Goshen planning board flags traffic, stormwater and contamination concerns in review of IWS transfer-station EAF Part 2

Goshen Planning Board members spent a special meeting reviewing the Environmental Assessment Form (EAF) Part 2 for a proposed IWS transfer station on Hartley Road, and identified multiple outstanding issues they want addressed before sending comments to the Town Board, the meeting record shows.

Board members said the Town Board has designated itself the lead agency for the project under the townsolid-waste permit process, which the planning board noted affects the scope of subsequent review and approvals. The planning board did not take a vote at the session; members discussed technical and public-safety topics the board wants clarified in the EAF and the applicantengineering documents.

The most frequently raised concern was traffic. Documents discussed at the meeting indicate the applicant seeks authorization for additional truck trips; the planning-board review notes an incremental increase of about 48 vehicle movements per operating day compared with what the board has observed, concentrated within the facilityoperating hours. Members said that increase would place more wear on Hartley Road and on the intersection with state Route 17M and urged the town to require traffic-mitigation measures and to pursue state coordination on intersection markings and geometry that only the state can change.

Board members also focused on stormwater, leachate and groundwater. The applicantsubmittal describes stormwater collection and two leachate-collection tanks; the board asked for clearer documentation of where stormwater and roof runoff will discharge, how on-site runoff will be treated, and whether existing…