Land Use Projects
Dover Holds Public Hearing on Dover Knolls Project, May 11th, 2011
May 20, 2011
-See article in the Pawling Press, May 20, 2011
Oak Hill Maps
March 24, 2011
- View Oak Hill Map – Lands of Vincent I
- View Oak Hill Map – Lands of Vincent II
Cricket Valley Energy Advisory Workshop
February 28, 2011
Cricket Valley Energy invites you to attend the next series of Advisory Working Groups (AWG) related to our proposal to develop a state-of-the-art, combined-cycle power plant located at an inactive industrial site off Route 22 in Dover.
Engineers and environmental specialists will cover items identified by attendees at the next set of meetings beginning in March. Meetings will focus on: Traffic & Safety; Water, Wetlands & Wildlife; and Air Quality. You are invited to join one, two or all three groups — no experience or special expertise is required.
Request for Full Environmental Review under SEQRA for “Oak Hill” in Dover, NY
January 26, 2011
- January 26, 2011 letter to Town Planning Board
DEC Letter- SEQR Lead Agency Status
January 10, 2011
- Read January 10, 2011 DEC letter to Town of Dover Planning Board
Dover Planning Board Meeting January 3, 2011
January 3, 2011
- Read Dover Planning Board minutes January 3, 2011
NYS Dept of Transportation SEQRA Letter
December 20, 2010
- Read NYS Dept of Transportation SEQRA Letter
Dover ZBA rules in favor of allowing the Rasco project to proceed
December 9, 2010
Read Dover Zoning Board Special Meeting Minutes, December 8, 2010
Dover Planning Board Meeting December 6, 2011
December 6, 2010
- Read Dover Planning Board minutes December 6, 2010
Oak Hill Plat Plan Application
November 8, 2010
- Read Oak Hill Plat Plan Application
Rasco decision delayed; More evidence weighed
October 21, 2010
By Antonia Shoumatoff
The Dover Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) listened to Michael Liguori, the ZBA’s attorney, describe and read from 100 new documents about previous uses on the Mid-Hudson Recycling Industrial Park at the October 20 meeting which had been thought to be the date of a final decision. He painstakingly read the documents that had been discovered on microfiche over the course of three hours, getting through less than half of them.
- See article in The Millbrook Independent, October 21, 2010
Will Dover Evade its own Zoning Law?
October 14, 2010
By Stephen Kaye and Tonia Shoumatoff
The Dover Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) is weighing a decision on whether a pre-existing use for processing solid waste was abandoned or whether that use is entitled to continue by a different company under a grandfathering doctrine. If the decision favors the grandfathering interpretation, the Dover Planning Board could be pre-empted from having to review the application which would also mean that the town would never have reviewed the site properly for the processing of hazardous materials.
- See article in The Millbrook Independent, October 14, 2010
Dover Zoning Board Meeting October 6, 2010
October 6, 2010
- Read Dover Zoning Board Meeting Minutes, October 6, 2010
Rasco Application at Dover ZBA
September 23, 2010
By Antonia Shoumatoff
On September 1, the Dover Zoning Board of Appeals reviewed the record and heard comments at its second public hearing on the Rasco application to operate a processing plant to convert soil contaminated with oil to asphalt. The attorney for the applicant, Jon Adams, was not present so the applicant, Jack Nelson of Rasco, spoke for himself. He stated that he was sure the NY State DEC would make regular inspections of the site to assure that the operation was being conducted properly and that there would be no violations.
- See article in The Millbrook Independent, September 23, 2010
Cricket Valley Energy Final Scoping Document, July 16, 2010
July 16, 2010
- Read Cricket Valley Energy Final Scoping Document
Dover Planning Board gives Rasco Conditional Negative Declaration June 21, 2010
June 21, 2010
“In recognition for the potential for adverse impacts from the use of the site as a PCS [Petroleum Contaminated Soil] processing facility, the Planning Board has imposed six SEQRA conditions on the Applicant regarding the use of the site to mitigate all significant environmental impacts.”
What is the estimated cost to remediate the potential adverse impacts if they are not properly mitigated? Given the potential for adverse impacts over an aquifer that supplies drinking water to 20,000 residents of southeastern Dutchess, why was this project not subject to full Environmental Review under SEQRA? May we suggest an escrow account be set up by the Town of Dover and funded by Rasco, if the Site Plan is approved, to pay for immediate clean up if our water supply is compromised by the Petroleum Contaminated Soil on the premises?
The Town of Dover spent nine years and a considerable sum fighting to rid itself of a problematic solid waste facility, and passed a Zoning Code prohibiting the industry from operating in Dover. One would have to think there was an element of doubt that Rasco was compliant to contemplate a Stipulation Agreement determining that Rasco was grandfathered under our current Zoning Code. What were the estimated legal fees for Hogan & Rossi to argue that Rasco was not grandfathered? How long did the supporters of the Stipulation Agreement, Supervisors Courtien, Board members Chris Galayda and Kathleen Frame, fight to uphold our Zoning Code before Supervisor Courtien signed?
Please see Rasco:Dover Planning Board “Resolution Concerning Signifcance Conditioned Negative Declaration”
Dover Planning Board Meeting June 21, 2010
June 21, 2010
- Read Dover Planning Board Meeting Minutes, June 21, 2010
Cricket Valley Energy Scoping Comments
June 18, 2010
The NYS DEC ran Public Comment Sessions on the Draft Scoping Document on Saturday, June 5 and Wednesday, June 9th. In addition, Written Scoping Comments were accepted through June 18, 2010.
On the plus side of the ledger are job creation, a net positive contribution to the Dover and Dutchess County tax base; a brownfield clean-up and wetlands restoration. On the negative side the the public spoke primarily to the environmental impacts: smokestack emissions contributing to already poor air quality in a valley and close to a school; potential drawdown or contamination of our groundwater even though the Applicant proposes to drill below the Aquifer; noise (a “light rain,”
as the Applicant suggests, or the drone of constant traffic as suggested in the Scoping Comments?)
The environmental impacts that affect our residents and neighbors were raised during the Scoping Sessions. Many of the environmental impacts to the Great Swamp itself are addressed in the Scoping Comments from Friends of the Great Swamp. The Scoping Comments submitted by Robert Herzog, former Director of New York City’s Energy Office and Wingdale resident, argue persuasively for the No Action Alternative.
– Cricket Valley Energy Scoping Comments from Robert Herzog, June 18, 2010
–Cricket Valley Energy Scoping Comments from Wayne Fahnstock Tanner, June 6, 2010
–Cricket Valley Energy Scoping Comments from Dover Union Free School District, June 10, 2010
–Cricket Valley Energy Scoping Comments from FROGS, June 16, 2010
–Cricket Valley Energy Scoping Comments from Oblong Land Conservancy, June 17, 2010
–Cricket Valley Energy Scoping Comments from George M. Janes & Associates, June 18, 2010
–Cricket Valley Energy Scoping Comments from Evelyn and Joseph Chiarito, June 18, 2010
–Cricket Valley Energy Scoping Comments from DC Dept. of Planning & Development, June 18, 2010
–NYS Dept. of Public Service, June 18, 2010
*Note: printed post date is for chronological clarity. Actual post date is August and December, 2010.
Dover Planning Board Meeting June 7, 2010
June 7, 2010
- Read Dover Planning Board Meeting Minutes, June 7, 2010
Dover Planning Board Refers Rasco to the Dover Zoning Board of Appeals in light of New Information; COE states 2005 Stop Work Order is still in effect May 18, 2010
May 18, 2010
The Planning Board refers the Rasco matter to the Dover ZBA for interpretation, referencing a May 5, 2010, letter from the Dover Code Enforcement Officer “indicating he could not find any record of approval for T&T materials, a prior operator at this site…” In fact the COE states that the Stop Work order he issued in 2005 is still in effect. In response to Planning Board concerns has about materials on the site, the Code Enforcement Officer suggests, “If there are concerns then a qualified individual or firm should be retained to examine or test these materials to determine if they are hazardous.”
Please see Rasco: Dover Planning Board Letter to the Dover ZBA requesting review of the Rasco Application
Please see Rasco: Dover COE Letter to the Dover Planning Board, May 5, 2010
