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The Croton Water Filtration Plant Project

Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

The federal government has ordered New York City to build a filtration plant for its Croton water supply. There are 3 potential sites that were considered, one of which is the Mosholu Golf Course, located in Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx County. The City secured passage of State legislation—Chapter 175 of the Laws of 2003—authorizing use of the Mosholu Golf Course site for construction of the filtration plant, subject to certain conditions, including preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). Pursuant to the federal government’s order, and in compliance with the State legislation, the SEIS has been completed and has identified Mosholu Golf Course as the preferred site for the filtration plant.

Paper copies of the full document along with the appendices can be examined at any of the repositories listed below. Paper copies of the document will not be distributed because the document is very voluminous, but electronic versions of the full final SEIS on CD (in pdf format) are available upon request. The Notice of Completion, Executive Summary and full SEIS are available below.

Requests for a CD should be addressed in writing to: Mark Page Jr, EIS Project Manager, Office of Environmental Planning and Assessment, 11th Floor, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, 59-17 Junction Boulevard, Flushing, New York 11373.

Attachments

Statement of Findings for the Siting of the Croton Water Treatment Plant

Eligible Projects for Bronx Parks

Notice of Completion

Executive Summary

Foreword

Introduction, Background and Siting Alternatives

Purpose and Need

Proposed Project and Engineering Alternatives

Methods

Introduction

Land Use, Zoning, and Public Policy

Visual Character

Community Facilities

Open Space Analysis

Neighborhood Character

Socioeconomic Conditions

Growth Inducement

Traffic and Transportation

Noise

Air Quality

Historic and Archaeological Resources

Hazardous Materials

Natural Resources

Water Resources

Infrastructure and Energy

Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF) and Extremely Low Frequency Fields (ELF) Analysis

Solid Waste

Waterfront Revitalization Program

Public Health

Water Treatment Plant At the Eastview Site

Introduction and Project Description

Land Use, Zoning, and Public Policy

Visual Character

Community Facilities

Open Space

Neighborhood Character

Socioeconomic Analysis

Growth Inducement

Traffic and Transportation

Noise Analysis

Air Quality

Historic and Archaeological Resources

Hazardous Materials

Natural Resources

Water Resources

Infrastructure and Energy

Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF) and Extremely Low Frequency Fields (ELF) Analysis

Solid Waste

Public Health

Permits and Approvals

Combined Impacts

Water Treatment Plant At the Mosholu Site

Introduction and Project Description

Land Use, Zoning and Public Policy

Visual Character

Community Facilities

Open Space

Neighborhood Character

Socioeconomic Analysis

Growth Inducement

Traffic and Transportation

Noise Analysis

Air Quality

Historic and Archaeological Resources

Hazardous Materials

Natural Resources

Water Resources

Infrastructure & Energy

Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF) and Extremely Low Frequency Fields (ELF) Analysis

Solid Waste

Public Health

Permits and Approvals

Water Treatment Plant At the Harlem River Site

Introduction and Project Description

Land Use, Zoning and Public Policy

Visual Character

Community Facilities

Open Space

Neighborhood Character

Socioeconomic Analysis

Growth Inducement

Traffic and Transportation

Noise Analysis

Air Quality

Historic and Archaeological Resources

Hazardous Materials

Natural Resources

Water Resources

Infrastructure and Energy

Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF) and Extremely Low Frequency Fields (ELF) Analysis

Solid Waste

Public Health

Waterfront Revitalization

Permits and Approvals

Off-Site Facilities

New Croton Aqueduct Shaft Sites

Introduction

Shaft 9

Shaft 14

Shaft 18

Gatehouse 1

Jerome Park Reservoir and NCA Shafts

Kensico-City Tunnel

Dewatering Of the New Croton Aqueduct

Mitigation of Potential Impacts

Eastview Site

Mosholu Site

Harlem River Site

Off-Site Facilities

Irreversible and Irretreivable Commitment of Resources

Environmental Justice Analysis

Glossary and Acronyms

Responses to DSEIS Comments

Minor Modification to the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Croton Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Repositories

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