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PAGGI & MARTIN
Consulting Engineers & Land Surveyors
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54-56 Main Street
Poughkeepsie, New York 12601
914-471-7898
914-471-0905 (FAX)
March 27, 1997
Town Board
Town of Wappinger
P.O. Box 324
Wappingers Falls, New York 12590
Attention:
Hon. Constance O. Smith, Supervisor
Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act of 1996
Solid Waster Municipal Landfill Closure Project
Castlepoint Landfill
Dear Supervisor Smith:
Reference:
As you are aware, this office has been working diligently for some time to
accomplish the closure of the Castlepoint Landfill. Part of our work has
been to actively pursue all available means of State financial assistance.
To that end, our office on December 12, 1995 submitted an application
on behalf of the Town to the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation (N.Y.S.D.E.C.) for an EQBA 50% matching
grant. On December 21, 1995, the Town was notified that available
funds were not currently sufficient to provide State assistance for their
application.
With the passage of the Environmental Bond Act last fall, and with the
knowledge that a portion of this bond was for assistance in landfill
closures, we again pursued the potential of obtaining financial assistance
for the closure of the Castle Point Landfill.
In our follO\,^J-up work, our office had a telephone conversation v'.'ith Mr.
Dave Blackman of the N.Y.S.D.E.C. pursuant to the above referenced
matter. His comments can be summarized as follows:
1. Our previous application for State assistance submitted
on December 12, 1995 was "tabled" due to insufficient
funds. Since that time, additional monies have become
available for the program via the Clean Water/Clean Air
Bond Act of 1996, and United States Environmental
Protection Agency funds.
Joseph E. Paggi, Jr., RE.
Ernst Marrin, Jr., RE., L.S.
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Constance O. Smith
Re: Castlepoint Landfill
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March 27, 1997
2. Since the Town has already submitted an application
package no further action by the Town is required at
this time. The previously submitted package will be
processed, along with other municipalities requests, on
a first come first served basis.
3. The newly devised program w'ill require some regu!atOi'Y
changes to existing statutes. The N.Y.S.D.E.C. is
currently in the process of enacting said statutory
amendments. No state assistance contracts can be
processed until such time as the amendments are
finalized. Mr. Blackman estimated that this process
will continue through the Spring and Summer of 1997,
and that State assistance Contracts could begin being
processed in the Fall of 1997.
4., I explained that the Castlepoint Landfill project will
begin construction this year and will be completed by
the Fall of 1997. Mr. Blackman stated that our
schedule would not pose any undue problems, because
the Department Grant Program operates on a
reimbursement type basis (i.e. the State reimburses the
municipality after the work is complete).
5. The existing application estimated the total project cost
(hard and soft costs) to be $550,000.00, with 50%, or
$275,000 being reimbursed to the Town by the State.
I explained to Mr. Blackman that due to the expected
increase in construction costs from the date of
application (12/95) to the actual construction date
(05/97), as well as the addition of certain previously..
unexpected construction operations mandated under
our N.Y.S.D.E.C. approval, the total project cost could
increase accordingly.
He stated that the Town is "locked in" to its previously
submitted figure at this point, but that additional costs,
if incurred, could be covered under an additional
application for aid if and when it proves necessary.
Constance O. Smith
Re: Castlepoint Landfill
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March 27, 1997
6. Mr. Blackman stated that with the addition of the new
funding sources, there is every reason to believe that
the Town will be eligible to receive State reimbursement
for the Cast/epoint Landfill Closure Project.
7. Mr. Blackman stated that the Town will be notified of
their assistance contract status as soon as that
information becomes available, hopefully by the Fall of
1997.
We will continue to monitor the State's progress in this matter and keep
the Board informed of our findings.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact this
office.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
Very truly yours,
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Joseph E. Paggi, ~r,~
PJP/JEP:law
cc: Hon. June A. Visconti
Hon. Vincent Bettina
Hon. Joseph Ruggiero
Hon. Robert L. Valdati
Albert P. Roberts, Esq.
Elaine Snowden