DEC Lists Notice Of Stephentown ZBA Acceptance Of Motocross Environmental Statement

by David Flint
The State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced on its Environmental Notice Bulletin website that the Stephentown Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA), as lead agency, has accepted a Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the Stephentown Motocross Track proposed for a site off of Webster Hill Road. This action occurred at the ZBA meeting on October 4.
[private]DEC describes the project as a proposal “to construct a motocross racing facility on an 88.6 acre parcel of land. The project site is situated between existing residential development to the west and north and commercial development to the south and east in the form of a circle track and drag strip.
The proposed motocross track would be constructed using the existing and to be constructed/modified topographic features of the site. The track surface would be earthen (not paved) and would feature uphill and downhill sections, jumps and banked curves. The track would cover about five (5) acres and its length would be approximately 0.6 miles.
Parking for spectators and entrants would be mowed fields surrounding the track. Concessions and rest rooms would be by portable trailers moved onto the site for the event.”
Written comments on the Draft EIS will be accepted until December 10, 2012. The Draft EIS is available at the Stephentown Town Hall and on line on the Town website at www.townofstephentown.org. DEC listed ZBA Chairman Roland Barth as the contact person who can be reached by mail at Town of Stephentown, 26 Grange Hall Road, Stephentown, NY, 12168, by phone at 518-733-9195 or by email at roli@fairpoint.net.
Chairman Barth said that no public hearing would be held on the DEIS. It has been determined that there will not be a meeting of the ZBA in November. ZBA meetings are normally held on the first Thursday of the month.[/private]