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Planning board declares lead agency for 114 Hartley Road battery energy storage proposal; board seeks fire‑safety, hazard and operations details
Summary
New Leaf Energy presented an amended site‑plan and special permit concept for a two‑pad, 5 MW (each) battery energy storage system at 114 Hartley Road. The planning board declared its intent to serve as lead agency for SEQRA and asked the applicant to provide hazard mitigation, emergency response, alarm and cooling system details, decommission
The Town of Goshen Planning Board received an initial presentation on an amended site plan and special permit application for a tier‑2 battery energy storage system (BESS) proposed at 114 Hartley Road.
Project overview: The applicant’s development team (represented by Travis Rosiek from Craig Manning and Eric Nolan and Zachary Long from New Leaf Energy) described two 5‑megawatt battery units (four‑hour duration) to be sited on a 31.2‑acre parcel currently used for construction‑storage operations. The development would use existing site access and infrastructure where possible and locate two equipment pads (each roughly 89 by 99 feet) inside fenced, gated enclosures; some new pad concrete and gravel surfacing is proposed where equipment will sit.
Board action: The planning board…
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