The Croton Filter Plant Project

Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

The federal government has ordered New York City to build a filtration plant for its Croton water supply. There are 3 potential sites that were considered, one of which is the Mosholu Golf Course, located in Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx County . The City secured passage of State legislation – Chapter 175 of the Laws of 2003 — authorizing use of the Mosholu Golf Course site for construction of the filtration plant, subject to certain conditions, including preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). Pursuant to the federal government’s order, and in compliance with the State legislation, the SEIS has been completed and has identified Mosholu Golf Course as the preferred site for the filtration plant.

Paper copies of the full document along with the appendices can be examined at any of the repositories listed below. Paper copies of the document will not be distributed because the document is very voluminous, but electronic versions of the full final SEIS on CD (in pdf format) are available upon request. The Notice of Completion, Executive Summary and full SEIS are available below.

Requests for a CD should be addressed in writing to: Mark Page Jr, EIS Project Manager, Office of Environmental Planning and Assessment, 11th Floor, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, 59-17 Junction Boulevard, Flushing, New York 11373.

Statement of Findings for the Siting of the Croton Water Treatment Plant (PDF)

Eligible Projects for Bronx Parks (PDF)

Notice of Completion (PDF)

Executive Summary (PDF)

Foreword (PDF)

1. Introduction, Background and Siting Alternatives (PDF)

2. Purpose and Need (PDF)

3. Proposed Project and Engineering Alternatives (PDF)

4. Methods

4.1. Introduction (PDF)

4.2. Land Use, Zoning, and Public Policy (PDF)

4.3. Visual Character (PDF)

4.4. Community Facilities (PDF)

4.5. Open Space Analysis (PDF)

4.6. Neighborhood Character (PDF)

4.7. Socioeconomic Conditions (PDF)

4.8. Growth Inducement (PDF)

4.9. Traffic and Transportation (PDF)

4.10. Noise (PDF)

4.11. Air Quality (PDF)

4.12. Historic and Archaeological Resources (PDF)

4.13. Hazardous Materials (PDF)

4.14. Natural Resources (PDF)

4.15. Water Resources (PDF)

4.16. Infrastructure and Energy (PDF)

4.17. Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF) and Extremely Low Frequency Fields (ELF) Analysis (PDF)

4.18. Solid Waste (PDF)

4.19. Waterfront Revitalization Program (PDF)

4.20. Public Health (PDF)

5. Water Treatment Plant At the Eastview Site

5.1. Introduction and Project Description (PDF)

5.2. Land Use, Zoning, and Public Policy (PDF)

5.3. Visual Character (PDF)

5.4. Community Facilities (PDF)

5.5. Open Space (PDF)

5.6. Neighborhood Character (PDF)

5.7. Socioeconomic Analysis (PDF)

5.8. Growth Inducement (PDF)

5.9. Traffic and Transportation (PDF)

5.10. Noise Analysis (PDF)

5.11. Air Quality (PDF)

5.12. Historic and Archaeological Resources (PDF)

5.13. Hazardous Materials (PDF)

5.14. Natural Resources (PDF)

5.15. Water Resources (PDF)

5.16. Infrastructure and Energy (PDF)

5.17. Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF) and Extremely Low Frequency Fields (ELF) Analysis (PDF)

5.18. Solid Waste (PDF)

5.19. Public Health (PDF)

5.20. Permits and Approvals (PDF)

5.21. Combined Impacts (PDF)

6. Water Treatment Plant At the Mosholu Site

6.1. Introduction and Project Description (PDF)

6.2. Land Use, Zoning and Public Policy (PDF)

6.3. Visual Character (PDF)

6.4. Community Facilities (PDF)

6.5. Open Space (PDF)

6.6. Neighborhood Character (PDF)

6.7. Socioeconomic Analysis (PDF)

6.8. Growth Inducement (PDF)

6.9. Traffic and Transportation (PDF)

6.10. Noise Analysis (PDF)

6.11. Air Quality (PDF)

6.12. Historic and Archaeological Resources (PDF)

6.13. Hazardous Materials (PDF)

6.14. Natural Resources (PDF)

6.15. Water Resources (PDF)

6.16. Infrastructure & Energy (PDF)

6.17. Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF) and Extremely Low Frequency Fields (ELF) Analysis (PDF)

6.18. Solid Waste (PDF)

6.19. Public Health (PDF)

6.20. Permits and Approvals (PDF)

7. Water Treatment Plant At the Harlem River Site

7.1. Introduction and Project Description (PDF)

7.2. Land Use, Zoning and Public Policy (PDF)

7.3. Visual Character (PDF)

7.4. Community Facilities (PDF)

7.5. Open Space (PDF)

7.6. Neighborhood Character (PDF)

7.7. Socioeconomic Analysis (PDF)

7.8. Growth Inducement (PDF)

7.9. Traffic and Transportation (PDF)

7.10. Noise Analysis (PDF)

7.11. Air Quality (PDF)

7.12. Historic and Archaeological Resources (PDF)

7.13. Hazardous Materials (PDF)

7.14. Natural Resources (PDF)

7.15. Water Resources (PDF)

7.16. Infrastructure and Energy (PDF)

7.17. Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF) and Extremely Low Frequency Fields (ELF) Analysis (PDF)

7.18. Solid Waste (PDF)

7.19. Public Health (PDF)

7.20. Waterfront Revitalization (PDF)

7.21. Permits and Approvals (PDF)

8. Off-Site Facilities

8.1. New Croton Aqueduct Shaft Sites

8.1.1 Introduction (PDF)

8.1.2 Shaft 9 (PDF)

8.1.3 Shaft 14 (PDF)

8.1.4 Shaft 18 (PDF)

8.1.5 Gatehouse 1 (PDF)

8.2 Jerome Park Reservoir and NCA Shafts (PDF)

8.3 Kensico-City Tunnel (PDF)

8.4 Dewatering Of the New Croton Aqueduct (PDF)

9. Mitigation of Potential Impacts

9.1. Eastview Site (PDF)

9.2. Mosholu Site (PDF)

9.3. Harlem River Site (PDF)

9.4. Off-Site Facilities (PDF)

10. Irreversible and Irretreivable Commitment of Resources (PDF)

11. Environmental Justice Analysis (PDF)

12. Glossary and Acronyms (PDF)

Responses to DSEIS Comments (PDF)