Updated: April 22, 2004

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits for the Proposed Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park Project

This report provides the result of New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s (NYCDEP) review of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), dated September, 2003, for the proposed Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park:

Comments on the DEIS and Draft State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits for the Proposed Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park Project:

• belleayreeis.pdf (PDF)

Petition For Full Party Status: partystatus.pdf (PDF)

Appendix A

• Review of Study Areas Used in the DEIS for Economic and Labor Market Impacts: appendixa1.pdf (PDF)

• Review of the Age and Adequacy of Socioeconomic and Market Data Used in the DEIS: appendixa2.pdf (PDF)

• Review of the Age and Adequacy of Engineering Data Used in the DEIS: appendixa3.pdf (PDF)

• Evaluation of Comparable Facilities to the Proposed Belleayre Resort: appendixa4.pdf (PDF)

• Evaluation of Impacts Associated with Facilities Considered Most Comparable: appendixa5.pdf (PDF)

• Environmental Impacts Associated with Facilities Considered Most Comparable: appendixa6.pdf (PDF)

• Review of Mitigation Measures Proposed in the DEIS: appendixa7.pdf (PDF)

Appendix B

• Review of Current Socioeconomic and Market Conditions: appendixb1.pdf (PDF)

• Evaluation of Economic Impacts of the Proposed Belleayre Resort using the REMI Model: appendixb2.pdf (PDF)

• GIS Analysis of Available Land and Development Constraints in the Region: appendixb3.pdf (PDF)

• Evaluation of Potential Long Term Land Use Changes Associated with the Proposed Resort: appendixb4.pdf (PDF)

Appendix C

• Analysis of Impacts Associated with Stormwater at the Proposed Belleayre Resort: appendixc1.pdf (PDF)

• Analysis of Impacts Associated with Erosion and Sedimentation at the Proposed Belleayre Resort: appendixc2.pdf (PDF)

• Analysis of Impacts Associated with Wastewater at the Proposed Belleayre Resort: appendixc3.pdf (PDF)

• Analysis of Impacts Associated with Water Resource Management at the Proposed Belleayre Resort: appendixc4.pdf (PDF)

• Analysis of Water Quality Impacts Associated with Long Term Land Use Changes: appendixc5.pdf (PDF)

• Analysis of Impacts to Natural Resources : appendixc6.pdf (PDF)

• Proposed Development Footprints at the Belleayre Resort Site: appendixc7-1.pdf (PDF)

• Watercourse Mapping on Big Indian Site: appendixc7-2.pdf (PDF)

• Watercourse Mapping on Wildacres Site: appendixc7-3.pdf (PDF)