit for Piezometers .pdf 744.10 KB

Appendix 5-E Part 1 Well Pump Test Report .pdf 3.11 MB

Appendix 5-E Part 2 Well Pump Test Report .pdf 2.52 MB



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Appendix 5-F Wetland Permit for Pump Test .pdf 2.43 MB

Appendix 6-A Dover Zoning Code .pdf 600.97 KB

Appendix 6-B Landscape Plan .pdf 1.55 MB

Appendix 6-C Lighting Plan .pdf 1.54 MB

Appendix 6-D Part 1 Traffic Study .pdf 4.17 MB



Appendix 6-E Noise Study .pdf 1.59 MB

Appendix 6-F EMF Study .pdf 4.35 MB

Appendix 6-G (Addendum) Cultural Resources .pdf 5.17 MB

Appendix 6-G Part 1 Cultural Resources .pdf 4.19 MB






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tern

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and

obje

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CVE

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pons

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expe

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fund

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to u

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sour

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so

lutio

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nd te

chno

logi

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at c

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pr

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me

or b

ette

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com

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at

that

pro

mis

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30-8

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revi

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fede

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stat

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loca

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will

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is p

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fund

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alte

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solu

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of

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the

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in a

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hibi

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ffici

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nviro

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of A

ltern

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vide

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7 of

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requ

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abilit

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duce

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n co

ncer

n w

e m

ight

con

side

r dee

ply

that

fo

ssil f

uel e

nerg

y of

any

kin

d ne

eds

to

ceas

e, a

nd n

on-e

mis

sion

pro

duci

ng

rene

wab

le a

ltern

ativ

es a

re th

e on

ly h

ope

for a

futu

re a

nd th

e w

ellb

eing

of a

ll lif

e.

31-1

9Fe

dera

l and

sta

te m

onie

s w

ill no

t be

used

for t

he P

roje

ct; t

he P

roje

ct

will

be p

rivat

ely

fund

ed.

Ther

efor

e, n

o pu

blic

reso

urce

s w

ill be

div

erte

d fro

m re

new

able

ene

rgy

or e

nerg

y ef

ficie

ncy

prog

ram

s.

It sh

ould

be

note

d th

at th

e Pr

ojec

twill

utiliz

e ro

ofto

p ra

inw

ater

cap

ture

an

d is

con

side

ring

all r

easo

nabl

e op

portu

nitie

s to

inco

rpor

ate

on-s

ite

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y, s

uch

as s

olar

pan

els

on th

e Pr

ojec

t roo

fs.

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad, A

KRF

The

prop

osed

Wat

er S

uppl

y A

ltern

ativ

es

shou

ld c

onsi

der p

hasi

ng in

the

use

of

treat

ed e

fflue

nt fr

om th

e D

over

Kno

lls

proj

ect a

s it

is c

onst

ruct

ed a

nd o

ccup

ied.

32-5

9As

dis

cuss

ed in

DEI

S Se

ctio

n 5.

4.4.

2, th

e pr

opos

ed K

nolls

of D

over

pr

ojec

t is

plan

ned

to h

ave

a w

aste

wat

er tr

eatm

ent p

lant

that

coul

d, a

t so

me

futu

re p

oint

, pro

vide

trea

ted

efflu

ent t

o m

eet a

ll or

a p

ortio

n of

the

Proj

ect’s

wat

er n

eeds

.W

hile

that

pro

ject

has

bee

n ap

prov

ed b

y th

e To

wn

of D

over

, unt

il it

has

an o

pera

ting

track

reco

rd to

dem

onst

rate

co

nsis

tent

vol

ume

and

qual

ity o

f dis

char

ge, a

pra

ctic

al a

sses

smen

t of

that

sou

rce

cann

ot b

e co

mpl

eted

. C

VE is

ope

n to

con

side

ratio

n of

fe

asib

ility

of u

se o

f thi

s w

ater

sou

rce

in th

e fu

ture

.

The

wat

er d

eman

d fo

r the

Pro

ject

is v

ery

smal

l and

can

eas

ily b

e m

et

thro

ugh

the

use

of b

edro

ck w

ells

with

out a

dver

se im

pact

. W

hile

te

chni

cally

feas

ible

(dep

endi

ng u

pon

the

cons

iste

nt v

olum

e an

d qu

ality

of

the

disc

harg

e), u

se o

f tre

ated

effl

uent

wou

ld re

quire

sev

eral

mile

s of

ne

w w

ater

line

alo

ng R

oute

22.

G

raha

m

Trel

stad

, AKR

FTh

e us

e of

alte

rnat

ive

ener

gy s

ourc

es

to s

uppl

emen

t the

pro

ject

and

offs

et

the

burn

ing

of fo

ssil

fuel

s sh

ould

be

cons

ider

ed.

32-6

0U

se o

f alte

rnat

ive

ener

gy s

ourc

es w

as c

onsi

dere

d in

Sec

tion

7.6.

1 of

th

e D

EIS.

The

Pro

ject

is lo

cate

d in

a v

alle

y th

at is

ver

y po

orly

sui

ted

to

win

d en

ergy

, lac

king

the

stro

ng, p

ersi

sten

t win

ds n

eces

sary

for a

via

ble

win

d tu

rbin

e lo

catio

n. D

evel

opm

ent a

nd o

pera

tion

ofw

ind

farm

sis

Proj

ect D

escr

iptio

nPa

ge 1

-103

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 1-

5: R

espo

nses

to C

omm

ents

Reg

ardi

ng P

oten

tial P

roje

ct A

ltern

ativ

es

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

supp

orte

din

loca

tions

mor

e su

itabl

e fo

r thi

s fo

rm o

f ene

rgy.

In a

dditi

on, t

he P

roje

ctw

ill ut

ilize

roof

top

rain

wat

er c

aptu

re a

nd is

co

nsid

erin

g al

l rea

sona

ble

oppo

rtuni

ties

to in

corp

orat

e on

-site

re

new

able

ene

rgy,

suc

h as

sol

ar p

hoto

volta

ic p

anel

s on

the

Proj

ect

roof

s.

T. M

icha

el

Twom

ey,

Ente

rgy

Giv

en th

e pr

oxim

ity to

the

Gre

at S

wam

p,

the

DEI

S’s

Alte

rnat

ive

Site

Ana

lysi

s is

in

suffi

cien

t to

satis

fy th

e “h

ard

look

” req

uire

d by

SEQ

RA…

the

DEI

S pr

ovid

es n

o in

form

atio

n on

wha

t or h

ow m

any

alte

rnat

ive

Site

s w

ere

actu

ally

eva

luat

ed o

r w

hy e

ach

did

not m

eet t

hese

crit

eria

…It

is

impo

ssib

le to

tell

from

the

DEI

S w

heth

er

othe

r pot

entia

lly s

uita

ble

Site

s th

at a

re n

ot

loca

ted

in o

r adj

acen

t to

the

Gre

at S

wam

p or

oth

er w

etla

nds

wer

e ad

equa

tely

ev

alua

ted

(or e

valu

ated

at a

ll).

33-2

2C

VE c

onsi

dere

d a

rang

e of

alte

rnat

e Pr

ojec

t site

s as

det

aile

d in

Se

ctio

n 7.

4 of

the

DEI

S. N

one

of th

e al

tern

ate

site

s id

entif

ied

crea

tes

the

envi

ronm

enta

l ben

efit

prov

ided

by

the

oppo

rtuni

ty to

rest

ore

an

aban

done

d si

te th

at is

zon

ed fo

r ind

ustri

al u

se a

nd is

imm

edia

tely

pr

oxim

ate

to th

e ne

cess

ary

natu

ral g

as a

nd e

lect

ric in

frast

ruct

ure.

Rya

n C

ourti

en,

Tow

n Su

perv

isor

, To

wn

of D

over

ES-1

9: I

s an

y co

nsid

erat

ion

bein

g gi

ven

to

an e

xpan

dabl

e se

wag

e tre

atm

ent p

lant

that

po

ssib

le fu

ture

pro

ject

s in

the

vici

nity

cou

ld

tie in

to?

37-1

9Th

e Pr

ojec

t doe

s no

t inc

lude

a w

aste

wat

er tr

eatm

ent p

lant

,as

no

was

tew

ater

from

the

proc

ess

will

be d

isch

arge

d fro

m th

e si

te.

Its Z

ero

Liqu

id D

isch

arge

sys

tem

is d

esig

ned

spec

ifica

lly fo

r pro

cess

wat

er a

nd

cann

ot a

ccom

mod

ate

othe

r was

te s

tream

type

s. S

anita

ry d

isch

arge

fro

m th

e fa

cilit

y is

to a

con

vent

iona

l sep

tic s

yste

m.

Rya

n C

ourti

en,

Tow

n Su

perv

isor

, To

wn

of D

over

1-10

: Wha

t are

the

mor

e ef

ficie

nt

tech

nolo

gies

for p

rodu

cing

ele

ctric

ity th

an

com

bine

d cy

cle?

37-4

5Ef

ficie

ncy

is g

ener

ally

mea

sure

d in

term

s of

ene

rgy

prod

uced

per

uni

t of

fuel

con

sum

ed.

Com

bine

d cy

cle

tech

nolo

gy is

by

far t

he m

ost

effic

ient

mea

ns o

f gen

erat

ing

elec

trici

ty w

ith a

foss

il fu

el.

Proj

ect D

escr

iptio

nPa

ge 1

-104

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 1-

5: R

espo

nses

to C

omm

ents

Reg

ardi

ng P

oten

tial P

roje

ct A

ltern

ativ

es

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Rya

n C

ourti

en,

Tow

n Su

perv

isor

, To

wn

of D

over

1-11

: CVE

sho

uld

com

mun

icat

e w

ith N

YPA,

or

som

e ot

her o

rgan

izat

ion,

to lo

cate

sol

ar

pane

ls o

n th

e pr

ojec

t stru

ctur

es.

37-4

7Th

e Pr

ojec

twill

utiliz

e ro

ofto

p ra

inw

ater

cap

ture

and

is c

onsi

derin

g al

l re

ason

able

opp

ortu

nitie

s to

inco

rpor

ate

on-s

ite re

new

able

ene

rgy,

suc

h as

sol

ar p

hoto

volta

ic p

anel

s on

the

Proj

ect r

oofs

.

Rya

n C

ourti

en,

Tow

n Su

perv

isor

, To

wn

of D

over

1-11

: Is

a de

sign

alte

rnat

ive

cons

ider

ed /

poss

ible

that

doe

s no

t exc

eed

the

35 fo

ot

heig

ht li

mita

tion

of b

uild

ings

in th

e To

wn

of

Dov

er T

own

Cod

e?

37-4

8N

o de

sign

alte

rnat

ive

for t

his

type

of P

roje

ct th

at w

ould

not

exc

eed

this

he

ight

lim

itatio

n is

pos

sibl

e.

Rob

ert H

erzo

g,…

If th

e sy

stem

wan

ts d

ispl

acem

ent,

then

th

ere

are

still

bette

r alte

rnat

ives

.

1.C

urre

ntly

Pro

pose

d G

ener

atin

g an

d Tr

ansm

issi

on C

apac

ity.

As s

tate

d ab

ove,

a to

tal o

f 166

0 of

new

tra

nsm

issi

on c

apac

ity a

nd 1

060

MW

of

new

gen

erat

ing

capa

city

are

cur

rent

ly

prop

osed

and

in th

e qu

eue

ahea

d of

C

ricke

t Val

ley.

The

se in

crea

ses

wou

ld

dire

ctly

alle

viat

e an

y po

tent

ial s

tress

on

the

one

area

of t

he S

tate

that

cou

ld

have

relia

bilit

y is

sues

, New

Yor

k C

ity,

and

that

onl

y in

the

even

t Ind

ian

Poin

t is

shut

dow

n.2.

Alte

rnat

ive

Ener

gy S

ourc

es.

A re

cent

ex

tens

ive

stud

y of

the

sola

r gen

erat

ing

pote

ntia

l for

New

Yor

k C

ity fo

und

it w

as

5,84

7 m

egaw

atts

. Th

e st

udy

conc

lude

d th

at g

iven

cur

rent

cos

ts a

nd in

cent

ives

, bu

ildin

g so

lar p

ower

uni

ts w

ould

be c

ost

effe

ctiv

e. O

ver f

ive

thou

sand

m

egaw

atts

! If

even

a te

nth

of th

at

42-5

Non

e of

the

alte

rnat

ives

sug

gest

ed b

y th

e co

mm

ente

r wou

ld b

e pr

eclu

ded

by th

e pr

opos

ed P

roje

ct.

How

ever

, as

disc

usse

d in

Sec

tion

1.4.

3 of

the

FEIS

, CVE

has

arti

cula

ted

a ba

sis

for a

n en

viro

nmen

tal,

relia

bilit

y an

d ec

onom

ic n

eed

for t

he P

roje

ct, w

hich

the

NYS

PSC

will

cons

ider

as

part

of it

s in

depe

nden

t det

erm

inat

ion

on C

VE’s

app

licat

ion

for a

CPC

N p

ursu

ant t

o Se

ctio

n 68

of t

he P

SL.

Proj

ect D

escr

iptio

nPa

ge 1

-105

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 1-

5: R

espo

nses

to C

omm

ents

Reg

ardi

ng P

oten

tial P

roje

ct A

ltern

ativ

es

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

pote

ntia

l was

real

ized

, the

re w

ould

ne

ver b

e a

reas

on to

bui

ld a

pla

nt in

C

ricke

t Val

ley.

Sol

ar p

ower

cos

t ef

fect

iven

ess

will

only

incr

ease

as

tech

nolo

gy im

prov

es a

nd d

eman

d lo

wer

s th

e pr

ice

of th

e sy

stem

s. I

f D

over

Pla

ins

and

Dut

ches

s C

ount

y de

cide

d fo

r som

e re

ason

they

wan

ted

to b

e m

ajor

con

tribu

tors

to re

gion

al

ener

gy n

eeds

, im

agin

e th

e so

lar

pote

ntia

l for

the

coun

ty.

NYC

is 3

05 s

quar

e m

iles,

Dut

ches

s C

ount

y is

825

. Th

e co

st o

f con

stru

ctio

n w

ould

be

a lo

t che

aper

on

the

open

flat

la

nd h

ere

than

it w

ould

be

on th

e ro

ofto

ps o

f New

Yor

k C

ity.

Furth

erm

ore,

the

cons

truct

ion

and

oper

atio

n of

sol

ar e

nerg

y fa

rms

wou

ld

prod

uce

man

y m

ore

cons

truct

ion

and

perm

anen

t job

s, e

spec

ially

for l

ocal

re

side

nts,

than

wou

ld th

e 25

nic

he s

kill

jobs

that

wou

ld b

e th

e re

mna

nt o

f the

C

ricke

t Hill

oper

atio

n.

Win

d po

wer

is a

lso

play

ing

an

incr

easi

ng ro

le in

mee

ting

pow

er

requ

irem

ents

for t

he S

tate

. Sh

ould

an

yone

cla

im th

at p

roje

ctio

ns b

ased

on

incr

ease

sin

win

d po

wer

cap

acity

are

no

t rea

listic

, it s

houl

d be

not

ed th

at

ther

e w

ere

48 M

W o

f ins

talle

d w

ind

Proj

ect D

escr

iptio

nPa

ge 1

-106

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 1-

5: R

espo

nses

to C

omm

ents

Reg

ardi

ng P

oten

tial P

roje

ct A

ltern

ativ

es

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

capa

city

in N

ew Y

ork

Stat

e in

200

5, a

nd

1,34

8 M

W o

f ins

talle

d w

ind

capa

city

in

2011

, as

docu

men

ted

in th

e N

YISO

Lo

ad a

nd C

apac

ity R

epor

t 201

1.R

ober

t Her

zog,

O

ver t

he n

ext f

ive

year

s en

orm

ous

strid

es

will

no d

oubt

be

mad

e in

pro

duci

ng e

nerg

y fro

m s

ourc

es o

ther

than

foss

ilfu

el b

urni

ng

plan

ts s

uch

as C

ricke

t Val

ley.

The

se n

ew

sour

ces

will

not h

ave

enor

mou

s lo

cal

impa

ct, o

n w

ater

, air,

noi

se a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

t.

DEC

as

lead

age

ncy

with

the

man

date

to

prot

ect o

ur e

nviro

nmen

t has

the

lega

l re

spon

sibi

lity

to c

onsi

der t

he N

YISO

findi

ngs

and

the

likel

ihoo

d of

far b

ette

r al

tern

ativ

es a

vaila

ble

durin

g th

e tim

e fra

me

whe

n th

ey w

ill ac

tual

ly b

e ne

eded

. C

ircum

vent

ing

or ig

norin

g su

ch fi

ndin

gs

wou

ld b

e a

viol

atio

n of

DEC

’s m

issi

on,

whi

ch is

to “c

onse

rve,

impr

ove

and

prot

ect

New

Yor

k St

ate’

s na

tura

l res

ourc

es a

nd

envi

ronm

ent a

nd to

pre

vent

, aba

te a

nd

cont

rol w

ater

, lan

d an

d ai

r pol

lutio

n, in

ord

er

to e

nhan

ce th

e he

alth

, saf

ety

and

wel

fare

of

the

peop

le o

f the

sta

te a

nd th

eir o

vera

ll ec

onom

ic a

nd s

ocia

l wel

l-bei

ng.”

–En

viro

nmen

tal C

onse

rvat

ion

Law

, Arti

cle

1.

DEC

sta

tes

its g

oal i

s to

“ach

ieve

this

m

issi

on b

y em

brac

ing

the

elem

ents

of

42-7

As d

iscu

ssed

in S

ectio

n 1.

4.3

of th

e FE

IS, C

VE h

as a

rticu

late

d a

basi

s fo

r an

envi

ronm

enta

l, re

liabi

lity

and

econ

omic

nee

dfo

r the

Pro

ject

, w

hich

the

NYS

PSC

will

cons

ider

as

part

of it

s in

depe

nden

t de

term

inat

ion

on C

VE’s

app

licat

ion

for a

CPC

N p

ursu

ant t

o Se

ctio

n 68

of

the

PSL.

Spec

ulat

ive

alte

rnat

ives

for t

echn

olog

ies

that

may

or m

ay n

ot e

xist

in

the

futu

re a

re n

ot re

spon

sibl

e al

tern

ativ

es to

be

cons

ider

ed in

a

SEQ

RA

proc

ess.

The

Pro

ject

fulfi

lls a

sta

ted

need

and

has

a n

et

posi

tive

impa

ct o

n th

e en

viro

nmen

t, re

duci

ng re

gion

al e

mis

sion

s,

clea

ning

up

and

rest

orin

g an

inac

tive

aban

done

d in

dust

rial s

ite u

nlik

ely

to b

e ot

herw

ise

rem

edia

ted,

rest

orin

g de

grad

ed w

etla

nds

and

juris

dict

iona

l adj

acen

t are

a, a

nd p

rese

rvin

g in

per

petu

ity 7

9 ac

res

of

land

alo

ng th

e Sw

amp

Riv

er, w

hile

cre

atin

g ov

er1,

000

wor

ker-y

ears

of c

onst

ruct

ion

empl

oym

ent (

the

hard

est h

it ec

onom

ic g

roup

in N

ew Y

ork

Stat

e), 2

5-30

per

man

ent h

igh-

payi

ng

prof

essi

onal

jobs

and

gen

erat

ing

milli

ons

of d

olla

rs in

taxe

s to

ben

efit

the

tow

n, c

ount

y, s

choo

l dis

trict

and

sta

te a

long

with

milli

ons

of d

olla

rs

in s

econ

dary

eco

nom

ic b

enef

its.

Proj

ect D

escr

iptio

nPa

ge 1

-107

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 1-

5: R

espo

nses

to C

omm

ents

Reg

ardi

ng P

oten

tial P

roje

ct A

ltern

ativ

es

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

sust

aina

bilit

y –

the

sim

ulta

neou

s pu

rsui

t of

envi

ronm

enta

l qua

lity,

pub

lic h

ealth

, ec

onom

ic p

rosp

erity

and

soc

ial w

ell-b

eing

, in

clud

ing

envi

ronm

enta

l jus

tice

and

the

empo

wer

men

t of i

ndiv

idua

ls to

par

ticip

ate

in

envi

ronm

enta

l dec

isio

ns th

at a

ffect

thei

r liv

es.”

App

rovi

ng a

foss

il fu

el p

lant

that

is

not n

eede

d an

d co

nsum

es a

non

-re

new

able

, mor

e po

llutin

g fu

el is

cle

arly

not

co

nsis

tent

with

DEC

’s m

issi

on.

Any

deci

sion

to s

ite th

is p

lant

now

wou

ld h

ave

to

be c

onsi

dere

d ar

bitra

ry a

nd c

apric

ious

, and

op

en to

cha

lleng

es o

n th

ose

grou

nds.

R

ober

t Her

zog,

D

over

Res

iden

t Th

e An

alys

is o

f alte

rnat

ives

is b

est s

umm

ed

up b

y on

e of

the

four

prin

cipa

lrea

sons

for

reje

ctin

g ot

her s

ites:

“Non

e of

the

othe

r site

s ar

e ow

ned

or c

ontro

lled

by C

VE.

”The

ir th

eory

wou

ld th

us s

eem

tobe

that

onc

e C

VE a

cqui

red

this

pro

perty

,tha

tbec

omes

a

dete

rmin

ativ

e fa

ctor

in a

llow

ing

the

plan

t to

proc

eed

to c

onst

ruct

ion.

To

stat

eth

e ob

viou

s, th

e be

t tha

t CVE

mad

e on

land

ac

quis

ition

, and

find

ing

wha

t it e

vide

ntly

assu

med

to b

e a

com

plac

ent l

ocal

ity in

w

hich

to b

uild

a p

lant

with

maj

or lo

cal

disr

uptio

nan

d fe

w lo

cal b

enef

its, s

houl

d pl

ay n

o ro

le in

this

siti

ng d

ecis

ion.

42-1

4Th

e la

ck o

f ow

ners

hip

of o

ther

site

s in

New

Yor

k w

as o

nly

one

of th

e re

ason

s lis

ted

in th

e al

tern

ativ

es s

ite s

ectio

n. I

t was

prim

arily

incl

uded

to

refle

ct th

e al

tern

ate

site

requ

irem

ent f

or p

rivat

e ap

plic

ants

set

forth

in

the

SEQ

RA

regu

latio

ns a

t 6N

YCR

RPa

rt 61

7.9(

b)(5

)(v) w

hich

sp

ecifi

cally

sta

tes

that

, for

priv

ate

appl

ican

ts, a

ltern

ativ

es m

ay b

e lim

ited

to s

ites

whi

ch th

e sp

onso

r ow

ns o

r has

und

er a

pur

chas

e op

tion.

Proj

ect D

escr

iptio

nPa

ge 1

-109

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 1-

5: R

espo

nses

to C

omm

ents

Reg

ardi

ng P

oten

tial P

roje

ct A

ltern

ativ

es

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Brig

id C

asso

n,

Dov

er re

side

nt

… I

wou

ld li

ke to

stro

ngly

reco

mm

end

that

yo

u co

nsid

er, s

houl

d th

is c

ome

to p

ass,

a

gree

n ro

of, i

f it's

pos

sibl

e. M

any

stru

ctur

es

now

hav

e gr

een

roof

s, a

nd if

you

're tr

ying

to

be

envi

ronm

enta

lly s

ensi

tive,

that

wou

ld

be a

sig

nific

ant s

tep

in th

e rig

ht d

irect

ion.

T1-1

7Th

e Pr

ojec

twill

utiliz

e ro

ofto

p ra

inw

ater

cap

ture

and

is c

onsi

derin

g al

l re

ason

able

opp

ortu

nitie

s to

inco

rpor

ate

on-s

ite re

new

able

ene

rgy

such

as

sol

ar p

anel

s on

the

Proj

ect’s

roof

s. T

hese

low

-impa

ct d

esig

ns w

ill re

duce

the

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s of

the

faci

lity.

Mar

k C

hipk

in,

Paw

ling

Res

iden

t

…Id

on't

unde

rsta

nd w

hy n

o so

lar o

rwin

d po

wer

or a

nyth

ing

like

that

was

incl

uded

in

this

pro

ject

. Eve

n G

E in

Tur

key

has

prop

osed

a h

ybrid

type

of p

lant

, and

I do

n't

see

that

her

e…

T3-1

3Th

e Pr

ojec

t is

loca

ted

in a

val

ley

that

is v

ery

poor

ly s

uite

d to

win

d en

ergy

, lac

king

the

stro

ng, p

ersi

sten

t win

ds n

eces

sary

for a

via

ble

win

d tu

rbin

e lo

catio

n. D

evel

opm

ent a

nd o

pera

tion

ofw

ind

farm

sis

su

ppor

ted

in lo

catio

ns m

ore

suita

ble

for t

his

form

of e

nerg

y. T

he

Proj

ectw

ill ut

ilize

roof

top

rain

wat

er c

aptu

re a

nd is

con

side

ring

all

reas

onab

le o

ppor

tuni

ties

to in

corp

orat

e on

-site

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y, s

uch

as s

olar

pan

els

on th

e Pr

ojec

t’sro

ofs.

Alan

Sur

man

, D

utch

ess

Cou

nty

Legi

slat

or

One

idea

that

I ad

vanc

ed e

arlie

r, if

ther

e w

as a

con

tinue

d ne

ed fo

r wat

er, s

ince

this

pl

ace

will

be s

o cl

ose

to D

over

Kno

llsan

d D

over

Kno

lls w

ill be

pro

duci

ng u

p to

500,

000

gallo

ns o

f effl

uent

and

be

goin

gth

roug

h te

rtiar

y cl

eani

ng,c

once

ivab

ly o

neda

y w

e co

uld

forc

e a

pipe

line

up th

ere

for a

mile

and

aha

lf an

d th

ey c

ould

use

trea

ted

was

tew

ater

and

they

don

't ha

ve to

touc

h th

egr

ound

wat

er a

t all.

T3-4

4Th

e w

ater

dem

and

for t

he P

roje

ct is

ver

y sm

all a

nd c

an e

asily

be

met

th

roug

h th

e us

e of

bed

rock

wel

ls w

ithou

t adv

erse

impa

ct.

As

disc

usse

d in

DEI

S Se

ctio

n 5.

4.4.

2, th

e pr

opos

ed K

nolls

of D

over

pr

ojec

t is

plan

ned

to h

ave

a w

aste

wat

er tr

eatm

ent p

lant

that

coul

d, a

t so

me

futu

re p

oint

, pro

vide

trea

ted

efflu

ent t

o m

eet a

ll or

a p

ortio

n of

the

proj

ect’s

wat

er n

eeds

.

Use

of t

his

treat

ed e

fflue

nt m

ay b

e te

chni

cally

feas

ible

(dep

endi

ng

upon

the

cons

iste

nt v

olum

e an

d qu

ality

of t

he d

isch

arge

), bu

t wou

ld

requ

ire s

ever

al m

iles

of n

ew w

ater

line

alo

ng R

oute

22.

Whi

le th

at

proj

ect h

as b

een

appr

oved

by

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er, u

ntil

it ha

s an

op

erat

ing

track

reco

rd to

dem

onst

rate

con

sist

ent v

olum

e an

d qu

ality

of

disc

harg

e, a

pra

ctic

al a

sses

smen

t of t

hat s

ourc

e ca

nnot

be

com

plet

ed.

CVE

is o

pen

to c

onsi

dera

tion

of fe

asib

ility

of u

se o

f thi

s w

ater

sou

rce

in

the

futu

re.

Proj

ect D

escr

iptio

nPa

ge 1

-110

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 1-

5: R

espo

nses

to C

omm

ents

Reg

ardi

ng P

oten

tial P

roje

ct A

ltern

ativ

es

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Ros

s C

ardw

ell,

Win

gdal

e re

side

nt

…th

ere'

s ot

her w

ays

toge

t bus

ines

s he

rean

d ta

x do

llars

her

e th

at'll

bene

fit o

urco

mm

unity

than

bui

ldin

g so

me,

you

kno

w,

mul

timilli

on-d

olla

r pla

nt th

at w

ill ge

nera

tepr

ofits

with

inde

pend

ent e

ntiti

es th

at'll

take

th

eir m

oney

els

ewhe

re. T

o po

wer

that

muc

h of

our

sta

te, t

o ha

ve th

e ca

paci

ty to

do

that

m

uch

and

to g

ive

us s

o lit

tle, d

oesn

'tm

ake

sens

e, it

just

doe

sn't

mak

e se

nse.

T3-5

4C

VE b

elie

ves

the

envi

ronm

enta

l and

eco

nom

ic b

enef

its o

ffere

d by

the

Proj

ect e

xcee

dth

ose

ofan

y ot

her p

roje

ct e

ver p

ropo

sed

in D

over

.

The

Proj

ect w

ill pr

ovid

e lo

cal a

nd re

gion

al e

cono

mic

and

env

ironm

enta

l be

nefit

s by

add

ing

tem

pora

ry a

nd p

erm

anen

t job

s an

d by

rem

edia

ting

and

reus

ing

a di

lapi

date

d in

dust

rial s

ite in

a p

rodu

ctiv

e an

d en

viro

nmen

tally

sen

sitiv

e m

anne

r. Th

e Pr

ojec

t will

also

pro

vide

a lo

ng-

term

reve

nue

sour

ce fo

r the

Dov

er s

choo

ls, t

he T

own

of D

over

and

Dut

ches

s C

ount

y th

roug

hco

ntrib

utio

ns to

the

tax

base

and

com

mun

ity

bene

fits.

Man

na J

o G

reen

, R

osen

dale

R

esid

ent,

Envi

ronm

enta

l D

irect

or fo

r H

udso

n R

iver

Sl

oop

Cle

arw

ater

…if

this

pla

nt m

oves

forw

ard…

ther

e's

not

anof

ficia

l req

uire

men

t for

a h

ost c

omm

unity

bene

fit p

acka

ge, b

ut y

ou a

re in

neg

otia

tions

and

you

coul

d be

neg

otia

ting

for t

hatf

acilit

y to

als

o in

clud

e a

huge

sol

ar a

rray,

and

if th

ere

is th

e po

tent

ial f

or w

ind,

that

win

d be

ca

ptur

ed s

o th

at it

real

ly is

mov

ing

tow

ards

su

stai

nabi

lity.

T3-5

8Th

e Pr

ojec

t will

gene

rate

sub

stan

tial r

even

ue to

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er a

nd

is in

neg

otia

tions

with

the

tow

n on

a c

omm

unity

ben

efits

pac

kage

.

Reg

ardi

ng re

new

able

ene

rgy

oppo

rtuni

ties,

the

Proj

ecti

s lo

cate

d in

a

valle

y th

at is

ver

y po

orly

sui

ted

to w

ind

ener

gy, l

acki

ng th

e st

rong

, pe

rsis

tent

win

ds n

eces

sary

for a

via

ble

win

d tu

rbin

e lo

catio

n.

Dev

elop

men

t and

ope

ratio

n of

win

d fa

rms

is s

uppo

rted

in lo

catio

ns

mor

e su

itabl

e fo

r thi

s fo

rm o

f ene

rgy.

The

Pro

ject

will

utiliz

e ro

ofto

p ra

inw

ater

cap

ture

and

is c

onsi

derin

g al

l rea

sona

ble

oppo

rtuni

ties

to

inco

rpor

ate

on-s

ite re

new

able

ene

rgy,

such

as

sola

r pan

els

on th

e Pr

ojec

t roo

fs.

Cricket Valley Energy Project – Dover, NY

Final Environmental Impact Statement

Section 6 – Community Resources

Table of Contents – Community Resources Page 6-i



6. Community Resources 6-1

6.1 Project Refinements Since the DEIS 6-1

6.2 Summary of Project Impacts and Proposed Mitigation Measures 6-1

6.2.1 Land Use, Zoning and Community Character 6-1

6.2.2 Visual Resources and Aesthetics 6-2

6.2.3 Traffic and Transportation 6-3

6.2.4 Noise 6-4

6.2.5 Electric and Magnetic Fields 6-6

6.2.6 Cultural Resources 6-6

6.2.7 Socioeconomics 6-7

6.3 Responses to Comments on the DEIS 6-10

6.3.1 Land Use, Zoning and Community Character 6-10

6.3.2 Visual Resources and Aesthetics 6-21

6.3.3 Traffic and Transportation 6-29

6.3.4 Noise 6-38

6.3.4.1 NYSDEC Guidelines 6-38

6.3.4.2 Town of Dover Zoning Code 6-38

6.3.4.3 Construction Sound Levels 6-39

6.3.4.4 Monitoring and Compliance 6-40

6.3.4.5 Sound Levels at the Dover Middle/High School Complex 6-41

6.3.4.6 Potential Impact to Wildlife 6-41

6.3.5 Electric and Magnetic Fields 6-65

6.3.6 Cultural Resources 6-65

6.3.7 Socioeconomics 6-67

6.3.7.1 Job Creation 6-67

6.3.7.2 Property Values 6-67

6.3.7.3 Local Agreement and Benefits 6-68

Table of Contents – Community Resources Page 6-ii



6.4 Conclusions 6-83

6.5 References 6-84

Figures (provided following the text)

Figure 6-1 Current Project Property

Figure 6-2 Proposed Temporary Construction Area – Former Rasco Parcel

Figure 6-3 Operational Sound Level Isopleths

Tables

Table 6-1 Response to Comments – Land Use, Zoning and Community Character 6-11

Table 6-2 Response to Comments – Visual Resources and Aesthetics 6-23

Table 6-3 Response to Comments – Traffic and Transportation 6-32

Table 6-4 Response to Comments – Noise 6-43

Table 6-5 Response to Comments – Cultural Resources 6-66

Table 6-6 Response to Comments – Socioeconomics 6-69

Appendices

Appendix 6-A Former Rasco Parcel Lighting Plan

Appendix 6-B Remote Laydown Site Lighting Plan

Appendix 6-C Updated Traffic Impact Study

Appendix 6-D Route 22 Highway Improvement Plans

Appendix 6-E OPRHP Correspondence

Appendix 6-F Internal Traffic Plan

Table of Contents – Community Resources Page 6-iii



List of Acronyms and Abbreviations – Section 6

a.m. morning

CCSP Comprehensive Site and Safety Plan

CO Town of Dover’s Commercial/Industry/Office Mixed Use District

CVE Cricket Valley Energy Center, LLC

dB decibel

dB(A) A-weighted decibels

DEIS Draft Environmental Impact Statement

EJ Environmental Justice

FAA Federal Aviation Administration

FEIS Final Environmental Impact Statement

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Act

FHWA Federal Highway Administration

FTE full-time equivalent

former Rasco parcelthe 57-acre land south of the Project Development Area now optioned by CVE and formerly utilized by RASCO Materials LLC

IDA Industrial Development Agency

ISO International Standards Organization

Leq equivalent sound level

Lmax maximum sound level

LOS Level of Service

M Town of Dover’s Industrial/Manufacturing District

NFPA National Fire Protection Association

NYSDEC New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

NYISO New York Independent System Operator

NYSDOT New York State Department of Transportation

NYSPSC New York State Public Service Commission

OPRHP Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

PILOT Payment in Lieu of Taxes

p.m. afternoon/evening

Table of Contents – Community Resources Page 6-iv



the Project Cricket Valley Energy Center

Project Development Area

the 57-acre portion of the 193.5-acre Property proposed for development

Property the 193.5-acre property optioned by CVE

RC Town of Dover’s Resource Conservation District

remote Laydown Sitethe 38.8-acre construction worker parking and laydown site located approximately 2.5 miles north of the Property

RU Town of Dover’s Rural District

SEQRA State Environmental Quality Review Act

SWPPP Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan

USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency

Community Resources Page 6-1



6. COMMUNITY RESOURCES

This section provides, for community resource-related issues, a description of Project refinements since the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was filed, followed by a brief summary of impacts and proposed mitigation. Topics addressed in this section for the DEIS included land use, zoning and community character; visual resources; traffic; noise; electric and magnetic fields; cultural resources; and socioeconomics. Comments received on the DEIS associated with community resource issues are provided in Sections 6.3.1 through 6.3.7 of the FEIS, along with responses and reference to sections where additional information is provided for some topics.

6.1 Project Refinements Since the DEIS

Since the DEIS was filed, the 57-acres immediately south of the Project Development Areahas been added to the Property (the former Rasco parcel; Figure 6-1). The addition of the former Rasco parcel to the Project will further mitigate impacts identified in the DEIS by improving environmental conditions at the former Rasco parcel and adding visual and noisebuffer area for the Project. Also, the addition of 57 acres to the Project site will allow Cricket Valley Energy Center, LLC (CVE) to move a substantial portion of the off-site parking and laydown needs onto the Project site (Figure 6-2). This is intended to reduce the impacts and traffic associated with the originally proposed remote parking area (the remote Laydown Site) as discussed in Section 6.2.3.

CVE expects to use the remote Laydown Site for overflow parking during the peak construction months and as a staging area for construction materials only. Following construction, the remote Laydown Site will be restored to its existing agricultural use, and the 57-acre former Rasco parcel will be restored and improved to provide for additional visual and noise buffer between the Project and land uses to the south.

6.2 Summary of Project Impacts and Proposed Mitigation Measures

The following sections summarize, based upon the above changes, potential Project impacts and proposed mitigation measures for land use, zoning and community character; visual resources; traffic; noise; electric and magnetic fields; cultural resources; and socioeconomics.

6.2.1 Land Use, Zoning and Community Character

The majority of the Property, including the entirety of the former Rasco parcel, is located within the Town of Dover’s Industrial/Manufacturing District (M), which permits industrial and related uses in isolated and well-buffered locations. A small portion of the Property, west of the Swamp River where no development will occur, is located within the Resource Conservation District (RC), which encourages forestry, recreation and land conservation.




CVE believes the Project is consistent with the purposes of the Zoning Code and the industrial land use district in which it will be located. The Project’s proximity to necessary infrastructure and the extensive buffering available limit its effect on surrounding land uses.The Project will comply with applicable special zoning requirements, with limited areas where relief will be sought, including fence height and noise limits along the Metro-North rail line (further discussed in Sections 6.2.4 and 6.3.4 of the FEIS).

The Project has been designed to be consistent with the Town of Dover’s Zoning Code and Master Plan to the greatest extent possible, in particular the community values, economic growth goals, and preservation objectives identified in the Town’s Master Plan; the Project will seek local approval through a Special Use Permit from the Town of Dover Town Boardprocess to confirm its consistency. It is reflective of Dover’s core community goal of balancing its traditions and natural resources with responsible economic growth. Located on a previously developed industrial parcel with a large natural vegetative and topographic buffer, the Project will not impact Dover’s rural characteristics and will preserve natural features, including 79 acres of land adjacent to the Swamp River, comprised primarily of New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)-designated wetlands. It will remove unsightly, partially destroyed buildings from the Property as well as solid waste and other debris remaining on the Property from previous occupants. It will utilize a natural buffer of trees and topography to minimize its aesthetic impact and will limit the majority of its development to a previously disturbed industrial footprint. The Project design will respect and preserve important water resources by minimizing water demand through advanced technologies. Local and regional air quality will also be protected through compliance with stringent regulatory standards. The new facility will produce both temporary and permanent jobs and generate tax revenues for the town.

6.2.2 Visual Resources and Aesthetics

Visual impact is assessed within the framework of a wide range of factors, including the context of the viewers, the duration of the view, the degree of discernible detail, the number of viewers, the degree of natural buffering, and the scenic value of the setting. Although modeling did not indicate a potentially significant change in view from identified federal, state or local areas of visual importance, the rural character of Dover and its surrounding communities is of high local value. The visual analysis indicates that, although portions of the Project will be visible from certain locations outside the Property, the Project Development Area possesses a number of qualities that will minimize visual impacts to its surroundings including its location within a valley, a substantial buffer of mature trees, and a hillside that will shield the majority of the Project structures from view. The Project hasbeen purposefully located within a compact footprint, including co-locating the three stacks in order to minimize their visual impact on surroundings. Lighting will be minimized as well, as reflected in the lighting plans presented in Appendix 6-C of the DEIS (for the Project) and Appendices 6-A and 6-B of the FEIS (for the former Rasco parcel and remote Laydown Site, respectively).




6.2.3 Traffic and Transportation

The addition of the former Rasco parcel not only allows CVE to clean up a greater portion of the Property, but it also is intended to reduce the impacts and traffic associated with the originally proposed remote parking area (the remote Laydown Site), located approximately 2.5 miles north of the Property. It is anticipated that the former Rasco parcel can accommodate approximately 580 construction worker vehicles, which will be adequate to serve the entire construction crew for more than 80 percent of the construction period (approximately 31 of 36 months). During the five months of peak construction, anticipated to occur in mid-2014, overflow parking of approximately 95 vehicles may be required at the remote Laydown Site.

To reflect the addition of the former Rasco parcel, an updated traffic analysis was prepared(Appendix 6-C of the FEIS) to assess a projection of traffic conditions during the peak construction period with the amended parking plan in place. The peak construction year traffic and the initial operation year have been revised to 2014 and 2016, respectively. Accordingly, the background traffic growth has been increased by the 1.5 percent per annum previously used to account for the changes in time frames.

Facility construction is proposed to start in the second quarter of 2013 and last approximately 36 months. During construction, there will be two types of traffic related to the Project: construction workers and equipment/material deliveries. The normal daily hours of construction and material/equipment truck traffic are planned to be between 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and typically from Monday through Friday. In addition, during peak construction, a second shift may be necessary from 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM to assist in staging and preparingmaterials for the following day.

The majority (580) of construction worker vehicles will be expected to arrive at the CVE Property and park at the former Rasco parcel. When the former Rasco parcel is at capacity (580), the remaining construction worker vehicles (95) will park at the remote Laydown Site, and will be shuttled to and from the Project Development Area. Truck traffic for materials/equipment will be dispersed through the construction hours, but no truck traffic is expected to occur outside construction hours except for critical concrete pours, limited special deliveries and heavy hauls of large equipment. Construction worker traffic will consist of vehicular trips to and from the Project Development Area, with limited trips to and from the remote Laydown Site and a limited number of shuttle buses between the remote Laydown Site and the Project Development Area.

As was described in Section 6.3 of the DEIS, levels of service (LOS) with the operational Project in place will continue at acceptable levels.

During construction, with the addition of the former Rasco parcel, the updated traffic analysis indicates that the remote Laydown Site driveway and Duncan Hill Road




intersections will now operate at an acceptable LOS during the peak construction period.Therefore, the recommendation contained in the DEIS for manual traffic control at these intersections is no longer necessary. With the amended parking plan, the only intersection that does not operate at an acceptable LOS during peak construction is the Project driveway.

CVE will work with the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to identify appropriate temporary measures to implement during construction to mitigate impacts to LOS at the Project driveway. CVE’s recommendations for review by NYSDOT are illustrated in plans provided in Appendix 6-D of the FEIS, and currently reflect:

• No special roadway improvements will be required at the remote Laydown Site temporary access driveway, which will incorporate turning radius requirements and sight lines to support anticipated vehicle usage;

• A temporary traffic signal at the Project driveway for use during construction; and

• Roadway improvements at the Project driveway, including temporary widening of Route 22 (including a northbound left turn lane and southbound right turn lane into the Property). These temporary lanes will include clarification of traffic patterns through use of land and median striping to facilitate traffic flow.

In addition, CVE will work closely with the Town of Dover to determine the need for any additional measures such as providing manual traffic control during the peak morning and evening hours, or adjusting the construction start time to avoid school bus schedules.

In summary, the updated traffic analysis confirms that the Project’s ability to use the former Rasco parcel during the construction period reduces impacts to traffic along Route 22 as compared to the plan presented in the DEIS. CVE is coordinating with the NYSDOT and local officials to ensure traffic impacts during construction and operation are minimizedthrough implementation of mitigation measures at the intersection of Route 22 and the Project driveway. Plans depicting the recommended permanent configuration of that intersection are also provided in Appendix 6-D of the FEIS.

6.2.4 Noise

Noise impacts of the Project to the surrounding community have been carefully considered – including feedback obtained through public meetings and a public open house at its Community Outreach Office – in developing the Project layout, in selectingfacility components, and in orienting equipment adjacent to the Metro-North rail line, away from sensitive receptors such as residences.




To demonstrate consistency with NYSDEC noise guidelines and compliance with the Town of Dover Zoning Code, CVE conducted a sound evaluation study to quantify and characterize the existing acoustic environment in the vicinity of the proposed Project.This program implemented both long-term continuous sound measurements, and short-term intermittent sound measurements to account for varying characteristics of sounds in the Project area. The results of the survey allow for both a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the acoustical environment surrounding the Project.

Results of the noise modeling for Project construction activities indicate that noise will occasionally be noticeable at the nearest receptor properties, particularly during the excavation phase of construction which may include rock splitting, blasting, and pile-driving. Construction-related sound at more distant residential properties is expected to be consistent with typical daytime background sounds, and will have only minimal impacts. At greater distances, such as the location of the Middle School/High School complex, typical construction sound levels are not anticipated to be noticeable. Because of the temporary nature of the construction noise, no adverse long-term effects are anticipated.

Results of the noise modeling for operation of the facility indicate that at all of the five measurement locations analyzed, the Project will be below the NYSDEC guidelines of an increase of no greater than 6 A-weighted decibels (dBA);1 three of the five measured locations are estimated at or below an increase of 1 dBA. Because operation of theProject is below this threshold, it is not expected to produce a significant acoustic impact at these nearest receptors and, therefore, will meet the threshold levels set forth in theNYSDEC guidelines. Figure 6-3 illustrates sound levels as they decrease with distance from the Project.

With the addition of the former Rasco parcel to the Property, Project noise modeling also indicates compliance with the most restrictive night-time sound level limit (50 dBA) of the Town of Dover Zoning Noise Standards at the north, south and east Property lines, which are the three Property lines nearest to residences. As discussed in Section 6.4 of the DEIS, the Project’s sound levels are predicted to exceed this standard at the western property lineof the Project Development Area. The abutting property in that direction is a narrow strip of

1 The NYSDEC Noise Policy DEP-00-1 (2001) states “Increases ranging from 0-3 dB should have no appreciable effect on receptors. Increases from 3-6 dB may have potential for adverse noise impact only in cases where the most sensitive of receptors are present. Sound pressure increases of more than 6 dB may require a closer analysis of impact potential…”




land associated with the Metro-North railroad line; further west of that active rail use, Project Property continues to extend to the Swamp River. As can be seen in Figure 6-3, predicted sound levels comply with and are significantly quieter than Town of Dover Zoning Noise Standards at the westernmost Property boundary, and at all other Property boundaries.Since the Metro-North railroad line is not a noise-sensitive receptor, and CVE will own the Property on either side of this receptor, Project sound levels will not result in either a public or private nuisance. CVE is requesting an amendment to the Town of Dover Zoning Code to permit the anticipated noise levels without negatively impacting community character and residential uses. The proposed amendment remains consistent with zoning and planning requirements which protect the quality of life for non-industrial properties, including residential properties, but will permit an economically beneficial use to be developed on industrially zoned property.

6.2.5 Electric and Magnetic Fields

Maximum electric and magnetic field strengths expected to occur at the edge of the outerelectric transmission line right-of-way were calculated and compared with the New York State Public Service Commission (NYSPSC) interim standards. The comparison indicates that the Project will be well within the NYSPSC electric field strength interim standards and magnetic field strength interim standards for electric transmission lines at the edge of the right-of-way.

6.2.6 Cultural Resources

CVE undertook an investigation and review for archaeological and cultural resourcepotential at the Property in the summer 2009. A review of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historical Preservation (OPRHP) website found no historic resources identified in the vicinity of the Project Development Area. In addition, the Project Development Area has been substantially disturbed by previous industrial activities. However, the Property is within an area identified as “archaeologically sensitive” and, thus, further investigation was warranted.

Consultation with OPRHP was initiated in June 2009. After confirmation that no work would take place west of the Metro-North railroad line, OPRHP determined that there will be “No Effect” to cultural resources at the Project Development Area. While the potential for adverse impacts to cultural resources has been minimized by utilizing a previously disturbed site, largely within the footprint of the previously developed area, as a cautionary measure, CVE has developed a construction methodology that establishes procedures to follow in the unanticipated event a cultural resource is discovered during the construction process (the Unanticipated Discoveries Plan provided in Appendix 6-G of the DEIS).

CVE also requested a review of potential archaeological or cultural resources from OPRHP with regard to the remote Laydown Site, located 2.5 miles north of the Project Development




Area. OPRHP requested a Phase 1A survey at the remote Laydown Site, which includes a literature review and sensitivity analysis. The Phase 1A survey, conducted in December 2010, indicated a low potential for the presence of historic cultural resources at the remote Laydown Site, but a moderate to high potential for the presence of prehistoric cultural resources.

As a result, a Phase 1B field reconnaissance survey was initiated in mid-December 2010 at the remote Laydown Site, which included digging shovel test pits. Due to a precipitous drop in temperature, which froze the ground, and substantial snowfall, which effectively obscured the ground surface, Phase 1B activities were suspended until spring 2011. Fieldwork resumed in late-April 2011, when the snow had melted, the soil had thawed, and the soils were sufficiently drained and dry to allow for excavation. Survey crews did not find evidence of either a prehistoric or a historic site within the remote Laydown Site and submitted its findings to OPRHP. In a letter dated July 6, 2011 (provided in Appendix 6-E of the FEIS), based upon the results of the Phase 1B survey, OPHRP indicated that use of the remote Laydown Site will have “No Effect” upon cultural resources.

In February 2012, CVE requested a similar review of potential archaeological or cultural resources from OPRHP with regard to the former Rasco parcel, located adjacent to the Project Development Area. In a letter dated February 29, 2012, OPRHP concurred with its earlier findings for the Project Development Area, indicating that the expanded use of the Property will continue to have No Effect on cultural resources. Correspondence associated with this review is also provided in Appendix 6-E of the FEIS.

6.2.7 Socioeconomics

It is anticipated that, during its construction and long-term operation, the Project will produce significant direct and indirect socioeconomic benefits to the local, regional, and state economies. The Project also will result in induced spending, additional economic activity resulting from the increase in direct and indirect economic activity. The Project will not result in significant operating or infrastructure costs to the Town of Dover, Dutchess County, or the Dover Union Free School District.

Project development and construction will require an estimated investment of approximately $955 million, which will provide a significant benefit to the local, regional, and state economies. It is expected that an annual average of 300 construction jobs will be created during the three-year construction of the Project, with up to 750 jobs during the five-month peak construction period. Once completed, operation of the facility will support approximately 28 well-paying permanent jobs in Dover. The investment in the plant, during both construction and operation, will also result in significant secondary economic benefits to the local, regional and state economy through purchase of construction and operational supplies and spending by the construction and operational workforce. Project construction is estimated to generate and induce creation of 2,202 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs,




including 751 secondary jobs in Dutchess County in a wide variety of industries such as facility maintenance, security, food service, mining (sand and gravel), and construction supplies. Upon completion, the Project will create 54 FTE jobs, including 28 direct and 26 secondary jobs. The Project will also provide a long-term revenue source for the Town of Dover, Dutchess County and the Dover Union Free School District through an anticipatedPayment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) agreement.

The Project will not impose significant operating or infrastructure costs on the local economy. Since the Project does not involve the construction of new residences, its operation would not be expected to generate additional school children for the Dover Union Free School District. Should the 28 plant employees represent new households within the district, the anticipated additional school students would represent less than 1 percent of district enrollment, which could be accommodated due to the district’s existing surplus capacity and declining enrollments.

The Project will include comprehensive on-site systems for fire emergencies. Fire protection systems will comply with all applicable National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)standards and recommended practices, as well as state and local codes. The fire protection systems will be designed and implemented by a qualified fire protection engineer,and reviewed by applicable federal, state, or local authorities. The systems will be designed to be automated, with the assumption that facility personnel will have minimal involvementfor fire response. CVE representatives have coordinated and will continue to coordinate,with J.H. Ketcham Hose Company officials to ensure adequate resources are in place.

An Emergency Response Plan will be prepared prior to construction mobilization and will be designed and written to assist the facility’s management, employees and outside responding agencies through emergency response actions at the facility. The plan will be developed in consultation with town officials and local emergency responders, to address different types of potential emergencies; emergency resources (equipment or personnel);levels of emergency response; principles to be applied during a response; detailed measures for initial response, containment, rescue, first aid and evacuation; termination of an emergency; notification procedures; drills and training; and the process for updating and modifying emergency procedures.

Prior to mobilization for the construction phase of the Project, CVE and its primary contractor will conduct the following activities as a component of Emergency Response Plan development:

• Interview occupational medical clinics within the Dover vicinity to select the one deemed best suited based upon location, quality of care and commitment to injury management principles.

• Work closely with all local providers of emergency medical response(including the J.H. Ketcham Hose Company) to assess response times and




capabilities of each responder. The assessment will include capabilities to rescue from heights. Cranes and aerial lifts would be provided during construction if such capabilities are not in place.

• Survey area hospitals to verify services and other details as an occupational health safeguard. The location of the nearest trauma center will also be verified.

• Conduct a site visit with local law enforcement agencies to formally initiate the construction process and familiarize local authorities with the schedule, planned activities, and other relevant details.

During construction, there will be continuous, on-site security staff to secure the site and construction materials. Police service may be needed for limited traffic control during construction, and will be compensated; thereby, not incurring additional operating or infrastructure costs. The Emergency Response Plan utilized during construction will be modified to reflect operational conditions, and similar detailed review of procedures and resources will occur to ensure appropriate measures are in place.

During operations, the Project will maintain a 24-hour, on-site staff. The operating staff will utilize security monitoring systems, complete perimeter fencing, electronic badged gates and doors, inspections, and other procedures to secure the site. Any increase in demand for police services during Project operation is expected to be minimal. Because the Project will not result in a significant population increase, no significant increase in use of the existing fire or emergency medical services is expected. A plan illustrating internal traffic circulation allowing for emergency and other vehicle access within the Project layout is provided in Appendix 6-F of the FEIS.

The Project will not impact existing municipal infrastructure services. It will not result in additional municipal costs related to water or sewer infrastructure. Water will be provided to the Project via on-site wells, supplemented by the facility’s rooftop rain capture system, as available. For sewerage facilities, the Project will use an on-site septic leach field. Process wastewater will be internally recycled and treated in the Zero Liquid Discharge system so that no process wastewater will be discharged from the site. A subsurface sewage disposal system will be used to dispose of domestic wastewater.

Because the required construction force is anticipated to be met with available workers within Dutchess County and the Hudson Valley region, in-migration of workers, and a corresponding increase in demand for municipal services, is expected to be minimal. Operation of the facility will require a 28-person staff, which will not significantly increasedemand or costs for municipal or county-wide services.




6.3 Responses to Comments on the DEIS

Sections 6.3.1 through 6.3.7 provide a summary of comments received relative tocommunity resources for each specific topic (land use, zoning and community character; visual resources; traffic; noise; electric and magnetic fields; cultural resources; and socioeconomics, respectively), and provides a response or guides the reader to the location of the response within this section.

6.3.1 Land Use, Zoning and Community Character

The Property is located within the Town of Dover’s Industrial/Manufacturing District (M), which permits industrial and related uses, and is currently occupied by a collection of vacant, dilapidated, industrial buildings partially destroyed by fire in 1996. The purpose of the Industrial/Manufacturing District, as discussed in the Town of Dover Zoning Code provided in DEIS Appendix 6-A, is to permit industrial and related uses and adult entertainment, in isolated and well-buffered locations, separated from commercial, office or residential use zones. The zoning of neighboring areas includes Commercial/Industry/Office Mixed Use District (CO) across Route 22, Resource Conservation District (RC) west of the Swamp River and southwest of the Property, and Rural District (RU) along the remaining Property boundaries to the north and southeast.

The Project is not a “use” explicitly listed in the Town of Dover Zoning Code as either allowed or prohibited. Therefore, pursuant to Sections 145-10 and 145-60A of the Dover Town Code, the Project will require a Special Permit issued by the Town Board. In order for a Special Permit to be granted for the Project, certain findings must be made. The required findings, outlined in Section 145-63(B) of the Zoning Code, and the way in which the Project will address the finding requirements, are outlined in DEIS Table 6.1-3.

The use of a previously developed industrial property and the limited extent of new impacts avoid or minimize the potential for impacts to surrounding or nearby land uses. Since its initial exploration of the Project, CVE has completed studies, met with community members,including local environmental organizations and conservation groups, and taken steps to affirm or revise its approach in order to ensure its consistency with the existing land use, the goals of the Town of Dover Master Plan, and the Town of Dover’s Zoning Code. Most recently, CVE acquired an option to purchase the former Rasco parcel to help meet these goals. CVE believes the Project is consistent with Dover’s core community goal of balancing its traditions and natural resources with responsible economic growth, and that the efforts made during the development process will allow for applicable findings and the grant of a Special Permit.

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ured

R

asco

pro

perty

hav

e su

ffici

ent r

oom

to

allo

w R

asco

to c

ontin

ue it

s op

erat

ions

?G

raha

m

Trel

stad

, AK

RF

Pag

e 6-

6 in

corr

ectly

sta

tes

that

, “Th

e P

roje

ct D

evel

opm

ent A

rea

incl

udes

no

zoni

ng o

verla

y di

stric

ts.”

In fa

ct, t

he

Floo

dpla

in O

verla

y D

istri

ct e

xten

ds o

nto

the

Pro

ject

Dev

elop

men

t Are

a. A

por

tion

of th

e bu

ildin

g fo

otpr

int m

ay fa

ll w

ithin

the

Floo

dpla

in O

verla

y D

istri

ct.

As

such

, the

pr

ojec

t will

need

to c

ompl

y w

ith th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f §14

5-13

"Flo

odpl

ain

Ove

rlay

Dis

trict

" of t

he T

own

Cod

e.

32-4

0Th

e sm

all p

ortio

n of

des

igna

ted

flood

pla

in lo

cate

d ea

st o

f the

ra

ilroa

d tra

cks

is w

ithin

Wet

land

2, w

here

onl

y a

very

sm

all f

inge

r of

mar

gina

l wet

land

(0.0

5 ac

res)

will

be a

ltere

dan

d re

plic

ated

on

a 1:

1 ba

sis.

No

flood

sto

rage

vol

ume

will

be c

ompr

omis

ed b

y th

e Pr

ojec

t and

ther

efor

e no

com

pens

ator

y flo

od s

tora

ge w

ould

be

requ

ired

nor w

ould

spe

cial

floo

d da

mag

e pr

otec

tion

be re

quire

d fo

r Pro

ject

des

ign.

It sh

ould

be

note

d th

at th

e ex

istin

g Fl

oodp

lain

Ove

rlay

Dis

trict

m

ap n

oted

by

the

com

men

ter i

s ba

sed

upon

a F

eder

al

Emer

genc

y M

anag

emen

t Act

(FEM

A)Fl

ood

Insu

ranc

e R

ate

Map

fro

m A

ugus

t 198

4. F

EMA

has

sinc

e up

date

d its

Flo

od In

sura

nce

Rat

e M

aps

and

the

100-

year

floo

d zo

ne n

o lo

nger

ext

ends

eas

t of

the

Met

ro-N

orth

rail

line

with

in W

etla

nd 2

. Th

e To

wn

of D

over

To

wn

Boar

d ap

prov

ed a

revi

sed

FEM

A flo

odpl

ain

map

in A

pril

2012

(pro

vide

d in

App

endi

x 3-

Cof

the

FEIS

); th

e ad

just

ed

flood

plai

n ov

erla

y di

stric

t doe

s no

t ext

end

east

of t

he M

etro

-Nor

th

railr

oad

track

. Th

e re

vise

d pl

an h

asbe

en u

sed

as a

bas

is fo

r the

pr

elim

inar

y St

orm

wat

er P

ollu

tion

Prev

entio

n Pl

ans

(SW

PPPs

) de

scrib

ed in

Sec

tion

5of

the

FEIS

. Th

e pr

elim

inar

y S

WPP

Ps w

ill be

the

subj

ect o

f rev

iew

as

part

of th

e Pr

ojec

t’s C

hapt

er65

per

mit

(Ero

sion

and

Sed

imen

t Con

trol)

with

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-1

3

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

1. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–La

nd U

se, Z

onin

g an

d C

omm

unity

Cha

ract

er

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad,

AKR

F

Pag

e 6-

6 st

ates

that

"CV

E w

ill w

ork

clos

ely

with

tow

n of

ficia

ls to

det

erm

ine

how

bes

t to

eval

uate

pla

nnin

g an

d zo

ning

re

quire

men

ts" f

or th

e te

mpo

rary

layd

own

site

. The

per

mits

and

app

rova

ls re

quire

d fo

r thi

s te

mpo

rary

use

sho

uld

be s

tate

d in

th

e D

EIS

.

32-4

1As

list

ed in

Tab

le 1

-1 o

f the

FEI

S, th

e fo

llow

ing

perm

its a

re

requ

ired

from

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er:

•Sp

ecia

l Per

mit/

Site

Pla

n R

evie

w (T

own

Boar

d), w

hich

will

addr

ess

issu

es s

uch

as s

torm

wat

er, l

ayou

t, gr

adin

g,

eros

ion

and

sedi

men

t con

trol,

light

ing

and

land

scap

ing,

in

clud

ing

rest

orat

ion

of te

mpo

rary

use

are

as•

Fire

Pre

vent

ion

Perm

its (T

own

Boar

d)•

Use

of E

xplo

sive

s (T

own

Boar

d)•

Eros

ion/

Sedi

men

t Con

trol (

Plan

ning

Boa

rd)

•Zo

ning

law

am

endm

ent (

Zoni

ng B

oard

)•

Des

ign

Rev

iew

(Arc

hite

ctur

al R

evie

w B

oard

)•

Build

ing/

Occ

upan

cy P

erm

its (B

uild

ing

Insp

ecto

r)

The

tem

pora

ry u

ses

prop

osed

on

the

form

er R

asco

par

cel a

nd

the

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

will

be in

clud

ed in

the

Spec

ial

Perm

it/Si

te P

lan

Rev

iew

sub

mitt

alto

con

firm

thes

e us

es a

dher

e to

requ

irem

ents

of t

he D

over

Zon

ing

Cod

e. S

ectio

n 14

5-10

(B) o

f th

e Zo

ning

Cod

e pr

ovid

es th

at a

ny u

se n

ot e

num

erat

ed a

s a

prin

cipl

e us

e an

d no

t pro

hibi

ted

by S

ectio

n 14

5-10

(C) m

ay b

e pe

rmitt

ed b

y Sp

ecia

l Per

mit.

Thr

ough

the

Proj

ect’s

Spe

cial

Pe

rmit/

Site

Pla

n R

evie

w p

roce

ss, a

dem

onst

ratio

n of

con

sist

ency

w

ill be

mad

e w

ith e

nviro

nmen

tal s

tand

ards

set

forth

at S

ectio

n 14

5-40

and

the

crite

ria s

tate

d in

Sec

tion

145-

63 o

f the

Zon

ing

Cod

e.G

raha

m

Trel

stad

, AK

RF

Tabl

e 6.

1-2,

"Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y C

onsi

sten

cy w

ith Z

onin

g D

imen

sion

al

Req

uire

men

ts" s

houl

d in

clud

e th

e he

ight

of

the

prop

osed

bui

ldin

g ex

clus

ive

of th

e pr

opos

ed s

tack

s. It

is u

ncle

arif

the

build

ing

alon

ew

ould

be

113

feet

.

32-4

2H

eigh

ts o

f all

maj

or b

uild

ings

and

stru

ctur

es a

re p

rovi

ded

in

Sect

ion

1.5.

1.2

of th

e D

EIS.

The

talle

st b

uild

ing/

stru

ctur

e an

d eq

uipm

ent (

excl

udin

g th

e st

acks

) is

113

feet

.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-1

4

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

1. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–La

nd U

se, Z

onin

g an

d C

omm

unity

Cha

ract

er

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad,

AKR

F

The

para

grap

h at

the

botto

m o

f pag

e 6-

11,

whi

ch d

escr

ibes

the

heig

ht v

aria

nce

requ

ired,

sho

uld

be c

larif

ied

to e

xpla

in h

ow

tall

the

build

ing

vers

us th

e sm

okes

tack

s w

ould

be.

32-4

3Th

e re

fere

nced

par

agra

ph is

dis

cuss

ing

the

build

ings

onl

y, th

e ta

llest

of w

hich

are

113

feet

. Th

e st

acks

will

be 2

82.5

feet

tall.

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad,

AKR

F

Pag

es 6

-12

stat

es th

at, "

The

gran

t of t

he

varia

nce

to C

VE

will

allo

w th

e el

imin

atio

n of

th

e cu

rrent

gra

ndfa

ther

ed, p

re-e

xist

ing,

no

ncon

form

ing

uses

(i.e

., th

e pa

rtial

ly

dest

roye

d bu

ildin

gs) o

n th

e C

VE

site

." Th

is

stat

emen

t is

not e

ntire

ly a

ccur

ate.

The

se

build

ings

wer

e co

nstru

cted

prio

r to

the

adop

tion

of th

e cu

rren

t Zon

ing

Cod

e, w

hich

m

eans

that

ther

e m

ay b

e so

me

pre-

exis

ting

non-

conf

orm

ing

setb

acks

, hei

ghts

, or

oth

er s

truct

ural

or l

ot re

quire

men

ts.

How

ever

, §14

5-24

of t

he C

ode

wou

ld

prec

lude

any

non

-con

form

ing

uses

from

re-

esta

blis

hing

; and

any

ligh

t ind

ustri

al u

ses

wou

ld b

e pe

rmitt

ed to

con

tinue

und

er a

Spe

cial

Per

mit

by th

e P

lann

ing

Boa

rd.

32-4

4Irr

espe

ctiv

e of

the

lega

l sta

tus

of th

e ex

istin

g bu

ildin

gs, t

hepr

opos

ed P

roje

ct w

ill re

mov

e th

e ex

istin

gdi

lapi

date

dst

ruct

ures

and

repl

ace

them

with

the

stru

ctur

es id

entif

ied,

follo

win

g re

ceip

t of

appl

icab

le v

aria

nces

and

oth

er a

ppro

vals

.The

rem

oval

of t

he

exis

ting

nonc

onfo

rmin

g st

ruct

ures

will

redu

ce th

e ov

eral

l zon

ing

nonc

onfo

rmiti

es o

n th

e Pr

oper

tyby

per

mitt

ing

cons

truct

ion

of

build

ings

that

are

mor

e in

con

form

ance

with

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er

Zoni

ng C

ode

than

the

exis

ting

stru

ctur

es.

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad,

AKR

F

The

DE

IS s

houl

d fu

rther

dis

cuss

the

pote

ntia

l com

mun

ity c

hara

cter

impa

cts

of

the

prop

osed

Lay

dow

n S

ite.

Alth

ough

this

is

a te

mpo

rary

use

of t

he s

ite, i

t inv

olve

s di

stur

banc

e to

a p

rom

inen

t lan

dmar

k th

at

was

mem

oria

lized

in th

e A

sher

B. D

uran

d pa

intin

g “D

over

Pla

ins.

” P

lans

for

mai

ntai

ning

and

rees

tabl

ishi

ng th

e ag

ricul

tura

l use

of t

he s

ite a

nd it

s pr

esen

ce

in th

is v

iew

shed

sho

uld

be d

escr

ibed

.

32-4

5Se

ctio

n 6.

3.1.

2of

the

DEI

Spr

ovid

es a

dditi

onal

nar

rativ

e de

scrib

ing

the

tem

pora

ry u

se o

f the

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

. G

iven

th

e m

anne

r in

whi

ch th

e si

te w

ill be

use

d, a

s w

ell a

s th

e pr

e-co

nstru

ctio

n an

d po

st-c

onst

ruct

ion

mea

sure

s to

be

impl

emen

ted,

no

cha

nge

in th

e cu

rrent

cha

ract

er is

exp

ecte

d fo

llow

ing

its

rest

orat

ion

post

-con

stru

ctio

n.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-1

5

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

1. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–La

nd U

se, Z

onin

g an

d C

omm

unity

Cha

ract

er

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad,

AKR

F

The

DE

IS s

houl

d in

clud

e a

disc

ussi

on o

f po

tent

ial i

mpa

cts

to p

rope

rty v

alue

s su

rrou

ndin

g th

e fa

cilit

y.

Spe

cific

dat

a an

d an

alys

is fr

om a

reas

sur

roun

ding

exi

stin

g el

ectri

c ge

nera

ting

faci

litie

s sh

ould

be

pres

ente

d as

evi

denc

e.

32-4

6As

dis

cuss

ed in

Sec

tion

6.3.

7.2

of th

e FE

IS, a

stu

dy c

ondu

cted

by

the

Publ

ic S

ervi

ce C

omm

issi

on o

f Wis

cons

in in

dica

tes,

“act

ual

prop

erty

val

ue is

com

pris

ed o

f an

ofte

n co

mpl

ex s

et o

f des

irabl

e an

d un

desi

rabl

e fa

ctor

s, in

clud

ing

prox

imity

and

qua

lity

of

scho

ols,

the

attra

ctiv

enes

s of

the

hous

e an

d ya

rd, a

nd a

cces

s to

w

ork

and

to lo

cal a

men

ities

. The

rese

arch

has

not

bee

n co

nclu

sive

bec

ause

of t

he d

iffic

ulty

rese

arch

ers

have

of

acco

untin

g fo

r all

of th

e va

riabl

es.

The

few

stu

dies

don

e to

dat

e ha

ve n

ot s

how

n a

clea

r, co

nsis

tent

cor

rela

tion

betw

een

pow

er

plan

t loc

atio

n an

d re

duce

d pr

oper

ty v

alue

s.”

It is

impo

rtant

to n

ote

that

pro

perty

val

ues

are

driv

en b

y a

myr

iad

of fa

ctor

s w

hich

incl

ude

exte

rnal

ities

suc

h as

the

qual

ity o

f sch

ool

syst

ems,

pro

perty

taxe

s, a

nd c

omm

unity

ser

vice

s. C

VE’s

PIL

OT

will

prov

ide

subs

tant

ial r

even

ues

to th

e To

wn

of D

over

and

the

Dov

er U

nion

Fre

e Sc

hool

Dis

trict

whi

ch c

an b

e us

ed fo

r im

prov

ed

Tow

n/Sc

hool

faci

litie

s, e

xpan

ded

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces,

and

/or

low

er ta

xes.

T. M

icha

el

Twom

ey,

Ente

rgy

…th

e av

aila

ble

Fede

ral E

mer

genc

y M

anag

emen

t Age

ncy

(“FEM

A”) F

lood

In

sura

nce

Rat

e M

aps…

indi

cate

that

a p

ortio

n of

the

Prop

erty

, loc

ated

eas

tof t

he ra

ilroa

d w

here

con

stru

ctio

n is

pro

pose

d, is

in fa

ct

loca

ted

with

in th

e Fl

oodp

lain

Ove

rlay

Dis

trict

…Th

us, c

ompe

nsat

ory

flood

are

as

may

be

requ

ired

to p

reve

nt a

dver

se e

ffect

s on

ne

arby

pro

perty

ow

ners

. Tow

n of

Dov

er C

ode

§81-

12, a

nd a

pplic

able

con

stru

ctio

n st

anda

rds

mus

t be

adhe

red

to p

rote

ct th

e co

nstru

ctio

n fro

m fl

ood

dam

age.

33-2

3Th

e sm

all p

ortio

n of

des

igna

ted

flood

pla

in lo

cate

d ea

st o

f the

ra

ilroa

d tra

cks

is w

ithin

Wet

land

2, w

here

onl

y a

very

sm

all f

inge

r of

mar

gina

l wet

land

(0.0

5 ac

res)

will

be a

ltere

dan

d re

plic

ated

on

a 1:

1 ba

sis.

No

flood

sto

rage

vol

ume

will

be c

ompr

omis

ed b

y th

e Pr

ojec

t and

ther

efor

e no

com

pens

ator

y flo

od s

tora

ge w

ould

be

requ

ired

nor w

ould

spe

cial

floo

d da

mag

e pr

otec

tion

be re

quire

d fo

r Pro

ject

des

ign.

It sh

ould

be

note

d th

at th

e ex

istin

g Fl

oodp

lain

Ove

rlay

Dis

trict

m

ap n

oted

by

the

com

men

ter i

s ba

sed

upon

a FE

MA

Floo

d In

sura

nce

Rat

e M

ap fr

om A

ugus

t 198

4. F

EMA

has

sinc

e up

date

d its

Flo

od In

sura

nce

Rat

e M

aps

and

the

100-

year

floo

d zo

ne n

o lo

nger

ext

ends

eas

t of t

he M

etro

Nor

th ra

il lin

e w

ithin

Wet

land

2.

The

Tow

n of

Dov

er T

own

Boar

d ap

prov

ed a

revi

sed

FEM

Aflo

odpl

ain

map

in A

pril

2012

(pro

vide

d in

App

endi

x 3-

Cof

the

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-1

6

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

1. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–La

nd U

se, Z

onin

g an

d C

omm

unity

Cha

ract

er

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

FEIS

); th

e ad

just

ed fl

oodp

lain

ove

rlay

dist

rict d

oes

not e

xten

dea

st o

f the

Met

ro-N

orth

railr

oad

track

. Th

e re

vise

d pl

an h

asbe

en

used

as

a ba

sis

for t

he p

relim

inar

y SW

PPPs

des

crib

ed in

Sec

tion

5. T

he p

relim

inar

y SW

PPPs

will

be th

e su

bjec

t of r

evie

w a

s pa

rt of

the

Proj

ect’s

Cha

pter

65 p

erm

it (E

rosi

on a

nd S

edim

ent C

ontro

l) w

ith th

e To

wn

of D

over

.T.

Mic

hael

Tw

omey

, En

terg

y

The

DE

IS s

tate

s th

at a

larg

e po

wer

pla

nt

loca

ted

with

in th

e M

Dis

trict

is a

llow

ed b

y sp

ecia

l per

mit

issu

ed b

y th

e To

wn

Boa

rd…

In fa

ct, "

heav

y in

dust

ry"

is a

pr

ohib

ited

use

in a

n M

Dis

trict

, and

any

fair

read

ing

of th

e ph

rase

, "he

avy

indu

stry

" in

clud

es a

pow

er p

lant

of t

he s

cale

pr

opos

ed b

y th

e P

roje

ct.

Eve

n if

the

App

lican

t cou

ld s

how

that

the

Pro

ject

sho

uld

not b

e tre

ated

as

"hea

vy

indu

stry

," th

ere

are

othe

r rea

sons

why

the

use

is c

urre

ntly

pro

hibi

ted

in th

e M

D

istri

ct. I

n pa

rticu

lar,

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er

Zoni

ng C

ode

stat

es: "

Any

use,

whe

ther

or

not l

iste

din

the

Use

Tab

le, i

s pr

ohib

ited

if it

does

not

sat

isfy

the

stan

dard

s an

d cr

iteria

in

§§

145-

40 a

nd 1

45-6

3." T

own

of D

over

C

ode

§ 14

5-10

(C).

By

the

Appl

ican

t's o

wn

expl

anat

ion

(see

Sec

tion

6, b

elow

), th

e no

ise

stan

dard

s of

§ 1

45-4

0 w

ill b

e ex

ceed

ed b

y th

e P

roje

ct.

This

pro

hibi

ted

stat

us m

ay b

e re

med

ied

if th

e To

wn

of D

over

Zon

ing

Cod

e is

am

ende

d, o

r a

use

varia

nce

is g

rant

ed b

y th

e To

wn

of D

over

Zo

ning

Boa

rd o

f App

eals

…W

e ar

e co

ncer

ned

33-2

4A

disc

ussi

on o

f the

Pro

ject

’s c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith th

e To

wn

of D

over

’s

Mas

ter P

lan

and

Zoni

ng C

ode

is in

clud

ed in

Sec

tion

6.3.

1of

the

FEIS

.

Sect

ion

145-

74 o

f the

Tow

n C

ode

defin

es “H

eavy

Indu

stry

” as

the

“Man

ufac

ture

, ass

embl

y, tr

eatm

ent,

proc

essi

ng, o

r pac

kagi

ng o

f pr

oduc

ts in

a m

anne

r tha

t em

its o

r is

likel

y to

em

it ob

ject

iona

ble

leve

ls o

f sm

oke,

noi

se, d

ust,

odor

, gla

re, w

ater

pol

lutio

n, o

r vi

brat

ion

beyo

nd th

e pr

oper

ty b

ound

arie

s.”

The

Proj

ectw

ill ge

nera

teel

ectri

city

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith N

ew Y

ork

law

and

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith a

ll pe

rmits

issu

ed b

y N

YSD

EC.

With

ad

ditio

n of

the

form

er R

asco

par

cel t

o th

e Pr

oper

ty, t

he P

roje

ctw

ill op

erat

e in

a m

anne

r tha

t will

not e

mit

obje

ctio

nabl

e le

vels

of

thes

e ite

ms

beyo

nd th

e Pr

oper

ty b

ound

arie

s, w

ith th

e ex

cept

ion

of n

oise

alo

ng th

e M

etro

-Nor

th ra

ilroa

dlin

e.Si

nce

the

Met

ro-

Nor

th ra

ilroa

d lin

e is

a na

rrow

stri

p of

land

ext

endi

ng th

roug

h th

e Pr

oper

ty, w

ith C

VE o

wni

ng th

e la

nd to

the

wes

t of t

hat r

ecep

tor,

and

isno

t a n

oise

-sen

sitiv

e re

cept

or, t

his

will

not r

esul

t in

eith

er a

pu

blic

or p

rivat

e nu

isan

ce.

At th

e w

este

rly b

ound

arie

s of

the

Prop

erty

bey

ond

the

railr

oad

line,

the

Proj

ect w

ill co

mpl

y w

ith th

e To

wn

of D

over

Zon

ing

Noi

se S

tand

ards

.The

Pro

ject

will

dem

onst

rate

com

plia

nce

with

the

Maj

or P

roje

ct C

riter

ia id

entif

ied

in S

ectio

n 14

5-63

(B) o

f the

Tow

n C

ode

as a

par

t of i

ts S

peci

al

Perm

it Ap

plic

atio

nre

view

pro

cess

.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-1

7

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

1. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–La

nd U

se, Z

onin

g an

d C

omm

unity

Cha

ract

er

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

that

a v

aria

nce

may

not

be

gran

ted,

e.g

., be

caus

e (a

) the

re a

re o

ther

per

mitt

ed u

ses

that

co

uld

be m

ade

of th

is la

nd; (

b) th

ere

is n

o cl

ear f

inan

cial

har

dshi

p to

this

App

lican

t tha

t ha

s no

t bee

n se

lf-cr

eate

d; a

nd (c

) the

Pro

ject

, if

auth

oriz

ed, m

ay w

ell a

lter t

he e

ssen

tial r

ural

ch

arac

ter o

f thi

s ne

ighb

orho

od a

nd th

e To

wn

ofD

over

.T.

Mic

hael

Tw

omey

, En

terg

y

…th

e D

EIS

igno

res

the

Pro

ject

's th

ree

prop

osed

282

.5 fo

ot ta

ll em

issi

on c

ontro

l st

acks

, and

whe

ther

stru

ctur

es o

f suc

h he

ight

m

ay b

e re

conc

iled

with

the

purp

ose

and

inte

nt o

f the

Tow

n of

Dov

er Z

onin

g C

ode.

Th

ere

is a

35

foot

hei

ght l

imit

in th

e M

D

istri

ct. T

own

of D

over

Cod

e, §

145

-11(

B).

Exce

ptio

ns to

the

heig

ht li

mita

tion

are

set

forth

at §

145

-30D

, and

incl

ude

"chi

mne

ys,"

a te

rm th

at, a

lthou

gh n

ot d

efin

ed, i

s no

t re

adily

inte

rpre

ted

to in

clud

e in

dust

rial

emis

sion

con

trol s

tack

s on

the

scal

e pr

opos

ed fo

r the

Pro

ject

. No

othe

r ex

empt

ions

app

ear t

o ap

ply.

Tow

n of

Dov

er

Cod

e, §

145

-30(

D).

Ther

efor

e, th

e 28

2.5

foot

em

issi

on c

ontro

l sta

cks

argu

ably

do

not

33-2

5As

dis

cuss

ed in

Sec

tion

6.1.

4 of

the

DEI

S, th

e th

ree

prop

osed

28

2.5-

foot

sta

cks

are

cons

ider

edby

CVE

to b

e“c

him

neys

” and

w

ould

ther

efor

ebe

exem

pt fr

om h

eigh

t req

uire

men

ts p

er S

ectio

n 14

5-30

(D)(1

) of t

he Z

onin

g C

ode.

Sect

ion

145-

73 o

f the

Zon

ing

Cod

e ex

plai

ns th

at a

ll w

ords

use

d in

C

hapt

er 1

45 “s

hall

carry

thei

r cus

tom

ary

mea

ning

s.”

Ref

eren

ce

to a

com

mon

def

initi

on is

app

ropr

iate

sin

ce th

e Zo

ning

Cod

e do

es

not d

efin

e “c

him

ney.

” M

erria

m-W

ebst

er’s

Dic

tiona

rypr

ovid

es th

e fo

llow

ing

defin

ition

of “c

him

ney:

”“A

ver

tical

stru

ctur

e in

corp

orat

ed

into

a b

uild

ing

and

encl

osin

g a

flue

or fl

ues

that

car

ry o

ff sm

oke;

es

peci

ally

the

part

of s

uch

a st

ruct

ure

exte

ndin

g ab

ove

a ro

of.”2

The

com

mon

def

initi

on o

f chi

mne

y,th

eref

ore,

incl

udes

the

stac

ks

prop

osed

by

CVE

sinc

e th

e st

acks

are

flue

s (i.

e.,c

him

neys

), w

hich

will

cond

uct t

he P

roje

ct’s

emis

sion

s to

the

atm

osph

ere

asw

ill be

perm

itted

by

the

NYS

DEC

air

perm

it.Th

is u

se o

f thi

s te

rm

2ht

tp://

ww

w.m

erria

mw

ebst

er.c

om/d

ictio

nary

/chi

mne

y.

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mun

ity R

esou

rces

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8

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

1. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–La

nd U

se, Z

onin

g an

d C

omm

unity

Cha

ract

er

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

com

ply

with

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er Z

onin

g C

ode.

Sim

ilarly

, the

Pro

ject

wou

ld h

ave

four

ad

ditio

nal s

truct

ures

rang

ing

in s

ize

from

50

feet

to 1

13 fe

et ta

ll th

at a

rgua

bly

do n

ot

com

ply

with

the

heig

ht li

mita

tion.

See

DEI

S, p

. 1-

12.

to re

flect

gen

erat

ing

faci

lity

stac

ksha

s be

en a

pplie

d in

oth

er

anal

ogou

s si

tuat

ions

.

Alls

truct

ures

that

exc

eed

the

Zoni

ng C

ode’

s ap

plic

able

heig

ht

limita

tions

will

be a

ddre

ssed

as

part

of th

e Pr

ojec

t’s S

peci

al

Perm

it Ap

plic

atio

n.

T. M

icha

elTw

omey

, En

terg

y

…th

e A

pplic

ant a

sks

the

Tow

n to

am

end

its

law

s to

incr

ease

the

nois

e lim

it by

ten

deci

bels

(fro

m 5

0 to

60

dB) f

or M

zon

ing

dist

ricts

.See

DE

IS, p

. 6-9

1. A

lthou

gh th

e D

EIS

cha

ract

eriz

es th

is a

s a

"slig

ht

adju

stm

ent"

(see

DEI

S, p

. 6-1

0), a

10

dB

incr

ease

wou

ld p

erm

it th

e fa

cilit

y, a

s w

ell a

s an

y ot

her f

acilit

ies

loca

ted

in a

n M

-zon

ed

area

, to

emit

nigh

ttim

e no

ises

that

are

ten

times

loud

er th

an c

urre

ntly

allo

wed

…As

set

fo

rth in

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er N

oise

Ord

inan

ce,

"noi

se s

hall

be p

rohi

bite

d w

hen

it is

of s

uch

char

acte

r, in

tens

ity a

nd d

urat

ion

or o

f any

ty

pe o

r vol

ume

that

a re

ason

able

per

son

wou

ld n

ot to

lera

te u

nder

the

circ

umst

ance

s an

d th

at is

det

rimen

tal t

o th

e lif

e, h

ealth

or

wel

fare

of a

ny in

divi

dual

or w

ould

cau

se o

r cr

eate

a ri

sk o

f pub

lic in

conv

enie

nce,

an

noya

nce

or a

larm

." To

wn

of D

over

Cod

e §

107-

3(A)

. Noi

se o

f thi

s ch

arac

ter,

inte

nsity

an

d du

ratio

n is

like

ly to

be

the

case

ove

r bot

h th

e th

ree-

year

con

stru

ctio

n pe

riod

for t

he

prop

osed

Pro

ject

, and

dur

ing

its o

pera

tion

ther

eafte

r.

33-2

6W

ith th

e ad

ditio

n of

the

form

er R

asco

par

cel t

o th

e Pr

oper

ty, t

he

Proj

ect i

s ex

pect

ed to

com

ply

with

the

mos

t res

trict

ive

nigh

t-tim

e so

und

leve

l lim

it (5

0dB

A) o

f the

Tow

n of

Dov

er Z

onin

g N

oise

St

anda

rds

at th

e no

rth, s

outh

and

eas

t Pro

perty

line

s–

whi

ch a

re

the

Prop

erty

line

s in

the

dire

ctio

n of

the

near

est r

esid

entia

l re

cept

ors.

The

Proj

ect’s

sou

nd le

vels

will

also

com

ply

with

the

nois

e st

anda

rds

at it

s w

este

rnm

ost b

ound

ary.

How

ever

, a n

arro

w s

trip

of la

nd o

wne

d by

the

Met

ro-N

orth

railr

oad

line

exte

nds

thro

ugh

the

Prop

erty

, and

sou

nd le

vels

are

pred

icte

d to

exc

eed

the

nois

est

anda

rd a

t the

railr

oad

line.

Sin

ce th

e M

etro

-Nor

th ra

ilroa

d lin

e is

no

t a n

oise

-sen

sitiv

e re

cept

or, a

nd C

VE w

ill ow

n th

e Pr

oper

ty o

n ei

ther

side

of t

his

rece

ptor

, thi

sw

ill no

t res

ult i

n ei

ther

a p

ublic

or

priv

ate

nuis

ance

.C

VE is

requ

estin

g an

amen

dmen

t to

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er Z

onin

g C

ode

so a

s to

per

mit

the

antic

ipat

ed n

oise

leve

lsan

d al

low

this

eco

nom

ical

ly b

enef

icia

l use

with

out n

egat

ivel

y im

pact

ing

com

mun

ity c

hara

cter

and

resi

dent

ial u

ses.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-1

9

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

1. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–La

nd U

se, Z

onin

g an

d C

omm

unity

Cha

ract

er

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Rya

n C

ourti

en,

Tow

n Su

perv

isor

Figu

re 1

-2: R

C d

oes

not m

ean

recr

eatio

n; it

m

eans

reso

urce

con

serv

atio

n.

37-2

7Th

is ty

pogr

aphi

cal e

rror i

s no

ted.

Tab

le 6

.1-1

of t

he D

EIS

corre

ctly

not

es th

e de

sign

atio

n.

Rya

n C

ourti

en,

Tow

n Su

perv

isor

Figu

re 1

-4: N

o lo

nger

TT

Mat

eria

ls; i

s no

w

RA

SC

O.

37-2

8C

VE h

as s

igne

d an

opt

ion

to p

urch

ase

the

form

er R

asco

par

cel,

ther

efor

e, p

rior o

ccup

ancy

will

be re

leva

nt o

nly

for a

sses

smen

t of

site

con

ditio

nsde

scrib

ed in

Sec

tion

2of

the

FEIS

.

Step

hen

and

Cat

e W

ilson

, W

ingd

ale

Res

iden

ts

The

envi

ronm

ent h

ere

in o

ur a

rea

is o

ne

that

we

cons

ider

to b

e cl

ean

and

quie

t–a

plac

e to

live

, wor

k an

d re

tire,

whe

re w

e ca

n pu

rsue

act

iviti

es s

uch

as g

arde

ning

, ca

mpi

ng, s

wim

min

g, a

nd o

utdo

or li

ving

in

gene

ral.

The

pros

pect

and

ulti

mat

e ad

vent

of

a la

rge

scal

e (a

nd p

oten

tially

un

nece

ssar

y) p

ower

pla

nt in

clo

se

prox

imity

is n

ot c

ondu

cive

to a

ny o

f the

se

purs

uits

for m

any

reas

ons.

38-1

The

prop

osed

Pro

ject

will

mee

t stri

ct re

quire

men

ts, i

nclu

ding

for

emis

sion

san

d no

ise,

and

will

not i

nvol

ve a

ny w

aste

wat

er

disc

harg

e. I

t is

prop

osed

to b

e bu

ilt o

n an

app

roxi

mat

ely

30ac

re

foot

prin

t loc

ated

with

in a

193

.5ac

re P

rope

rty (5

7 ac

res

of w

hich

is

the

Proj

ect D

evel

opm

ent A

rea)

. G

iven

the

Proj

ect’s

char

acte

ristic

s an

d bu

fferin

g, th

ere

is n

o re

ason

why

act

iviti

es

such

as

gard

enin

g, c

ampi

ng, s

wim

min

g, a

nd g

ener

al o

utdo

or

livin

g ca

nnot

con

tinue

to b

e en

joye

d.

Rob

ert

Her

zog,

D

over

R

esid

ent

…C

VE is

adm

ittin

g th

ey w

ill be

una

ble

to m

eet

exis

ting

soun

d re

gula

tions

, and

prop

osed

to

get a

roun

d th

is o

ther

wis

e fa

tal f

law

not

by

chan

ging

thei

r equ

ipm

ent,

but b

ype

titio

ning

fo

r a c

hang

e in

the

stan

dard

, as

if th

e st

anda

rd n

eed

not a

pply

to th

em. T

hey

seek

to

get

aro

und

the

regu

latio

ns b

y try

ing

to

mak

e a

case

that

sou

nds

eman

atin

g fro

mth

e pl

ant w

ill be

uni

-dire

ctio

nal,

mag

ical

ly b

eing

co

nfin

ed to

the

rail

line.

In re

ality

, the

soun

ds

mad

e by

var

ious

equ

ipm

ent i

n th

e pl

ant w

ill ra

diat

e br

oadl

y, e

ndin

g up

in th

eho

mes

of

resi

denc

es a

nd o

ther

use

s in

the

area

who

will

have

no

effe

ctiv

e pr

otec

tion

from

leve

ls th

at

42-1

1W

ith th

e ad

ditio

n of

the

form

er R

asco

par

cel t

o th

e Pr

oper

ty, t

he

Proj

ect i

s ex

pect

ed to

com

ply

with

the

mos

t res

trict

ive

nigh

t-tim

e so

und

leve

l lim

it (5

0 dB

A) o

f the

Tow

n of

Dov

er Z

onin

g N

oise

St

anda

rds

at th

e no

rth, s

outh

and

eas

t Pro

perty

line

s–

whi

ch a

re

the

Prop

erty

line

s in

the

dire

ctio

n of

the

near

est r

esid

entia

l re

cept

ors.

Noi

se m

odel

ing

com

plet

ed fo

r the

Pro

ject

doe

s no

t pre

sum

e th

at

soun

ds fr

om th

e fa

cilit

y ar

e un

i-dire

ctio

nal.

Rat

her,

the

Cad

naA

mod

el u

tiliz

ed id

entif

ies

proj

ecte

d so

und

leve

ls a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

the

com

bina

tion

of s

ourc

es in

all

dire

ctio

ns.

Figu

re 6

-3illu

stra

tes

the

isop

leth

s sh

owin

g th

e m

anne

r in

whi

ch s

ound

sge

nera

ted

at

the

Proj

ect a

re in

fluen

ced

by d

ista

nce

and

othe

r fac

tors

.

As p

revi

ousl

y di

scus

sed

in S

ectio

n 6.

4 of

the

DEI

S, th

e Pr

ojec

t’s

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-2

0

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

1. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–La

nd U

se, Z

onin

g an

d C

omm

unity

Cha

ract

er

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

exce

ed e

xist

ing

regu

latio

ns.

That

is li

tera

lly in

tole

rabl

e --

nois

e re

gula

tions

w

ere

desi

gned

to p

rote

ct lo

cale

nviro

nmen

ts

and

resi

dent

s. It

is p

reci

sely

whe

n an

ent

ity

cann

ot m

eet s

uch

regu

latio

nsth

at th

ey a

re

not t

o be

dis

card

ed, f

or th

at is

whe

n th

ey a

re

mos

t nee

ded.

CVE

ack

now

ledg

ing

they

ca

nnot

and

will

not m

eet t

hese

sta

ndar

ds, w

ill vi

olat

e th

em, a

nd to

oba

d fo

r the

loca

ls.

The

leve

ls o

f 59d

b th

e pl

ant w

ill be

em

ittin

g,

wel

l in

exce

ss o

f the

50d

b lim

it, a

reno

t triv

ial.

The

EPA

repo

rts th

at o

utdo

or n

oise

s in

the

60db

rang

e hi

stor

ical

ly g

ener

ate

wid

espr

ead

com

plai

nts

and

indi

vidu

al th

reat

s of

lega

l ac

tion.

The

Tow

n of

Dov

er d

oes

not w

ant t

o an

d do

es n

ot n

eed

to im

pose

this

bur

den

on

its re

side

nts

for y

ears

to c

ome.

The

tow

n ha

s am

ple

auth

ority

to d

eny

the

plan

t on

the

grou

nds

of n

oise

…

soun

d le

vels

will

com

ply

with

the

nois

e st

anda

rds

at it

s w

este

rnm

ost b

ound

ary,

thus

mee

ting

the

tow

n’s

stan

dard

at a

ll Pr

oper

ty b

ound

arie

s ab

uttin

g re

side

nces

. H

owev

er, a

nar

row

st

rip o

f lan

d ow

ned

by th

e M

etro

-Nor

th ra

ilroa

d lin

e ex

tend

s th

roug

h th

e Pr

oper

ty, a

nd s

ound

leve

lsar

e pr

edic

ted

to e

xcee

d th

e no

ise

stan

dard

at t

he w

est p

rope

rty li

ne a

butti

ng th

e ra

ilroa

dlin

e. S

ince

the

Met

ro-N

orth

railr

oad

line

is n

ot a

noi

se-s

ensi

tive

rece

ptor

, and

CVE

will

own

the

Prop

erty

on

eith

er s

ide

of th

is

rece

ptor

, thi

s w

ill no

t res

ult i

n ei

ther

a p

ublic

or p

rivat

e nu

isan

ce.

CVE

is re

ques

ting

anam

endm

ent t

o th

e To

wn

of D

over

Zon

ing

Cod

e so

as

to p

erm

it th

e an

ticip

ated

noi

se le

vels

and

the

prop

osed

eco

nom

ical

ly b

enef

icia

l use

with

out n

egat

ivel

y im

pact

ing

com

mun

ity c

hara

cter

and

resi

dent

ial u

ses.

Cat

e W

ilson

, W

ingd

ale

Res

iden

t

In th

e ex

ecut

ive

sum

mar

y, it

talk

s ab

out t

he

area

of p

rimar

y im

pact

, whi

ch I

thin

k ha

s be

en

desi

gnat

ed a

s a

one-

mile

zon

e fro

m th

e pr

ojec

ted

proj

ect a

nd o

ne-m

ile ra

dius

aro

und.

O

ur p

rope

rty is

actu

ally

wel

l with

in th

at z

one,

I be

lieve

.

T2-3

The

DEI

Sdi

d no

t int

end

to im

ply

a on

e-m

ile ra

dius

wou

ld b

eco

nsid

ered

an

“are

a of

prim

ary

impa

ct.”

Sec

tion

6.1.

2.2

and

Figu

re 6

.1-2

of th

e D

EIS

do d

escr

ibe

land

use

s th

at o

ccur

with

in

one

mile

of t

he P

rope

rty.

This

is in

tend

ed a

s a

gene

ral

char

acte

rizat

ion

of th

e Pr

ojec

t’s s

ettin

g, a

nd n

ot to

repr

esen

t sp

ecifi

c an

ticip

ated

impa

cts.

As

appl

icab

le, l

ocat

ions

whe

re

impa

cts

are

proj

ecte

dto

occ

urar

e sp

ecifi

cally

iden

tifie

dfo

r eac

h te

chni

cal i

ssue

eva

luat

ed.

For e

xam

ple,

noi

se is

ople

ths

show

m

odel

ed s

ound

leve

lsex

tend

ing

out f

rom

the

Prop

erty

, tra

ffic

serv

ice

leve

lsw

ere

eval

uate

d al

ong

the

Rou

te 2

2 co

rrido

r, an

d ai

r qu

ality

impa

cts

wer

e ev

alua

ted

in s

urro

undi

ng e

leva

ted

terra

in.




6.3.2 Visual Resources and Aesthetics

The visual analysis indicates that, although the Project will be visible from certain locations, the Project Development Area possesses a number of qualities that will minimize visual impacts to its surroundings including its location within a valley, a substantial buffer of mature trees, and a hillside that will shield the majority of the Project structures from view. The Project has been purposefully located within a compact footprint, including co-locating the three stacks in order to minimize their visual impact on surroundings. The design attributes of the Project, the natural buffer of its surroundings, the context and number of viewers, the duration of the view, the degree of discernible detail, and the scenic value of the setting, contribute to minimizing the impact of potential views of the Project.

The viewshed analysis presented in Section 6.2 of the DEIS demonstrates consistency with NYSDEC’s Visual Impact Assessment Policy, and although resources of “statewide significance” were not identified from which significant visual change would be anticipated, additional simulations were provided of other viewing locations that represent the potential for local changes in view.

Areas of potential visibility within a 5-mile radius were determined based on computer modeling that considered both topography and vegetation. Within this area, types of viewers and land uses were considered, leading to selection of vantage points from which photographic simulations were prepared illustrating representative views both under current conditions and with the proposed Project in place. These simulations were included as Figures 6.2-6 through 6.2-13 of the DEIS.

The visual impact assessment presented in Section 6.2 of the DEIS indicated that views of the facility stacks will be limited, day or night, due to topography, vegetation and distance. The facility, including its stacks, would not be visible at night, although Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety lighting on the stacks will be visible. Stack lighting will be similar to the FAA lighting one sees on communication towers. Other lighting will be directed downwards and would not result in nighttime off-site visibility of the facility.

The closest view is that from Route 22, reflected in Figure 6.2-6 of the DEIS. Stack lighting would be expected to be visible from that location. However, viewers would be driving along Route 22 and experiencing a momentary glimpse of the lighting that would not be dissimilar to the effect of street lights or similar features. Viewers from the other evaluated representative locations also have the potential to view stack top lighting, but distance and vegetation will place the lighting as a horizon feature. The potential impact of the views would vary, as individual viewer sensitivity to this form of lighting varies. CVE is working




with the FAA to minimize the need for stack lighting to the extent possible while still meeting FAA safety requirements.

Table 6-2 outlines comments and responses associated with visual resources and aesthetics.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-2

3

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

2. R

espo

nses

to C

omm

ents

–Vi

sual

Res

ourc

es a

nd A

esth

etic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Mar

k C

hipk

in,

Paw

ling

Res

iden

t

The

Cric

ket V

alle

y Po

wer

Pla

ntw

ill…ad

d…vi

sual

…po

lluta

nts

to o

ur

envi

ronm

ent…

25-3

As d

etai

led

in S

ectio

n 6.

2 of

the

DEI

S, th

e Pr

ojec

t will

add

a ne

w v

isua

l el

emen

t to

the

land

scap

e. G

iven

the

desi

gn a

ttrib

utes

of t

he P

roje

ct, t

he

natu

ral b

uffe

r of i

ts s

urro

undi

ngs,

the

cont

ext a

nd n

umbe

r of v

iew

ers,

th

e du

ratio

n of

the

view

, the

deg

ree

of d

isce

rnib

le d

etai

l, an

d th

e sc

enic

va

lue

of th

e se

tting

, the

vis

ual o

f thi

s im

pact

is a

sses

sed

in t

hat s

ectio

n of

the

DEI

S as

min

imal

.D

avid

R

ober

ts,

Paw

ling

Res

iden

t

View

shed

ana

lysi

s sh

ows

that

the

plan

t is

plai

nly

visi

ble

from

the

libra

ry

at D

over

Jun

ior –

Seni

or H

igh

Scho

ol.

29-1

Visu

al s

imul

atio

ns w

ere

not c

ompl

eted

from

the

inte

rior o

f any

bui

ldin

gs.

The

sim

ulat

ions

pro

vide

d in

Sec

tion

6.2.

4 of

the

DEI

S, w

hich

incl

udes

th

e D

over

Mid

dle

Scho

ol –

Hig

h Sc

hool

com

plex

wer

e ta

ken

from

ou

tdoo

r loc

atio

ns re

pres

enta

tive

of a

“wor

st c

ase”

vie

w (s

ee D

EIS

Figu

re 6

.2-1

0).

It is

pos

sibl

e th

at v

iew

s of

the

faci

lity

will

be s

een

from

lo

catio

ns o

ther

than

thos

e fo

r whi

ch s

peci

fic s

imul

atio

ns w

ere

prep

ared

, al

thou

gh a

s ev

iden

t fro

m D

EIS

Figu

re 6

.2-1

0, th

e sc

hool

gro

unds

are

w

ell-s

cree

ned

by v

eget

atio

n.G

raha

m

Trel

stad

, AK

RF

It is

not

ed th

at th

e pr

opos

ed

Layd

own

Site

is th

e fie

ld fr

om th

e As

her B

. Dur

and

pain

ting,

"Dov

er

Plai

ns."

This

sho

uld

be a

ddre

ssed

as

a p

oten

tial c

omm

unity

cha

ract

er

impa

ct.

32-8

The

prop

osed

use

of t

he re

mot

e La

ydow

n Si

te is

tem

pora

ry in

nat

ure.

D

urin

g th

e tim

e it

is in

use

, the

site

itse

lf w

ill vi

sual

ly c

hang

e. H

owev

er,

trees

lini

ng R

oute

22

and

the

lack

of t

alle

r sto

red

item

s at

the

site

will

scre

en v

iew

s fro

m o

ffsite

loca

tions

. Fo

llow

ing

cons

truct

ion,

the

site

will

be re

stor

ed.

No

perm

anen

t cha

nge

in s

ite c

ondi

tions

is a

ntic

ipat

ed, a

nd

no s

igni

fican

t im

pact

to c

omm

unity

cha

ract

er w

ill re

sult.

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad,

AKR

F

Pg

1-19

sta

tes

that

the

Fede

ral

Avi

atio

n A

dmin

istra

tion

(FA

A) w

ill

requ

ire li

ghtin

g on

all

thre

e st

acks

, an

d re

com

men

ded

a du

al li

ghtin

g sy

stem

that

wou

ld re

sult

in re

d lig

htin

g at

nig

ht a

nd m

ediu

m in

tens

ity

whi

te li

ghts

dur

ing

dayt

ime

hour

s.

Phot

osim

ulat

ions

of t

he p

ropo

sed

nigh

t-tim

e illu

min

atio

n fro

m s

ensi

tive

rece

ptor

s an

d an

ass

essm

ent o

f po

tent

ial i

mpa

ct to

thos

e re

cept

ors

32-9

The

visu

al im

pact

ass

essm

ent p

rese

nted

in S

ectio

n6.

2 of

the

DEI

S in

dica

ted

that

vie

ws

of th

e fa

cilit

y st

acks

will

be li

mite

d, d

ay o

r nig

ht, d

ue

to to

pogr

aphy

, veg

etat

ion

and

dist

ance

. Th

e fa

cilit

y, in

clud

ing

its s

tack

s,

wou

ld n

ot b

e vi

sibl

e at

nig

ht, a

lthou

gh F

AA s

afet

y lig

htin

g on

the

stac

ks

will

be v

isib

le.

Stac

k lig

htin

g w

ill be

sim

ilar t

o th

e FA

A lig

htin

g on

e se

es

on c

omm

unic

atio

n to

wer

s. B

ecau

se th

e st

acks

are

co-

loca

ted,

it is

an

ticip

ated

that

onl

y a

sing

le li

ght p

er s

tack

will

be n

eces

sary

to p

rovi

de

for a

dequ

ate

visi

bilit

y. O

ther

ligh

ting

will

be d

irect

ed d

ownw

ards

and

w

ould

not

resu

lt in

nig

httim

e of

f-site

vis

ibilit

y of

the

faci

lity.

The

anal

ysis

pre

sent

ed in

Sec

tion

6.2

of th

e D

EIS

dem

onst

rate

s co

nsis

tenc

y w

ith N

YSD

EC’s

Vis

ual P

rogr

am P

olic

y, a

nd a

lthou

gh

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-2

4

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

2. R

espo

nses

to C

omm

ents

–Vi

sual

Res

ourc

es a

nd A

esth

etic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

from

the

nigh

t-tim

e illu

min

atio

n sh

ould

be

prov

ided

.“re

sour

ces

of s

tate

wid

e si

gnifi

canc

e” w

ere

not i

dent

ified

from

whi

ch

sign

ifica

nt v

isua

l cha

nge

wou

ld b

e an

ticip

ated

, add

ition

al s

imul

atio

ns

wer

e pr

ovid

ed o

f oth

er v

iew

loca

tions

that

repr

esen

t the

pot

entia

l for

lo

cal c

hang

es in

vie

w.

The

clos

est v

iew

is th

at fr

om R

oute

22,

refle

cted

in F

igur

e 6.

2-6

of th

e D

EIS.

Sta

ck li

ghtin

g w

ould

be

expe

cted

to b

e vi

sibl

e fro

m th

at lo

catio

n.

How

ever

, vie

wer

s w

ould

be

driv

ing

alon

g R

oute

22

and

expe

rienc

ing

a m

omen

tary

glim

pse

of th

e lig

htin

g th

at w

ould

not

be

diss

imila

r to

the

effe

ct o

f stre

et li

ghts

or s

imila

r fea

ture

s. V

iew

ers

from

the

othe

r ev

alua

ted

repr

esen

tativ

e lo

catio

ns a

lso

have

the

pote

ntia

l to

view

sta

ck

top

light

ing,

but

dis

tanc

e an

d ve

geta

tion

will

plac

e th

e lig

htin

g as

a

horiz

on fe

atur

e. T

he p

oten

tial i

mpa

ct o

f the

vie

ws

wou

ld v

ary,

as

indi

vidu

al v

iew

er s

ensi

tivity

to th

is fo

rm o

f lig

htin

g va

ries.

CVE

is

wor

king

with

the

FAA

to m

inim

ize

the

need

for s

tack

ligh

ting

to th

e ex

tent

pos

sibl

e w

hile

stil

l mee

ting

FAA

safe

ty re

quire

men

ts.

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad,

AKR

F

The

DE

IS p

rese

nts

a pl

ume

visi

bilit

y an

alys

is in

acc

orda

nce

with

app

ropr

iate

Pre

vent

ion

of

Sig

nific

ant D

eter

iora

tion

(PS

D)

proc

edur

es to

ass

ess

pote

ntia

l vi

sibi

lity

impa

cts

on s

tate

man

aged

pa

rks.

An

asse

ssm

ent w

as

perfo

rmed

to e

valu

ate

the

pote

ntia

l fo

r a v

isib

le c

onde

nsed

wat

er

plum

e at

two

loca

tions

in th

e im

med

iate

vic

inity

of t

he p

ropo

sed

faci

lity

and

is c

onta

ined

in S

ectio

n 6.

2, “V

isua

l Res

ourc

es a

nd

Aes

thet

ics”

inst

ead

of S

ectio

n 4,

“A

ir R

esou

rces

.”

32-2

9Se

ctio

n 6.

2 fo

cuse

s on

the

pote

ntia

l for

loca

l com

mun

ity v

isua

l cha

nge,

in

clud

ing

that

ass

ocia

ted

with

a v

isib

lew

ater

vap

or p

lum

e.

Rep

rese

ntat

ion

of th

is p

oten

tial e

lem

ent o

f the

Pro

ject

’s v

isib

ility

is a

nim

porta

nt a

spec

t to

incl

ude

in th

e ov

eral

l vis

ual i

mpa

ctas

sess

men

t in

Sect

ion

6.2.

“Vis

ibilit

y” fo

r Cla

ss I

area

s is

def

ined

thro

ugh

the

appl

icat

ion

of s

peci

fic a

ir qu

ality

sta

ndar

ds th

at a

ddre

ss n

on-w

ater

vap

or

visi

ble

plum

e, w

hich

is w

hy th

at in

form

atio

n is

pre

sent

ed in

Sec

tion

4 of

th

e D

EIS.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-2

5

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

2. R

espo

nses

to C

omm

ents

–Vi

sual

Res

ourc

es a

nd A

esth

etic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad,

AKR

F

Page

6-2

2 de

scrib

es th

e pr

ojec

t site

lig

htin

g. V

isua

l pho

to-s

imul

atio

ns o

f th

e pr

ojec

t at n

ight

from

off-

site

sens

itive

rece

ptor

s sh

ould

be

prov

ided

.

32-4

7Th

e vi

sual

impa

ct a

sses

smen

t pre

sent

ed in

Sec

tion

6.2

of th

e D

EIS

indi

cate

d th

at v

iew

s of

the

faci

lity

stac

ks w

ill be

lim

ited,

day

or n

ight

, due

to

topo

grap

hy, v

eget

atio

n an

d di

stan

ce.

The

faci

lity,

incl

udin

g its

sta

cks,

w

ould

not

be

visi

ble

at n

ight

, alth

ough

FAA

saf

ety

light

ing

on th

e st

acks

w

ill be

vis

ible

. St

ack

light

ing

will

be s

imila

r to

the

FAA

light

ing

one

sees

on

com

mun

icat

ion

tow

ers.

Oth

er li

ghtin

g w

ill be

dire

cted

dow

nwar

ds

and

wou

ld n

ot re

sult

in n

ight

time

off-s

ite v

isib

ility

of th

e fa

cilit

y.Al

thou

gh

nigh

ttim

e si

mul

atio

ns h

ave

not b

een

com

plet

ed, a

dditi

onal

dis

cuss

ion

of

nigh

ttim

e vi

sibi

lity

is in

clud

ed in

Sec

tion

6.3.

2of

the

FEIS

.

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad,

AKR

F

It is

not

ed th

at th

e pr

opos

ed

proj

ect w

ill be

vis

ible

from

a

num

ber o

f loc

atio

ns, i

nclu

ding

C

ricke

t Hill

Roa

d, R

oute

22,

the

Kno

lls o

f Dov

er, a

nd th

e D

over

M

iddl

e/H

igh

Sch

ool.

Alth

ough

m

ere

visi

bilit

y do

es n

ot c

onst

itute

an

impa

ct, i

t will

be s

ubst

antia

llym

ore

visi

ble

than

the

exis

ting

smok

esta

cks

and

wat

er to

wer

. Afu

ll-da

y cr

ane

or b

allo

on te

st s

houl

d be

sch

edul

ed w

ith s

uffic

ient

pub

lic

notic

e to

allo

w lo

cal o

ffici

als

and

resi

dent

s to

witn

ess

the

test

.

32-4

8Th

e pr

opos

ed s

tack

s w

ill be

talle

r tha

n th

e st

ack

and

wat

er to

wer

fe

atur

es c

urre

ntly

loca

ted

at th

e si

te, a

s no

ted

in S

ectio

n6.

2.5.

5of

the

DEI

S.Al

thou

gh p

hysi

cal f

ield

repr

esen

tatio

ns o

f fut

ure

stru

ctur

es h

ave

been

use

d, th

ey h

ave

sign

ifica

nt li

mita

tions

that

tend

to o

utw

eigh

thei

r be

nefit

. Bal

loon

test

s ca

n fre

quen

tly b

e co

mpr

omis

ed, a

sw

eath

er a

ndat

mos

pher

ic c

ondi

tions

are

rare

ly c

alm

eno

ugh

to a

ssur

e th

e ba

lloon

st

ays

at th

e de

sire

d he

ight

for v

iew

ing

purp

oses

. Th

e us

e of

cra

nes

does

not

hav

e th

is is

sue,

but

pos

esa

sign

ifica

ntly

gre

ater

cos

t and

lo

gist

ical

cha

lleng

e. T

he te

chno

logy

use

d to

repr

esen

t fut

ure

view

s re

lies

on c

ompu

ter s

imul

atio

ns, w

hich

hav

e be

en d

emon

stra

ted

to

accu

rate

ly re

pres

ent t

he p

oten

tial f

or v

isua

l cha

nge

(for e

xam

ple,

Cap

e W

ind

2011

).

CVE

will

cont

inue

wor

king

with

the

tow

n, th

roug

h its

Spe

cial

Per

mit

proc

ess,

to c

onsi

der l

ocal

vie

ws

of p

oten

tial c

once

rnas

the

tow

n de

velo

ps it

s fin

ding

s in

sup

port

of th

e lo

cal r

evie

w p

roce

ss.

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad,

AKR

F

Pag

e 6-

29 s

tate

s th

at th

e m

odel

ing

does

not

indi

cate

that

th

e A

ppal

achi

an T

rail

falls

with

in

area

s fro

m w

hich

the

proj

ect i

s an

ticip

ated

to b

e vi

sibl

e. H

owev

er,

Figu

re 6

.2-1

hig

hlig

hts

seve

ral

porti

ons

of th

e tra

il in

yel

low

, whi

chde

note

s po

tent

ial v

isib

ility.

The

32-4

9Ba

sed

on th

e in

dica

tion

of p

oten

tial v

iew

s fro

m th

e Ap

pala

chia

n Tr

ail,

aC

VE re

pres

enta

tive

has

eval

uate

d th

e po

rtion

s of

the

Appa

lach

ian

Trai

l th

at e

xten

d th

roug

h th

e Pr

ojec

t are

a on

sev

eral

occ

asio

ns.

Even

und

er

clea

r vis

ibilit

y w

eath

eran

d le

af-o

ffco

nditi

ons,

vie

ws

of th

e Pr

oper

tyfro

mne

arly

all

segm

ents

oft

he tr

ail a

rew

ell-s

cree

ned

by v

eget

atio

n.H

owev

er, C

VE h

as id

entif

ied

one

loca

tion,

on

Ten

Mile

Hill,

from

whi

ch

the

exis

ting

stac

ks c

an b

e se

en.

At 3

.5m

iles

dist

ant,

view

s of

the

faci

lity

are

not e

xpec

ted

to b

e in

trusi

ve, a

nd a

re li

kely

to b

e sc

reen

ed

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-2

6

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

2. R

espo

nses

to C

omm

ents

–Vi

sual

Res

ourc

es a

nd A

esth

etic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

pote

ntia

l vie

ws

from

the

App

alac

hian

Tra

il sh

ould

be

furth

er

asse

ssed

.

durin

g le

af-o

n co

nditi

ons.

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad,

AKR

F

A ph

oto-

sim

ulat

ion

of th

e vi

ews

of th

e pr

ojec

t site

from

the

Swam

p R

iver

sh

ould

be

prov

ided

. Thi

s re

sour

ce is

en

joye

d by

man

y m

embe

rs o

f the

pu

blic

, and

the

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s sh

ould

be

eval

uate

d fro

m a

nat

ural

re

sour

ce a

s w

ell a

s co

mm

unity

ch

arac

ter/v

isua

l impa

ct p

ersp

ectiv

e.

32-5

0Ap

prox

imat

ely

500

–1,

000

feet

of fo

rest

, as

wel

l as

the

activ

e M

etro

-N

orth

railr

oad

line,

sep

arat

e th

e Sw

amp

Riv

er fr

om th

e pr

opos

ed

Proj

ect.

The

den

se v

eget

atio

n an

d sl

ight

ly lo

wer

topo

grap

hy o

f the

Sw

amp

Riv

er re

lativ

e to

the

site

wou

ld p

reve

nt a

ny b

ut th

e sm

alle

st o

f gl

imps

es o

f the

faci

lity.

Pub

lic e

njoy

men

t of t

he S

wam

p R

iver

is

antic

ipat

ed to

con

tinue

, and

asp

ects

of t

he P

roje

ct (s

uch

as th

e si

te

clea

n-up

) are

ant

icip

ated

to e

nhan

ce th

e lo

ng-te

rm q

ualit

y of

that

en

joym

ent.

John

Fila

, W

ingd

ale

Res

iden

t

The

conc

lusi

ons

as p

rese

nted

in th

e D

EIS

are

bas

ed o

n an

inco

mpl

ete,

th

eref

ore

inac

cura

te, a

naly

sis,

usi

ng

a lim

ited

num

ber o

f loc

atio

ns. A

ve

ry s

imila

r, if

not i

dent

ical

faci

lity

is

loca

ted

in th

e to

wn

of A

then

s N

Y.

The

view

s in

that

are

a ar

e do

min

ated

by

the

stac

ks a

ndco

olin

g to

wer

s of

that

pla

nt.

35-2

Each

pro

ject

is lo

cate

d w

ithin

a d

iffer

ent e

nviro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g an

d co

ntex

t. T

he A

then

s fa

cilit

y, lo

cate

d ne

ar th

e H

udso

n R

iver

and

with

inel

evat

ed,f

latte

r, an

d le

ss s

cree

ned

terra

in, w

ould

not

hav

e th

e sa

me

visu

albu

fferin

g ef

fect

as

the

CVE

Pro

ject

. Th

e si

mul

atio

ns p

rovi

ded

pres

ent a

rang

e of

repr

esen

tativ

e vi

ews

that

indi

cate

the

antic

ipat

ed

visu

al c

hang

e. A

s di

scus

sed

in S

ectio

n 6.

4 of

the

DEI

S, n

one

of th

e ra

nge

of p

oten

tial v

iew

s is

antic

ipat

ed to

hav

e a

sign

ifica

nt e

ffect

.

Rya

n C

ourti

en,

Tow

n Su

perv

isor

ES-1

4: W

hile

it is

sta

ted

and

map

ped

in S

ectio

n 6

whe

re th

e pr

ojec

t will

be v

isib

le, t

here

sho

uld

be m

ore

brou

ght f

orw

ard

to th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Sum

mar

y.

37-1

2W

eun

ders

tand

that

som

e m

ay o

nly

revi

ew th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Sum

mar

y of

th

e D

EIS,

but

wou

ld e

ncou

rage

any

one

with

a p

artic

ular

inte

rest

in a

gi

ven

topi

c to

read

the

mor

e de

taile

d se

ctio

n as

wel

l. W

ith th

e co

mm

ente

r’s c

once

rns

in m

ind,

CVE

has

cre

ated

an

“Ask

Cric

ket

Valle

y” w

ebpa

ge o

n th

e Pr

ojec

t web

site

(ww

w.c

ricke

tval

ley.

com

)sp

ecifi

cally

des

igne

d to

ans

wer

freq

uent

ly a

sked

que

stio

ns a

nd g

uide

th

e pu

blic

to a

nsw

ers

with

in th

e D

EIS.

A

link

to D

EIS

Figu

re 6

.2-2

, sh

owin

g po

tent

ially

vis

ible

are

as, i

s in

clud

ed o

n th

is w

ebsi

te.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-2

7

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

2. R

espo

nses

to C

omm

ents

–Vi

sual

Res

ourc

es a

nd A

esth

etic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Rya

n C

ourti

en,

Tow

n Su

perv

isor

ES-1

4: W

hat a

re th

e “a

reas

of v

isua

l im

porta

nce?

” Is

ther

e a

stan

dard

list

or

crit

eria

use

d in

det

erm

inin

g th

is?

37-1

3Th

e “a

reas

of v

isua

l im

porta

nce”

not

ed in

the

DEI

S Ex

ecut

ive

Sum

mar

y on

pag

e ES

-14

refe

renc

e th

e ae

sthe

tic re

sour

ces

outli

ned

in S

ectio

n 6.

2.4.

1 of

the

DEI

S. T

his

incl

udes

an

eval

uatio

n in

acc

orda

nce

with

N

YSD

EC’s

Vis

ual I

mpa

ct A

sses

smen

t Pol

icy,

whi

ch p

rovi

des

a st

anda

rd li

st o

f spe

cific

sta

te a

nd fe

dera

l res

ourc

es fo

r con

side

ratio

n. I

t al

so in

clud

es a

dis

cuss

ion

(Sec

tion

6.2.

4.1.

2 of

the

DEI

S) o

f pot

entia

l lo

cal r

esou

rces

, dra

win

g up

on th

e D

over

Mas

ter P

lan,

con

sulta

tion

with

th

e To

wn

Supe

rvis

or, a

nd s

olic

iting

pub

lic c

omm

ent t

hrou

gh re

view

of

scop

ing

docu

men

ts a

nd o

ther

pub

lic m

eetin

gs.

R

yan

Cou

rtien

, To

wn

Supe

rvis

or

A pu

blic

ized

Bal

loon

Tes

t for

Sta

ck

Hei

ght n

eeds

to ta

ke p

lace

so

ever

yone

can

get

a s

ense

of w

hat

the

prop

osed

282

.5 fo

ot h

igh

stac

ks

will

look

like

. Th

is te

st s

houl

d be

co

ordi

nate

d w

ith th

e To

wn

of D

over

To

wn

Gov

ernm

ent.

37-2

5Al

thou

gh p

hysi

cal f

ield

repr

esen

tatio

ns o

f fut

ure

stru

ctur

es h

ave

been

us

ed, t

hey

have

sig

nific

ant l

imita

tions

that

tend

to o

utw

eigh

thei

r ben

efit.

Ba

lloon

test

s ca

n fre

quen

tly b

e co

mpr

omis

ed, a

s w

eath

er a

nd

atm

osph

eric

con

ditio

ns a

re ra

rely

cal

m e

noug

h to

ass

ure

the

ballo

on

stay

s at

the

desi

red

heig

ht fo

r vie

win

g pu

rpos

es.

The

tech

nolo

gy u

sed

to re

pres

ent f

utur

e vi

ews

relie

s on

com

pute

r sim

ulat

ions

, whi

ch h

ave

been

dem

onst

rate

d to

acc

urat

ely

repr

esen

t the

pot

entia

l for

vis

ual

chan

ge (f

or e

xam

ple,

Cap

e W

ind

2011

).

CVE

will

cont

inue

wor

king

with

the

tow

n, th

roug

h its

Spe

cial

Per

mit

proc

ess,

to c

onsi

der l

ocal

vie

ws

of p

oten

tial c

once

rnas

the

tow

n de

velo

ps it

s fin

ding

s to

sup

port

the

loca

l rev

iew

pro

cess

.R

yan

Cou

rtien

, To

wn

Supe

rvis

or

Appe

ndix

6C

–Li

ghtin

g St

udy

shou

ld in

clud

e ni

ghtti

me

rend

erin

gs

of th

e pl

ant f

rom

sev

eral

loca

tions

ar

ound

tow

n in

clud

ing

the

Dov

er

Mid

dle

/ Hig

h Sc

hool

, loo

king

sou

th

from

Dov

er F

urna

ce, l

ooki

ng n

orth

fro

m C

hipp

awal

la R

oad,

look

ing

wes

t fro

m C

ricke

t Hill

and

look

ing

sout

heas

t fro

m R

idge

Roa

d.

37-8

6Th

e vi

sual

impa

ct a

sses

smen

t pre

sent

ed in

Sec

tion

6.2

of th

e D

EIS

indi

cate

d th

at v

iew

s of

the

faci

lity

stac

ks w

ill be

lim

ited,

day

or n

ight

, due

to

topo

grap

hy, v

eget

atio

n an

d di

stan

ce.

The

faci

lity,

incl

udin

gits

sta

cks,

w

ould

not

be

visi

ble

at n

ight

, alth

ough

FAA

saf

ety

light

ing

on th

e st

acks

w

ill be

vis

ible

. St

ack

light

ing

will

be s

imila

r to

the

FAA

light

ing

one

sees

on

com

mun

icat

ion

tow

ers.

Oth

er li

ghtin

g w

ill be

dire

cted

dow

nwar

ds

and

wou

ld n

ot re

sult

inni

ghtti

me

off-s

ite v

isib

ility

of th

e fa

cilit

y.Al

thou

gh

nigh

ttim

e si

mul

atio

ns h

ave

not b

een

com

plet

ed, a

dditi

onal

dis

cuss

ion

of

nigh

ttim

e vi

sibi

lity

is in

clud

ed in

Sec

tion

6.3.

2.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-2

8

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

2. R

espo

nses

to C

omm

ents

–Vi

sual

Res

ourc

es a

nd A

esth

etic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Cris

tina

Blea

kley

, D

over

R

esid

ent

Whe

n w

e pu

rcha

sed

our h

ome

eigh

t ye

ars

ago,

one

of t

he th

ings

that

the

build

er a

sked

[sic

] is

the

aest

hetic

of

the

land

wou

ld s

tay

and

all t

he

hom

es w

ere

in a

n ar

ea to

be

pret

ty

muc

h th

e sa

me.

I'm

con

cern

ed --

Ikn

ow th

ere

was

men

tion

that

the

park

ing

will

be --

the

land

will

be p

ut

back

to w

here

they

foun

d [s

ic].

But I

th

ink

it w

ill ch

ange

the

aest

hetic

of

the

loca

tion

whe

re it

is.

T2-1

0Th

e co

mm

ente

r is

aski

ng a

bout

the

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

. Th

e pr

opos

ed u

se o

f the

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

is te

mpo

rary

in n

atur

e.

Dur

ing

the

time

it is

in u

se, t

hesi

te it

self

will

visu

ally

cha

nge.

How

ever

, tre

es li

ning

Rou

te 2

2 an

d th

e la

ck o

f tal

ler s

tore

d ite

ms

at th

e si

te w

ill sc

reen

vie

ws

from

offs

ite lo

catio

ns.

Follo

win

g co

nstru

ctio

n, th

e si

te w

ill be

rest

ored

. N

o pe

rman

ent c

hang

e in

site

con

ditio

ns is

ant

icip

ated

, and

no

sig

nific

ant i

mpa

ct to

com

mun

ity c

hara

cter

will

resu

lt.

Mar

k C

hipk

in,

Paw

ling

Res

iden

t

And

even

the

light

ing,

as

som

ethi

ngth

at h

appe

ned

loca

lly, o

nce

agai

n,

we

aske

dth

is b

usin

ess

to tu

rn o

ff th

eir l

ight

s an

dbe

caus

e of

wha

t the

y ca

lled

secu

rity

reas

ons,

we

have

lig

hts

shin

ing

in m

any

dire

ctio

nsin

to

the

resi

denc

es…

T3-1

1C

onsi

sten

t with

tow

n co

des

and

indu

stry

pra

ctic

e, li

ghtin

g at

the

faci

lity

will

be s

hiel

ded

to b

e di

rect

ed d

own

to m

inim

ize

light

intru

sion

whi

le

mai

ntai

ning

nec

essa

ry le

vels

of l

ight

ing

to e

nsur

e w

orke

r saf

ety.

Ade

taile

d lig

htin

g st

udy

for t

he P

roje

ct w

as in

clud

ed in

App

endi

x 6-

C to

th

e D

EIS.

Sin

ce th

e D

EIS

was

file

d, C

VE h

as c

ompl

eted

sim

ilar l

ight

ing

anal

ysis

for t

he te

mpo

rary

use

of t

hefo

rmer

Ras

co p

arce

l and

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

(App

endi

ces

6-A

and

6-B,

resp

ectiv

ely,

of t

he F

EIS)

.

Thes

e lig

htin

g pl

ans

will

be in

clud

ed in

the

Proj

ect’s

Spe

cial

Per

mit

Appl

icat

ion

to th

e To

wn

of D

over

.




6.3.3 Traffic and Transportation

The addition of the former Rasco parcel to the Project site will allow CVE to move a substantial portion of the off-site parking and laydown needs onto the Project Property(Figure 6 -2). This addition will also allow CVE to clean up a greater portion of the site, andalso helps reduce the impacts and traffic associated with the originally proposed remote parking area (the remote Laydown Site), located approximately 2.5 miles north of theProperty. As previously discussed in Section 6.3 of the DEIS, long-term impacts on local traffic patterns will be insignificant, based on the discrete number of permanent employee and other trips anticipated to occur and the direct access from Route 22. Short-term traffic impacts are expected as a result of construction workers traveling to and from the former Rasco parcel and, during peak construction, the remote Laydown Site.

It is anticipated that the former Rasco parcel can accommodate approximately 580 construction worker vehicles, which will be adequate to serve the entire construction crew for more than 80 percent of the construction period (approximately 31 of 36 months). During the five months of peak construction, anticipated to occur in mid-2014, overflow parking of approximately 125 vehicles may be required at the remote Laydown Site.

To reflect the addition of the former Rasco parcel, an updated traffic analysis was prepared to reflect the amended parking plan. In the amended study (Appendix 6-C of the FEIS), the peak construction year traffic and the operation year have been revised to 2014 and 2016 respectively. Accordingly the background traffic growth has been increased by the 1.5% per annum previously used, to account for the changes in time frames. Figures 6.3-6A and 6.3-7A of Appendix 6-C of the FEIS show projected future volumes in the study area for 2014 (the anticipated peak construction period) and 2016 (the Project operations year) without the Project.

The period when the most construction traffic activity is anticipated to occur will be during Construction Phase 3 (estimated to occur between July 2014 and December 2014). During Construction Phases 1 and 2 (demolition of existing buildings, and site preparation activities) and in subsequent phases (when specialty trades will be completing finish work and testing), construction traffic activity will be less. Evaluation of this maximum-impact period assumes that plans will be in place to address the highest potential community traffic impact. During this period, there may be daily peaks of up to 750 workers traveling to and from the Project Development Area, and, in limited number, to and from the remote Laydown Site shortly before 7:00 a.m. and after 4:00 p.m. It is conservatively assumed that workers will commute to the Project area in the a.m. peak period and leave the Project area in the p.m. peak period and that 20 percent of the workers will carpool to the Project area.




Construction scheduling may be timed such that workers would not be traveling during the typical commuter rush hour periods.

Based on the revised parking layout at the Project Development Area, 580 construction worker trips were assigned to that driveway. The remaining construction worker trips were then assigned to the remote Laydown Site. All trips to the remote Laydown Site were assumed to originate from south of the remote Laydown Site to present a maximum-impact case for the study intersections.

The updated traffic analysis indicates that, in the peak construction year (2014) with Project construction traffic, all intersections will continue to operate at an acceptable LOS, with one exception: the Project Development Area driveway. This means that the remote Laydown Site driveway and Duncan Hill Road intersections will now operate at an acceptable LOSduring the peak construction period and the recommendations contained in the DEIS for manual traffic control at these intersections are no longer necessary.

The Route 22 intersection with the Project Development Area driveway shows a failing LOS for the driveway approach during both a.m. and p.m. peak periods. CVE will work with the NYSDOT to identify appropriate temporary measures to implement during construction to mitigate impacts to LOS at the Project driveway. CVE’s recommendations for review by NYSDOT are illustrated in plans provided in Appendix 6-D, and currently reflect:

• No special roadway improvements will be required at the remote Laydown Site temporary access driveway, which will incorporate turning radius requirements and sight lines that support anticipated vehicle usage;

• A temporary traffic signal at the Project driveway for use during construction; and

• Roadway improvements at the Project driveway, including temporary widening of Route 22 (including a northbound left turn lane and southbound right turn lane into the Property). These temporary lanes will include clarification of traffic patterns through use of land and median striping to facilitate traffic flow.

In addition, CVE will work closely with the Town of Dover to determine the need for any additional measures, as needed, such as providing manual traffic control during the peak morning and evening hours. In particular, CVE will work closely with the Town of Dover and the Dover Union Free School District to mitigate traffic impacts to the Middle/High School complex. A detailed list of School Bus Routes with “Start” and “Arrival” times was included in Appendix 6-B of the DEIS. School bus arrivals are estimated to occur between




7:05 - 7:10 a.m. each morning. CVE could, for example, adjust the construction workday so that all workers are on-site by 7:00 a.m. to avoid potential conflicts with school bus schedules. Since the construction work day will end at 4:00 p.m., afternoon construction traffic is not expected to conflict with the school bus schedule. Should concerns regarding after-school activities arise, CVE will work with the town and school officials to determine the best approach to minimize this temporary impact.

In summary, the updated traffic analysis confirms that the Project’s ability to use the former Rasco parcel during the construction period reduces impacts to traffic along Route 22 as compared to the plan presented in the DEIS. CVE is coordinating with the NYSDOT and local officials to ensure traffic impacts during construction and operation are minimized through implementation of mitigation measures at the intersection of Route 22 and the Project access. Plans depicting the recommended temporary and permanent configuration of that intersection are provided in Appendix 6-D of the FEIS.

Table 6-3 outlines comments and responses associated with traffic and transportation.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-3

2

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

3. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–Tr

affic

and

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Tara

Sh

oure

ck,

Win

gdal

e R

esid

ent

[Rou

te 2

2] is

a s

ingl

e la

ne ro

ad.

It vi

rtual

ly c

lose

s do

wn

whe

n so

met

hing

ha

ppen

s.

“Wha

t if t

his

was

a re

al e

mer

genc

y”, s

uch

as th

e po

wer

pla

nt e

xplo

sion

that

oc

curre

d in

Mid

dlet

own,

CT,

in F

eb. 2

010.

Th

at o

ccur

red

at a

sim

ilar t

ype

of p

lant

to

the

prop

osed

Cric

ket V

alle

y pl

ant.

The

re

wer

e de

aths

, and

peo

ple

for m

iles

arou

nd

hear

d an

d fe

lt th

e ex

plos

ion.

Hum

an

erro

r of s

ome

sort

was

to b

lam

e, a

nd

sinc

e w

e ar

e al

l hum

an, t

his

can

occu

r to

anyo

ne o

f us…

Wha

t if s

omet

hing

dur

ing

cons

truct

ion

wer

e to

go

wro

ng a

nd th

is

plan

t goe

s “K

A-BO

OM

!!” C

hild

ren

in th

ese

scho

ols

[Dov

er M

iddl

e/H

S, W

ingd

ale

Elem

enta

ry, D

over

Ele

men

tary

] wou

ld

mos

t def

inite

ly b

e af

fect

ed, p

aren

ts b

oth

at h

ome

and

at w

ork

wou

ld b

e fra

ntic

.

10-1

1A

deta

iled

Emer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Plan

(as

disc

usse

d in

Sec

tion

6.2.

7 of

the

FEIS

)will

be d

evel

oped

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith

appr

opria

te to

wn

offic

ials

, inc

ludi

ng th

e To

wn

Boar

d, D

over

Uni

on

Free

Sch

ool D

istri

ct, J

.H. K

etch

am H

ose

Com

pany

, NYS

DO

T,

and

othe

r em

erge

ncy

resp

onse

pro

vide

rs.

Mic

hael

Ti

erne

y, D

over

U

nion

Fre

e Sc

hool

Dis

trict

On

mos

t sch

ool m

orni

ngs,

ther

e is

a

back

up o

f car

s en

terin

g th

e D

over

M

iddl

e/H

igh

Scho

ol c

ompl

ex, t

ypic

ally

he

adin

g no

rth o

n R

oute

22.

An

incr

ease

in

the

num

ber o

f car

s dr

ivin

g so

uth

from

7

am to

8 a

m w

ould

add

to th

is p

robl

em.

13-1

With

the

addi

tion

of th

efo

rmer

Ras

co p

arce

l, C

VE w

ill be

able

to

acco

mm

odat

e th

e m

ajor

ity o

f con

stru

ctio

n w

orke

r par

king

on

the

site

itse

lf, re

duci

ng th

e vo

lum

e of

wor

kers

pas

sing

the

Dov

er

Mid

dle/

Hig

h Sc

hool

com

plex

on

Rou

te 2

2. W

ith th

e in

clus

ion

of

650

park

ing

spot

s on

the

Prop

erty

, it i

s ex

pect

ed th

at o

verfl

ow

park

ing

at th

e re

mot

e La

ydow

n Si

te w

ill on

ly b

e re

quire

d du

ring

the

appr

oxim

ate

5-m

onth

pea

k co

nstru

ctio

n pe

riod.

Tem

pora

ry m

easu

res

such

as

road

way

wid

enin

g an

d a

tem

pora

ry

traffi

c si

gnal

at t

he P

roje

ct d

rivew

ay w

ill be

det

erm

ined

thro

ugh

cons

ulta

tion

with

NYS

DO

T. C

VE w

ill w

ork

clos

ely

with

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er a

nd th

e D

over

Uni

on F

ree

Scho

ol D

istri

ct to

miti

gate

tra

ffic

impa

cts,

and

cou

ld, f

or e

xam

ple,

adj

ust t

he c

onst

ruct

ion

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-3

3

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

3. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–Tr

affic

and

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

wor

kday

to re

duce

pot

entia

l con

flict

s, if

war

rant

ed.

If so

, man

ual

traffi

c co

ntro

l wou

ld b

e im

plem

ente

d to

faci

litat

e th

e m

ovem

ent o

f no

n-Pr

ojec

t tra

ffic

on R

oute

22.

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad,

AKR

F

Sec

tion

6.3.

2.4

Sch

ool B

us R

oute

s an

d S

ched

ules

sho

uld

mor

e fu

lly d

escr

ibe

how

pot

entia

l con

flict

s w

ithco

nstru

ctio

n ve

hicl

es a

nd s

choo

l tra

ffic

wou

ld b

e m

anag

ed o

r avo

ided

.

32-5

1A

deta

iled

list o

f Sch

ool B

us R

oute

s w

ith “S

tart”

and

“Arri

val”

times

was

incl

uded

in A

ppen

dix

6-B

of th

e D

EIS.

Sch

ool b

us

arriv

als

are

estim

ated

to o

ccur

bet

wee

n 7:

05–

7:10

a.m

.eac

h m

orni

ng.

CVE

will

wor

k cl

osel

y w

ith th

e To

wn

of D

over

and

the

Dov

er U

nion

Fre

e Sc

hool

Dis

trict

to m

itiga

te tr

affic

impa

cts,

and

co

uld,

for e

xam

ple,

adj

ust t

he c

onst

ruct

ion

wor

k da

y to

redu

ce

pote

ntia

l con

flict

s. S

ince

the

cons

truct

ion

wor

k da

y w

ill en

d at

4:

00p.

m.,

afte

rnoo

n co

nstru

ctio

n tra

ffic

is n

ot e

xpec

ted

to c

onfli

ct

with

the

scho

ol b

us s

ched

ule.

Rya

n C

ourti

en,

Tow

n Su

perv

isor

ES

-15:

Cha

nge

to “

coor

dina

tion

with

to

wn,

sch

ool a

nd s

tate

hig

hway

of

ficia

ls.”

37-1

4C

VE w

ill co

nsul

t with

all

thre

e en

titie

s.

Step

hen

and

Cat

e W

ilson

, W

ingd

ale

Res

iden

ts

…tr

affic

…[is

]…of

con

side

rabl

y gr

eate

r co

ncer

n du

ring

the

leng

thy

cons

truct

ion

perio

d re

quire

d to

bui

ld

the

plan

t if i

t is

appr

oved

. The

DE

IS

agai

n di

scus

ses…

traffi

c…im

pact

s up

on "t

he m

ore

dist

ant r

esid

entia

l pr

oper

ties"

, but

doe

s no

t spe

cific

ally

ad

dres

s im

pact

s on

loca

tions

in

imm

edia

te p

roxi

mity

. Not

onl

y ou

r ho

me,

but

oth

ers

and

the

Dov

er M

iddl

e S

choo

l and

Hig

h S

choo

l loc

atio

ns w

ill

be im

pact

ed b

y th

is fo

r thr

ee o

r mor

e ye

ars

if th

e pr

ojec

t doe

s no

t com

plet

e on

sch

edul

e.

38-7

Traf

fic im

pact

s du

ring

cons

truct

ion

will

be g

reat

er th

an th

e ne

glig

ible

traf

fic d

urin

g op

erat

ion.

Traf

fic im

pact

s w

ere

thor

ough

ly

anal

yzed

as

part

of th

e Pr

ojec

t’s tr

affic

ana

lysi

s (D

EIS

Sect

ion

6.3)

and

reas

sess

ed in

the

FEIS

to re

flect

the

addi

tion

of th

e fo

rmer

Ras

co p

arce

l for

con

stru

ctio

n la

ydow

n an

d pa

rkin

g(A

ppen

dix

6-C

of t

he F

EIS)

. Th

e re

vise

d co

nstru

ctio

n pa

rkin

g ha

s si

gnifi

cant

ly im

prov

ed c

ondi

tions

dur

ing

the

peak

con

stru

ctio

n pe

riod

at lo

catio

ns in

clud

ing

at th

e sc

hool

com

plex

. Im

pact

s du

ring

peak

com

mut

ing

hour

sat

the

Proj

ect a

cces

s dr

ive

show

a

failin

g LO

SF

if ad

ditio

nal m

easu

res

wer

e no

t inc

orpo

rate

d.

Mea

sure

s w

ill be

inco

rpor

ated

, thr

ough

con

sulta

tion

with

N

YSD

OT

and

the

tow

n to

mai

ntai

n ac

cept

able

traf

fic o

pera

tion

even

dur

ing

peak

com

mut

ing

and

cons

truct

ion

perio

ds a

t the

Pr

oper

ty a

cces

s. I

n ad

ditio

n, C

VE w

ill co

ntin

ue to

con

sult

with

the

tow

n, s

choo

land

sta

te h

ighw

ay o

ffici

als

to li

mit

disr

uptio

n to

dai

ly

traffi

c to

the

grea

test

ext

ent p

ossi

ble

durin

g th

e co

nstru

ctio

n pe

riod.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-3

4

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

3. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–Tr

affic

and

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Cris

tina

Blea

kley

, D

over

R

esid

ent

How

is o

ur tr

affic

goi

ng to

be

affe

cted

? Th

e pr

opos

ed s

ite fo

r par

king

is ac

ross

stre

et

from

my

hous

e an

d be

lieve

me

whe

n I

purc

hase

my

hom

e no

whe

re in

my

drea

ms

was

a p

lant

nor

a p

arki

ng th

at

acco

mm

odat

e ov

er 8

00 v

ehic

le. I

bou

ght

my

hous

e in

Dov

er b

ecau

se I

wan

ted

to liv

e in

a s

afe

and

quie

t env

ironm

ent.

Will

the

prop

osed

site

for t

he p

arki

ng c

reat

e dr

iver

s to

use

sid

e st

reet

s su

ch a

s m

y ro

ad

Sher

man

Hill

Rd?

40-7

With

the

addi

tion

of th

e fo

rmer

Ras

co p

arce

lto

the

Prop

erty

, CVE

ex

pect

sus

e of

the

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

for p

arki

ng to

be

muc

h le

ss e

xten

sive

. It

is a

ntic

ipat

ed th

at th

e fo

rmer

Ras

co p

arce

l can

ac

com

mod

ate

appr

oxim

atel

y 58

0co

nstru

ctio

n w

orke

r veh

icle

s.

Dur

ing

the

five

mon

ths

of p

eak

cons

truct

ion,

ant

icip

ated

to o

ccur

in

mid

-201

4, o

verfl

ow p

arki

ng o

f app

roxi

mat

ely

95ve

hicl

es m

ay

be re

quire

d at

the

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

. D

urin

g th

islim

ited

perio

d w

here

ove

rflow

par

king

is re

quire

d,ac

cess

to th

e re

mot

e La

ydow

n Si

te w

ill be

stri

ctly

lim

ited

to th

e co

nstru

ctio

n en

tranc

e of

f Rou

te 2

2. T

here

will

be n

o ac

cess

to th

e re

mot

e La

ydow

n Si

te

from

eith

er O

ld R

oute

22

or S

herm

an H

ill R

oad,

ther

efor

e, it

is n

ot

antic

ipat

ed th

at c

onst

ruct

ion

wor

kers

wou

ld u

tiliz

e th

ese

road

s fo

r tra

vel.

CVE

will

coor

dina

te w

ith N

YSD

OT

to e

nsur

e th

at tr

affic

pa

ttern

s ar

e m

aint

aine

d.W

illiam

Sen

a,

Dov

er

Res

iden

t

You

also

mad

e a

com

men

t abo

ut

shut

tling

the

empl

oyee

s fo

r the

co

nstru

ctio

n…Bu

t…w

hen

they

sta

rt kn

ocki

ng th

e bu

ildin

gs d

own,

trac

tor t

raile

r tru

cks,

dum

p tru

cks

goin

g in

and

out

. I

mea

n, it

's a

nic

e sp

ot --

it's a

stra

ight

run

for t

he tr

acto

r, bu

t the

re is

a b

lind

spot

w

hen

you'

re c

omin

g fro

m th

e D

over

sc

hool

, com

ing

dow

n. T

here

's th

e th

ree

road

s. T

he o

ne ro

ad th

at g

oes

up in

the

back

of t

he m

ount

ain,

and

then

the

othe

r ro

ad th

at g

oes

to th

e ot

her s

ide

of

Win

gdal

e. W

hen

you

com

e ar

ound

that

--w

here

the

entra

nce

to th

e pl

ant i

s, it

's li

ke

a lit

tle b

it of

a b

lind

spot

, so

that

cou

ld b

e,

like,

kin

d of

haz

ardo

us fo

r sch

ool b

uses

an

d st

uff l

ike

that

, esp

ecia

lly w

ith th

e sc

hool

righ

t up

ther

e.

T1-8

CVE

will

wor

k cl

osel

y w

ith th

e to

wn

and

NYS

DO

T to

dev

elop

a

cons

truct

ion

man

agem

ent p

lan.

Thi

s w

ill id

entif

y kn

own

area

s w

here

add

ition

al tr

affic

con

trol m

ay b

e w

arra

nted

(for

exa

mpl

e, if

th

ere

is a

kno

wn

“blin

d sp

ot”)

durin

g ce

rtain

per

iods

. In

add

ition

to

know

n co

ncer

ns, t

he p

lan

will

incl

ude

ongo

ing

com

mun

icat

ion

and

prov

ide

for a

djus

tmen

ts s

o th

at th

e co

nstru

ctio

n pe

riod

affe

cts

loca

l tra

ffic

to th

e m

inim

um e

xten

t pos

sibl

e.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-3

5

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

3. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–Tr

affic

and

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Brig

id C

asso

n,

Dov

erR

esid

ent

…I u

nder

stan

d th

ere

will

be p

arki

ng a

nd

shut

tling

from

the

north

end

of t

own.

I w

ould

sug

gest

that

ther

e be

som

e at

bot

h en

ds, b

ecau

se th

at m

akes

the

assu

mpt

ion

that

eve

ryon

e w

orki

ng th

ere

is g

oing

to c

ome

from

the

north

, and

it

mak

es n

o se

nse

if th

ey're

com

ing

from

th

e so

uth

end

to g

o al

l the

way

thro

ugh

tow

n to

get

on

a bu

s an

d th

en c

ome

back

do

wn

to th

e si

te. I

'm s

ure

ther

e m

ust b

e si

tuat

ions

ava

ilabl

e in

the

sout

h en

d of

to

wn

for p

arki

ng a

rrang

emen

ts.

T1-1

5W

ith th

e ad

ditio

n of

the

form

er R

asco

par

cel t

o th

e Pr

ojec

t, th

e m

ajor

ity o

f con

stru

ctio

n pa

rkin

g w

ill be

ava

ilabl

e di

rect

ly o

n th

e Pr

ojec

t site

. Th

is w

ill re

duce

the

park

ing

need

s at

the

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

, inc

ludi

ng th

e us

e of

shu

ttle

buse

s, a

nd w

ill al

low

for

care

ful m

anag

emen

t of p

artic

ular

tran

spor

tatio

n us

es to

kee

p im

pact

s to

loca

l roa

dway

s m

inim

ized

.

Cris

tina

Blea

kley

, D

over

R

esid

ent

I liv

e on

She

rman

Hill

Roa

d…ac

ross

from

w

here

the

site

of t

he p

arki

ng is

goi

ng to

be

loca

ted.

One

of m

y co

ncer

ns is

, is

any

haza

rd [s

ic] m

ater

ials

will

be s

tore

d at

that

si

te?

850

cars

par

king

, is

it on

e-le

vel

park

ing?

Is it

two-

leve

l par

king

? I t

hink

th

ey n

eed

to b

e a

little

bit

mor

e de

scrip

tive.

T2-8

No

haza

rdou

s m

ater

ials

will

be s

tore

d at

the

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

. Sec

tion

2.3.

4 de

scrib

es in

det

ail h

ow th

e re

mot

e La

ydow

n Si

te w

ill be

cre

ated

, mai

ntai

ned

and

rest

ored

to it

s or

igin

al

cond

ition

at t

he c

ompl

etio

n of

con

stru

ctio

n. P

arki

ng a

nd s

tora

ge

of e

quip

men

t at t

hat l

ocat

ion

will

be o

n on

e le

vel.

The

addi

tion

of th

e fo

rmer

Ras

co p

arce

l to

the

Prop

erty

will

allo

w

CVE

to m

ove

mos

t of t

he o

ff-si

te p

arki

ng fr

om th

e re

mot

e La

ydow

n Si

te to

the

Prop

erty

. Th

is is

inte

nded

to re

duce

the

impa

cts

and

traffi

c as

soci

ated

with

the

orig

inal

ly p

ropo

sed

rem

ote

park

ing

area

.C

VE e

xpec

ts to

use

the

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

for

over

flow

par

king

dur

ing

the

peak

con

stru

ctio

n m

onth

s an

d as

a

stag

ing

area

for c

onst

ruct

ion

mat

eria

l onl

y.

Cris

tina

Blea

kley

, D

over

R

esid

ent

I'm c

once

rned

abo

ut th

e tra

ffic

nois

eth

at

will

be

im

pose

d on

th

e su

rrou

ndin

g ro

ads.

As

you

know

, m

ost

of t

he t

raffi

c co

min

g fro

m

22

Nor

th

and

goin

g to

co

mm

utin

g, t

hey

mig

ht n

ot w

ait

for

the

side

roa

d or

the

side

pas

sage

that

you

'll be

pro

vidi

ng a

s a

shou

lder

to

pass

. S

o so

me

of t

hose

car

s m

ight

dire

ct in

to t

he

T2-9

With

the

addi

tion

ofth

e fo

rmer

Ras

co p

arce

lto

the

Prop

erty

,use

of

the

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

for p

arki

ng is

ant

icip

ated

to b

e m

uch

less

ext

ensi

ve.

Sinc

e fe

wer

cars

(i.e

., ap

prox

imat

ely

95)w

ill be

ac

cess

ing

the

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

dur

ing

a m

uch

mor

e lim

ited

perio

d of

tim

e (i.

e., d

urin

g th

e 5-

mon

th p

eak

cons

truct

ion-

only

), an

d ap

prop

riate

ly s

ized

turn

ing

lane

s w

ill be

incl

uded

on

Rou

te 2

2 ba

sed

upon

NYS

DO

T re

com

men

datio

ns, u

se o

f loc

al s

ide

road

s as

det

ours

is n

ot a

ntic

ipat

edan

d as

soci

ated

noi

se im

pact

wou

ld

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-3

6

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

3. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–Tr

affic

and

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

priv

ate

road

s,

such

as

Sh

erm

an

Hill

. H

ow is

that

goi

ng to

affe

ct?

not o

ccur

.

Cris

tina

Blea

kley

, D

over

R

esid

ent

…W

as a

traf

fic s

tudy

mad

e at

the

surro

undi

ng ro

ads

anyw

here

? I c

ould

n't

find

any

stud

ies

done

on

surro

undi

ng

road

s.

T2-1

4A

traffi

c an

alys

is w

as in

clud

ed in

the

DEI

S as

Sec

tion

6.3.

Tra

ffic

oper

atio

nal a

naly

sis

(ana

lyzi

ng th

e op

erat

ion

and

flow

of t

rave

l on

loca

l roa

dway

s) u

tiliz

es k

ey “g

atew

ay” i

nter

sect

ions

thro

ugh

whi

ch

Proj

ect t

raffi

c w

ould

be

expe

cted

to tr

avel

. Th

e C

VE tr

affic

stu

dy

anal

yzed

11

key

inte

rsec

tions

alo

ng R

oute

22

betw

een

Dov

er

Plai

ns a

nd W

ingd

ale,

incl

udin

g th

e pr

opos

ed c

onst

ruct

ion

entra

nces

to th

e m

ain

site

and

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

.Thi

s m

etho

dolo

gy fo

cuse

s on

the

high

est i

mpa

ct lo

catio

ns a

nd

asse

sses

ant

icip

ated

cha

nges

in L

evel

s of

Ser

vice

(gen

eral

ly

indi

cate

d by

the

chan

ge in

wai

ting

times

to p

ass

thro

ugh

a gi

ven

inte

rsec

tion,

con

side

ring

all t

hree

pos

sibl

e di

rect

ions

). T

hrou

gh

this

met

hod,

a s

trong

und

erst

andi

ng o

f affe

cts

to th

e ov

eral

l ro

adw

ay n

etw

ork

is g

aine

d.An

upd

ated

traf

fic s

tudy

has

bee

n pr

epar

ed to

refle

ct th

e in

clus

ion

of th

e fo

rmer

Ras

co p

arce

l as

part

of th

e Pr

ojec

t site

(App

endi

x 6-

C o

f the

FEI

S)an

d is

di

scus

sed

in S

ectio

n 6.

3.3

of th

is F

EIS.

Jess

ica

Abra

ms,

G

reen

e C

ount

y, N

Y

We

real

ly n

eed

to c

onsi

der a

lso

the

adju

stm

ents

to th

e ar

ea th

at th

ey're

di

scus

sing

abo

ut e

ntra

nces

, exi

ts, t

he

shut

tling

of f

olks

bac

k an

d fo

rth.

T2-2

0A

cons

truct

ion

man

agem

ent p

lan,

dev

elop

ed th

roug

h co

nsul

tatio

n w

ith th

e to

wn

and

NYS

DO

T, w

ill sp

ecify

det

ails

of t

he p

lann

ed

shut

tles

and

othe

r pot

entia

l tra

ffic

redu

ctio

n m

easu

res

such

as

man

ual t

raffi

c co

ntro

ls, t

empo

rary

pas

sing

lane

s, a

nd

acce

lera

tion/

de-a

ccel

erat

ion

lane

s.Ji

m U

tter,

Frie

nds

of th

e G

reat

Sw

amp

I thi

nk a

ser

ious

pro

blem

is fo

r Dov

er to

lo

ok a

t wha

t is

goin

g to

be

happ

enin

g in

th

e ar

ea. B

ecau

se o

ne o

f the

goa

ls o

f the

EI

S pr

oces

s is

to lo

ok a

t cum

ulat

ive

impa

cts.

..It'

s al

so tr

affic

impa

ct. I

t's a

ll so

rts o

f im

pact

s. I

thin

k th

e To

wn

real

ly

need

s to

mak

e su

re th

at th

e cu

mul

ativ

e im

pact

s fro

m a

long

-rang

e st

andp

oint

are

co

nsid

ered

in a

ll of

this

. So

that

they

are

T2-3

4As

det

aile

d in

Sec

tion

6.3

of th

e D

EIS,

traf

fic im

pact

s du

ring

both

th

e co

nstru

ctio

n an

d op

erat

iona

l per

iods

of t

he P

roje

ct w

ere

anal

yzed

. Th

is a

naly

sis

took

into

con

side

ratio

n ex

istin

g co

nditi

ons,

Pro

ject

-rela

ted

traffi

c (s

uch

as c

onst

ruct

ion

vehi

cles

an

d w

orke

rs),

and

futu

re g

row

th, i

nclu

ding

the

Knol

ls o

f Dov

er.

The

traffi

c st

udy

foun

d th

at tr

affic

impa

cts

asso

ciat

ed w

ith th

e Pr

ojec

t (re

gard

less

of o

ther

ong

oing

gro

wth

in tr

affic

) will

be

min

imal

.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-3

7

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

3. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–Tr

affic

and

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

laid

out

and

ther

e ar

e cl

ear d

ecis

ions

m

ade

by th

e Pl

anni

ng B

oard

. Whe

re th

ey

wan

t Dov

er to

be

in 2

5 ye

ars

and

how

m

uch

shou

ld e

ach

proj

ect t

ake

from

or

add

to th

e To

wn.

It's

a li

ttle

hard

to

antic

ipat

e th

e ec

onom

ic d

ownt

urn

that

st

oppe

d W

ind

Ros

e. B

ut th

ese

are

serio

us is

sues

that

affe

ct th

ena

tura

l en

viro

nmen

t but

als

o af

fect

s th

e co

mm

unity

and

soc

ial e

nviro

nmen

t and

th

e w

hole

cul

ture

of t

he a

rea.

M

r. G

alay

da

Tow

n of

Dov

er,

Tow

n Bo

ard

…As

far a

s so

me

of th

e tra

ffic

goes

,you

kn

ow, I

'm c

erta

inly

con

cern

ed a

bout

traffi

c, b

ut th

ey c

an a

lso

flext

ime

it –

you

know

, I th

ink

that

that

's s

omet

hing

I di

dn't

see

nece

ssar

ily m

entio

ned

in th

e D

EIS,

rig

htof

f the

top

of m

y he

ad --

you

know

, m

aybe

thei

r wor

k ho

urs

are

10 to

6,

may

be th

eirw

ork

hour

s, th

ey s

plit

it up

in

to tw

o sh

ifts.

I do

thin

k it's

abs

olut

ely

cruc

ial t

hat t

hey

get b

usse

d in

to th

e si

te

so th

ey d

on't

add

toth

at k

ind

of tr

affic

…

T3-8

3Th

e co

nstru

ctio

n m

anag

emen

t pla

n w

ill in

clud

e co

nsid

erat

ion

of

timin

g sh

ifts

to a

void

, for

exa

mpl

e, c

onfli

cts

with

sig

nific

ant s

choo

l bu

s tra

ffic.

With

the

addi

tion

of th

e fo

rmer

Ras

co p

arce

l, fe

wer

co

nstru

ctio

n w

orke

r veh

icle

s ar

e ex

pect

ed to

pas

s th

e D

over

M

iddl

e/H

igh

Scho

ol c

ompl

ex, h

owev

er, C

VE w

ill w

ork

with

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er a

nd D

over

Uni

on F

ree

Scho

ol D

istri

ct to

ens

ure

traffi

c co

nflic

ts a

re m

inim

ized

, whe

ther

that

mea

ns h

avin

g co

nstru

ctio

n w

orke

rs a

rrive

ear

lier,

or la

ter,

to a

void

con

gest

ion.




6.3.4 Noise

6.3.4.1 NYSDEC Guidelines

CVE has carefully considered noise impacts to the surrounding community in developing the Project layout and in the selection of facility components and orientation. To demonstrate consistency with NYSDEC noise guidelines and compliance with the local Town of Dover Zoning Code, CVE conducted a sound evaluation study to quantify and characterize the existing acoustic environment in the vicinity of the proposed Project. Results of the noise modeling for operation of the facility, included as Appendix 6-E of the DEIS, indicate that the Project will be below the NYSDEC guidelines of an increase of 6dBA3 at all of the measurement locations analyzed. Figure 6-3 illustrates the modeling isopleths, indicating the way the Project’s modeled sound level decreases with distance. As noted in the NYSDEC noise policy, at distances greater than 50 feet from a sound source, every doubling of the distance produces a 6 dB reduction in the sound. As also outlined in that policy, the sound of a given source – such as the Project – is not experienced as mathematically additive to the sound in the existing environment. Rather, the addition of two sound levels, expressed in dBA, relates to the difference between the two sounds,and occurs on a logarithmic scale. Operation of the Project is not expected to produce a significant acoustic impact at these nearest receptors and, therefore, will be consistent withthe threshold levels set forth in the NYSDEC guidelines.

6.3.4.2 Town of Dover Zoning Code

With the addition of the 57-acre former Rasco parcel to the Property, the southern property line will be moved by approximately 2,000 feet. This enables the Project to meet the Town of Dover Zoning Noise Standards at the southern property line. As a result, the Project will comply with the most restrictive night-time sound level limit (50 dBA) of the Town of Dover Zoning Noise Standards at the north, south and east property lines, which are the three property lines nearest to residential receptors.

3 The NYSDEC Noise Policy DEP-00-1 (2001) states “Increases ranging from 0-3 dB should have no appreciable effect on receptors. Increases from 3-6 dB may have potential for adverse noise impact only in cases where the most sensitive of receptors are present. Sound pressure increases of more than 6 dB may require a closer analysis of impact potential…”




As discussed in Section 6.4 of the DEIS, the Project’s sound levels are predicted to exceed this standard at the western property line of the Project Development Area. The abutting property in that direction is a narrow strip of land associated with the Metro-North railroad line; further west of that active rail use, Project Property continues to extend to the Swamp River. As can be seen in Figure 6-3, predicted sound levels comply with and are significantly quieter than Town of Dover Zoning Noise Standards at the westernmost Property boundary. Since the Metro-North railroad line is not a noise-sensitive receptor, and CVE will own approximately 1,000 feet of additional property on the other side of the railroad line, this will not result in either a public or private nuisance. At the westerly boundaries of that property beyond the railroad line, the Project will comply with the Town of Dover Zoning Noise Standards.

CVE is requesting an amendment to the Town of Dover Zoning Code so as to permit the anticipated noise levels at the railroad line and the proposed economically beneficial use,without negatively impacting community character and residential uses.

6.3.4.3 Construction Sound Levels

Estimates for Project-related construction sound levels were included in the DEIS withinTable 6.4-2. Due to the variability of sound levels over the construction period, the analysis utilizes United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) procedures which generalize construction noise emanating from typical, similar construction sites,4 then calculate the projection of sound from the Project Development Area. “Worst case” estimates of Project construction sound levels at the nearest residential receptors are 61 dBA or lower. It should be noted that the estimates provided in Table 6.4-2 of the DEIS are conservative, as the only attenuating mechanism considered in the analysis is divergence. Shielding effects from buildings, vegetation, earth contours, and atmospheric absorption are not included in the calculations.

Construction activities which produce significant noise levels, such as excavation or commissioning, will be limited to daylight hours when background sound in the surrounding area increases significantly due to traffic activity on Route 22. Construction-related sound

4 The USEPA has published data on noise produced by typical construction machinery (see: Noise from Construction Equipment and Operations, Building Equipment, and Home Appliances, USEPADocument NTID300.1, December 1971).




at more distant residential properties, as well as the Dover Middle/High School complex is expected to be consistent with typical daytime background sounds. As noted in the NYSDEC noise policy, at distances greater than 50 feet from a sound source, every doubling of the distance produces a 6 dB reduction in the sound. At the school complex, which is approximately 4,000 feet from the Project, sound produced by construction of the power plant will likely be unnoticed (outdoors or indoors). Project construction sound levels at the school complex are modeled to be below 45 dBA, which, when added to existing daytime sound levels at that location (expected to be above 40 dB during the day), are not expected to have an adverse impact on students or faculty. It should be noted that this estimate is conservative both because the loudest construction events will not occur continuously at the site and because it does not take into account shielding effects;considerable reduction due to topography and foliage would be expected to reduce Project noise at this location still further.

6.3.4.4 Monitoring and Compliance

Sound impacts produced by the proposed Project as observed by a receptor will be the cumulative result of a wide range of sources that are distributed over the entire ProjectDevelopment Area. Some of these sources will be relatively small point sources (e.g., the discharge of the exhaust stacks, and transformers), and some of these sources will be largearea sources (e.g., the array of air cooled condensers along the railroad Property line). There is no practical means to effectively simulate this diverse range of sound sources such that an observer would be able to experience a realistic replication of sound impacts that will occur when the Project is actually operating.

However, the Project will adhere to the Town of Dover noise standards at all Property lines, with the exception of the Metro-North railroad line (as described in Section 6.3.4.2 of the FEIS). In fact, the construction management firm will be contractually obligated to meet these noise standards and is required to include a “noise guarantee” in their obligations for construction of the plant. This will include baseline monitoring during commissioning and start-up of the plant. Once the facility is fully operational, CVE will measure the actual Project operational sound levels at the selected residents and Property lines. These measurements and associated report will be conducted by a third party licensed acoustical engineer in accordance with industry practices and any applicable state and local regulatory requirements.




6.3.4.5 Sound Levels at the Dover Middle/High School Complex

Specific comments were raised concerning the sound level impacts at the Dover Middle High School complex, located approximately 4,000 feet northeast of the main power block. Based upon the Baseline Sound Study and Environmental Sound Evaluation, included as Appendix 6-E to the DEIS, sound levels produced by the operation of the proposed Projectwere evaluated at the Middle/High School and sound levels resulting from the Project areexpected to be below 35 dBA (as shown in Figure 6-3) at the exterior of the nearest building. Inside the buildings, Project sound levels would be reduced still further. When added to existing ambient conditions, which are conservatively estimated to be above 40 dBA at the school complex, the effect would be a sound level increase of approximately 1 dBA, which is negligible. Similarly, due to the great distance between the Project site and the school complex, construction-related sound impacts are expected to be minimal.

6.3.4.6 Potential Impact to Wildlife

The potential for sound level effect on species was also raised. Although the Project Development Area has a developed character, due to the proximity of the Swamp River and adjacent wetlands, with its higher wildlife habitat value, additional consideration has been given to understanding the potential for impacts to species. Each species has different sound level sensitivities, as reflected in “Noise Effect on Wildlife,” published by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). That document indicates that studies conducted for reptiles (such as the bog turtle, for which habitat potential exists near the Project) did not indicate any effect of noise.5

It is also important to remember that the setting which species inhabit results in differing levels of sound level tolerance, and that the FHWA standards noted above do not account for that. The setting in this location includes an active railroad line associated with the Metro-North commuter railroad extending along the western boundary of the Project Development Area, as well as the nearby Dover Furnace Shooting Grounds, active quarry operations along Dover Furnace Road, and traffic along Route 22. These existing featurescause intermittent high sound levels to which wildlife inhabiting the area has adapted.

5 “Synthesis of Noise Effects on Wildlife Populations”, US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Publication No. FHWA-HEP-06-016, September 2004.




During construction, sound and vibration impacts may be expected to cause some species disruption that would displace existing use of habitat proximate to the work area. However, construction (and, in particular, the sound-intrusive elements of construction such as blasting, that would be primary factors in species disruption potential) is temporary in nature, and it is common for species to reintroduce once construction disturbance is ended.

Table 6-4 outlines comments and responses associated with noise issues.

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mun

ity R

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rces

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6-4

3

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

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er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

C.L

.J. W

ood,

O

blon

g La

nd

Con

serv

ancy

…th

e pr

ojec

t is

expe

cted

to c

ompl

y w

ith th

e m

ost r

estri

ctiv

e ni

ght t

ime

soun

d le

vel l

imit

of

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er Z

onin

g C

ode

at th

e no

rth

and

east

pro

perty

line

s. T

he w

est p

rope

rty li

nes

abut

ting

the

Met

ro-N

orth

rail

line

and

the

sout

hern

pro

pose

d pr

oper

ty li

ne a

butti

ng o

ther

in

dust

rially

zon

ed p

rope

rty a

re e

xpec

ted

to b

e no

n-co

mpl

iant

. Th

is is

not

ant

icip

ated

to b

e pr

oble

mat

ic s

ince

thes

e pr

oper

ties

are

not l

ikel

y to

be

occu

pied

by

nois

e-se

nsiti

ve u

ses.

We

cann

ot s

uppo

rt th

e vi

ew th

at e

xcee

ding

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er’s

noi

se li

mits

is a

ccep

tabl

e un

der

any

cond

ition

s irr

espe

ctiv

e of

whe

ther

adj

acen

t la

nd u

ses

are

nois

e se

nsiti

ve o

r not

. So

und

trave

ls a

nd th

ere

is n

o w

ay to

tell

in a

dvan

ce

wha

t, in

fact

, the

impa

ct o

f thi

s ne

w s

ourc

e of

so

und

will

be.

Not

with

stan

ding

the

mod

elin

g th

at h

as b

een

unde

rtake

n w

e re

tain

con

side

rabl

e re

serv

atio

ns

abou

t the

intro

duct

ion

ofa

new

and

con

tinuo

us

sour

ce o

f sou

nd in

a s

ubst

antia

lly ru

ral a

rea.

In

thes

e ci

rcum

stan

ces

the

proj

ect s

houl

d be

re

quire

d to

com

ply

with

all

exis

ting

soun

d re

gula

tions

.

12-7

See

Sect

ion

6.3.

4fo

r a d

iscu

ssio

n of

zon

ing

com

patib

ility,

gi

ven

the

addi

tion

of s

ite a

crea

ge to

the

sout

h. W

ith th

e ad

ditio

n of

the

form

er R

asco

par

cel,

the

Proj

ect i

s no

w

expe

cted

to c

ompl

y w

ith th

e m

ost r

estri

ctiv

e ni

ght-t

ime

soun

d le

vel l

imit

(50

dBA)

of t

he T

own

of D

over

Zon

ing

nois

e st

anda

rds

at th

e no

rth,s

outh

and

eas

t pro

perty

line

s, w

hich

ar

e th

e th

ree

prop

erty

lines

nea

rest

to re

side

ntia

l rec

epto

rs.

The

man

ner i

n w

hich

sou

nd tr

avel

s is

refle

cted

in th

e C

adna

A m

odel

ing

com

plet

ed fo

r the

Pro

ject

. As

can

be

seen

in F

igur

e 6-

3, p

redi

cted

sou

nd le

vels

com

ply

with

and

ar

e si

gnifi

cant

ly q

uiet

er th

an T

own

of D

over

Zon

ing

Noi

se

Stan

dard

s at

the

wes

tern

mos

t Pro

perty

bou

ndar

y. H

owev

er,

at th

e w

este

rn p

rope

rty li

ne o

f the

Pro

ject

Dev

elop

men

t Ar

ea, t

he M

etro

-Nor

th ra

il lin

e ex

tend

s th

roug

h a

narro

w s

trip

of la

nd, w

here

the

Proj

ect’s

sou

nd le

vels

are

pre

dict

ed to

ex

ceed

this

sta

ndar

d.

Sinc

e th

e M

etro

-Nor

th ra

ilroa

d lin

e is

no

t a n

oise

-sen

sitiv

e re

cept

or, t

his

will

not r

esul

t in

eith

er a

pu

blic

or p

rivat

e nu

isan

ce. A

s pr

evio

usly

not

ed, a

t the

w

este

rly b

ound

arie

s of

that

pro

perty

bey

ond

the

railr

oad

line,

th

e Pr

ojec

t will

com

ply

with

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er Z

onin

g N

oise

St

anda

rds.

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mun

ity R

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rces

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4

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

C.L

.J. W

ood,

O

blon

g La

nd

Con

serv

ancy

…a

perm

anen

t sou

nd m

onito

ring

regi

me

alon

g th

e lin

es o

f tha

t pro

pose

dfo

r the

wat

er

reso

urce

s, a

nd a

ccom

pani

ed b

y th

e re

quire

men

t for

rem

edia

tion

in th

e ev

ent o

f si

gnifi

cant

noi

se im

pact

s sh

ould

be

a re

quire

men

t.

12-8

Perm

anen

t sou

nd m

onito

ring

is n

ot p

ropo

sed

for t

he P

roje

ct.

How

ever

, as

desc

ribed

in S

ectio

n 6.

3.4.

4of

the

FEIS

,the

co

nstru

ctio

n m

anag

emen

t firm

will

be c

ontra

ctua

lly o

blig

ated

to

mee

t the

Tow

n of

Dov

er n

oise

sta

ndar

ds a

nd is

requ

ired

to in

clud

e a

“noi

se g

uara

ntee

” in

thei

r obl

igat

ions

for

cons

truct

ion

of th

e pl

ant.

Thi

s w

ill in

clud

e ba

selin

e m

onito

ring

durin

g co

mm

issi

onin

g an

d st

art-u

p of

the

plan

t to

conf

irm c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith th

e no

ise

stan

dard

s.Th

ese

mea

sure

men

ts a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d re

port

will

be c

ondu

cted

by

a th

ird p

arty

lice

nsed

aco

ustic

al e

ngin

eer i

n ac

cord

ance

with

in

dust

ry p

ract

ices

and

any

app

licab

le s

tate

and

loca

l re

gula

tory

requ

irem

ents

.Sh

ould

noi

se is

sues

aris

e, C

VE

will

wor

k cl

osel

y w

ith th

e to

wn

to re

solv

e th

em.

Mic

hael

Ti

erne

y, D

over

U

nion

Fre

e Sc

hool

Dis

trict

…it

is a

lso

nece

ssar

y th

at n

oise

from

the

plan

t ha

ve n

o im

pact

on

the

scho

ol c

ompl

ex.

We

wan

t ass

uran

ces

that

dur

ing

the

plan

t co

nstru

ctio

n an

d op

erat

ion,

the

nois

e w

ould

ha

ve n

o ef

fect

on

our a

bilit

y to

pro

vide

a q

ualit

y ed

ucat

ion,

bot

h in

side

and

out

side

of o

ur

scho

ols.

13-3

The

norm

al o

pera

tion

of th

e Pr

ojec

t will

have

no

nois

eim

pact

on

the

scho

ol c

ompl

ex, e

ither

indo

ors

or o

ut.

As

desc

ribed

in S

ectio

n 6.

3.4.

5, th

e D

over

Mid

dle/

Hig

h Sc

hool

co

mpl

ex is

loca

ted

appr

oxim

atel

y 4,

000

feet

from

the

mai

n po

wer

blo

ck.

Sou

nd le

vels

at t

hat d

ista

nce

are

proj

ecte

d to

be

35 d

BA(a

s sh

own

in F

igur

e 6-

3)at

the

exte

rioro

f the

near

est b

uild

ing.

Ins

ide

the

build

ings

,Pro

ject

soun

d le

vels

wou

ld b

e re

duce

d st

ill fu

rther

.W

hen

adde

d to

exi

stin

g am

bien

t con

ditio

ns, w

hich

are

con

serv

ativ

ely

estim

ated

to b

e ab

ove

40 d

BA a

t the

sch

ool c

ompl

ex, t

he e

ffect

wou

ld b

e a

soun

d le

vel i

ncre

ase

of a

ppro

xim

atel

y 1

dBA,

whi

ch is

a

negl

igib

le in

crea

se.

Sim

ilarly

, due

to th

e gr

eat d

ista

nce

betw

een

the

Proj

ect s

ite

and

the

scho

ol c

ompl

ex, c

onst

ruct

ion-

rela

ted

soun

d im

pact

s ar

e ex

pect

to b

e m

inim

al(le

ss th

an 4

5 dB

A du

ring

the

loud

est o

f con

stru

ctio

n ev

ents

).It

shou

ld b

e no

ted

that

this

es

timat

e is

con

serv

ativ

e bo

th b

ecau

se th

e lo

udes

t co

nstru

ctio

n ev

ents

will

not o

ccur

con

tinuo

usly

at t

he s

ite

and

beca

use

it do

es n

ot ta

ke in

to a

ccou

nt th

e sh

ield

ing

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ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

effe

cts

from

bui

ldin

gs,v

eget

atio

n,ea

rth c

onto

urs,

or

atm

osph

eric

abs

orpt

ion.

Ev

elyn

Chi

arito

an

d Jo

seph

C

hiar

ito, D

over

Pl

ains

R

esid

ents

Noi

se is

alre

ady

an is

sue.

At t

he la

st T

own

Boar

d m

eetin

g, fo

lks

livin

g on

adj

acen

t C

hipe

wal

la R

d.co

mpl

ain

that

they

con

stan

tly

hear

the

back

-up

beep

s fro

m R

asco

Mat

eria

ls

on th

e sa

me

site

, and

are

gre

atly

con

cern

ed

abou

t the

noi

se th

ey w

ill ha

ve fr

om C

ricke

t Va

lley

both

from

con

stru

ctio

n an

d w

hen

oper

atio

nal.

It a

ppea

rs th

at C

ricke

t Val

ley

will

exce

ed th

e no

ise

ordi

nanc

e. A

fter a

ll, th

is is

a

narro

w v

alle

y w

here

noi

se c

arrie

s an

d ec

hoes

fro

m th

e su

rroun

ding

hills

.

23-1

2Be

epin

g as

soci

ated

with

bac

k-up

sig

nals

is d

esig

ned

to b

e cl

early

hea

rd; h

owev

er, R

asco

mat

eria

ls w

ill no

long

er

oper

ate

at th

e fo

rmer

Ras

co p

arce

l.Th

e pr

opos

ed P

roje

ctla

yout

is in

tend

ed to

min

imiz

e th

e ne

ed fo

r bac

king

once

the

faci

lity

is o

pera

tiona

l(se

e Ap

pend

ix 6

-F o

f the

FEI

S fo

r dr

awin

gs re

flect

ing

plan

s fo

r int

erna

l tra

ffic

flow

). H

owev

er,

ther

e co

uld

be s

ome

occa

sion

al b

acki

ng o

f lar

ger v

ehic

les

durin

g th

e co

nstru

ctio

n pe

riod,

and

less

freq

uent

ly, d

urin

g op

erat

ion.

Thi

s ty

pe o

f act

ivity

will

be li

mite

d to

day

time.

In d

eter

min

ing

soun

d le

vel c

ompl

ianc

e, th

e sp

ecifi

cs o

f the

si

te’s

topo

grap

hy a

nd g

roun

d co

ver w

ere

inco

rpor

ated

into

m

odel

ing.

Estim

ates

of o

pera

tiona

l sou

nd le

vels

pro

duce

d by

th

e Pr

ojec

t wer

e ca

lcul

ated

usi

ng C

adna

A en

viro

nmen

tal

soun

d m

odel

ing

softw

are

(Ver

sion

3.7

.123

Dat

aKus

tic

Gm

bH).

The

Cad

naA

soun

d m

odel

ing

softw

are

uses

al

gorit

hms

and

proc

edur

es d

escr

ibed

in In

tern

atio

nal

Stan

dard

s O

rgan

izat

ion

(ISO

)961

3-2,

whi

ch p

rovi

des

estim

ates

of s

ound

leve

ls fo

r met

eoro

logi

cal c

ondi

tions

that

ar

e fa

vora

ble

for t

hepr

opag

atio

n of

sou

nd (d

ownw

ind

with

a

win

d sp

eed

of 1

-5 m

eter

s/se

cond

).Al

thou

gh th

e Pr

ojec

t will

still

requ

est a

zon

ing

amen

dmen

t for

sou

nd le

vels

to th

e w

est,

as d

iscu

ssed

in S

ectio

n 6.

3.4.

2, th

is is

onl

y du

e to

M

etro

-Nor

th’s

nar

row

railr

oad

parc

el th

at tr

aver

ses

the

Prop

erty

. C

ompl

ianc

e is

ach

ieve

d in

all

othe

r com

pass

di

rect

ions

.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-4

6

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Mar

k C

hipk

in,

Paw

ling

Res

iden

t

The

Cric

ket V

alle

y Po

wer

Pla

n w

ill…ad

d…no

ise

pollu

tant

s to

our

env

ironm

ent.

Thi

s w

ill in

crea

se

the

heal

th ri

sks

to re

side

nts,

man

y of

who

m

have

mov

ed to

the

Dov

er R

egio

n to

avo

id c

ity

pollu

tant

s.

25-3

Car

eful

eva

luat

ion

of P

roje

ct s

ound

leve

ls, a

dditi

on o

f ex

tens

ive

soun

d m

itiga

tion

(as

disc

usse

d in

Sec

tion

6.4.

3.3.

2of

the

DEI

S), t

horo

ugh

com

plia

nce

dem

onst

ratio

n(a

s de

scrib

ed in

Sec

tion

6.3.

4.4

of th

e FE

IS),

and

a co

mm

itmen

t to

addr

ess

any

pote

ntia

l fut

ure

com

plai

nts

safe

guar

d ag

ains

t com

mun

ity im

pact

s as

soci

ated

with

Pr

ojec

t noi

se.

Mar

k C

hipk

in,

Paw

ling

Res

iden

t

No

exce

ptio

n to

dec

ibel

leve

ls s

houl

d be

co

nsid

ered

.25

-5Th

e to

wn

will

eval

uate

com

plia

nce

with

its

ordi

nanc

e an

d co

nsid

erat

ion

of a

zon

ing

code

am

endm

ent.

With

the

addi

tion

of th

e fo

rmer

Ras

co p

arce

l, th

e so

le re

mai

ning

pr

ojec

ted

exce

edan

ce o

ccur

s on

a p

rope

rty li

ne th

at is

not

oc

cupi

ed b

y a

nois

e-se

nsiti

vere

cept

or(ra

ther

, the

Met

ro-

Nor

th ra

ilroa

dcr

eate

s a

sign

ifica

nt a

mou

nt o

f sou

nd a

s it

trave

ls a

long

the

rail

corri

dor).

In

addi

tion,

CVE

will

own

appr

oxim

atel

y 1,

000

feet

of a

dditi

onal

pro

perty

on

the

othe

r si

de o

f the

railr

oad

line.

Sinc

e th

e M

etro

-Nor

th ra

ilroa

d lin

e is

no

t a n

oise

-sen

sitiv

e re

cept

or, a

nd C

VE w

ill ow

n th

e Pr

oper

ty o

n th

e ot

her s

ide

of th

is re

cept

or, t

his

will

not r

esul

t in

eith

er a

pub

lic o

r priv

ate

nuis

ance

.At

the

wes

terly

bo

unda

ries

of th

at p

rope

rty b

eyon

d th

e ra

ilroa

d lin

e, th

e Pr

ojec

t will

com

ply

with

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er Z

onin

g N

oise

St

anda

rds.

For t

hese

reas

ons

CVE

belie

ves

an e

xcep

tion

shou

ld b

e gr

ante

d.Ta

mar

a W

ade,

W

ingd

ale

Res

iden

t

I am

con

cern

ed fo

r tho

se o

f our

resi

dent

s w

ho

live

near

the

faci

lity

in re

gard

s to

dis

turb

ance

fro

m n

oise

dur

ing

the

cons

truct

ion

phas

e an

d du

ring

oper

atio

nal p

erio

d. A

s nu

isan

ce fr

om

nois

e ca

n cr

eate

agi

tatio

n an

d sl

eep

depr

ivat

ion,

a

very

ser

ious

pro

blem

and

bei

ng in

a v

alle

y w

ill ex

acer

bate

that

pro

blem

. C

VE h

as a

sked

for a

va

rianc

e to

be

allo

wed

to e

xcee

d 60

db

tow

ard

railr

oad.

31-1

2N

o lo

ud n

ight

time

oper

atio

ns a

re a

ntic

ipat

ed o

nce

the

faci

lity

is o

pera

tiona

l.Th

e Pr

ojec

t will

com

ply

with

the

Tow

n of

D

over

nig

httim

e no

ise

stan

dard

(50

dBA)

at a

ll re

side

ntia

l pr

oper

ty li

nes,

whe

re s

leep

inte

rfere

nce

coul

d oc

cur.

Dur

ing

cons

truct

ion,

the

maj

ority

of l

oude

r act

iviti

es w

ill oc

cur

durin

g th

e da

y. I

nfre

quen

tly, s

ome

limite

d co

nstru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es w

ill be

requ

ired

to o

ccur

at n

ight

. Fo

r exa

mpl

e:

•C

oncr

ete

pour

s, w

hich

mus

t be

cont

inuo

usfo

r stru

ctur

al

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-4

7

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

inte

grity

, and

whi

ch w

ould

not

be

antic

ipat

ed to

be

parti

cula

rly n

oisy

;•

Tran

sfer

of m

ater

ials

from

the

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

to

the

Proj

ect D

evel

opm

ent A

rea,

tim

ed to

avo

id th

eev

enin

g co

mm

uter

per

iod

and

no la

ter t

han

9:00

p.m

., w

hich

wou

ld in

volv

e tru

ckin

g no

ise;

•H

aulin

g of

hea

vy lo

ads

(suc

h as

the

turb

ines

), w

hich

pe

r NYS

DO

T re

gula

tion

mus

t occ

ur d

urin

g la

te n

ight

ho

urs

to m

inim

ize

effe

ct o

n ex

istin

g ro

adw

ay u

se;a

nd•

Con

stru

ctio

n fin

ish

wor

k, a

s ne

cess

ary,

dur

ing

late

r co

nstru

ctio

n ph

ases

, whi

ch w

ould

pre

dom

inan

tly o

ccur

indo

or a

nd w

ould

ther

efor

e no

t pro

duce

sig

nific

ant

nois

e le

vels

. G

raha

m

Trel

stad

, AK

RF

The

DE

IS s

houl

d an

alyz

e th

e po

tent

ial

impa

cts

of th

is z

onin

g am

endm

ent o

n ot

her

qual

ifyin

g pr

oper

ties

in th

e To

wn

of D

over

. W

hile

the

proj

ect s

ite is

buf

fere

d by

pro

ject

ow

ned

land

to th

e w

est,

and

othe

r ind

ustri

al

prop

ertie

s to

the

sout

h, th

ere

may

be

othe

r M

zone

d pr

oper

ties

in th

e To

wn

that

do

not h

ave

a su

ffici

ent o

ff-si

te b

uffe

r to

prot

ect n

earb

y re

side

nces

and

sen

sitiv

e re

cept

ors.

32-5

2Th

e pr

opos

ed z

onin

g am

endm

ent,

as d

rafte

d, w

ould

app

ly

only

to ra

ilroa

d pr

oper

ties

abut

ting

Man

ufac

turin

g (M

)-zo

ned

prop

erty

. Th

ere

are

thre

e su

ch p

arce

ls in

Dov

er to

whi

ch

this

am

endm

ent m

ay a

pply

as w

ritte

n: (1

) the

193

-acr

e C

VE

Prop

erty

loca

ted

at 2

241

Rou

te 2

2;(2

) the

97-

acre

Pal

umbo

Bl

ock

Co.

pro

perty

loca

ted

at 3

65 D

over

Fur

nace

Rd;

and

(3)

the

42-a

cre

Pega

sus

Farm

s pr

oper

tylo

cate

d at

269

9 R

oute

22

.

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad,

AKR

F

The

appl

ican

t sho

uld

cons

ider

oth

er

alte

rnat

ives

for m

itiga

ting

the

nois

e on

thei

r pr

oper

ty. F

or e

xam

ple,

the

Ras

co M

ater

ials

pr

oper

ty a

nd th

e pr

oper

ty to

the

sout

h of

that

pa

rcel

are

ow

ned

by H

owla

nds

Lake

P

artn

ers,

LLC

, whi

ch is

the

sam

e en

tity

that

cu

rren

tly o

wns

the

proj

ect s

ite. I

f the

app

lican

t w

ere

to p

urch

ase

addi

tiona

l pro

perty

to th

e so

uth,

an

d m

erge

the

parc

els

into

one

, the

y w

ould

be

able

to m

eet t

he T

own

of D

over

noi

se

32-5

3C

VE h

as e

nter

ed in

to a

n op

tion

to p

urch

ase

the

form

er

Ras

co p

arce

l. C

ompl

ianc

e w

ith to

wn

stan

dard

s ca

n no

w b

e de

mon

stra

ted

in th

at c

ompa

ss d

irect

ion,

as

deta

iled

in

Sect

ion

6.2.

4of

the

FEIS

.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-4

8

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

regu

latio

ns a

t the

sou

ther

n pr

oper

ty li

ne. A

s de

mon

stra

ted

by th

e D

EIS

, the

noi

se le

vels

to

the

sout

h su

ffici

ently

dis

sipa

te b

efor

e th

ey re

ach

the

resi

dent

ial p

rope

rties

on N

orth

Chi

ppaw

alla

R

oad.

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad,

AKR

F

A re

ques

t was

mad

e at

the

publ

ic h

earin

g to

de

mon

stra

te th

e pr

opos

ed n

oise

leve

ls o

n th

e pr

ojec

t site

. Sim

ilar t

o a

ballo

on te

st to

de

mon

stra

te th

e vi

sibi

lity

of a

pro

ject

, noi

se

shou

ld b

e pr

oduc

ed o

n th

e pr

ojec

t site

for a

se

t per

iod

of ti

me

that

wou

ld re

plic

ate

the

antic

ipat

ed n

oise

leve

ls o

f the

pro

ject

. Th

e no

ise

test

sho

uld

be n

otic

ed in

loca

l new

spap

ers,

on

the

Tow

n's

web

site

, and

on

sign

s al

ong

Rou

te

22.

32-5

4As

dis

cuss

ed in

Sec

tion

6.3.

4.4,

sou

nd im

pact

s pr

oduc

ed b

y th

e pr

opos

ed P

roje

ct w

ill be

the

cum

ulat

ive

resu

lt of

a w

ide

rang

e of

sou

rces

that

are

dis

tribu

ted

over

the

entir

e Pr

ojec

t si

te.

Som

e of

thes

e so

urce

s w

ill be

rela

tivel

y sm

all p

oint

so

urce

s (e

.g.,

the

disc

harg

e of

the

exha

ust s

tack

s, o

rtra

nsfo

rmer

s), a

nd s

ome

of th

ese

sour

ces

will

bela

rge

area

so

urce

s (e

.g.,

the

arra

y of

air

cool

ed c

onde

nser

s al

ong

the

railr

oad

Prop

erty

line

). T

here

is n

o pr

actic

al m

eans

to

effe

ctiv

ely

sim

ulat

e th

is d

iver

se ra

nge

of s

ound

sou

rces

suc

h th

at a

n ob

serv

er w

ould

be

able

to e

xper

ienc

e a

real

istic

re

plic

atio

n of

sou

nd im

pact

s th

at w

ill oc

cur w

hen

the

Proj

ect

isac

tual

ly o

pera

ting.

An e

xper

ienc

e of

pot

entia

l Pro

ject

sou

nd w

ould

be

bette

r fo

und

at a

n ex

istin

g pl

ant o

f sim

ilar s

ize

and

tech

nolo

gy.

CVE

repr

esen

tativ

es w

ould

be

happ

y to

faci

litat

e a

site

vis

it fo

r Tow

n of

Dov

er o

ffici

als

and

inte

rest

ed p

artie

s.

T. M

icha

el

Twom

ey,

Ente

rgy

Whi

le th

e Ap

plic

ant h

as c

ondu

cted

an

eval

uatio

n an

d an

alys

is o

f pot

entia

l im

pact

s to

pr

otec

ted

spec

ies

due

to c

onst

ruct

ion

of th

e Pr

ojec

t, th

ere

is n

o an

alys

is o

f pot

entia

l im

pact

s du

e to

pla

nt o

pera

tions

. The

Pro

ject

will

be th

e so

urce

of n

ew a

nd c

ontin

uous

dron

ing

nois

e w

ithin

this

rura

l are

a th

at is

hom

e to

num

erou

s pr

otec

ted

spec

ies.

Yet

, the

DEI

Sco

ntai

ns o

nly

one

conc

luso

ry s

ente

nce

rega

rdin

g po

tent

ial

oper

atio

nal n

oise

impa

cts

to p

rote

cted

spe

cies

.

33-2

0Ad

ditio

nal d

iscu

ssio

n of

pot

entia

l ope

ratio

nal i

mpa

cts

to

spec

ies

due

to th

e Pr

ojec

t is

prov

ided

in S

ectio

n3

of th

e FE

IS.

Whi

le p

rote

cted

spe

cies

hav

e no

t bee

n fo

und

on th

e Pr

oper

ty, b

og tu

rtle

and

timbe

r rat

tlesn

ake

are

know

n to

oc

cur i

n th

e vi

cini

ty o

f the

Pro

perty

. It

shou

ld b

e no

ted

that

ad

jace

nt h

abita

t whe

re th

ese

spec

ies

coul

d po

ssib

ly o

ccur

is

prox

imat

e to

an a

ctiv

e co

mm

uter

rail,

a s

hoot

ing

club

, and

m

ultip

le q

uarr

y op

erat

ions

who

se s

ound

leve

ls e

xcee

d th

at

of th

e Pr

ojec

t. Fu

rther

dis

cuss

ion

on p

oten

tial i

mpa

cts

to

spec

ies

due

to P

roje

ct s

ound

leve

ls is

pro

vide

d in

Sec

tion

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-4

9

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Ope

ratio

n of

the

proj

ect w

ill re

sult

in a

min

or

long

-term

incr

ease

of a

mbi

ent n

oise

leve

ls in

th

e vi

cini

ty, w

hich

is n

ot e

xpec

ted

to

sign

ifica

ntly

alte

r wild

life

beha

vior

.

DEI

S, p

. 3-4

8 to

3-4

9. T

here

is n

o an

alys

is o

r su

ppor

t giv

en fo

r thi

s co

nclu

sion

. The

re is

no

indi

catio

n th

at th

e A

pplic

ant e

valu

ated

how

w

ildlif

e be

havi

or is

gen

eral

ly a

ffect

ed b

y eq

uiva

lent

incr

ease

s in

am

bien

t noi

se le

vels

. W

hile

pro

tect

ed s

peci

es h

ave

not b

een

iden

tifie

d as

cur

rent

ly o

ccur

ring

on th

e P

roje

ct s

ite

(whi

ch m

ay b

e a

refle

ctio

n of

inad

equa

te

habi

tat a

nd s

peci

es s

urve

ys),

soun

d im

pact

s ar

e no

t site

-lim

ited

and,

ther

efor

e, m

ay a

ffect

pr

otec

ted

spec

ies

livin

g in

the

Proj

ect v

icin

ity.

The

Appl

ican

t sho

uld

cond

uct a

n an

alys

is o

f po

tent

ial o

pera

tiona

l sou

nd im

pact

s to

pro

tect

ed

spec

ies

with

in th

e Pr

ojec

t's v

icin

ity.

6.4.

3.6

of th

e FE

IS.

T. M

icha

el

Twom

ey,

Ente

rgy

An

anal

ysis

of p

oten

tial c

onst

ruct

ion-

rela

ted

nois

e im

pact

s al

so is

mis

sing

. Roc

k sp

littin

g,

blas

ting,

pile

-driv

ing,

alo

ng w

ith th

e tw

o to

thre

e w

eek

perio

d of

"ste

am b

low

s" a

re ju

st a

few

of

the

man

y an

ticip

ated

noi

se e

vent

s as

soci

ated

w

ith P

roje

ct c

onst

ruct

ion.

Som

e of

the

equi

pmen

t and

con

stru

ctio

n pr

oced

ures

are

re

porte

d to

cau

se a

n es

timat

ed L

max

at 5

0 fe

et

over

100

dB

.See

DEI

S, A

ppen

dix

6-E.

The

A

pplic

ant m

ust e

valu

ate

the

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s of

thes

e no

ise

even

ts o

n pr

otec

ted

spec

ies

in

the

surro

undi

ng a

rea.

33-2

1Es

timat

es fo

r Pro

ject

rela

ted

cons

truct

ion

soun

d le

vels

wer

e in

clud

ed in

the

DEI

S w

ithin

Sec

tion

6.4.

3.2

and

Tabl

e 6.

4-2.

“W

orst

cas

e” e

stim

ates

of c

onst

ruct

ion

soun

d le

vels

at o

ff-si

tere

cept

ors

are

61 d

BA o

r low

er. I

t sho

uld

be n

oted

that

th

e es

timat

es p

rovi

ded

in T

able

6.4

-2 a

re c

onse

rvat

ive,

as

the

only

atte

nuat

ing

mec

hani

sm c

onsi

dere

d in

the

anal

ysis

is

dive

rgen

ce.

Shie

ldin

g ef

fect

s fro

m b

uild

ings

,veg

etat

ion,

earth

con

tour

s, a

nd a

tmos

pher

ic a

bsor

ptio

n ar

e no

t inc

lude

d in

the

calc

ulat

ions

.

Con

stru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es w

hich

pro

duce

sig

nific

ant n

oise

leve

ls,

such

as

exca

vatio

n or

com

mis

sion

ing,

will

be li

mite

d to

da

ylig

ht h

ours

whe

n ba

ckgr

ound

sou

nd in

the

surro

undi

ng

area

incr

ease

s si

gnifi

cant

ly d

ue to

traf

fic a

ctiv

ity o

n R

oute

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-5

0

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

22.

Con

stru

ctio

n-re

late

d so

und

at m

ore

dist

ant r

esid

entia

l pr

oper

ties,

as

wel

l as

the

Dov

er M

iddl

e/H

igh

Scho

ol c

ompl

ex

is e

xpec

ted

to b

e co

nsis

tent

with

typi

cal d

aytim

e ba

ckgr

ound

so

unds

.

Furth

er d

iscu

ssio

n on

pot

entia

l im

pact

s to

spe

cies

due

to

Proj

ect s

ound

leve

ls is

pro

vide

d in

Sec

tion

6.4.

3.6.

T.

Mic

hael

Tw

omey

, En

terg

y

…Th

e D

EIS

appe

ars

to m

inim

ize

the

Proj

ect's

no

ise

impa

cts

by fo

cusi

ng o

n a

few

noi

se

met

rics

and

"ave

ragi

ng" o

ther

wis

e po

tent

ially

si

gnifi

cant

noi

se p

robl

ems…

the

DE

IS a

lso

ackn

owle

dges

that

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er's

ni

ghtti

me

nois

e st

anda

rds

will

be

viol

ated

by

the

Proj

ect's

ong

oing

ope

ratio

n...I

n ad

ditio

n to

th

e co

ntin

uous

noi

se, t

he P

roje

ct w

ill b

e th

e so

urce

of s

ingl

e ev

ent l

oud

nois

es th

at fa

r ex

ceed

the

aver

age

or c

ontin

uous

noi

se le

vels

pr

esen

ted

by th

e D

EIS

. See

DEI

S pp

. 6-8

7 th

roug

h 6-

90. M

oreo

ver,

cons

truct

ion

of th

e po

wer

pla

nt o

ver a

thre

e-ye

arpe

riod

will

enta

il nu

mer

ous

even

ts th

at fa

r exc

eed

the

Tow

n of

D

over

's s

tand

ards

, suc

h as

rock

spl

ittin

g,

blas

ting,

pile

-driv

ing

and

a tw

o to

thre

e w

eek

perio

d of

"ste

am b

low

s"…

the

App

lican

t ask

s th

e To

wn

to a

men

d its

law

s to

incr

ease

the

nois

e lim

it by

ten

deci

bels

(fro

m 5

0 to

60

dB) f

or

Mzo

ning

dis

tric

ts.S

ee D

EIS

, p. 6

-91.

A

lthou

gh th

e D

EIS

cha

ract

eriz

es th

is a

s a

"slig

ht a

djus

tmen

t" (s

ee D

EIS,

p. 6

-10)

, a 1

0 dB

in

crea

se w

ould

per

mit

the

faci

lity,

as

wel

l as

any

othe

r fac

ilitie

s lo

cate

d in

an

M-z

oned

are

a, to

em

it ni

ghtti

me

nois

es th

at a

re te

n tim

es lo

uder

th

ancu

rren

tly a

llow

ed…

As s

et fo

rth in

the

33-2

6Es

timat

es o

f ope

ratio

nal s

ound

leve

ls p

rodu

ced

by th

e Pr

ojec

t wer

e ca

lcul

ated

usi

ng in

dust

ry s

tand

ard,

Cad

naA

envi

ronm

enta

l sou

nd m

odel

ing

softw

are

(Ver

sion

3.7

.123

D

ataK

ustic

Gm

bH).

The

Cad

naA

soun

d m

odel

ing

softw

are

uses

alg

orith

ms

and

proc

edur

es d

escr

ibed

in In

tern

atio

nal

Stan

dard

ISO

961

3-2:

1996

“Aco

ustic

s-At

tenu

atio

n of

sou

nd

durin

g pr

opag

atio

n ou

tdoo

rs –

Part

2: G

ener

al m

etho

d of

ca

lcul

atio

n.” T

he m

etho

dolo

gy d

escr

ibed

in th

is s

tand

ard

prov

ides

est

imat

es o

f A-w

eigh

ted

soun

d le

vels

for

met

eoro

logi

cal c

ondi

tions

that

are

favo

rabl

e fo

r the

pr

opag

atio

n of

sou

nd (d

ownw

ind

with

a w

ind

spee

d of

1-5

met

ers/

seco

nd).

Estim

ates

for P

roje

ct re

late

d co

nstru

ctio

n so

und

leve

ls w

ere

incl

uded

in th

e D

EIS

with

in T

able

6.4

-2of

the

DEI

S. “

Wor

st

case

” est

imat

es o

f con

stru

ctio

n so

und

leve

ls a

t off-

site

rece

ptor

s ar

e 61

dBA

or l

ower

. It s

houl

d be

not

ed th

at th

e es

timat

es p

rovi

ded

in T

able

6.4

-2 a

re c

onse

rvat

ive

as th

e on

ly a

ttenu

atin

g m

echa

nism

con

side

red

in th

e an

alys

is is

di

verg

ence

. Sh

ield

ing

effe

cts

from

bui

ldin

gs, v

eget

atio

n,

earth

con

tour

s, a

nd a

tmos

pher

ic a

bsor

ptio

n ar

e no

t inc

lude

d in

the

calc

ulat

ions

.

Con

stru

ctio

n ac

tiviti

es w

hich

pro

duce

sig

nific

ant n

oise

leve

ls,

such

as

exca

vatio

n or

com

mis

sion

ing,

will

be li

mite

d to

da

ylig

ht h

ours

whe

n ba

ckgr

ound

sou

nd in

the

surro

undi

ng

area

incr

ease

s si

gnifi

cant

ly d

ue to

traf

fic a

ctiv

ity o

n R

oute

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-5

1

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Tow

n of

Dov

er N

oise

Ord

inan

ce, "

nois

e sh

all b

e pr

ohib

ited

whe

n it

is o

f suc

h ch

arac

ter,

inte

nsity

an

d du

ratio

n or

of a

ny ty

pe o

r vol

ume

that

a

reas

onab

le p

erso

n w

ould

not

tole

rate

und

er th

e ci

rcum

stan

ces

and

that

isde

trim

enta

l to

the

life,

he

alth

or w

elfa

re o

f any

indi

vidu

al o

r wou

ld

caus

e or

cre

ate

a ris

k of

pub

lic in

conv

enie

nce,

an

noya

nce

or a

larm

." To

wn

of D

over

Cod

e §

107-

3(A)

. Noi

se o

f thi

s ch

arac

ter,

inte

nsity

and

du

ratio

n is

like

ly to

be

the

case

ove

r bot

h th

eth

ree-

year

con

stru

ctio

n pe

riod

for t

he p

ropo

sed

Proj

ect,

and

durin

g its

ope

ratio

n th

erea

fter.

22. C

onst

ruct

ion-

rela

ted

soun

d at

mor

e di

stan

t res

iden

tial

prop

ertie

s, a

s w

ell a

s th

e D

over

Mid

dle/

Hig

h Sc

hool

com

plex

is

exp

ecte

d to

be

cons

iste

nt w

ith ty

pica

l day

time

back

grou

nd

soun

ds.

The

stat

us o

f the

Pro

ject

’s n

eed

for a

zon

ing

code

am

endm

ent f

or th

eto

wn’

sno

ise

stan

dard

s is

dis

cuss

ed in

Se

ctio

n 6.

3.4.

2.

Rya

n C

ourti

en,

Tow

n Su

perv

isor

Will

ther

e be

any

ele

vatio

n in

noi

se le

vels

with

in

a tra

in p

assi

ng th

e pr

ojec

t site

dur

ing

cons

truct

ion/

oper

atio

n?

37-2

3Pa

ssen

gers

on

Met

ro-N

orth

com

mut

er tr

ains

will

not

expe

rienc

e el

evat

ed le

vels

of n

oise

as

the

resu

lt of

the

Proj

ect.

The

trai

nstra

vers

e th

e C

VE P

rope

rty a

t up

to 7

0 m

iles

per h

oura

nd th

e tra

in’s

ow

n no

ise

leve

lsat

this

spe

ed,

as w

ell a

s its

clo

sed

win

dow

s w

ill pr

even

t any

not

icea

ble

elev

atio

n in

noi

se le

vels

expe

rienc

edby

pas

seng

ers.

Rya

n C

ourti

en,

Tow

n Su

perv

isor

A pu

blic

ized

Noi

se T

est t

o se

e ac

tual

effe

cts

of

expe

cted

for n

oise

leve

ls.

This

test

sho

uld

be

coor

dina

ted

with

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er T

own

Gov

ernm

ent.

37-2

6As

not

ed in

Sec

tion

6.3.

4.4,

soun

d im

pact

s pr

oduc

ed b

y th

e pr

opos

ed P

roje

ct w

ill be

the

cum

ulat

ive

resu

lt of

a w

ide

rang

e of

sou

rces

that

are

dis

tribu

ted

over

the

entir

e Pr

ojec

t D

evel

opm

ent A

rea.

Som

e of

thes

e so

urce

s w

ill be

rela

tivel

y sm

all p

oint

sou

rces

(e.g

.,th

e di

scha

rge

of th

e ex

haus

t st

acks

, ort

rans

form

ers)

, and

som

e of

thes

e so

urce

s w

ill be

la

rge

area

sou

rces

(e.g

.,th

e ar

ray

of a

ir co

oled

con

dens

ers

alon

g th

e ra

ilroa

d Pr

oper

ty li

ne).

The

re is

no

prac

tical

m

eans

to e

ffect

ivel

ysi

mul

ate

this

div

erse

rang

e of

sou

nd

sour

ces

such

that

an

obse

rver

wou

ld b

e ab

le to

exp

erie

nce

a re

alis

tic re

plic

atio

n of

sou

nd im

pact

s th

at w

ill oc

cur w

hen

the

Proj

ect i

sac

tual

ly o

pera

ting.

An e

xper

ienc

eof

pot

entia

l Pro

ject

sou

nd w

ould

be

bette

r fo

und

at a

n ex

istin

g pl

ant o

f sim

ilar s

ize

and

tech

nolo

gy.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-5

2

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

CVE

repr

esen

tativ

es w

ould

be

happ

y to

faci

litat

ea

site

vis

it fo

rTow

n of

Dov

er o

ffici

als

and

inte

rest

ed p

artie

s.St

ephe

n an

d C

ate

Wils

on,

Win

gdal

e R

esid

ents

Noi

se…

[is]o

f con

side

rabl

y gr

eate

r co

ncer

n du

ring

the

leng

thy

cons

truct

ion

perio

d re

quire

d to

bui

ld th

e pl

ant i

f it i

s ap

prov

ed. T

he D

EIS

aga

in d

iscu

sses

so

und…

impa

cts

upon

"the

mor

e di

stan

t re

side

ntia

l pro

perti

es",

but d

oes

not

spec

ifica

lly a

ddre

ss im

pact

s on

loca

tions

in

imm

edia

te p

roxi

mity

. Not

onl

y ou

r ho

me,

bu

t oth

ers

and

the

Dov

er M

iddl

e S

choo

l and

H

igh

Sch

ool l

ocat

ions

will

be

impa

cted

by

this

for t

hree

or m

ore

year

s if

the

proj

ect

does

not

com

plet

e on

sch

edul

e.

38-7

Estim

ates

for P

roje

ct-re

late

d co

nstru

ctio

n so

und

leve

ls w

ere

incl

uded

in T

able

6.4

-2of

the

DEI

S. A

rece

ptor

on

N.

Chi

ppaw

alla

Roa

d w

as in

clud

ed in

this

ana

lysi

s an

d co

nstru

ctio

n so

und

impa

cts

are

estim

ated

to b

e be

twee

n 45

an

d 55

dBA

at th

is lo

catio

n. It

sho

uld

be n

oted

that

this

es

timat

e is

con

serv

ativ

e,as

the

only

atte

nuat

ing

mec

hani

sm

cons

ider

ed in

the

anal

ysis

is d

iver

genc

e. S

hiel

ding

effe

cts

from

bui

ldin

gs,v

eget

atio

n,ea

rth c

onto

urs,

and

atm

osph

eric

ab

sorp

tion

are

not i

nclu

ded

in th

e ca

lcul

atio

ns.

The

45-5

5 dB

A le

vels

at t

his

loca

tion

are

cons

iste

nt w

ith

exis

ting

outd

oor d

aytim

eba

ckgr

ound

sou

nd le

vels

mea

sure

d du

ring

the

base

line

soun

d st

udy.

The

y ar

e al

so c

onsi

sten

t w

ith th

e To

wn

of D

over

day

time

nois

e st

anda

rds

of 6

0 dB

Aat

the

Prop

erty

bou

ndar

y.N

ote

that

sou

nd le

vels

at

loca

tions

indo

ors

wou

ld b

e ev

en lo

wer

. Al

thou

gh b

uild

ings

va

ry in

con

stru

ctio

n (a

nd, t

here

fore

, sou

nd a

ttenu

atio

n), t

he

USE

PA h

as d

eter

min

edth

at o

n av

erag

e (in

bot

h co

ld a

nd

war

m c

limat

es) s

ound

leve

ls a

re re

duce

d by

15

deci

bels

(d

B)w

hen

indo

ors

with

the

win

dow

s op

en, a

nd b

y 25

dB

whe

n in

door

s w

ith w

indo

ws

shut

(USE

PA 1

978)

.

At th

e sc

hool

com

plex

, sou

nd p

rodu

ced

by th

e co

nstru

ctio

n an

d op

erat

ion

of th

e po

wer

pla

nt w

ill lik

ely

be u

nnot

iced

(o

utdo

ors

or in

door

s), a

nd w

ill ha

ve n

o ad

vers

e im

pact

on

stud

ents

or f

acul

ty.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-5

3

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Step

hen

and

Cat

e W

ilson

, W

ingd

ale

Res

iden

ts

The

DE

IS d

oes

not a

ddre

ss is

sues

rela

ted

to

prol

onge

d ex

posu

re to

the

adm

itted

ly

exce

ssiv

e no

ise

and

air p

ollu

tion

that

will

re

sults

from

the

cons

truct

ion

proc

ess.

Thr

ee

year

s is

a lo

ng ti

me

to s

uffe

r 50-

70db

sou

nd

leve

ls, e

ven

if th

ey a

re in

term

itten

t.

38-8

Con

stru

ctio

n-re

late

d so

und

leve

ls w

ill be

tem

pora

ry a

nd

limite

d to

day

time

hour

s. A

s no

ted

in th

e co

mm

ent a

bove

, th

e 45

-55

dBA

cons

truct

ion-

rela

ted

soun

d le

vels

exp

ecte

d to

oc

cur o

n N

. Chi

ppaw

alla

Roa

d ar

eco

nsis

tent

with

exi

stin

g ou

tdoo

r day

time

back

grou

nd s

ound

leve

ls m

easu

red

durin

g th

e ba

selin

e so

und

stud

y. T

hey

are

also

con

sist

ent w

ith th

e To

wn

of D

over

day

time

nois

e st

anda

rds

of 6

0 dB

Aat

the

Prop

erty

bou

ndar

y.

Soun

d le

vels

indo

ors

wou

ld b

e re

duce

d by

10-

15 d

BA (o

pen

win

dow

s) a

nd 2

0-30

dBA

(clo

sed

win

dow

s).

Cris

tina

Blea

kley

, D

over

R

esid

ent

How

muc

h no

ise

is th

is p

lant

will

gene

rate

? Is

it

safe

?Af

ter t

he p

lant

is in

ope

ratio

n is

not

muc

h w

e ca

n do

. The

refo

re w

em

ust c

once

ntra

te n

ow

and

we

mus

t mak

e su

re w

e do

n't m

ake

a ch

oice

w

ithou

t mak

ing

sure

it is

bes

t cho

ice

for u

s. A

ll D

over

resi

dent

s ha

ve th

e rig

ht to

live

in a

saf

e en

viro

nmen

t.

40-6

CVE

has

inco

rpor

ated

sig

nific

ant m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s to

re

duce

noi

se, i

nclu

ding

obt

aini

ng a

n op

tion

to p

urch

ase

addi

tiona

l pro

perty

to in

crea

se th

e bu

ffer f

rom

oth

er la

nd

uses

.As

not

ed in

Sec

tion

6.3.

4.4,

pre

dict

edco

mpl

ianc

e w

ith

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er n

oise

sta

ndar

ds w

ill be

con

firm

ed b

y th

e co

nstru

ctio

n m

anag

emen

t firm

prio

rto

oper

atio

n.

Follo

win

g co

mm

ence

men

t of o

pera

tion,

any

noi

se

com

plai

nts

wou

ldbe

add

ress

ed b

y C

VE, c

oord

inat

ing

with

th

e to

wn

and

Tow

n C

ode

Enfo

rcem

ent O

ffice

r to

iden

tify

a ro

ot c

ause

.Th

e C

ode

Enfo

rcem

ent O

ffice

r has

the

auth

ority

to

enf

orce

the

tow

n no

ise

ordi

nanc

e an

d pr

even

t, re

stra

in,

corre

ct o

r aba

te a

ny v

iola

tion

of C

hapt

er 1

07-6

of t

he D

over

To

wn

Cod

e.

Rob

ert H

erzo

g,

Dov

er

Res

iden

t

Noi

se is

a p

artic

ular

ly in

vidi

ous

pollu

tant

. It

can

perm

eate

land

scap

es, h

as d

iffer

ent i

mpa

cts

depe

ndin

g on

are

a to

pogr

aphy

, and

onc

e a

sour

ce is

per

mitt

ed, n

early

impo

ssib

le to

re

gula

te.

A lo

cal b

usin

ess

not f

ar fr

om th

e C

ricke

t Val

ley

site

, JTR

Bus

Com

pany

, mus

t w

ork

on it

s bu

ses

insi

de it

s ga

rage

; whe

n it

does

n’t,

the

nois

e ca

n be

hea

rd fo

r mile

s ar

ound

.

42-8

The

Cor

nell

stud

y re

fere

nced

by

the

com

men

ter f

ound

that

el

evat

ed s

tress

leve

ls o

ccur

red

in a

sam

ple

of A

ustri

an

child

ren

expo

sed

to d

ay-n

ight

ave

rage

sou

nd le

vels

abo

ve60

dB.

As d

escr

ibed

in S

ectio

n 6.

4 of

the

DEI

S, o

ff-si

te

CVE

-rela

ted

soun

d le

vels

out

door

s ar

e ex

pect

ed to

be

48

dBA

at th

e ne

ares

t res

iden

tial r

ecep

toro

r low

er a

t oth

er

adja

cent

pro

perti

es (e

xclu

ding

the

Met

ro-N

orth

railr

oad

line)

. Th

ese

estim

ated

leve

ls w

ill re

sult

in a

day

-nig

ht a

vera

ge

soun

d le

vel o

f 54

dB o

r low

erat

the

near

est r

esid

entia

l

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-5

4

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Noi

se h

as th

e po

tent

ial t

o de

vast

ate

the

char

acte

r of t

he e

nviro

nmen

t whi

ch th

e pl

ant

wan

ts to

inha

bit.

Noi

se is

a c

onst

ant i

rrita

nt.

The

plan

t has

des

crib

ed th

e so

und

com

ing

from

it

as th

at o

f a li

ght r

ain.

Tha

t’s a

lso

the

soun

d of

co

nsta

nt tr

affic

. Th

at n

oise

will

be h

eard

co

nsta

ntly

for s

ubst

antia

l dis

tanc

es a

roun

d th

e pl

ant.

A s

tudy

by

Cor

nell

Uni

vers

ity

envi

ronm

enta

l psy

chol

ogis

ts, p

ublis

hed

in th

e Jo

urna

l of t

he A

cous

tical

Soc

iety

of A

mer

ica

(Vol

. 109

, Mar

ch 2

001)

, fou

nd th

at “e

ven

the

low

-leve

l but

chr

onic

noi

se o

f eve

ryda

y lo

cal

traffi

c ca

n ca

use

stre

ss in

chi

ldre

n an

d ra

ise

bloo

d pr

essu

re, h

eart

rate

s an

d le

vels

of s

tress

ho

rmon

es.”

rece

ptor

, whi

ch is

wel

l bel

owth

e ab

ove

refe

renc

ed th

resh

old

of60

dB.

As e

xpla

ined

in S

ectio

n 6.

3.4.

5, s

ound

leve

ls p

rodu

ced

by

the

oper

atio

n of

the

prop

osed

Pro

ject

wer

e ev

alua

ted

at th

e D

over

Mid

dle/

Hig

h Sc

hool

com

plex

and

sou

nd le

vels

are

expe

cted

to b

e be

low

35

dBA

at th

eex

terio

rof t

hene

ares

t bu

ildin

g(s

ee F

igur

e 6-

3of

the

FEIS

).In

door

sou

nd le

vels

w

ould

be

furth

er re

duce

d.W

hen

adde

d to

exi

stin

g am

bien

t co

nditi

ons,

whi

ch a

re c

onse

rvat

ivel

y es

timat

ed to

be

abov

e 40

dBA

at t

he s

choo

l com

plex

, the

effe

ct w

ould

be

anin

crea

se o

f app

roxi

mat

ely

1 dB

A, w

hich

is a

neg

ligib

le

incr

ease

.

Rob

ert H

erzo

g,

Dov

er

Res

iden

t

B. T

he n

oise

leve

ls p

roje

cted

for t

he p

lant

will

have

a d

evas

tatin

g lo

cal i

mpa

ct.

Initi

ally

, the

pl

ant’s

dev

elop

ers

clai

med

they

wou

ld p

rodu

ce

an a

vera

ge n

o lo

uder

than

50d

b –

mea

ning

that

it

will

frequ

ently

be

high

er th

an th

at le

vel.

A

stud

y fo

r the

Eur

opea

n C

omm

issi

on (k

now

n as

R

ANC

H) i

nves

tigat

ed ro

ad tr

affic

and

airc

raft

nois

e ex

posu

res

and

child

ren’

s co

gniti

on a

nd

heal

th.

It fo

und

that

chi

ldre

n ex

pose

d to

noi

se

leve

ls o

ver 5

5dB(

A) a

chie

ved

low

er s

core

s in

re

adin

g te

sts

and

the

affe

cted

chi

ldre

n w

ill be

di

sadv

anta

ged

in th

eir d

evel

opm

ent o

f spe

ech

and

read

ing

abilit

ies

as w

ell a

s m

ore

gene

ral

com

mun

icat

ion

skills

. N

oise

may

als

o ha

ve

effe

cts

on fe

tal d

evel

opm

ent d

ue to

(stre

ss)

effe

cts

on e

xpec

tant

mot

hers

. En

viro

nmen

tal

nois

e al

so h

as c

ogni

tive

effe

cts

in o

lder

chi

ldre

n

42-9

The

soun

d le

vels

inco

rpor

ated

in th

e m

odel

ing

will

be

guar

ante

ed b

y eq

uipm

ent v

endo

rs.

Thro

ugh

the

mod

elin

g,

the

Proj

ect h

asde

mon

stra

ted

com

plia

nce

with

loca

l st

anda

rds

at e

ach

of it

s ou

term

ost b

ound

arie

s (th

e ra

ilroa

d pr

oper

ty fo

r whi

ch a

wai

ver i

s re

quire

d ex

tend

s th

roug

h th

e Pr

oper

ty).

As d

escr

ibed

in S

ectio

n 6.

4 of

the

FEIS

, off-

site

C

VE-re

late

d so

und

leve

ls w

ill be

wel

l bel

ow 6

0 dB

Aan

d,

with

the

exce

ptio

n of

the

Met

ro-N

orth

railr

oad

line,

will

be

belo

w 5

0 dB

Aev

en o

n ad

jace

nt p

rope

rties

(see

Fig

ure

6-3)

.

The

mod

eled

sou

nd le

vels

are

bas

ed u

pon

outd

oor s

ound

, w

hich

wou

ld b

e fu

rther

redu

ced

if a

liste

ner w

ere

insi

de a

bu

ildin

g. T

he U

SEPA

has

det

erm

ined

that

on

aver

age

(in

both

col

d an

d w

arm

clim

ates

) sou

nd le

vels

are

redu

ced

by

15 d

B w

hen

indo

ors

with

the

win

dow

s op

en, a

nd b

y 25

dB

whe

n in

door

s w

ith w

indo

ws

shut

(USE

PA 1

978)

.

The

larg

est p

opul

atio

n of

chi

ldre

n an

d ad

ults

loca

ted

in

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-5

5

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

and

adul

ts, d

ue to

hin

derin

g co

mm

unic

atio

n, a

s sh

own

by s

tudi

es o

f agg

ress

ion,

men

tal h

ealth

an

d an

xiet

y.

The

Wor

ld H

ealth

Org

aniz

atio

n (W

HO

) “re

cogn

izes

com

mun

ity n

oise

, inc

ludi

ng tr

affic

no

ise,

as

a se

rious

pub

lic h

ealth

pro

blem

.”

Ther

e is

a g

ener

al c

onse

nsus

abo

ut th

e no

ise

leve

ls w

hich

cau

se h

ealth

impa

cts:

•En

viro

nmen

tal n

oise

abo

ve 4

0–60

dBA

Leq

is li

kely

to le

ad to

sig

nific

ant

anno

yanc

e.

•O

utdo

or n

oise

leve

ls o

f 40-

60 D

BA L

eq

may

dis

turb

sle

ep.

Base

d on

thei

r ow

n nu

mbe

rs, t

he C

ricke

t Val

ley

plan

t will

cont

inuo

usly

exc

eed

thes

e le

vels

.

prox

imity

to th

e Pr

ojec

t is

loca

ted

at th

e M

iddl

e/H

igh

Scho

ol.

As d

etai

led

in S

ectio

n 6.

3.4.

5of

the

DEI

S,so

und

leve

ls

prod

uced

by

the

oper

atio

n of

the

prop

osed

Pro

ject

wer

e ev

alua

ted

at th

e M

iddl

e/H

igh

Scho

ol c

ompl

ex a

nd s

ound

le

vels

are

expe

cted

to b

e be

low

35

dBA

at th

eex

terio

rof t

hene

ares

t bui

ldin

g(s

ee F

igur

e 6-

3).

As n

oted

abo

ve, i

ndoo

r so

und

leve

ls w

ould

be

furth

er re

duce

d. W

hen

adde

d to

ex

istin

g am

bien

t con

ditio

ns, w

hich

are

con

serv

ativ

ely

estim

ated

to b

e ab

ove

40 d

BA a

t the

sch

ool c

ompl

ex, t

he

effe

ct w

ould

be

an in

crea

se o

fapp

roxi

mat

ely

1 dB

A,w

hich

is

a ne

glig

ible

incr

ease

.

Rob

ert H

erzo

g,

Dov

er

Res

iden

t

Oth

er s

tudi

es h

ave

show

n th

at s

ound

gre

ater

th

an 3

0db

can

dist

urb

slee

p, a

ndex

posi

ng

stud

ents

to a

con

stan

t hum

in th

at ra

nge

has

been

dem

onst

rate

d to

inte

rfere

with

lear

ning

, yet

it

now

see

ms

clea

r tha

t tha

t is

prec

isel

y th

e im

pact

the

Cric

ket V

alle

y pl

antw

ill ha

ve. T

he

Dov

er H

igh

Scho

ol is

aro

und

1000

yar

ds fr

om

the

plan

t. Th

ere

is n

ore

ason

why

the

stud

ents

of

that

sch

ool s

houl

d be

sub

ject

in p

erpe

tuity

to

the

cons

tant

nois

e em

anat

ing

from

the

plan

t, w

hich

will

infil

trate

thei

r cla

ssro

oms

and

stud

y ha

lls.

The

Tow

n of

Dov

er is

bei

ng a

sked

to s

acrif

ice

the

lear

ning

env

ironm

ent o

f its

mos

tpre

ciou

s re

sour

ce, i

ts c

hild

ren

and

stud

ents

, for

the

42-1

0As

det

aile

d in

Sec

tion

6.3.

4.5,

sou

nd le

vels

pro

duce

d by

the

oper

atio

n of

the

prop

osed

Pro

ject

wer

e ev

alua

ted

at th

e M

iddl

e/H

igh

Scho

ol c

ompl

ex a

nd s

ound

leve

ls a

re e

xpec

ted

to b

e be

low

35

dBA

at th

e ex

terio

rof t

he n

eare

st b

uild

ing

(see

Fig

ure

6-3)

.So

und

leve

ls in

door

s at

the

scho

ol

com

plex

wou

ld b

e fu

rther

redu

ced.

Whe

n ad

ded

to e

xist

ing

ambi

ent c

ondi

tions

, whi

ch a

re c

onse

rvat

ivel

y es

timat

ed to

be

abov

e 40

dBA

at t

he s

choo

l com

plex

, the

effe

ct w

ould

be

an

incr

ease

of a

ppro

xim

atel

y 1

dBA,

whi

ch is

a n

eglig

ible

in

crea

se.

No

disr

uptio

n in

lear

ning

or s

ound

leve

l im

pact

is

antic

ipat

ed fr

om th

e Pr

ojec

t.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-5

6

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

dubi

ous

dist

inct

ion

of b

uild

ing

anun

nece

ssar

y po

wer

pla

nt fo

r a s

yste

m th

at d

oesn

’t ne

ed it

.R

ober

t Her

zog,

D

over

R

esid

ent

…C

VE is

adm

ittin

g th

ey w

ill be

una

ble

to m

eet

exis

ting

soun

d re

gula

tions

, and

prop

osed

to g

et

arou

nd th

is o

ther

wis

e fa

tal f

law

not

by

chan

ging

th

eir e

quip

men

t, bu

t by

petit

ioni

ng fo

r a c

hang

e in

the

stan

dard

, as

if th

e st

anda

rd n

eed

not

appl

y to

them

. The

yse

ek to

get

aro

und

the

regu

latio

ns b

y try

ing

to m

ake

a ca

se th

at

soun

ds e

man

atin

g fro

mth

e pl

ant w

ill be

uni

-di

rect

iona

l, m

agic

ally

bei

ng c

onfin

ed to

the

rail

line.

In re

ality

, the

soun

ds m

ade

by v

ario

us

equi

pmen

t in

the

plan

t will

radi

ate

broa

dly,

en

ding

up

in th

eho

mes

of r

esid

ence

s an

d ot

her

uses

in th

e ar

ea w

ho w

ill ha

ve n

o ef

fect

ive

prot

ectio

n fro

mle

vels

that

exc

eed

exis

ting

regu

latio

ns.

That

is li

tera

lly in

tole

rabl

e --

nois

e re

gula

tions

w

ere

desi

gned

to p

rote

ct lo

cale

nviro

nmen

ts

and

resi

dent

s. It

is p

reci

sely

whe

n an

ent

ity

cann

ot m

eet s

uch

regu

latio

nsth

at th

ey a

re n

ot

to b

e di

scar

ded,

for t

hat i

s w

hen

they

are

mos

t ne

eded

. CVE

ack

now

ledg

ing

they

can

not a

nd

will

not m

eet t

hese

sta

ndar

ds, w

ill vi

olat

e th

em,

and

too

bad

for t

he lo

cals

.

The

leve

ls o

f 59d

b th

e pl

ant w

ill be

em

ittin

g, w

ell

in e

xces

s of

the

50db

lim

it, a

reno

t triv

ial.

The

EPA

repo

rts th

at o

utdo

or n

oise

s in

the

60db

ra

nge

hist

oric

ally

gen

erat

ew

ides

prea

d co

mpl

aint

s an

d in

divi

dual

thre

ats

of le

gal a

ctio

n.

The

Tow

n of

Dov

er d

oes

not w

ant t

o an

d do

es

42-1

1It

is a

ppro

pria

te to

que

stio

n an

d ev

alua

te th

e pr

opos

ed p

lan

to u

nder

stan

d th

e de

sign

sou

nd le

vels

. C

VE h

as

inco

rpor

ated

sig

nific

ant m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s to

redu

ce n

oise

(a

s de

taile

d in

Sec

tion

6.4.

3.3.

2 of

the

DEI

S), i

nclu

ding

ob

tain

ing

an o

ptio

n to

pur

chas

e ad

ditio

nal p

rope

rty, t

he

form

er R

asco

par

cel,

to in

crea

se th

e bu

ffer b

etw

een

the

Proj

ect a

nd o

ther

land

use

s.

Not

e th

atth

e ad

ditio

n of

the

form

er R

asco

par

cel h

as

effe

ctiv

ely

mov

ed th

e so

uthe

rn p

rope

rty li

ne o

f the

site

ap

prox

imat

ely

2,00

0 fe

et, e

nsur

ing

that

the

Proj

ect w

ill be

in

com

plia

nce

with

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er n

oise

sta

ndar

d at

the

north

, eas

t, an

d so

uth

prop

erty

line

s. A

s ex

plai

ned

in

Sect

ion

6.3.

4.2

of th

e FE

IS, t

he o

nly

exce

edan

ce is

alo

ng

the

Met

ro-N

orth

railr

oad

line.

Its

houl

d be

not

ed th

at th

is

prop

erty

, whi

ch tr

anse

cts

the

CVE

Pro

perty

, is

not o

ccup

ied

by n

oise

-sen

sitiv

e us

es a

nd C

VE w

ill ow

n ap

prox

imat

ely

1,00

0 fe

et o

f add

ition

al p

rope

rty o

n th

e ot

her s

ide

of th

e ra

ilroa

dlin

e.Si

nce

the

Met

ro-N

orth

railr

oad

line

is n

ot a

no

ise-

sens

itive

rece

ptor

, and

CVE

will

own

the

Prop

erty

on

the

othe

r sid

e of

this

rece

ptor

, thi

s w

ill no

t res

ult i

n ei

ther

a

publ

ic o

r priv

ate

nuis

ance

. At t

he w

este

rly b

ound

arie

s of

the

prop

erty

bey

ond

the

railr

oad

line,

the

Proj

ect w

ill co

mpl

y w

ith

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er Z

onin

g N

oise

Sta

ndar

ds.

CVE

is re

ques

ting

anam

endm

ent t

o th

e To

wn

of D

over

Zo

ning

Cod

e so

as

to p

erm

it th

e an

ticip

ated

noi

se le

vels

at

the

railr

oad

line,

with

out n

egat

ivel

y im

pact

ing

com

mun

ity

char

acte

r and

resi

dent

ial u

ses.

The

pro

pose

d am

endm

ent

rem

ains

con

sist

ent w

ith z

onin

g an

d pl

anni

ng re

quire

men

ts

whi

ch p

rote

ct th

e qu

ality

of l

ife fo

r non

-indu

stria

l pro

perti

es,

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-5

7

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

not n

eed

to im

pose

this

bur

den

on it

s re

side

nts

for y

ears

to c

ome.

The

tow

n ha

s am

ple

auth

ority

to d

eny

the

plan

t on

the

grou

nds

of n

oise

…

incl

udin

g re

side

ntia

l pro

perti

es, b

ut w

ill pe

rmit

an

econ

omic

ally

ben

efic

ial u

se to

be

deve

lope

d on

ap

prop

riate

ly z

oned

pro

perty

.

CVE

is a

ble

to d

emon

stra

te c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith s

tate

pol

icy

and

with

loca

l sta

ndar

ds w

here

sen

sitiv

e la

nd u

ses

exis

t, an

d to

de

mon

stra

te th

at s

ound

leve

ls fr

om th

e fa

cilit

y w

ill be

si

gnifi

cant

ly le

ss th

an th

ose

stat

e an

d lo

cal c

ompl

ianc

e le

vels

at t

he s

choo

l com

plex

. Th

at s

aid,

sou

nd le

vel i

mpa

ct

is n

ot in

fluen

ced

by c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith s

tand

ards

alo

ne, a

nd

CVE

is c

omm

itted

to w

orki

ng w

ith th

e to

wn

to a

ddre

ss a

ny

nois

eis

sues

that

may

aris

e du

ring

the

cour

se o

f Pro

ject

co

nstru

ctio

n or

ope

ratio

n.

Rob

ert H

erzo

g,

Dov

er

Res

iden

t

For t

hree

yea

rs c

onst

ruct

ion

nois

e le

vels

will

be

subs

tant

ially

in e

xces

s of

bot

hre

gula

tions

and

ge

nera

lly re

cogn

ized

saf

e le

vels

. It w

ill oc

cur

prim

arily

dur

ing

scho

olho

urs.

..C

onst

ruct

ion

nois

e w

ill ap

proa

ch 9

0db.

Stu

dies

sho

w th

at

nois

e in

exc

ess

of 6

5db

pre

clud

es a

co

nver

satio

n. A

llow

ing

this

pla

nt to

be

built

ef

fect

ivel

y m

eans

sac

rific

ing

seve

ral h

igh

scho

ol

clas

s ye

ars.

Thi

s no

ise

will

deci

mat

e th

e hi

gh

scho

ol le

arni

ngen

viro

nmen

t. Fo

r wha

t? F

or a

pl

ant t

hat w

ill ne

verp

rovi

de th

em o

r any

oth

er

loca

lres

iden

t any

last

ing

bene

fit, a

nd th

at h

as a

t be

st q

uest

iona

ble

bene

fits

for t

he re

gion

. And

wha

t kin

d of

a m

essa

ge w

ill it

send

to th

e st

uden

ts in

Dov

er, a

s to

the

tow

n’s

prio

ritie

s?

42-1

2Th

e 90

dB

soun

d le

vel r

efer

ence

d by

the

com

men

ter i

s th

e ex

pect

ed s

ound

leve

ldur

ing

the

loud

est c

onst

ruct

ion

even

t at

a re

cept

or50

feet

from

the

emis

sion

sou

rce

(i.e.

, on

the

CVE

Pro

perty

).Th

e ne

ares

t sch

ool b

uild

ing

is a

ppro

xim

atel

y 4,

000

feet

from

the

Proj

ect.

Whe

n th

eso

und

leve

l is

atte

nuat

ed fo

r the

app

roxi

mat

ely

4,00

0-fo

ot d

ista

nce,

co

nstru

ctio

n so

und

leve

ls a

t the

sch

ool d

urin

g th

e lo

udes

t co

nstru

ctio

n ev

ent(

for e

xam

ple,

a p

ile d

river

or c

oncr

ete

saw

, as

desc

ribed

in A

ppen

dix

E of

the

DEI

S)ar

e es

timat

ed

at 4

5 dB

A or

low

er.

Estim

ates

for P

roje

ct-re

late

d co

nstru

ctio

n so

und

leve

ls w

ere

incl

uded

in

the

DEI

S w

ithin

Tabl

e 6.

4-2.

Due

to

th

e va

riabi

lity

of s

ound

leve

ls o

ver

the

cons

truct

ion

perio

d, t

he

anal

ysis

ut

ilizes

U

SEPA

pr

oced

ures

w

hich

ge

nera

lize

cons

truct

ion

nois

e em

anat

ing

from

ty

pica

l, si

mila

r co

nstru

ctio

n si

tes,

and

the

n ca

lcul

ates

the

proj

ectio

n of

so

und

from

the

Pro

ject

Dev

elop

men

t Ar

ea.

“W

orst

cas

e”

estim

ates

of

co

nstru

ctio

n so

und

leve

ls

at

the

near

est

resi

dent

ial r

ecep

tors

are

61

dBA

or lo

wer

. It s

houl

d be

not

ed

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-5

8

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

that

the

est

imat

es p

rovi

ded

in T

able

6.4

-2of

the

DEI

Sar

e co

nser

vativ

e as

the

only

atte

nuat

ing

mec

hani

sm c

onsi

dere

d in

th

e an

alys

is

is

dive

rgen

ce.

Sh

ield

ing

effe

cts

from

bu

ildin

gs,

vege

tatio

n,

earth

co

ntou

rs,

and

atm

osph

eric

ab

sorp

tion

are

not i

nclu

ded

in th

e ca

lcul

atio

ns.

For

thes

e re

ason

, sou

nd p

rodu

ced

by t

he c

onst

ruct

ion

and

oper

atio

n of

th

e po

wer

pl

ant

will

likel

y be

un

notic

ed

(out

door

s or

indo

ors)

at th

e sc

hool

com

plex

, and

will

have

no

adve

rse

impa

ct o

n st

uden

ts o

r fac

ulty

. R

ober

t Her

zog,

D

over

R

esid

ent

The

plan

t ope

rato

rs c

an m

ake

wha

teve

r cla

ims

they

wan

t reg

ardi

ng n

oise

, but

the

prac

tical

fact

is

, onc

e th

e pl

ant i

s op

en, t

here

will

be fe

w w

ays

to m

easu

re a

nd n

o w

ays

tom

itiga

te s

houl

d th

ey

exce

ed th

eir n

oise

sta

ndar

ds. N

o on

e w

ould

cl

ose

the

plan

t dow

n fo

ra n

oise

vio

latio

n, th

e lo

cal i

nhab

itant

s ca

n co

mpl

ain

repe

ated

ly a

nd

noth

ing

will

ever

be

done

...

42-1

3As

pre

viou

sly

note

din

Sec

tion

6.3.

4.4,

the

cons

truct

ion

man

agem

ent f

irm w

ill be

con

tract

ually

obl

igat

ed to

mee

t th

ese

nois

e st

anda

rds

and

is re

quire

d to

incl

ude

a “n

oise

gu

aran

tee”

in th

eir o

blig

atio

ns fo

rcon

stru

ctio

n of

the

plan

t.

This

will

incl

ude

base

line

mon

itorin

g du

ring

com

mis

sion

ing

and

star

t-up

of th

e pl

ant.

Onc

e th

e fa

cilit

y is

fully

ope

ratio

nal,

CVE

will

mea

sure

the

actu

al o

pera

tiona

l sou

nd le

vels

at t

he s

elec

ted

resi

dent

s an

d Pr

oper

ty li

nes.

The

se m

easu

rem

ents

and

ass

ocia

ted

repo

rt w

ill be

con

duct

ed b

y a

third

par

ty li

cens

ed a

cous

tical

en

gine

er in

acc

orda

nce

with

indu

stry

pra

ctic

es a

nd a

ny

appl

icab

le s

tate

and

loca

l reg

ulat

ory

requ

irem

ents

.Fol

low

ing

com

men

cem

ent o

f ope

ratio

n, n

oise

com

plai

nts

will

be

addr

esse

d by

CVE

, coo

rdin

atin

g w

ith th

e to

wn.

Onc

e a

root

ca

use

for t

he c

ompl

aint

is e

stab

lishe

d, th

ere

are

man

y ap

proa

ches

that

can

be

take

n to

furth

er m

itiga

te im

pact

. C

VE h

as m

ade

a co

mm

itmen

t to

wor

k w

ith th

elo

cal

com

mun

ityto

reso

lve

com

plai

nts

with

in th

at c

onte

xt.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-5

9

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Cat

e W

ilson

, W

ingd

ale

Res

iden

t

Ther

e ar

e a

coup

le o

f pla

ces

in th

e ex

ecut

ive

sum

mar

y w

here

we

talk

abo

ut th

e no

ise

leve

ls

inpa

rticu

lar t

hat a

re g

oing

to o

ccur

dur

ing

the

cons

truct

ion

proj

ect.

The

nois

e, th

e em

issi

ons,

th

e tra

ffic,

all

of th

atis

goi

ng to

hav

e a

sign

ifica

ntim

pact

on

all o

f tho

se w

ho a

re lo

cal.

Sinc

e ou

r pro

perty

dire

ctly

abu

ts --

it's

imm

edia

tely

sou

th o

f How

land

's A

partm

ents

. W

e're

in k

ind

of a

hot

spo

t for

the

ultim

ate

nois

e le

vel a

nd a

ll th

e re

st o

f it.

How

ever

, the

stu

dy

itsel

f nev

er a

ddre

sses

that

sou

ther

n en

d ex

cept

to

say

that

…w

hile

the

proj

ecti

s ex

pect

ed to

co

mpl

y w

ith th

e m

ost r

estri

cted

nig

httim

e so

und

leve

l lim

it of

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er z

onin

g co

de,

whi

ch is

not

spe

cifie

d he

re, a

t the

nor

th a

nd e

ast

prop

erty

line

s, th

e w

est l

ine

and

the

sout

hern

lin

e ab

uttin

g ot

her i

ndus

trial

zon

ed, a

ndw

e ar

eno

t ind

ustri

al z

ones

, are

exp

ecte

d to

be

nonc

ompl

iant

…Th

ey'v

e re

ques

ted

an

adju

stm

ent t

o th

e zo

ning

law

to a

llow

for t

hat

high

er le

vel o

f noi

se w

hich

I re

ally

thin

k is

un

acce

ptab

le. I

f you

're g

oing

to h

ave

a ru

le

abou

t a n

oise

leve

l and

it's

a n

ight

time

nois

e le

vel,

in p

artic

ular

, it s

houl

d be

adh

ered

to --

Tow

ns s

houl

d m

ake

them

stic

k to

that

.

If th

at m

eans

the

cons

truct

ion

proj

ect t

akes

a

little

bit

long

er, t

hat's

--pe

ople

sho

uldn

't be

…ke

pt a

wak

e at

nig

ht b

ecau

se th

ey're

bui

ldin

g a

plan

t.

T2-4

CVE

has

inco

rpor

ated

sig

nific

ant m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s to

re

duce

nois

e (a

s de

taile

d in

Sec

tion

6.4.

3.3.

2 of

the

DEI

S),

incl

udin

g ob

tain

ing

an o

ptio

n to

pur

chas

e ad

ditio

nal p

rope

rty

to th

e so

uth

to in

crea

se th

e bu

ffer f

rom

oth

er la

nd u

ses.

Not

e th

at th

e ad

ditio

n of

the

form

er R

asco

par

cel h

as

effe

ctiv

ely

mov

ed th

e so

uthe

rn p

rope

rty li

ne o

f the

site

ap

prox

imat

ely

2,00

0 fe

et, e

nsur

ing

that

the

Proj

ect w

ill be

in

com

plia

nce

with

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er d

aytim

e an

d ni

ghtti

me

nois

e st

anda

rds

at th

e no

rth, e

ast,

and

sout

h pr

oper

ty li

nes,

in

clud

ing

the

prop

erty

of t

he c

omm

ente

r.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-6

0

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Cat

e W

ilson

, W

ingd

ale

Res

iden

t

We

are

in a

pla

ce h

ere

in th

is li

ttle

valle

y w

here

fo

r m

any,

man

y ye

ars,

we'

ve e

njoy

ed w

hat

I ca

n on

ly

call

a pr

istin

e en

viro

nmen

t. It'

s co

mpl

etel

y an

d to

tally

out

side

the

norm

al le

vel

of p

lace

s w

here

mos

t pe

ople

live

. W

e ha

ve a

be

tter

envi

ronm

ent

than

wha

t is

sta

ndar

d. S

o no

w

we

have

a

proj

ect

that

pr

opos

es

to

incr

ease

th

e no

ise…

to

a le

vel

that

's

with

in

acce

ptab

le r

ealm

s, b

ut a

ccep

tabl

e co

mpa

red

to s

omeb

ody

else

's.

T2-6

CVE

is a

ddre

ssin

gth

e co

ncer

n to

mai

ntai

n qu

iet i

n na

tura

l ar

eas

thro

ugh

nois

e m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s in

the

Proj

ect

desi

gn, a

nd C

VEha

s ac

quire

d th

e rig

ht to

pur

chas

e a

sign

ifica

ntly

larg

er p

arce

l tha

n is

nec

essa

ry fo

r the

Pro

ject

in

orde

r to

prov

ide

an a

dequ

ate

buffe

r for

suc

h po

tent

ial

impa

cts.

At t

he e

dge

of th

e C

VE P

rope

rty in

all

dire

ctio

ns,

incl

udin

g th

e re

side

ntia

l pro

perti

es to

the

sout

h, th

e Pr

ojec

t w

illco

mpl

y w

ith b

oth

stat

e st

anda

rds

and

loca

l req

uire

men

ts.

It is

onl

y al

ong

the

narro

w s

trip

of M

etro

-Nor

th p

rope

rty th

at

trave

rses

thro

ugh

the

site

that

the

Proj

ect w

ould

exc

eed

the

loca

l sta

ndar

d.

The

cons

truct

ion

of th

e Pr

ojec

t will

have

a ra

nge

of d

iffer

ent

soun

ds o

ver t

he th

ree

year

con

stru

ctio

n pe

riod.

In

addi

tion

to c

onsi

sten

cyw

ith th

e st

ate

polic

yan

d co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith

tow

n st

anda

rds,

CVE

has

iden

tifie

d th

e pr

oces

s th

roug

h w

hich

it w

illad

dres

s po

tent

ialn

oise

com

plai

nts

to d

eter

min

e th

eir r

ootc

ause

as

desc

ribed

in S

ectio

n 6.

3.4.

4of

the

FEIS

.C

ristin

aBl

eakl

ey,

Dov

er

Res

iden

t

I'm c

once

rned

abo

ut t

he t

raffi

c no

ise

that

will

be

impo

sed

onth

e su

rrou

ndin

g ro

ads.

As

you

know

, mos

t of t

he tr

affic

com

ing

from

22

Nor

th

and

goin

g to

com

mut

ing,

the

y m

ight

not

wai

t fo

r the

sid

e ro

ad o

r the

sid

e pa

ssag

e th

at y

ou'll

be p

rovi

ding

as

a sh

ould

er to

pas

s. S

o so

me

of

thos

e ca

rs m

ight

dire

ct in

to t

he p

rivat

e ro

ads,

su

ch a

s Sh

erm

an H

ill.

How

is

that

goi

ng t

o af

fect

?

T2-9

With

the

addi

tion

of th

e fo

rmer

Ras

co p

arce

land

its

abilit

y to

pr

ovid

e on

-site

par

king

the

cons

truct

ion

crew

dur

ing

mos

t of

the

cons

truct

ion

perio

d, u

se o

f the

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

for

park

ing

is a

ntic

ipat

ed to

be

muc

h le

ss e

xten

sive

. Si

nce

few

er c

ars

will

be a

cces

sing

the

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

dur

ing

a m

uch

mor

e lim

ited

perio

d of

tim

e (i.

e., d

urin

g pe

ak

cons

truct

ion

only

), us

e of

loca

l sid

e ro

ads

as d

etou

rs (a

nd

any

asso

ciat

ed n

oise

impa

ct) i

s no

t ant

icip

ated

.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-6

1

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Cris

tina

Blea

kley

, D

over

R

esid

ent

The

leve

l of

no

ise,

as

th

e re

side

nt

was

m

entio

ning

, if

the

leve

l is

so

hi

gh

in

the

dayt

ime,

the

kid

s ar

e su

ppos

ed t

o be

out

side

pl

ayin

g, s

o if

they

're d

ealin

g w

ith th

e no

ise

that

m

ight

be

exce

edin

g th

e le

vel…

for

them

to

be

outs

ide.

T2-1

3C

VE h

as c

aref

ully

con

side

red

nois

e im

pact

s to

the

surro

undi

ng c

omm

unity

in d

evel

opin

g th

e Pr

ojec

t lay

out a

nd

in th

e se

lect

ion

of fa

cilit

y co

mpo

nent

s an

d or

ient

atio

n. A

s su

ch, t

he P

roje

ct is

not

exp

ecte

d to

pro

duce

asi

gnifi

cant

no

ise

impa

ct a

nd w

ill be

con

sist

ent w

ith th

e le

vels

es

tabl

ishe

d in

NYS

DEC

guid

elin

esan

d lo

cal n

oise

re

quire

men

ts.O

utdo

or s

ound

from

the

faci

lity

will

not b

e in

trusi

ve.

Mar

k C

hipk

in,

Paw

ling

Res

iden

t

I kno

w b

ecau

se --

for i

nsta

nce,

on

my

road

…w

e ha

ve a

faci

lity

that

sto

res

bank

reco

rds,

and

it se

emed

like

it w

as g

onna

be

quie

t, bu

tall

of a

su

dden

wha

t hap

pene

d is

that

…w

hene

ver t

here

w

as a

ny k

ind

of…

elec

trica

l out

age,

they

ran

gene

rato

rs, a

ndfo

r peo

ple…

by th

e N

atur

e R

eser

ve…

who

enj

oy li

sten

ing

to b

irds

and

anim

als,

and

you

hear

this

con

stan

t hum

for

days

som

etim

es,…

it re

ally

doe

s ge

t in

the

way

of

enj

oyin

g lif

e, I

thin

k.

T3-9

All s

igni

fican

t equ

ipm

ent r

equi

red

for t

he o

pera

tion

of th

e Pr

ojec

twas

con

side

red

in th

e an

alys

is o

f sou

nd le

vels

.G

ener

ator

s w

ill be

equ

ippe

d w

ith n

oise

miti

gatio

n to

ens

ure

the

Proj

ect d

oes

not e

xcee

d es

tabl

ishe

d no

ise

limits

(as

desc

ribed

in S

ectio

n 6.

4.4.

4)Fu

rther

dis

cuss

ion

on p

oten

tial

impa

cts

to s

peci

es d

ue to

Pro

ject

sou

nd le

vels

is p

rovi

ded

in

Sect

ion

6.4.

3.6.

Chr

is W

ood,

Pa

wlin

g R

esid

ent,

Obl

ong

Land

C

onse

rvan

cy

…Th

e pr

ojec

texp

ects

you

to c

ompl

y w

ith th

e m

ostr

estri

ctiv

e ni

ghtti

me

soun

d-le

vel l

imit

inth

e To

wn

of D

over

Zon

ing

Cod

e at

the

north

and

east

pro

perty

line

s. H

owev

er, t

he w

estp

rope

rty

line

abut

ting

the

Met

ro-N

orth

rail

line

and

the

sout

hern

-pre

pare

d pr

oper

ty li

neap

prox

imat

ely

how

will

it ad

just

to o

urre

serv

e pr

oper

ty, e

xpec

t it

to b

eno

ncom

plia

nt. T

his

is n

ot a

ntic

ipat

ed to

be

prob

lem

atic

sin

ce th

ese

prop

ertie

s ar

e no

t lik

ely

to b

e oc

cupi

ed b

y no

ise-

sens

itive

user

s.

We

cann

ot s

uppo

rt th

e vi

ew th

atex

ceed

ing

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er's

noi

se li

mits

are

acce

ptab

le

unde

r any

con

ditio

nsirr

espe

ctiv

e of

whe

ther

ad

jace

nt la

ndow

ners

are

nois

e-se

nsiti

ve o

r not

.

T3-2

5C

VE h

as a

ddre

ssed

the

conc

ern

to m

aint

ain

quie

t in

natu

ral

area

sby

inco

rpor

atin

g no

ise

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

into

the

Proj

ect d

esig

n, a

nd h

as a

cqui

red

the

right

to p

urch

ase

asi

gnifi

cant

ly la

rger

par

cel t

han

is n

eces

sary

for t

he P

roje

ct in

or

der t

o pr

ovid

e an

ade

quat

e bu

ffer f

or s

uch

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s. A

t the

edg

e of

the

CVE

Pro

perty

in a

ll di

rect

ions

,in

clud

ing

the

Obl

ong

Land

Con

serv

ancy

’s C

arru

th P

rese

rve,

the

Proj

ect w

illco

mpl

y w

ith b

oth

stat

e st

anda

rds

and

loca

l re

quire

men

ts.

It is

onl

y al

ong

the

narro

w s

trip

of M

etro

-Nor

th

prop

erty

that

trav

erse

s th

roug

h th

e si

te th

at th

e Pr

ojec

t w

ould

exc

eed

the

loca

l sta

ndar

d. M

etro

-Nor

th’s

use

of t

hat

prop

erty

resu

lts in

sig

nific

ant s

ound

leve

ls a

long

the

railr

oad

road

and

to s

urro

undi

ng p

rope

rties

.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-6

2

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Chr

is W

ood,

Pa

wlin

g R

esid

ent,

Obl

ong

Land

C

onse

rvan

cy

Soun

d tra

vels

and

ther

e is

no

way

tote

ll in

ad

vanc

e w

hat,

if an

y, e

ffect

, the

impa

cts

of th

is

new

sou

rce

of s

ound

will

be.

Not

with

stan

ding

th

e m

odel

ing

that

has

bee

nun

derta

ken,

we

reta

in c

onsi

dera

ble

rese

rvat

ions

abo

ut th

e in

trodu

ctio

ns o

f the

new

and

con

tinuo

us s

ourc

e of

sou

nd in

asu

bsta

ntia

lly ru

ral a

rea,

and

in

thes

eci

rcum

stan

ces

the

proj

ect s

houl

d be

re

quire

dto

com

ply

with

all

exis

ting

soun

dre

gula

tions

.

T3-2

6In

det

erm

inin

g so

und

leve

l com

plia

nce,

the

spec

ifics

of t

he

site

’s to

pogr

aphy

and

gro

und

cove

r wer

e in

corp

orat

ed in

to

mod

elin

g. E

stim

ates

of o

pera

tiona

l sou

nd le

vels

pro

duce

d by

th

e Pr

ojec

t wer

e ca

lcul

ated

usi

ng C

adna

A en

viro

nmen

tal

soun

d m

odel

ing

softw

are

(Ver

sion

3.7

.123

Dat

aKus

tic

Gm

bH).

The

Cad

naA

soun

d m

odel

ing

softw

are

uses

al

gorit

hms

and

proc

edur

es d

escr

ibed

in IS

O 9

613-

2, w

hich

pr

ovid

es e

stim

ates

of s

ound

leve

ls fo

r met

eoro

logi

cal

cond

ition

s th

at a

re fa

vora

ble

for t

he p

ropa

gatio

n of

sou

nd

(dow

nwin

d w

ith a

win

d sp

eed

of 1

-5 m

eter

s/se

cond

).Al

thou

gh th

e Pr

ojec

t will

still

requ

est a

zon

ing

amen

dmen

t fo

r sou

nd le

vels

to th

e w

est,

as d

iscu

ssed

in S

ectio

n 6.

3.4.

2,

this

is o

nly

due

to M

etro

-Nor

th’s

nar

row

par

cel t

hat t

rave

rses

th

e si

te.

Com

plia

nce

is a

chie

ved

in a

ll ot

her c

ompa

ss

dire

ctio

ns.

Chr

is W

ood,

Pa

wlin

g R

esid

ent,

Obl

ong

Land

C

onse

rvan

cy

Addi

tiona

lly, a

per

man

ent s

iting

regi

me

alon

g th

e lin

es o

f tha

t pro

pose

d fo

rthe

wat

er

reso

urce

s an

d ac

com

pani

ed b

y th

ere

quire

men

t fo

r rem

edia

tion

in th

e ev

ent o

fsig

nific

ant n

oise

im

pact

s sh

ould

be

are

quire

men

t.

T3-2

7Th

e Pr

ojec

t has

bee

n de

sign

ed w

ith th

e m

easu

res

that

will

achi

eve

the

soun

d le

vels

repr

esen

ted.

Addi

tiona

l mon

itorin

g an

d co

mpl

ianc

e is

det

aile

d in

Sec

tion

6.3.

4.4

of th

e FE

IS.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-6

3

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Tyle

r Dav

is,

Dov

er P

lain

s R

esid

ent

…It

seem

s lik

e no

mat

terw

hat h

appe

ns, e

ven

with

the

best

tech

nolo

gyav

aila

ble,

the

tow

n of

D

over

will

take

a h

itw

hen

it co

mes

to…

nois

e,

and

to m

e, th

at's

a p

robl

em, b

ecau

se it

see

ms

like

we'

re n

ot g

onna

ben

efit

dire

ctly

by

anyt

hing

, th

at th

ere

is s

ome

type

of g

rid o

n a

regi

onal

le

vel,

on a

nat

iona

llev

el. W

hata

bout

us?

If

we'

re g

onna

hav

eth

is h

uge

thin

g in

our

tow

n, I

wan

t som

ethi

ngba

ck.

T3-2

9Th

e Pr

ojec

t has

bee

n ca

refu

lly d

esig

ned

to in

tegr

ate

nois

e re

duct

ion

mea

sure

s an

d co

mpl

y w

ith s

tate

gui

delin

es a

nd

loca

l noi

se s

tand

ards

, exc

ept a

long

one

nar

row

stre

tch

of

prop

erty

trav

ersi

ng th

e si

te w

hich

is u

sed

for a

ctiv

e ra

il tra

vel.

Sou

nd le

vel i

mpa

cts,

ther

efor

e, fr

om th

e Pr

ojec

t will

be a

ppro

pria

tely

man

aged

to b

e co

nsis

tent

with

app

licab

le

stan

dard

s. T

he P

roje

ct w

ill pr

ovid

e lo

cal a

nd re

gion

al

econ

omic

and

env

ironm

enta

l ben

efits

by

addi

ng te

mpo

rary

an

d pe

rman

ent j

obs

and

by re

usin

g a

dila

pida

ted

indu

stria

l si

te in

a p

rodu

ctiv

e an

d en

viro

nmen

tally

sen

sitiv

e m

anne

r. Th

e Pr

ojec

t will

also

pro

vide

a lo

ng-te

rm re

venu

e so

urce

for

the

Dov

er U

nion

Fre

e Sc

hool

Dis

trict

, the

Tow

n of

Dov

eran

d D

utch

ess

Cou

nty

thro

ugh

cont

ribut

ions

to th

e ta

x ba

se.

The

loca

l com

mun

ity w

ill al

so h

ave

the

bene

fit o

f fun

ds fr

om th

e Pr

ojec

t’s ta

x ag

reem

ent.

Mr.

Gal

ayda

,To

wn

Boar

d…

asfa

r as

the

nois

e co

ncer

n al

so g

oes,

I'm

not

goin

g to

bud

ge o

n th

e no

ise

conc

ern.

I th

ink

that

if

you'

re in

vest

ing

a bi

llion,

inve

st a

little

mor

e an

d m

ake

it ad

here

to o

ur N

oise

Cod

e, b

ecau

se

I com

plet

ely

agre

e w

ith th

ere

mar

ks th

at n

oise

or

dina

nces

wer

e se

t for

are

ason

, and

I th

ink

that

50

deci

bels

, if i

t'slik

e th

is (i

ndic

atin

g), i

s on

e th

ing,

but

ifit's

this

con

stan

t thi

ng

(indi

catin

g), i

tbec

omes

a d

rone

and

peo

ple

have

to li

sten

.Yo

u kn

ow, a

nd if

they

're li

sten

ing

to it

24

hour

s a

day,

sev

en d

ays

a w

eek,

that

's

very

diffi

cult.

So,

som

ethi

ng th

at I

wou

ld li

keto

se

e is

exa

ctly

wha

t 50

deci

bels

sou

nds

like

on

the

site

. So,

I w

ould

like

ade

term

inat

ion

done

on

the

site

as

to w

here

the

mos

t noi

se is

goi

ng

to c

ome

from

and

then

I wou

ld li

ke a

n in

depe

nden

t com

pany

to c

ome

in a

nd c

rank

up

T3-8

2Th

e ad

ditio

n of

the

form

er R

asco

par

cel a

llow

s th

e Pr

ojec

t to

com

ply

with

the

loca

l noi

se c

ode

at th

e fu

rthes

t ext

ent o

f the

pr

ojec

t site

in a

ll co

mpa

ss d

irect

ions

. Th

e on

e lo

catio

n w

here

com

plia

nce

is n

ot p

redi

cted

to b

e m

et,a

nd fo

r whi

ch a

code

am

endm

enth

as b

een

requ

este

d,is

alo

ng th

e na

rrow

M

etro

-Nor

th p

rope

rty th

at tr

aver

ses

thro

ugh

the

site

. Th

e ra

ilroa

d tra

ck o

n th

is n

arro

w p

rope

rty is

itse

lf a

sour

ce o

f in

term

itten

t, bu

t sig

nific

ant n

oise

.

As d

iscu

ssed

in S

ectio

n 6.

3.4.

4, s

ound

impa

cts

prod

uced

by

the

prop

osed

Pro

ject

will

be th

e cu

mul

ativ

e re

sult

of a

wid

e ra

nge

of s

ourc

es th

at a

re d

istri

bute

d ov

er th

e en

tire

Proj

ect

Dev

elop

men

t Are

a. S

ome

of th

ese

sour

ces

will

be re

lativ

ely

smal

l poi

nt s

ourc

es(e

.g.,

the

disc

harg

e of

the

exha

ust

stac

ks, a

nd tr

ansf

orm

ers)

, and

som

e of

thes

e so

urce

s w

ill be

la

rge

area

sou

rces

(e.g

.,th

e ar

ray

of a

ir co

oled

con

dens

ers

alon

g th

e ra

ilroa

d Pr

oper

ty li

ne).

The

re is

no

prac

tical

m

eans

to e

ffect

ivel

y si

mul

ate

this

div

erse

rang

e of

sou

nd

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-6

4

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

4. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–N

oise

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

50 d

ecib

els

and

leav

e it

runn

ing

for a

wee

k an

d le

t the

resi

dent

s --

let t

he re

side

nts

know

. Be

caus

e w

e ca

n al

ltal

k ab

out l

ight

rain

, we

coul

d al

l tal

kab

out -

-you

kno

w --

you

know

, and

ou

tsid

e of

the

fact

that

it m

ight

rain

for t

wo

or

thre

eda

ys, y

ou s

tart

to lo

se y

our m

ind

if yo

u're

liste

ning

to th

e dr

one

of e

ven

som

ethi

ng li

keth

at. S

o, y

ou k

now

, I th

ink

that

we

can

allt

alk

abou

t --t

here

's w

ays

that

we

can

easi

ly p

rovi

de

notic

e to

the

Tow

n an

d to

resi

dent

sas

to w

hat i

t re

ally

is, p

ut u

p a

big

sign

tellin

g th

em th

at th

is is

go

ing

on, s

top

your

car a

nd li

sten

.

sour

ces

such

that

an

obse

rver

wou

ld b

e ab

le to

exp

erie

nce

a re

alis

tic re

plic

atio

n of

sou

nd im

pact

s th

at w

ill oc

cur w

hen

the

Proj

ect i

s ac

tual

ly o

pera

ting.

An e

xper

ienc

e of

pot

entia

l Pro

ject

sou

nd w

ould

be

bette

r fo

und

at a

n ex

istin

g pl

ant o

f sim

ilar s

ize

and

tech

nolo

gy.

CVE

repr

esen

tativ

es h

ave

offe

red

to fa

cilit

ate

a si

te v

isit

for

Tow

n of

Dov

er o

ffici

als

and

inte

rest

ed p

artie

s.

Ms.

DuH

amel

…w

e co

uld

ask

them

tosi

ze th

e pr

ojec

t so

that

th

ey're

not

goi

ngov

er n

oise

thre

shol

ds…

...Th

at's

wha

tan

expe

rt w

ould

be

able

to te

ll yo

u, a

t wha

tpoi

nt d

oes

the

size

brin

g…no

ise

dow

n to

our

acc

epta

ble

leve

ls. I

don

't w

antt

o re

ly o

n A

KRF

for t

hat…

T3-8

6C

VE h

as in

corp

orat

ed n

umer

ous

nois

e m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s to

resu

lt in

a fa

cilit

y th

at c

ompl

ies

with

sta

te a

nd lo

cal n

oise

re

quire

men

ts a

long

its

oute

r pro

perty

bou

ndar

y. A

zon

ing

code

am

endm

ent i

s no

w o

nly

requ

este

d as

it p

erta

ins

to th

e st

rip o

f Met

ro-N

orth

land

that

trav

erse

s th

roug

h th

e Pr

oper

ty.

In a

dditi

on to

the

expe

rt en

gine

ers

and

acou

stic

al

cons

ulta

nts

whi

ch C

VE h

as u

tiliz

ed in

the

Proj

ect’s

des

ign

and

anal

ysis

, ind

epen

dent

revi

ew h

as o

ccur

red

at th

e st

ate

leve

l by

NYS

DEC

and

at th

e lo

cal l

evel

by

AKR

F.

Ms.

DuH

amel

…m

itiga

tion

is c

heap

er a

nd m

ore

effe

ctiv

eth

an

rem

edia

tion.

And

who

's g

onna

enf

orce

it? T

he

DEC

, the

DEC

that

allo

wed

Ras

co's

pred

eces

sor t

o le

ave

junk

all

over

that

prop

erty

an

d th

en b

ring

in a

noth

erco

ntam

inat

ed s

oil

proj

ect o

ver o

ur a

quife

r.W

e do

n't w

ant t

o re

ly

on D

EC to

be

enfo

rcin

gex

cess

em

issi

ons

or

exce

ss n

oise

or a

nyth

ing

like

that

. I w

ant u

s to

m

eet o

ur s

tand

ards

befo

re th

at p

oint

goe

s up

.

T3-8

7As

des

crib

ed in

Sec

tion

6.3.

4.4,

mon

itorin

g an

d co

mpl

ianc

e w

ill be

ach

ieve

d pr

ior t

o pl

ant o

pera

tions

by

a th

ird p

arty

lic

ense

d ac

oust

ical

eng

inee

r in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith in

dust

ry

prac

tices

and

any

app

licab

le s

tate

and

loca

l reg

ulat

ory

requ

irem

ents

.




6.3.5 Electric and Magnetic Fields

No comments were received regarding the potential change to electric and magnetic fields associated with the Project. The Project benefits from the proximity of existing transmission infrastructure to the north of the Project Development Area.

6.3.6 Cultural Resources

CVE undertook an investigation and review for potential archaeological and cultural resources at the Property in the summer 2009. A review of the OPRHP website found no historic resources identified in the vicinity of the Project Development Area and, after consultation, OPRHP determined that there will be “No Effect” to cultural resources at the Project Development Area.

CVE also requested a review of potential archaeological or cultural resources from OPRHP with regard to the remote Laydown Site, located 2.5 miles north of the Project Development Area. OPRHP requested Phase 1A and Phase 1B surveys at the remote Laydown Site, due to a moderate to high potential for the presence of prehistoric cultural resources. After extensive field work, survey crews did not find evidence of either a prehistoric or historic site within the remote Laydown Site and submitted its findings to OPRHP. In a letter dated July 6, 2011, based upon the results of the Phase 1B survey, OPHRP indicated that use of the remote Laydown Site will have “No Effect” upon cultural resources (see Appendix 6-E of the FEIS).

With the addition of the former Rasco parcel to the Property, CVE requested a similar review of potential archaeological or cultural resources from OPRHP in February 2012. In a letter dated February 29, 2012, OPRHP concurred with its findings for the Project Development Area, indicating that the expanded use of the Property will continue to have “No Effect” on cultural resources (see Appendix 6-E of the FEIS).

Table 6-5 outlines comments and responses associated with cultural resources.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-6

6

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

5. R

espo

nses

to C

omm

ents

–C

ultu

ral R

esou

rces

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad,

AKR

F

As

part

of it

s re

view

of t

he

prop

osed

pro

ject

, did

the

NY

S

OP

RH

P c

ondu

ct a

ny o

n-si

te

revi

ews

of th

e pr

ojec

t? W

hile

the

proj

ect s

ite b

uild

ings

are

in

subs

tant

ial d

eclin

e, th

ey d

o re

pres

ent a

per

iod

ofD

over

's

indu

stria

l his

tory

and

hav

e co

nnec

tions

to a

sig

nific

ant

war

time

effo

rt. C

erta

in b

uild

ing

elem

ents

may

war

rant

furth

er s

tudy

an

d do

cum

enta

tion

prio

r to

dem

oliti

on.

32-5

5To

CVE

’s k

now

ledg

e, O

PRH

P ha

s no

t con

duct

ed o

n-si

te re

view

s fo

r th

e Pr

ojec

t.H

owev

er, p

hoto

grap

hs a

nd d

escr

iptio

ns o

f the

exi

stin

g si

te

build

ings

wer

e pr

ovid

ed (a

s illu

stra

ted

in th

e co

rresp

onde

nce

date

d Au

gust

13,

200

9 pr

ovid

ed in

App

endi

x 6-

G o

f the

DEI

S).

The

form

er

indu

stria

l use

ssi

nce

1942

and

oth

er c

hara

cter

istic

s w

ere

know

n as

a

cont

ext f

or O

PRH

P’s

corre

spon

denc

e.

Rya

n C

ourti

en,

Tow

n Su

perv

isor

ES-1

7: I

n th

e U

nant

icip

ated

D

isco

verie

s Pl

an, w

ho w

ould

be

notif

ied

in c

ase

of a

n ev

ent?

37-1

6As

dis

cuss

ed in

Sec

tion

6.6.

4 of

the

DEI

S an

d in

the

Una

ntic

ipat

ed

Dis

cove

ries

Plan

pro

vide

d in

App

endi

x 6-

G o

f the

DEI

S, O

PRH

P w

ould

be

not

ified

, and

the

New

Yor

k St

ate

Polic

e w

ould

be

notif

ied,

if

appr

opria

te.

Rya

n C

ourti

en,

Tow

n Su

perv

isor

ES-1

7: C

VE re

ques

ted

a si

mila

r re

view

from

OPR

HP

or w

as th

e re

ques

t mad

e in

the

oppo

site

di

rect

ion?

37-1

7C

VE a

ctiv

ely

requ

este

d re

view

from

OPR

HP

for t

he P

roje

ctD

evel

opm

ent A

rea,

the

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

and

the

form

er R

asco

pa

rcel

in th

e fo

rm o

f cor

resp

onde

nce

prov

ided

in A

ppen

dix

6-G

of t

he

DEI

San

d Ap

pend

ix 6

-E o

f the

FEI

S).

Cris

tina

Blea

kley

, D

over

R

esid

ent

And

the

last

par

t I re

ad, t

hey

had

arch

eolo

gica

l mat

eria

ls th

at th

ey w

ere

doin

g th

e st

udy

on th

is p

arki

ng a

rea.

I co

uldn

't fin

d an

ywhe

re w

hat w

as th

e re

sult

of th

e se

cond

pha

se.

Wer

e th

ey a

ble

to fi

nd a

nyth

ing

ther

e th

at

was

ther

e be

fore

?

T2-1

5As

des

crib

ed in

Sec

tion

6.2.

6, a

rcha

eolo

gica

l sur

vey

crew

s di

d no

t fin

d ev

iden

ce o

f eith

er a

pre

hist

oric

or h

isto

ric s

ite w

ithin

the

rem

ote

Layd

own

Site

and

sub

mitt

ed it

s fin

ding

s to

OPR

HP.

In

a le

tter d

ated

Ju

ly 6

, 201

1 (6

-D),

base

d up

on th

e re

sults

of a

Pha

se 1

B su

rvey

, O

PHR

P in

dica

ted

that

use

of t

he re

mot

e La

ydow

n Si

te w

ill ha

ve “N

o Ef

fect

” upo

n cu

ltura

l res

ourc

es.




6.3.7 Socioeconomics

6.3.7.1 Job Creation

Project development and construction will require an estimated investment of approximately $955 million, which will provide a significant benefit to the local, regional, and state economies. It is expected that an annual average of 300 construction jobs will be created during the three-year construction of the Project, with up to 750 jobs during the five-month peak construction period. The DEIS, in Section 6.7.3.1.3, outlined the workforce availability in the general area, concluding that approximately 90 percent of the required construction labor force could be filled by the local labor market.

Once completed, operation of the facility will directly support approximately 28 well-paying permanent jobs in Dover. The investment in the plant, during both construction and operation, will also result in significant secondary economic benefits to the local, regional and state economy. Project construction is estimated to generate and induce creation of 2,202 FTE jobs, including 751 secondary jobs in Dutchess County, in a wide variety of industries such as facility maintenance, security, food service, mining (sand and gravel), and construction supplies. Upon completion, the Project is projected to create 54 FTE jobs, including 26 secondary jobs.

6.3.7.2 Property Values

According to a study conducted by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, “actual property value is comprised of an often complex set of desirable and undesirable factors, including proximity and quality of schools, the attractiveness of the house and yard, and access to work and to local amenities. The research has not been conclusive because of the difficulty researchers have of accounting for all of the variables. The few studies done to date have not shown a clear, consistent correlation between power plant location and reduced property values.”6

6 See: Environmental Impacts of Power Plants, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, at pg. 12 –available at: http://psc.wi.gov/thelibrary/publications/electric/electric15.pdf




In this situation there are no residences directly adjacent to the Project Development Area. It is also important to note that property values are driven by a myriad of factors which include externalities such as the quality of school systems, property taxes, and community services. CVE’s PILOT agreement will provide substantial revenues to the Town of Dover and the Dover Union Free School District which can be used for improved Town/School facilities, expanded community services, and/or lower taxes, all of which may positively affect property values in the vicinity of the CVE Project.

6.3.7.3 Local Agreement and Benefits

The Project will provide a long-term revenue source for the Dover schools, the Town of Dover and Dutchess County through a PILOT agreement and Community Benefits Package. The proposed PILOT agreement will be coordinated through the Dutchess County Industrial Development Agency (IDA). However, while the agreement will be coordinated with the IDA, the Town of Dover and Dover Union Free School District are working together to negotiate the final payment and structure on behalf of the residents of Dover. These parties have hired a third-party independent consultant, paid for by CVE, to guide the Town through the process. All parties, including CVE, will work to ensure any negotiated tax agreement or Community Benefits Package does not impact state or federal funding to the school district.

Table 6-6 outlines comments and responses associated with socioeconomic issues.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-6

9

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

6. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–So

cioe

cono

mic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Tara

Sho

urec

k,

Win

gdal

e R

esid

ent

At b

est,

thes

e [jo

bs] a

re g

oing

to b

e w

hat

I vie

w a

s ‘lo

ng te

rm te

mp

jobs

’. W

hy?

Be

caus

e th

e pl

ant w

ill ha

ve a

n ex

pira

tion

date

whe

n it

no lo

nger

will

be o

nlin

e, a

nd

the

few

tech

nica

l job

s it

will

crea

te w

ill di

sapp

ear a

s w

ell.

10-9

The

Proj

ect h

as a

pro

ject

ed “l

ifesp

an” o

f at l

east

30

year

s, a

lthou

gh

it is

com

mon

for s

uch

pow

er p

lant

s to

rece

ive

impr

ovem

ents

and

ap

prov

als

that

ext

end

thei

r life

stil

l fur

ther

.Em

ploy

men

tpro

vide

d by

a fa

cilit

y th

at p

lans

to o

pera

te fo

r 30+

yea

rs is

not

con

side

red

tem

pora

ry.

Tara

Sho

urec

k,

Win

gdal

e R

esid

ent

As fa

r as

cons

truct

ion

jobs

go,

I am

no

expe

rt, b

ut b

ig jo

bs o

f thi

s na

ture

tend

to

go to

the

unio

ns.

So, i

f you

are

a

mem

ber o

f a p

artic

ular

uni

on th

at g

ets

this

con

tract

, you

will

have

em

ploy

men

t fo

r a fe

w y

ears

. Ag

ain,

a te

mp

job

to a

pa

rticu

lar u

nion

, as

all t

hese

jobs

are

.

10-1

0Al

l con

stru

ctio

n-re

late

d jo

bs a

re te

mpo

rary

by

natu

re, w

ith w

orke

rs

(uni

on o

r not

) com

plet

ing

one

assi

gnm

ent t

hen

mov

ing

on to

the

next

. Th

is P

roje

ct p

rovi

des

a th

ree-

year

con

stru

ctio

n cy

cle

as a

pl

atfo

rm fo

r loc

al e

mpl

oym

ent,

som

e of

whi

ch w

ill re

quire

ski

lled

trade

wor

kers

. Th

roug

hout

the

cons

truct

ion

perio

d, a

sig

nific

ant

seco

ndar

y jo

b ef

fect

(for e

xam

ple,

sec

urity

, foo

d se

rvic

e, m

inin

g,

cons

truct

ion

supp

lies)

occu

rs th

at w

ould

be

unre

late

d to

whe

ther

un

ion

labo

r is

empl

oyed

.Ev

elyn

Chi

arito

an

d Jo

seph

C

hiar

ito, D

over

Pl

ains

R

esid

ents

We

need

to b

e su

re th

at o

ur s

mal

l rur

al

fire

com

pany

is e

quip

ped

to h

andl

e ac

cide

nts.

We

reca

ll th

e hu

ge e

xplo

sion

an

d tra

gedy

at t

he M

iddl

etow

n, C

t. ga

s fir

ed p

ower

pla

nt.

Safe

ty is

crit

ical

es

peci

ally

sin

ce th

e fa

cilit

y is

clo

se to

the

Dov

er H

igh

Scho

ol a

nd W

ingd

ale

Elem

enta

ry S

choo

l and

resi

dent

ial

com

mun

ities

, as

wel

l as

Con

Ed

trans

mis

sion

line

s an

d Iro

quoi

s ga

s tra

nsm

issi

on li

ne.

How

will

Cric

ket

Valle

y be

pre

pare

d to

han

dle

such

a

situ

atio

n?

23-1

1At

the

Mid

dlet

own,

Con

nect

icut

pro

ject

, nat

ural

gas

was

use

d to

pu

rge

pipe

s, c

ontri

butin

g to

the

expl

osio

n at

that

faci

lity.

In

resp

onse

to th

e M

iddl

etow

n, C

onne

ctic

ut a

ccid

ent,

the

NFP

A ha

s is

sued

its n

ew s

tand

ard

NFP

A 56

(PS)

“Sta

ndar

d fo

r Fire

and

Ex

plos

ion

Prev

entio

n D

urin

g C

lean

ing

and

Purg

ing

of F

lam

mab

le

Gas

Pip

elin

e Sy

stem

s.”

All c

lean

ing

of p

ipes

will

be p

erfo

rmed

w

ith in

ert g

ases

or c

ompr

esse

d ai

r, w

hich

is c

onsi

sten

t with

Adva

nced

Pow

er’s

pol

icy

and

the

new

NFP

A st

anda

rds.

The

pla

nt

at M

iddl

etow

n di

d no

t use

iner

t gas

es fo

r pur

ging

.

A de

taile

d Em

erge

ncy

Res

pons

e Pl

an(a

s di

scus

sed

in S

ectio

n 6.

2.7

of th

e FE

IS)w

ill be

dev

elop

ed in

con

sulta

tion

with

ap

prop

riate

Tow

n of

ficia

ls, i

nclu

ding

the

Tow

n Bo

ard,

Dov

er U

nion

Fr

ee S

choo

l Dis

trict

, J.H

. Ket

cham

Hos

e C

ompa

ny, a

nd o

ther

em

erge

ncy

resp

onse

pro

vide

rs.

The

plan

t will

be e

quip

ped

with

on

-site

fire

pro

tect

ion

syst

ems

whi

ch w

ill be

fully

aut

omat

ed to

pr

ovid

e al

arm

, det

ectio

n, a

nd s

uppr

essi

onca

pabi

lity

for a

lloc

cupi

ed s

pace

s an

dha

zard

are

as, w

ith th

e as

sum

ptio

n th

at

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-7

0

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

6. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–So

cioe

cono

mic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

faci

lity

pers

onne

l will

have

min

imum

invo

lvem

entf

or fi

re re

spon

se.

CVE

will

wor

k co

oper

ativ

ely

with

the

J.H

. Ket

cham

Hos

e C

ompa

ny

in th

e pl

anni

ng fo

r and

resp

onse

to e

mer

genc

ysi

tuat

ions

, sho

uld

they

aris

e.C

VE re

pres

enta

tives

hav

eco

ordi

nate

d,an

d w

ill co

ntin

ue to

coo

rdin

ate,

with

J.H

. Ket

cham

Hos

e C

ompa

ny o

ffici

als

to e

nsur

e ad

equa

te re

sour

ces

are

plac

e.

Mar

k C

hipk

in,

Paw

ling

Res

iden

t

Jobs

in th

e co

mm

unity

in e

xcha

nge

for

pollu

ted

air f

or e

very

one

else

, is

not

acce

ptab

le.

25-1

1Th

e Pr

ojec

t has

bee

n ca

refu

lly d

esig

ned

with

ext

ensi

ve p

ollu

tion

cont

rol t

echn

olog

y an

d lo

w e

mis

sion

s, d

emon

stra

ting

com

plia

nce

with

Nat

iona

l Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

s. A

s di

scus

sed

in

Sect

ion

4 of

the

DEI

S an

d FE

IS, t

he P

roje

ct is

pre

dict

ed to

cre

ate

a ne

t air

qual

ity b

enef

it in

the

New

Yor

k re

gion

.As

a re

sult,

the

Proj

ectr

epre

sent

s a

low

impa

ct p

roje

ct th

at a

lso

brin

gs th

e be

nefit

of

jobs

into

the

loca

l com

mun

ity.

Tam

ara

Wad

e,

Win

gdal

e R

esid

ent

A to

tal o

f 30

perm

anen

t hig

hly

skille

d jo

bs w

ith a

goa

l of t

akin

g co

al b

urni

ng p

ower

pla

nts

offl

ine,

an

d th

e em

ploy

ees

alon

g w

ith it

. JO

B C

RE

ATI

ON

? R

eally

?

Up

to 7

80 te

mpo

rary

jobs

ove

r the

cou

rse

of th

ree

year

s (m

any

of w

hich

will

com

e fro

m D

utch

ess

coun

ty) w

ith D

over

be

arin

g th

e br

unt(

man

y of

whi

ch)

spea

ks a

bout

Cou

nty

not D

over

. Whe

re

will

the

othe

r per

cent

age

com

e fro

m?

And

how

fortu

nate

that

they

will

not

have

to li

ve h

ere

whe

n th

e pr

oduc

t of

thei

r em

ploy

men

t is

com

plet

e. W

hat

abou

t tho

se w

ho d

o no

t sta

nd to

pro

fit

by m

eans

of e

mpl

oym

ent o

r bid

w

inni

ng?

Aga

in d

oes

AN

Y fi

nanc

ial

gain

mak

e je

opar

dizi

ng h

ealth

ac

cept

able

?

31-1

4Th

e Pr

ojec

t ful

fills

a n

eed

for a

dditi

onal

ele

ctric

gen

erat

ion

and

will

crea

teov

er 1

,000

wor

ker-y

ears

of c

onst

ruct

ion

empl

oym

ent,

25 to

30 p

erm

anen

t hig

h-pa

ying

pro

fess

iona

l job

s an

dw

illge

nera

tem

illion

s of

dol

lars

in ta

xes

to b

enef

it th

e to

wn,

cou

nty,

sch

ool

dist

rict a

nd s

tate

alo

ng w

ith m

illion

s of

dol

lars

in s

econ

dary

em

ploy

men

t and

oth

er e

cono

mic

ben

efits

.C

VE w

ill co

ntin

ue to

co

ordi

nate

with

loca

l em

erge

ncy

serv

ice

prov

ider

s to

ver

ify th

at

adeq

uate

reso

urce

s ar

e in

pla

ce.

It is

not

ant

icip

ated

that

any

m

ajor

add

ition

al re

sour

ces

will

be re

quire

d.

The

spec

ific

loca

tion

from

whi

ch c

onst

ruct

ion

wor

kers

will

com

e ca

nnot

be

know

n at

this

tim

e. H

owev

er, t

he D

EIS,

in S

ectio

n6.

7.3.

1.3,

out

lines

the

wor

kfor

ceav

aila

bilit

y in

the

gene

ral a

rea,

conc

ludi

ng th

at a

ppro

xim

atel

y 90

per

cent

of t

he re

quire

d co

nstru

ctio

n la

bor f

orce

cou

ldbe

fille

d by

the

loca

l lab

or m

arke

t.

For t

he m

any

wor

kers

in th

e ar

ea w

ho fo

cus

on c

onst

ruct

ion

activ

ity, t

his

Proj

ect h

as th

e po

tent

ial t

o pr

ovid

e a

sign

ifica

nt

bene

fit.

As d

iscu

ssed

in th

e D

EIS

and

this

FEI

S, th

e Pr

ojec

t doe

s no

t

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-7

1

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

6. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–So

cioe

cono

mic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

pres

ent s

igni

fican

tneg

ativ

e he

alth

impa

cts,

and

is p

roje

cted

to

have

pos

itive

envi

ronm

enta

l and

com

mun

ityim

pact

s, fo

r exa

mpl

e,

rela

ted

to a

ir qu

ality

. C

ompl

ianc

e w

ith e

nviro

nmen

tal a

nd

com

mun

ity s

tand

ards

has

bee

n de

mon

stra

ted

for t

he P

roje

ct

acro

ss th

e ra

nge

of e

valu

ated

issu

es.

Tam

ara

Wad

e,

Win

gdal

e R

esid

ent

I don

’t be

lieve

our

(vol

unte

er) F

ire

Dep

artm

ent w

ill ha

ve th

e ca

paci

ty to

re

spon

d to

a c

atas

troph

ic e

vent

at t

he

plan

t in

a tim

e fra

me

nece

ssar

y. C

VE

st

ates

that

they

will

be w

orki

ng c

lose

ly

with

our

loca

l Fire

Dep

t. D

oes

this

m

ean

they

will

furn

ish

the

Dep

artm

ents

w

ith e

quip

men

t, tra

inin

g an

d (P

AID

) m

anpo

wer

, in

orde

r to

effe

ct q

uick

re

spon

se a

nd in

crea

sed

safe

ty o

f our

fir

emen

and

thos

e th

ey s

tand

to p

rote

ct?

A vo

lunt

eer b

ased

fire

dep

artm

ent i

s no

t go

ing

to c

ut it

! the

y ne

ed fu

ll tim

e pa

id

firem

en th

at C

VE

sho

uld

be p

ayin

g fo

r as

wel

l as

incr

easi

ng th

eir c

apac

ity b

y m

eans

of t

rain

ing

and

equi

pmen

t.

31-1

6Pr

ior t

o co

mm

ence

men

t of c

onst

ruct

ion,

a c

ompr

ehen

sive

sec

urity

pl

anw

ill be

dev

elop

ed a

nd im

plem

ente

d th

at w

ill ad

dres

s bo

th

cons

truct

ion

and

oper

atio

nal p

hase

s of

the

Proj

ect.

In a

dditi

on, a

de

taile

d Em

erge

ncy

Res

pons

e Pl

an(a

s di

scus

sed

in S

ectio

n 6.

2.7

of th

e FE

IS)w

ill be

dev

elop

ed w

ith th

e ap

prop

riate

Tow

n of

ficia

ls,

incl

udin

g th

e To

wn

Boar

d, D

over

Uni

on F

ree

Scho

ol D

istri

ct, J

.H.

Ketc

ham

Hos

e C

ompa

ny, a

nd o

ther

em

erge

ncy

resp

onse

pr

ovid

ers.

The

pla

nt w

ill be

equ

ippe

d w

ith o

n-si

te fi

re p

rote

ctio

n sy

stem

s w

hich

will

be fu

lly a

utom

ated

to p

rovi

de a

larm

, det

ectio

n,

and

supp

ress

ion

capa

bilit

y fo

r all

occu

pied

spa

ces

and

haza

rd

area

s, w

ith th

e as

sum

ptio

n th

at fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel w

ill ha

ve

min

imum

invo

lvem

ent f

or fi

re re

spon

se.

CVE

will

wor

k co

oper

ativ

ely

with

the

J.H

. Ket

cham

Hos

e C

ompa

ny in

the

plan

ning

for a

nd re

spon

se to

em

erge

ncy

situ

atio

ns, s

houl

d th

ey

aris

e. C

VE re

pres

enta

tives

hav

eco

ordi

nate

d,an

d w

ill co

ntin

ue to

co

ordi

nate

,with

J.H

. Ket

cham

Hos

e C

ompa

ny o

ffici

als

to e

nsur

e ad

equa

te re

sour

ces

are

plac

e.

Tam

ara

Wad

e,

Win

gdal

e R

esid

ent

With

Dov

er K

nolls

bei

ng a

muc

h ne

eded

opp

ortu

nity

for t

he g

row

th o

f D

over

, wha

t neg

ativ

e im

pact

wou

ld a

po

wer

pla

nt h

ave

on D

over

Kno

lls

abilit

y to

sel

l pro

perti

es, r

angi

ng fr

om

low

inco

me

to h

igh

end

at th

e pr

ices

ne

cess

ary

to m

eet t

heir

requ

ired

prof

it?

Wha

t stu

dy h

as b

een

done

to g

athe

r da

ta re

gard

ing

impa

ct to

pro

perty

va

lues

be

it re

side

ntia

l or c

omm

erci

al.

31-1

7Th

e Pr

ojec

t has

a n

et p

ositi

ve im

pact

on

the

envi

ronm

ent,

redu

cing

re

gion

al e

mis

sion

s,cl

eani

ng u

p an

d re

stor

ing

an in

activ

e ab

ando

ned

indu

stria

l site

unl

ikel

y to

be

othe

rwis

e re

med

iate

d,

rest

orin

g de

grad

ed w

etla

nds

and

juris

dict

iona

l Adj

acen

t Are

a, a

nd

pres

ervi

ng in

per

petu

ity 7

9 ac

res

of la

nd a

long

the

Swam

p R

iver

.

As n

oted

in S

ectio

n 6.

3.7.

2, a

ctua

l pro

perty

val

ue is

com

pris

ed o

f an

ofte

n co

mpl

ex s

et o

f des

irabl

e an

d un

desi

rabl

e fa

ctor

s,

incl

udin

g pr

oxim

ity a

nd q

ualit

y of

sch

ools

, the

attr

activ

enes

s of

the

hous

e an

d ya

rd, a

nd a

cces

s to

wor

k an

d to

loca

l am

eniti

es.

Res

earc

h re

gard

ing

prop

erty

val

ues

has

not b

een

conc

lusi

ve

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-7

2

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

6. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–So

cioe

cono

mic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Mos

t of u

s ca

nnot

affo

rd to

lose

any

m

ore

valu

e in

an

alre

ady

depr

esse

d re

al

esta

te m

arke

t. A

nd m

any

of u

s ha

ve

inve

sted

gre

at a

mou

nts

of m

oney

into

ou

r rea

l est

ate

that

we

may

not

see

the

retu

rn o

n. A

ccor

ding

to th

e st

udy,

The

E

ffect

of P

ower

Pla

nts

on L

ocal

H

ousi

ng V

alue

s an

d R

ents

by L

ucas

W.

Dav

is th

ere

may

be

subs

tant

ial i

mpa

ct.

beca

use

of th

e di

fficu

lty re

sear

cher

s ha

ve o

f acc

ount

ing

for a

ll of

th

e va

riabl

es.

The

few

stu

dies

don

e to

dat

e ha

ve n

ot s

how

n a

clea

r, co

nsis

tent

cor

rela

tion

betw

een

pow

er p

lant

loca

tion

and

redu

ced

prop

erty

val

ues.

It is

impo

rtant

to n

ote

that

pro

perty

val

ues

are

driv

en b

y a

myr

iad

of

fact

ors

whi

ch i

nclu

de e

xter

nalit

ies

such

as

the

qual

ity o

f sc

hool

sy

stem

s, p

rope

rty t

axes

, an

d co

mm

unity

ser

vice

s. C

VE’s

PIL

OT

agre

emen

twill

prov

ide

subs

tant

ial r

even

ues

to th

e To

wn

of D

over

an

d th

e D

over

Uni

on F

ree

Scho

ol D

istri

ct w

hich

can

be

used

for

im

prov

ed T

own/

Scho

ol f

acilit

ies,

exp

ande

d co

mm

unity

ser

vice

s,

and/

or lo

wer

taxe

s.Ta

mar

a W

ade,

W

ingd

ale

Res

iden

t

The

grea

test

ben

efic

iary

is A

dvan

ced

Pow

ers,

then

, who

ever

is th

e ow

ner o

f th

e fa

cilit

y th

ere

afte

r, D

over

is v

ery

last

on

that

list

. Will

our s

choo

ls s

tand

to

lose

any

sta

te fu

nds

as a

resu

lt of

re

ceiv

ing

payo

ffs, o

r con

tribu

tions

fro

m C

VE

? S

ome

resi

dent

sof

Dov

er

are

unde

r the

ass

umpt

ion

that

thei

r pr

oper

ty a

nd s

choo

l tax

es w

ill b

e lo

wer

ed a

s a

resu

lt of

CV

E, i

s th

at s

o?

And

is th

e fin

anci

al p

ayof

f or g

ain

a w

ise

trade

for a

ccep

ting

decl

ined

he

alth

of o

ur e

nviro

nmen

t and

all

that

liv

e w

ithin

it?

I wou

ld ra

ther

pay

my

taxe

s an

d no

t pol

lute

the

envi

ronm

ent.

Som

e be

lieve

thos

e of

us

with

co

ncer

ns d

o no

t lik

e pr

ogre

ss, O

n m

y lis

t of h

opes

for p

rogr

ess

in th

is to

wn,

ne

ver w

as a

pow

er p

lant

one

of t

hem

. Is

reve

nue

gene

ratio

n tru

ly p

rogr

ess

whe

n oz

one

prod

ucin

g sm

og, a

nd w

ater

31-2

0In

add

ition

to it

s ca

refu

l des

ign,

the

Proj

ect w

ill pr

ovid

e lo

cal a

nd

regi

onal

eco

nom

ic a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal b

enef

its b

y ad

ding

te

mpo

rary

and

per

man

ent j

obs

and

by re

usin

g a

dila

pida

ted

indu

stria

l site

in a

pro

duct

ive

and

envi

ronm

enta

lly s

ensi

tive

man

ner.

The

Proj

ect w

illal

so p

rovi

de a

long

-term

reve

nue

sour

ce

for t

he D

over

sch

ools

, the

Tow

n of

Dov

eran

d D

utch

ess

Cou

nty

thro

ugh

a PI

LOT

agre

emen

t and

Com

mun

ity B

enef

its P

acka

ge.

The

Tow

n of

Dov

er T

own

Boar

d an

d D

over

Uni

on F

ree

Scho

ol

Dis

trict

are

lead

ing

nego

tiatio

ns o

n be

half

of th

e To

wn

and

have

hi

red

a th

ird-p

arty

inde

pend

ent c

onsu

ltant

, pai

d fo

r by

CVE

, to

guid

e th

e To

wn

thro

ugh

the

proc

ess.

All

parti

es, i

nclu

ding

CVE

, w

ill w

ork

to e

nsur

e an

y ne

gotia

ted

tax

agre

emen

tand

Com

mun

ity

Bene

fits

Pack

age

does

not

impa

ct s

tate

or f

eder

al fu

ndin

g to

the

scho

ol d

istri

ct.

The

Proj

ect w

ill co

mpl

y w

ith e

nviro

nmen

tal r

egul

atio

ns in

tend

ed to

sa

fegu

ard

the

envi

ronm

ent a

nd c

omm

unity

. O

ther

Pro

ject

feat

ures

su

ch a

s jo

bs a

nd ta

xes

are

impo

rtant

com

mun

ity b

enef

its, b

ut in

no

way

are

con

side

red

to b

e a

repl

acem

ent f

or g

ood

envi

ronm

enta

l st

ewar

dshi

p.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-7

3

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

6. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–So

cioe

cono

mic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

cont

amin

atio

n or

dep

letio

n is

the

pric

e?

Sin

ce w

hen

has

anyo

ne e

ver n

eede

d to

re

ceiv

e a

payo

ff to

acc

ept s

omet

hing

tru

ly w

orth

whi

le?

With

the

ques

tion

of

need

on

the

tabl

e, a

nd th

e re

ports

that

st

ate

even

with

out I

ndia

n P

oint

we

alre

ady

have

suf

ficie

nt p

ower

pr

oduc

tion,

a b

arga

in is

no

barg

ain

if yo

u do

n’t n

eed

it.G

raha

m

Trel

stad

, AKR

FTh

e D

EIS

sho

uld

incl

ude

a di

scus

sion

of

pot

entia

l im

pact

s to

pro

perty

val

ues

surr

ound

ing

the

faci

lity.

S

peci

fic d

ata

and

anal

ysis

from

are

as s

urro

undi

ng

exis

ting

elec

tric

gene

ratin

g fa

cilit

ies

shou

ld b

e pr

esen

ted

as e

vide

nce.

32-4

6As

not

ed in

Sec

tion

6.3.

7.2,

act

ual p

rope

rty v

alue

is c

ompr

ised

of

an o

ften

com

plex

set

of d

esira

ble

and

unde

sira

ble

fact

ors,

in

clud

ing

prox

imity

and

qua

lity

of s

choo

ls, t

he a

ttrac

tiven

ess

of th

e ho

use

and

yard

, and

acc

ess

to w

ork

and

to lo

cal a

men

ities

. R

esea

rch

rega

rdin

g pr

oper

ty v

alue

s ha

s no

t bee

n co

nclu

sive

be

caus

e of

the

diffi

culty

rese

arch

ers

have

of a

ccou

ntin

g fo

r all

of

the

varia

bles

. Th

e fe

w s

tudi

es d

one

to d

ate

have

not

sho

wn

a cl

ear,

cons

iste

nt c

orre

latio

n be

twee

n po

wer

pla

nt lo

catio

n an

d re

duce

d pr

oper

ty v

alue

s.

It is

impo

rtant

to n

ote

that

pro

perty

val

ues

are

driv

en b

y a

myr

iad

of

fact

ors

whi

ch in

clud

e ex

tern

aliti

es s

uch

as th

e qu

ality

of s

choo

l sy

stem

s, p

rope

rty ta

xes,

and

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces.

CVE

’s P

ILO

T ag

reem

ent w

ill pr

ovid

e su

bsta

ntia

l rev

enue

s to

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er

and

the

Dov

er U

nion

Fre

e Sc

hool

Dis

trict

whi

ch c

an b

e us

ed fo

r im

prov

ed T

own/

Scho

ol fa

cilit

ies,

exp

ande

d co

mm

unity

ser

vice

s,

and/

or lo

wer

taxe

s.G

raha

m

Trel

stad

, AKR

FTh

e D

EIS

sta

tes

that

the

prop

osed

pr

ojec

t will

seek

eco

nom

ic

deve

lopm

ent a

ssis

tanc

e th

roug

h th

e D

utch

ess

Cou

nty

Indu

stria

l D

evel

opm

ent A

genc

y (ID

A),

whi

ch

wou

ld e

xem

pt th

e pr

oper

ty fr

om re

al

prop

erty

taxe

s. H

owev

er, t

o en

sure

32-5

6W

hile

the

prop

osed

PIL

OT

agre

emen

t will

be c

oord

inat

ed th

roug

h th

e D

utch

ess

Cou

nty

IDA,

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er a

nd D

over

Uni

on

Free

Sch

ool D

istri

ct a

re w

orki

ng to

geth

er to

neg

otia

te th

e fin

al

paym

ent a

nd s

truct

ure

on b

ehal

f of t

he re

side

nts

of D

over

.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-7

4

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

6. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–So

cioe

cono

mic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

that

the

loca

l com

mun

ity re

ceiv

es

econ

omic

s be

nefit

s fro

m th

e pr

ojec

t, ID

As

are

auth

oriz

ed to

neg

otia

te a

pa

ymen

t in

lieu

of ta

xes

(PIL

OT)

ag

reem

ent.

The

Tow

n of

Dov

er a

nd

the

Dov

er U

nion

Fre

e S

choo

l Dis

trict

sh

ould

be

dire

ctly

invo

lved

in

esta

blis

hing

an

appr

opria

te P

ILO

T ag

reem

ent f

or th

e pr

ojec

t.

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad, A

KRF

In th

e an

alys

is o

f pot

entia

l im

pact

s to

lo

cal f

ire a

nd e

mer

genc

y se

rvic

e pr

ovid

ers

(Sec

tion

6.7.

3.3.

2), t

he D

EIS

in

dica

tes

that

a "C

ompr

ehen

sive

Site

an

d S

afet

y P

lan

(CC

SP

)" w

ould

be

prep

ared

in th

e fu

ture

to e

nsur

e pr

oper

tra

inin

g an

d sa

fety

of l

ocal

em

erge

ncy

serv

ice

prov

ider

s en

terin

g th

e si

te. T

he

CC

SP

sho

uld

be d

evel

oped

now

and

sh

ould

incl

ude

iden

tific

atio

n of

the

type

s an

d in

tens

ities

of p

oten

tial

emer

genc

y si

tuat

ions

that

may

aris

e at

th

e fa

cilit

y. O

nly

afte

r the

CC

SP

has

be

en re

view

ed in

coo

pera

tion

with

the

J.H

. Ket

cham

Hos

e C

ompa

ny c

an it

be

dete

rmin

ed w

heth

er J

.H. K

etch

am h

as

the

equi

pmen

t and

reso

urce

s to

re

spon

d to

an

emer

genc

y si

tuat

ion.

32-5

7Th

e pl

ant w

ill be

equ

ippe

d w

ith o

n-si

te fi

re p

rote

ctio

n sy

stem

s w

hich

will

be fu

lly a

utom

ated

to p

rovi

de a

larm

, det

ectio

n, a

nd

supp

ress

ion

capa

bilit

y fo

r all

occu

pied

spa

ces

and

haza

rd a

reas

, w

ith th

e as

sum

ptio

n th

at fa

cilit

y pe

rson

nel w

ill ha

ve m

inim

um

invo

lvem

ent f

or fi

re re

spon

se.

CVE

will

wor

k co

oper

ativ

ely

with

the

J.H

. Ket

cham

Hos

e C

ompa

ny in

the

plan

ning

for a

nd re

spon

se to

em

erge

ncy

situ

atio

ns, s

houl

d th

ey a

rise.

CVE

repr

esen

tativ

es

have

coor

dina

ted,

and

will

cont

inue

to c

oord

inat

e,w

ith J

.H.

Ketc

ham

Hos

e C

ompa

ny o

ffici

als

to e

nsur

e ad

equa

te re

sour

ces

are

plac

e.

Prio

r to

com

men

cem

ent o

f con

stru

ctio

n, a

com

preh

ensi

ve s

ecur

ity

plan

will

be d

evel

oped

and

impl

emen

ted

that

will

addr

ess

both

co

nstru

ctio

n an

d op

erat

iona

l pha

ses

of th

e Pr

ojec

t.

In a

dditi

on, a

de

taile

d Em

erge

ncy

Res

pons

e Pl

an (a

s di

scus

sed

in S

ectio

n 6.

2.7

of th

e FE

IS) w

ill be

dev

elop

ed w

ith th

e ap

prop

riate

Tow

n of

ficia

ls,

incl

udin

g th

e To

wn

Boar

d, D

over

Uni

on F

ree

Scho

ol D

istri

ct, J

.H.

Ketc

ham

Hos

e C

ompa

ny, a

nd o

ther

em

erge

ncy

resp

onse

pr

ovid

ers.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-7

5

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

6. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–So

cioe

cono

mic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Gra

ham

Tr

elst

ad, A

KRF

The

J.H

. Ket

cham

Hos

e C

ompa

ny

curre

ntly

has

a 7

5-fo

ot a

eria

l lad

der

truck

. The

fire

dep

artm

ent s

houl

d be

co

nsul

ted

as to

whe

ther

this

wou

ld b

e su

ffici

ent t

o se

rvic

e a

113

foot

tall

build

ing.

As

miti

gatio

n fo

r the

pro

pose

d pr

ojec

t, ad

ditio

nal f

ire e

quip

men

t may

be

nec

essa

ry.

32-5

8C

VE h

as c

onsu

lted

with

J.H

.Ket

cham

Hos

e C

ompa

ny

repr

esen

tativ

es re

gard

ing

acce

ss a

nd tu

rnin

g re

quire

men

ts fo

r its

fir

e eq

uipm

ent a

nd h

as d

esig

ned

inte

rnal

traf

fic p

lans

to m

eet t

he

requ

irem

ents

of a

75-

foot

ladd

er tr

uck

(App

endi

x 6-

F of

the

FEIS

).Al

thou

gh s

ome

Proj

ect s

truct

ures

will

be ta

ller t

han

75 fe

et, t

hese

st

ruct

ures

are

not

occ

upie

d an

d ac

cess

by

faci

lity

pers

onne

lis

limite

dat

thos

e he

ight

s.Si

nce

the

plan

t will

be e

quip

ped

with

on-

site

fire

pro

tect

ion

syst

ems

whi

ch w

ill be

fully

aut

omat

ed to

pro

vide

al

arm

, det

ectio

n, a

nd s

uppr

essi

on c

apab

ility

for a

ll oc

cupi

ed

spac

es a

nd h

azar

d ar

eas,

add

ition

al fi

re v

ehic

les

wou

ld n

ot b

e re

quire

d.C

VE w

ill co

ordi

nate

any

add

ition

al tr

aini

ng a

nd

pers

onne

l app

arat

us w

ith th

e J.

H. K

etch

am H

ose

Com

pany

.

Rya

n C

ourti

en,

Tow

n Su

perv

isor

ES

-14:

“gen

erat

e ta

x re

venu

es fo

r the

to

wn.

” Add

“cou

nty

and

scho

ol d

istri

ct.”

to

the

end

of th

e se

nten

ce.

37-1

1As

dis

cuss

ed in

Sec

tion

6.3.

7.3

of th

e FE

IS, i

t is

true

that

Dut

ches

s C

ount

y an

d th

e D

over

Uni

on F

ree

Scho

ol D

istri

ct w

ill be

nefit

from

Pr

ojec

t tax

reve

nues

.R

yan

Cou

rtien

, To

wn

Supe

rvis

or

ES

-18:

“The

pro

ject

will

not i

mpa

ct

exis

ting

loca

l fire

, pol

ice

or e

mer

genc

y pr

otec

tion

serv

ices

.” H

ow tr

ue is

that

st

atem

ent?

If o

ne c

onst

ruct

ion

wor

ker

is in

jure

d, th

en th

ere

is a

n im

pact

ho

wev

er s

mal

l.

37-1

8Th

e fa

cilit

y w

ill in

corp

orat

e sp

ecia

lized

fire

prot

ectio

nsy

stem

s an

d re

spon

se p

roce

dure

s de

sign

ed s

peci

fical

ly fo

r ele

ctric

gen

erat

ing

faci

litie

s. I

n ad

ditio

n, s

afet

y an

d se

curit

ym

easu

res

and

proc

edur

es w

ill be

impl

emen

ted

to p

rote

ct th

e pu

blic

and

em

ploy

ees.

The

re w

ill be

lim

ited

com

mun

ity im

pact

on

such

se

rvic

es a

bove

and

bey

ond

wha

t any

use

with

in th

e co

mm

unity

m

ight

occ

asio

nally

requ

ire.

As d

etai

led

in S

ectio

n 6.

2.7

of th

e FE

IS, C

VE a

nd it

s pr

imar

y co

ntra

ctor

will

coor

dina

te w

ith

appr

opria

te e

mer

genc

y of

ficia

ls to

ens

ure

adeq

uate

pro

tect

ion

serv

ices

are

in p

lace

. C

ristin

a Bl

eakl

ey, D

over

R

esid

ent

Wha

t abo

ut p

rope

rty v

alue

? W

e m

ust a

sk

who

wan

ts to

buy

a h

ome

acro

ss th

e st

reet

fro

m a

pow

er p

lant

?

40-9

The

Proj

ect h

as a

net

pos

itive

impa

ct o

n th

e en

viro

nmen

t, re

duci

ng

regi

onal

em

issi

ons,

cle

anin

g up

and

rest

orin

g an

inac

tive

aban

done

d in

dust

rial s

ite u

nlik

ely

to b

e ot

herw

ise

rem

edia

ted,

re

stor

ing

degr

aded

wet

land

s an

d ju

risdi

ctio

nal A

djac

ent A

rea,

and

pr

eser

ving

in p

erpe

tuity

79

acre

s of

land

alo

ng th

e Sw

amp

Riv

er.

As d

iscu

ssed

in S

ectio

n 6.

3.7.

2, a

stu

dy c

ondu

cted

by

the

Publ

ic

Serv

ice

Com

mis

sion

of W

isco

nsin

indi

cate

s, “a

ctua

l pro

perty

val

ue

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-7

6

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

6. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–So

cioe

cono

mic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

is c

ompr

ised

of a

n of

ten

com

plex

set

of d

esira

ble

and

unde

sira

ble

fact

ors,

incl

udin

g pr

oxim

ity a

nd q

ualit

y of

sch

ools

, the

at

tract

iven

ess

of th

e ho

use

and

yard

, and

acc

ess

to w

ork

and

to

loca

l am

eniti

es. T

he re

sear

ch h

as n

ot b

een

conc

lusi

ve b

ecau

se o

f th

e di

fficu

lty re

sear

cher

s ha

ve o

f acc

ount

ing

for a

ll of

the

varia

bles

. Th

e fe

w s

tudi

es d

one

to d

ate

have

not

sho

wn

a cl

ear,

cons

iste

nt

corre

latio

n be

twee

n po

wer

pla

nt lo

catio

n an

d re

duce

d pr

oper

ty

valu

es.”

It is

impo

rtant

to n

ote

that

pro

perty

val

ues

are

driv

en b

y a

myr

iad

of

fact

ors

whi

ch in

clud

e ex

tern

aliti

es s

uch

as th

e qu

ality

of s

choo

l sy

stem

s, p

rope

rty ta

xes,

and

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces.

CVE

’s P

ILO

Tag

reem

entw

ill pr

ovid

e su

bsta

ntia

l rev

enue

s to

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er

and

the

Dov

er U

nion

Fre

e Sc

hool

Dis

trict

whi

ch c

an b

e us

ed fo

r im

prov

ed T

own/

Scho

ol fa

cilit

ies,

exp

ande

d co

mm

unity

ser

vice

s,

and/

or lo

wer

taxe

s.R

ober

t Her

zog,

D

over

Res

iden

t As

to th

e pu

rpor

ted

econ

omic

ben

efits

, th

e D

EIS’

s ow

n fin

ding

s ar

e th

at o

nly

half

of th

e be

nefit

of r

educ

ed c

osts

that

they

th

emse

lves

pro

ject

will

bene

fit N

ew Y

ork

Stat

e;th

e re

mai

nder

will

bene

fit

PJM

…Th

eN

ew E

ngla

nd p

ower

poo

l will

also

reap

gai

ns. T

he re

ason

s fo

r the

to

wn

of D

over

to h

ave

to s

uppl

y be

nefit

s to

all

thes

e ot

her s

tate

s, p

rimar

ily to

se

rve

as a

sou

rce

of p

rofit

s fo

rC

VE, a

re n

ot e

quita

ble,

ratio

nal o

r co

mpe

lling.

42-1

7C

VE w

ill bi

d its

pow

er in

to th

eN

ew Y

ork

Inde

pend

ent S

yste

m

Ope

rato

r (N

YISO

)pow

er p

ool.

As

one

of th

e m

ost e

ffici

ent p

ower

ge

nera

tion

faci

litie

s in

the

coun

try it

is a

ble

to b

id lo

wer

pric

es in

th

e w

hole

sale

mar

ket w

hich

sho

uld

cont

ribut

e to

low

er o

vera

ll el

ectri

c pr

ices

. Th

e D

ispa

tch

Anal

ysis

, pre

sent

ed a

s Ap

pend

ix 1

-Ato

the

DEI

S, fo

reca

sts

annu

al re

duct

ions

in lo

ad-w

eigh

ted

cost

s to

se

rve

in th

e N

ew Y

ork

Pool

of u

p to

$27

5 m

illion

. W

hile

man

y fa

ctor

s af

fect

the

reta

il pr

ice

of e

lect

ricity

, the

Pro

ject

will

have

a

posi

tive

effe

ct o

n co

ntro

lling

cost

s to

rate

paye

rs.

How

ever

, man

y lo

cal b

enef

its w

ill al

sobe

ass

ocia

ted

with

the

Proj

ect.

In a

dditi

on to

the

care

ful d

esig

n an

d op

erat

ion

of th

e Pr

ojec

t, ca

refu

lly m

onito

red

to e

nsur

e co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith a

ll ap

plic

able

env

ironm

enta

l sta

ndar

ds, t

he s

ite re

use

and

clea

n-up

pr

ovid

es e

nviro

nmen

tal a

nd e

cono

mic

ben

efit

dire

ctly

to th

e lo

cal

com

mun

ity.

Addi

tiona

l det

ails

rega

rdin

g co

mm

unity

ben

efits

are

ad

dres

sed

in S

ectio

n 1.

4.8

and

Tabl

e 1-

9 of

the

FEIS

.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-7

7

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

6. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–So

cioe

cono

mic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Alan

Sur

man

, D

utch

ess

Cou

nty

Legi

slat

or,

Win

gdal

e R

esid

ent

The

posi

tive

is: W

e ar

e go

ing

to b

ring

tax

reve

nue

to th

e To

wn.

I kn

ow a

lot o

f pe

ople

hav

e th

e N

IMBY

attit

ude,

"Not

In

My

Back

yard

," bu

t if t

his

plan

t dis

plac

es

som

e of

the

dirti

er b

urni

ng p

lant

s, I

thin

k pe

ople

in th

is o

vera

ll re

gion

are

goi

ng to

be

nefit

.

T1-3

The

Proj

ect w

ill pr

ovid

e lo

cal a

nd re

gion

al e

cono

mic

and

en

viro

nmen

tal b

enef

its b

y ad

ding

tem

pora

ry a

nd p

erm

anen

t job

s an

d by

reus

ing

a di

lapi

date

d in

dust

rial s

ite in

a p

rodu

ctiv

e an

d en

viro

nmen

tally

sen

sitiv

e m

anne

r. Th

e Pr

ojec

t will

also

pro

vide

a

long

-term

reve

nue

sour

ce fo

r the

Dov

er s

choo

ls, t

he T

own

of

Dov

eran

d D

utch

ess

Cou

nty

thro

ugh

cont

ribut

ions

to th

e ta

x ba

se

and

com

mun

ity b

enef

its.

Ilana

Nils

en,

[unk

now

n]An

d, th

en, t

he la

st th

ing

is jo

bs. I

'm

won

derin

gof

the

thre

e to

700

peo

ple

that

are

goi

ng to

be

empl

oyed

for

cons

truct

ion,

how

man

y of

them

will

be

loca

l? A

nd, a

lso,

whe

n th

e pl

anti

s fin

aliz

ed, h

ow m

any

loca

l job

s do

you

ex

pect

to c

ontri

bute

to D

over

's e

cono

my,

as

wel

l as

Dut

ches

s C

ount

y's e

cono

my?

T1-2

3Th

e D

EIS,

in S

ectio

n 6.

7.3.

1.3,

out

lines

the

wor

kfor

ce a

vaila

bilit

y in

th

e ge

nera

l are

a, c

oncl

udin

g th

at a

ppro

xim

atel

y 90

per

cent

of th

e re

quire

d co

nstru

ctio

n la

bor f

orce

cou

ld b

e fil

led

by th

e lo

cal l

abor

m

arke

t. D

etai

ls a

bout

Pro

ject

con

stru

ctio

n an

d op

erat

iona

l job

s ar

e pr

ovid

ed in

Sec

tions

6.7

.3.1

and

6.7.

3.2

of th

e D

EIS,

re

spec

tivel

y.

Prio

rity

will

be g

iven

to s

taffi

ng c

onst

ruct

ion

from

lo

cal r

esou

rces

, as

they

are

ava

ilabl

e, a

nd a

sig

nific

ant s

econ

dary

ec

onom

ic e

ffect

dur

ing

cons

truct

ion

will

also

ben

efit

loca

l wor

kers

, as

dis

cuss

ed in

det

ail i

n Se

ctio

n 6.

7.3.

1.2

of th

e D

EIS.

C

ristin

aBl

eakl

ey, D

over

R

esid

ent

And

the

othe

r que

stio

n I h

ave

isco

ncer

ning

the

emer

genc

y. I

know

that

th

ey…

will

have

som

e ki

nd o

f em

erge

ncy

syst

em in

cas

e of

em

erge

ncy.

Are

the

scho

ols

bein

g tra

ined

on

how

to a

ct in

th

e ca

se o

f em

erge

ncy?

T2-1

2A

deta

iled

Emer

genc

y R

espo

nse

Plan

(as

disc

usse

d in

Sec

tion

6.2.

7of

the

FEIS

)will

be d

evel

oped

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith th

e ap

prop

riate

Tow

n of

ficia

ls, i

nclu

ding

the

Tow

n Bo

ard,

Dov

er U

nion

Fr

ee S

choo

l Dis

trict

, J.H

. Ket

cham

Hos

e C

ompa

ny, a

nd o

ther

em

erge

ncy

resp

onse

pro

vide

rs.

Jess

ica

Abra

ms,

Gre

en

in G

reen

e In

c.

Earlt

on, N

Y

We

also

hav

e to

und

erst

and

the

foot

prin

t th

at w

e're

now

rem

ovin

g fro

m th

at v

ery

land

. Wha

t is

the

impa

ct o

f thi

s go

ing

forw

ard

on re

tent

ion,

the

impa

ct o

n th

e Vi

llage

, the

infra

stru

ctur

es. W

e w

ant t

o m

ake

sure

we

redu

ce th

at a

s m

uch

aspo

ssib

le.

T2-2

2Th

e pr

opos

ed P

roje

ctca

n pr

edom

inan

tly re

-use

asi

te th

at h

as

been

pre

viou

sly

deve

lope

d an

d ut

ilized

for i

ndus

trial

use

s, a

s sh

own

in F

igur

e 3-

9of

the

DEI

S (u

pdat

ed fo

r the

exp

ande

d pr

ojec

t ar

ea a

s Fi

gure

1-2

). S

torm

wat

er m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

s ha

ve b

een

care

fully

des

igne

d, p

riorit

izin

g w

ater

reus

e an

d co

nser

vatio

n an

d us

ing

bior

eten

tion

swal

es.

The

Proj

ect w

ill be

rela

tivel

y se

lf-co

ntai

ned,

and

will

not a

dd s

igni

fican

t dem

and

for t

own

serv

ices

or

infra

stru

ctur

e. A

void

ing

and

min

imiz

ing

impa

ct to

the

com

mun

ity

and

the

envi

ronm

ent h

as b

een

a pr

iorit

y fo

r the

Pro

ject

.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-7

8

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

6. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–So

cioe

cono

mic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Jess

ica

Wad

e,

Dov

er R

esid

ent

I'm 2

2 ye

ars

old.

I ju

st g

radu

ated

from

co

llege

. I h

ave

a gr

eat l

ife o

f ahe

ad o

f m

e, a

nd I'

m g

oing

pla

ces,

and

I re

ally

do

n't n

eed

to s

tay

here

in D

over

. I re

ally

do

n't.

And

I pro

babl

y w

on't

be. B

ut h

ow

can

I tur

n m

y ba

ck o

n m

y m

om a

nd d

ad

who

will

be a

mile

aw

ay fr

om th

is o

r a

com

mun

ity th

at ra

ised

me…

they

're n

ot

able

to ju

st s

ell t

heir

hom

es a

nd g

o of

f. If

they

did

wan

t to

sell

thei

r hom

es, I

'mw

onde

ring

if he

alth

effe

cts

do --

if w

e st

art t

o se

e th

at th

ere

are

heal

th e

ffect

s an

d th

at p

eopl

e ar

e ge

tting

sic

k, a

re

peop

le g

oing

to w

ant t

o co

me

into

our

co

mm

unity

and

buy

our

hom

es?

Wha

t ar

e yo

u go

ing

to d

o ab

out t

hat w

hen

we

can'

t sel

l our

hom

es a

nd w

e w

ant t

o ge

t ou

t?

T2-2

9Th

e en

viro

nmen

tal s

tand

ards

with

whi

ch th

e Pr

ojec

t will

com

ply

wer

e de

velo

ped

to b

e pr

otec

tive

of p

ublic

hea

lth, i

nclu

ding

for t

he

mos

t sen

sitiv

e po

pula

tions

. Th

e Pr

ojec

t offe

rs s

ubst

antia

l en

viro

nmen

tal b

enef

its, i

nclu

ding

miti

gatio

n an

d re

stor

atio

n of

an

aban

done

d in

dust

rial s

ite, p

rese

rvat

ion

of 7

9 ac

res

of la

nd a

butti

ng

the

Swam

p R

iver

, and

dis

plac

emen

t of t

he o

pera

tion

of le

ss

effic

ient

, hig

her e

mitt

ing

gene

rato

rs, y

ield

ing

a re

gion

al a

ir qu

ality

be

nefit

.

As d

iscu

ssed

in S

ectio

n 6.

3.7.

2, a

stu

dy c

ondu

cted

by

the

Publ

ic

Serv

ice

Com

mis

sion

of W

isco

nsin

indi

cate

s, “a

ctua

l pro

perty

val

ue

is c

ompr

ised

of a

n of

ten

com

plex

set

of d

esira

ble

and

unde

sira

ble

fact

ors,

incl

udin

g pr

oxim

ity a

nd q

ualit

y of

sch

ools

, the

at

tract

iven

ess

of th

e ho

use

and

yard

, and

acc

ess

to w

ork

and

to

loca

l am

eniti

es. T

he re

sear

ch h

as n

ot b

een

conc

lusi

ve b

ecau

se o

f th

e di

fficu

lty re

sear

cher

s ha

ve o

f acc

ount

ing

for a

ll of

the

varia

bles

. Th

e fe

w s

tudi

es d

one

to d

ate

have

not

sho

wn

a cl

ear,

cons

iste

nt

corre

latio

n be

twee

n po

wer

pla

nt lo

catio

n an

d re

duce

d pr

oper

ty

valu

es.”

It is

impo

rtant

to n

ote

that

pro

perty

val

ues

are

driv

en b

y a

myr

iad

of

fact

ors

whi

ch in

clud

e ex

tern

aliti

es s

uch

as th

e qu

ality

of s

choo

l sy

stem

s, p

rope

rty ta

xes,

and

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces.

CVE

’s P

ILO

T ag

reem

ent w

ill pr

ovid

e su

bsta

ntia

l rev

enue

s to

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er

and

the

Dov

er U

nion

Fre

e Sc

hool

Dis

trict

whi

ch c

an b

e us

ed fo

r im

prov

ed T

own/

Scho

ol fa

cilit

ies,

exp

ande

d co

mm

unity

ser

vice

s,

and/

or lo

wer

taxe

s.C

hris

Woo

d,

Paw

ling

Res

iden

t, O

blon

g La

nd

Con

serv

ancy

…th

e be

nefit

s th

at w

ill ac

crue

loca

lly a

s op

pose

d to

regi

onal

ly o

rnat

iona

lly fo

r th

e pr

ovis

ion

of th

is p

lant

.

T3-1

9Th

e Pr

ojec

t will

prov

ide

loca

l and

regi

onal

eco

nom

ic a

nd

envi

ronm

enta

l ben

efits

by

addi

ng te

mpo

rary

and

per

man

ent j

obs

and

by re

usin

g a

dila

pida

ted

indu

stria

l site

in a

pro

duct

ive

and

envi

ronm

enta

lly s

ensi

tive

man

ner.

The

Proj

ect w

illal

so p

rovi

de a

lo

ng-te

rm re

venu

e so

urce

for t

he D

over

sch

ools

, the

Tow

n of

D

over

and

Dut

ches

s C

ount

y th

roug

hco

ntrib

utio

ns to

the

tax

base

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-7

9

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

6. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–So

cioe

cono

mic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

and

com

mun

ity b

enef

its.

Ros

s C

ardw

ell,

Win

gdal

e R

esid

ent

…ho

w it

wou

ld im

pact

our

com

mun

ity

from

a ta

x-re

venu

e st

andp

oint

, its

ound

s fin

e, b

ut w

hat's

the

perc

enta

ge?

How

muc

h w

as th

is g

oing

to b

enef

it ou

r co

mm

unity

?H

ow m

any

jobs

?Th

ere

was

…co

mm

enta

ryas

to70

0 --

500

to

750

jobs

, per

haps

,thr

ough

out t

he

cons

truct

ion

phas

e, m

aybe

25

to 5

0 jo

bs

ther

eafte

r. 25

to 5

0 jo

bsth

erea

fter?

And

to

who

m?

T3-4

9O

nce

deta

ils o

f the

loca

l tax

agr

eem

ent a

nd c

omm

unity

ben

efit

pack

age

are

esta

blis

hed,

the

tow

n ca

n de

cide

how

its

fund

s w

ill be

us

ed o

ver t

ime

incl

udin

g ta

x re

duct

ion

or c

omm

unity

im

prov

emen

ts. T

he D

EIS,

in S

ectio

n 6.

7.3.

1.3,

out

lines

the

w

orkf

orce

ava

ilabi

lity

in th

e ge

nera

l are

a, c

oncl

udin

g th

at

appr

oxim

atel

y 90

per

cent

of t

he re

quire

d co

nstru

ctio

n la

bor f

orce

co

uld

be fi

lled

by th

e lo

cal l

abor

mar

ket.

Det

ails

abo

ut p

roje

ct

cons

truct

ion

and

oper

atio

nalj

obs

are

prov

ided

in S

ectio

ns6.

7.3.

1and

6.7

.3.2

of th

e D

EIS,

resp

ectiv

ely.

Ros

s C

ardw

ell,

Win

gdal

e R

esid

ent

Wha

t abo

ut th

ere

crea

tiona

l fac

ility

that

th

e ch

ildre

n ne

edor

the

new

poo

l or t

he

guar

ante

ed fi

xed

prop

erty

tax,

som

e gr

eate

r ben

efit?

T3-5

0O

nce

deta

ils o

f the

loca

l tax

agr

eem

ent a

nd c

omm

unity

ben

efit

pack

age

are

esta

blis

hed,

the

tow

nca

n de

cide

how

its

fund

s w

ill be

us

ed o

ver t

ime,

incl

udin

g w

heth

er re

crea

tiona

l fac

ilitie

s or

ad

just

men

ts to

tax

stru

ctur

e w

ould

be

appr

opria

te.

Man

na J

o G

reen

, R

osen

dale

R

esid

ent,

Envi

ronm

enta

l D

irect

or fo

r H

udso

n R

iver

Sl

oop

Cle

arw

ater

…if

this

pla

nt m

oves

forw

ard…

ther

e's

not a

nof

ficia

l req

uire

men

t for

a h

ost

com

mun

itybe

nefit

pac

kage

, but

you

are

in

neg

otia

tions

and

you

coul

d be

ne

gotia

ting

for t

hatf

acilit

y to

als

o in

clud

e a

huge

sol

ar a

rray,

and

if th

ere

is th

e po

tent

ial f

or w

ind,

that

win

d be

cap

ture

d so

that

it re

ally

is m

ovin

gto

war

ds

sust

aina

bilit

y.

T3-5

8C

VE is

in th

e pr

oces

s of

fina

lizin

g th

e lo

cal t

ax a

gree

men

t and

co

mm

unity

ben

efit

pack

age.

The

loca

l com

mun

ity c

an d

ecid

eho

w

they

wou

ld li

ke to

use

any

incr

ease

in re

venu

e, in

clud

ing

the

pote

ntia

l ins

talla

tion

of re

new

able

tech

nolo

gies

.

Man

na J

o G

reen

, R

osen

dale

R

esid

ent,

Envi

ronm

enta

l D

irect

or fo

r H

udso

n R

iver

Sl

oop

And

I als

o ju

st w

ant t

o m

entio

n on

eot

her

thin

g an

d it

has

to d

o w

ith w

hat w

eca

ll en

viro

nmen

tal j

ustic

e. T

he p

lant

inAs

toria

is a

foss

il-fu

el p

lant

and

it's

in a

very

, ver

y de

nsel

y po

pula

ted

area

.Th

e ot

her i

ssue

that

Ent

ergy

has

rais

ed th

at

we

disa

gree

with

but

--is

that

if In

dian

Po

int c

lose

s, th

at m

ore

gas-

fired

peak

er

T3-6

3En

viro

nmen

tal j

ustic

e is

con

side

red

unde

r the

fede

ral a

nd s

tate

air

qual

ity p

rogr

ams

as w

ell a

s St

ate

Envi

ronm

enta

l Qua

lity

Rev

iew

Ac

t (SE

QR

A)in

ord

er to

fully

und

erst

and

the

cons

eque

nce

of

envi

ronm

enta

l per

mitt

ing

deci

sion

s. A

s di

scus

sed

in S

ectio

n 6.

7.4

of th

e D

EIS,

the

Proj

ect f

ully

com

plie

s w

ith s

tate

and

fede

ral

Envi

ronm

enta

l Jus

tice

(EJ)

guid

elin

es b

y de

mon

stra

ting

that

it w

ill no

t hav

e a

sign

ifica

nt a

dver

se o

r dis

prop

ortio

nate

impa

ct o

n an

y En

viro

nmen

tal J

ustic

e C

omm

unity

of C

once

rn.

Envi

ronm

enta

l

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-8

0

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

6. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–So

cioe

cono

mic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Cle

arw

ater

pl

ants

will

be b

urni

ng in

inne

rciti

es, s

o th

at's

gon

na p

ut th

e po

llutio

nra

te in

ar

eas

that

hav

e ve

ry h

igh

asth

ma

rate

s,

in c

hild

ren

and

elde

rly, y

ou k

now

,tha

t co

uld

rais

e th

at if

that

wer

e th

eal

tern

ativ

e, s

o pe

ople

are

thin

king

that

th

isis

a c

lean

er a

ltern

ativ

e, a

nd th

at is

no

t to

min

imiz

e th

e ai

r im

pact

s on

you

r co

mm

unity

,and

that

's w

hat,

you

know

, w

e'd

like

to h

elp

you

to m

inim

ize.

just

ice

area

s ar

e ge

nera

lly d

efin

ed a

s co

mm

uniti

es o

r fac

ilitie

s ho

usin

g di

sadv

anta

ged

grou

ps, s

uch

as lo

w-in

com

e or

min

ority

po

pula

tions

. As

dis

cuss

ed in

DEI

S Se

ctio

n 6.

7.4,

ther

e ar

e no

en

viro

nmen

tal j

ustic

e po

pula

tions

pro

xim

ate

to th

e Pr

ojec

t.

The

Proj

ect’s

air

emis

sion

sm

eet s

trict

fede

ral a

nd s

tate

sta

ndar

ds

desi

gned

to b

e pr

otec

tive

of p

ublic

hea

lth, e

ven

for a

sthm

atic

s an

d ot

her s

ensi

tive

mem

bers

of t

he p

opul

atio

n. A

s pa

rt of

its

air q

ualit

y pe

rmit

appr

oval

s, th

e Pr

ojec

t dem

onst

rate

d th

at it

wou

ld n

eith

er

sign

ifica

ntly

nor

dis

prop

ortio

nate

ly im

pact

EJ

qual

ifyin

g co

mm

uniti

es –

and

wou

ld m

eet p

rote

ctiv

e st

anda

rds

ever

ywhe

re.

Alex

Ack

erm

an,

Win

gdal

e R

esid

ent

…Il

ived

in T

he B

ronx

for 3

0 ye

ars

ofm

y lif

e. I

mov

ed u

p he

re…

to g

et a

way

from

th

e po

llutio

n an

dev

eryt

hing

els

e. A

nd

you'

re s

ayin

g ho

w if

they

don

't bu

ild it

he

re, i

t'll b

e m

ore

pollu

tion

in Q

ueen

s or

w

here

ver i

t may

be,

wel

l, th

at's

why

I ta

ke a

two-

hour

ride

and

inve

st m

y tim

e an

d m

y en

ergy

, so

they

[my

fam

ily]d

on't

have

to b

reat

he th

at a

ir…

…H

avin

g m

y ch

ildre

n w

hat,

a ha

lf a

mile

, a

quar

ter a

mile

aw

ay, f

rom

sta

cks

that

are

emitt

ing

God

kno

ws

wha

t, ha

ving

th

em b

reat

he th

at, t

hat's

exa

ctly

the

reas

on I

mov

ed a

way

from

The

Bro

nx,

that

's w

hy th

ey're

here

, so

they

cou

ld

brea

the

good

, cle

an fr

esh

air.

T3-7

1Po

tent

ial P

roje

ct im

pact

s ha

ve b

een

care

fully

ass

esse

d, a

nd

com

plia

nce

dem

onst

rate

d w

ith a

pplic

able

env

ironm

enta

l st

anda

rds,

incl

udin

g ai

r qua

lity

prog

ram

s de

sign

ed to

be

prot

ectiv

e of

pub

lic h

ealth

.C

ontin

uous

mon

itorin

g w

ill be

con

duct

ed to

co

nfirm

that

Pro

ject

em

issi

ons

com

ply

with

per

mit

limits

thro

ugho

ut

its li

fe.

Alex

Ack

erm

an,

Win

gdal

e R

esid

ent

…no

body

men

tione

d…w

hat t

his

is g

oing

to

do

topr

oper

ty v

alue

s. I

can

only

im

agin

e yo

u w

ant t

o se

ll yo

ur h

ouse

and

yo

u se

e a

won

derfu

lthr

ee s

tack

s of

300

-fe

et-h

igh

God

kno

ws

wha

tcom

ing

out o

f

T3-7

2Th

e Pr

ojec

t will

have

a ne

t pos

itive

impa

ct o

n th

e en

viro

nmen

t, re

duci

ng re

gion

al e

mis

sion

s, c

lean

ing

up a

nd re

stor

ing

an in

activ

e ab

ando

ned

indu

stria

l site

unl

ikel

y to

be

othe

rwis

e re

med

iate

d,

rest

orin

g de

grad

ed w

etla

nds

and

juris

dict

iona

l Adj

acen

t Are

a, a

nd

pres

ervi

ng in

per

petu

ity 7

9 ac

res

of la

nd a

long

the

Swam

p R

iver

.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-8

1

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

6. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–So

cioe

cono

mic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

Com

men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

ther

e. A

gre

at s

ellin

g po

int,

I'm s

ure.

As d

iscu

ssed

in S

ectio

n 6.

3.7.

2, a

stu

dy c

ondu

cted

by

the

Publ

ic

Serv

ice

Com

mis

sion

of W

isco

nsin

indi

cate

s, “a

ctua

l pro

perty

val

ue

is c

ompr

ised

of a

n of

ten

com

plex

set

of d

esira

ble

and

unde

sira

ble

fact

ors,

incl

udin

g pr

oxim

ity a

nd q

ualit

y of

sch

ools

, the

at

tract

iven

ess

of th

e ho

use

and

yard

, and

acc

ess

to w

ork

and

to

loca

l am

eniti

es. T

he re

sear

ch h

as n

ot b

een

conc

lusi

ve b

ecau

se o

f th

e di

fficu

lty re

sear

cher

s ha

ve o

f acc

ount

ing

for a

ll of

the

varia

bles

. Th

e fe

wst

udie

s do

ne to

dat

e ha

ve n

ot s

how

n a

clea

r, co

nsis

tent

co

rrela

tion

betw

een

pow

er p

lant

loca

tion

and

redu

ced

prop

erty

va

lues

.”

It is

impo

rtant

to n

ote

that

pro

perty

val

ues

are

driv

en b

y a

myr

iad

of

fact

ors

whi

ch in

clud

e ex

tern

aliti

es s

uch

as th

e qu

ality

of s

choo

l sy

stem

s, p

rope

rty ta

xes,

and

com

mun

ity s

ervi

ces.

CVE

’s P

ILO

Tag

reem

entw

ill pr

ovid

e su

bsta

ntia

l rev

enue

s to

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er

and

the

Dov

er U

nion

Fre

e Sc

hool

Dis

trict

whi

ch c

an b

e us

ed fo

r im

prov

ed T

own/

Scho

ol fa

cilit

ies,

exp

ande

d co

mm

unity

ser

vice

s,

and/

or lo

wer

taxe

s.

In a

dditi

on, t

he v

isua

l im

pact

ass

essm

ent p

rese

nted

in S

ectio

n 6.

2 of

the

DEI

S in

dica

ted

that

vie

ws

of th

e fa

cilit

y st

acks

will

be li

mite

d,

day

or n

ight

, due

to to

pogr

aphy

, veg

etat

ion

and

dist

ance

.M

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ke to

see

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tow

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nefit

in

som

e fo

rm o

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al s

ubsi

ditio

n [s

ic].

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det

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d in

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the

DEI

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d fu

rther

sup

porte

d in

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ctio

n 1

of th

is F

EIS,

the

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ect w

ill ge

nera

te s

ubst

antia

l tax

re

venu

e to

the

bene

fit o

f the

loca

l com

mun

ity.

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le th

e Pr

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a w

hole

sale

gen

erat

or, a

nd th

eref

ore

cann

ot s

ell e

lect

ricity

dire

ctly

to

the

com

mun

ity,t

he P

roje

ct’s

mor

e ef

ficie

nt te

chno

logy

will

help

di

spla

ce th

e op

erat

ion

of e

xist

ing,

less

effi

cien

t pla

nts,

yie

ldin

g su

bsta

ntia

l cos

t sav

ings

. Th

ese

savi

ngs

wer

e qu

antif

ied

in th

e ec

onom

ic d

ispa

tch

anal

ysis

pro

vide

d in

App

endi

x 1-

A of

the

DEI

S,

whi

ch fo

reca

sts

annu

al re

duct

ions

in lo

ad-w

eigh

ted

cost

s to

ser

ve

the

New

Yor

k Po

ol o

f up

to $

275

milli

on.

Com

mun

ity R

esou

rces

Page

6-8

2

Cric

ket V

alle

y E

nerg

y P

roje

ct –

Dov

er, N

Y

Fina

l Env

ironm

enta

l Im

pact

Sta

tem

ent

Tabl

e 6-

6. R

espo

nse

to C

omm

ents

–So

cioe

cono

mic

s

Auth

orSu

mm

ary

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men

t N

umbe

rR

espo

nse

Jurg

en

Wek

erle

, Sie

rra

Clu

b

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at m

ay h

ave

othe

r dire

cons

eque

nces

in th

e pa

ymen

ts in

lieu

of

taxe

sth

at w

ill be

neg

otia

ted

loca

lly. T

he

exam

ple

in R

ockl

and

Cou

nty,

bas

ed o

n th

e lo

wer

use

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that

the

tow

ns o

f H

aver

stra

w a

nd S

tony

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fere

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wne

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pla

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ankr

uptc

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d al

so a

ser

ies

of

reas

sess

men

ts, a

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ty ta

xes,

to

offs

et th

e in

com

e th

at th

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unic

ipal

ities

beca

me

depe

nden

t on,

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uble

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d do

uble

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ain…

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n of

New

burg

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d th

e To

wn

of M

arlb

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d U

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d th

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me

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atio

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asse

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ased

on

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redu

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skam

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eton

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ty ta

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crea

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lly o

ut o

f the

blu

e, to

tally

unex

pect

edly

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wha

teve

r is

prom

ised

to

day

may

not

be

mat

eria

lized

eve

n if

it's

been

inef

fect

for a

sho

rt pe

riod

of

time…

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may

end

up

with

the

expe

ctat

ion

of a

ll ki

nds

of in

com

e, a

ll ki

nds

of b

enef

its, t

hat m

ay n

ever

m

ater

ializ

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prov

ide

loca

l and

regi

onal

eco

nom

ic a

nd

envi

ronm

enta

l ben

efits

by

addi

ng te

mpo

rary

and

per

man

ent j

obs

and

by re

usin

g a

dila

pida

ted

indu

stria

l site

in a

pro

duct

ive

and

envi

ronm

enta

lly s

ensi

tive

man

ner.

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Proj

ect w

illal

so p

rovi

de a

lo

ng-te

rm re

venu

e so

urce

for t

he D

over

sch

ools

, the

Tow

n of

D

over

and

Dut

ches

s C

ount

y th

roug

hco

ntrib

utio

ns to

the

tax

base

an

d co

mm

unity

ben

efits

.

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nego

tiate

d ta

x ag

reem

ent i

s de

sign

ed s

peci

fical

ly to

avo

id th

e si

tuat

ions

refe

renc

ed in

New

burg

h an

d M

arlb

oro.

CVE

pro

pose

s a

tax

agre

emen

t tha

t wou

ld p

rovi

de s

tead

y, e

scal

atin

g pa

ymen

ts

over

a 3

0-ye

ar p

erio

d w

hich

pro

vide

s re

venu

e ce

rtain

ty to

the

Tow

n of

Dov

er a

nd th

e D

over

Uni

on F

ree

Scho

ol D

istri

ct.




6.4 Conclusions

The Project will undergo local Special Use Permit review by the Town of Dover Town Board to confirm consistency with the Town’s Master Plan and with the site’s zoning designation and continued industrial use. No adverse effect related to land use or zoning is anticipated to result from the Project. Rather, the Project represents re-use of a dilapidated site to provide economic development consistent with its zoning. The Project Development Area has long been in industrial use, is well buffered from residential areas, and is compatible with the present character of the community.

Views of the Project will be well screened by natural buffers from most locations. The Project will result in taller structures than currently exist at the site, however, views of the Project will be well screened by intervening topography and vegetation from most locations. Small portions of the Project may be visible above and through the tree line, particularly at high elevations east of the Project.

Construction traffic volumes will require mitigation measure to be implemented at the Project access drive with Route 22. Long-term impacts on local traffic patterns will be insignificant, based on the discrete number of permanent employee and other trips anticipated to occur and the direct access from a state highway.

Project layout and design has carefully considered sound attenuation, and the Project will comply with applicable state and local noise standards at all off-site properties, with the exception of the Metro-North railroad line. No long-term significant effect on noise is anticipated from operation of the Project.

No measureable effects from electric and magnetic fields are anticipated from operation of the Project. All new electrical interconnection lines are located within the Project Development Area, and no substantial change to the existing system is required. Electric and magnetic field levels at the edge of the cleared right-of-way for the interconnecting transmission lines will be well within guideline levels established by the NYSPSC.

Based on consultation with OPRHP, no effect to historic or archaeological resources is anticipated due to the Project. CVE has developed an Unanticipated Discovery Plan (see Appendix 6-G of the DEIS) to protect archaeological resources in the unlikely event they are encountered during Project construction.

The net short- and long-term socioeconomic effects of the Project will be positive, as the facility will not create a significant demand on public resources and infrastructure under




normal operations and will contribute economically to the region, both directly and indirectly. Although the lack of a formal EJ community proximate to the Project Development Area eliminates the need for detailed EJ assessment, the Project has been carefully designed such that no element of the surrounding community or region would experience significant long-term negative effect associated with its operations.

6.5 References

Athens Generating, 2003. PILOT Agreement 2003.

Dover Union Free School District, 2010. http://www.doverschools.org/

Minnesota IMPLAN Group, Inc., 2009. IMPLAN System (2008 data and software), 1725 Tower Drive West, Suite 140, Stillwater, MN 55082, www.implan.com, 2009.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Program Policy, Assessing and Mitigating Visual Impacts (July 2000) . (http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/permits_ej_operations_pdf/visual2000.pdf).

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Program Policy, Assessing and Mitigating Noise Impacts (November 2000) . (http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/permits_ej_operations_pdf/noise2000.pdf).

New York State Department of Labor, 2010a. Labor Statistics: Available Workers (July 2010). (http://www.labor.ny.gov/stats/wsearch2.asp?reg=hud Accessed July 8, 2010)

New York State Department of Labor, 2010b. Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (June 2010).

Onofry, Craig T., Ed.D, 2009. Dover Union Free School District Superintendent, letter, 6/24/09, as reported in Dover Knolls Final Environmental Impact Statement.

Rutgers, 2006. Rutgers University Center for Urban Policy Research. Residential Demographic Multipliers (New York), June 2006. SFH detached, 3-br multiplier –0.64. (25 units X 0.64 public school children/unit = 16 students.)

U.S. Census Bureau, 2007. County Business Pattern 2007 (http://censtats.census.gov/cgi-bin/cbpnaic/cbpdetl.pl Accessed July 8, 2010).




U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Dutchess County, NY (April 2010) (http://data.bls.gov:8080/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet;jsessionid=623024d5f5c9f4838322 Accessed July 20, 2010).

USEPA 1978. “Protective Noise Levels – Condensed Version of EPA Levels Document” USEPA 550/9-79-10, November 1978 page 11