New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Notice of Complete Application
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Notice of Complete Application
Date: 12/19/2025
Applicant: CAMP RE, LLC
C/O MARION C SCHWARTZ
1290 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS FL 40
NEW YORK, NY 10104
Facility: CAMP RE / LAKE CHARLES DAM
111 BALLYHACK RD
Patterson, NY
Application ID: 3-3724-00043/00001
Permits(s) Applied for: 1 - Article 17 Titles 7 & 8 P/C/I SPDES - Surface Discharge
Project is located: in PATTERSON in PUTNAM COUNTY
Project Description:
The Department has prepared a draft permit and has made a tentative determination, subject to public comment or other information, to approve an existing discharge of 0.0295 million gallons per day of treated sanitary wastewater to a tributary of the East Branch Croton River [Water Index Number H-31-P 44-24-18 and trib., class C] from a secondary treatment plant at the applicant's facility address located at 111 Ballyhack Road, Patterson NY 12563. The facility is a camp with year-round discharge and currently not in operation. In addition, the application proposed a modification to the membrane bioreactor (MBR) wastewater treatment plant to remove the sand filtration and micro filtration from the treatment process. The previous permit lapsed
on December 31, 2016.
The draft SPDES permit with fact sheet are available online at https://dec.ny.gov/fs/projects/draftpermits. The draft permit files are contained within regional folders and named by the SPDES number contained in this
notice.
Requests for a legislative (public statement) hearing must be sent in writing to the DEC contact person below by the comment deadline. The Department assesses such requests pursuant to 6 NYCRR Section 621.8.
Refer to this application by the application number listed above and SPDES Number NY0215112.
Availability of Application Documents:
Filed application documents, and Department draft permits where applicable, are available for inspection during normal business hours at the address of the contact person. To ensure timely service at the time of inspection, it is recommended that an appointment be made with the contact person.
State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) Determination
Project is an Unlisted Action and will not have a significant impact on the environment. A Negative Declaration is on file. A coordinated review was not performed.
SEQR Lead Agency
None Designated
State Historic Preservation Act (SHPA) Determination
Cultural resource lists and maps have been checked. The proposed activity is not in an area of identified archaeological sensitivity and no known registered, eligible or inventoried archaeological sites or historic structures were identified or documented for the project location. No further review in accordance with SHPA is required.
DEC Commissioner Policy 29, Environmental Justice and Permitting (CP-29)
It has been determined that the proposed action is not subject to CP-29.
Availability For Public Comment Contact Person
Comments on this project must be ALYSSE DEVINE
submitted in writing to the Contact NYSDEC
Person no later than 01/23/2026 21 S Putt Corners Rd
or 30 days after the publication date New Paltz, NY 12561
of this notice, whichever is later. (845) 240-7806
December 24 2025
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