FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE CROTON WATER TREATMENT PLANT 8.2. REQUIRED WORK AT JEROME PARK RESERVOIR FOR ALL CROTON WATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE ALTERNATIVES....................................................... 1 8.2.1. Introduction............................................................................................................. 1 8.2.1.1. Gate House No. 7............................................................................................ 8 8.2.1.2. Gate House No. 5............................................................................................ 8 8.2.1.3. New Croton Aqueduct Shaft No. 21............................................................... 9 8.2.1.4. Gate House No. 6 / Microstrainer Building.................................................... 9 8.2.1.5. Gate House No. 3.......................................................................................... 10 8.2.1.6. Gate House No. 2.......................................................................................... 10 8.2.1.7. New Shaft Chamber and Tunnel................................................................... 11 8.2.1.8. Flow Meter Chambers................................................................................... 12 8.2.1.9. Jerome Pumping Station ............................................................................... 13 8.2.2. Baseline Conditions .............................................................................................. 14 8.2.2.1. Existing Conditions....................................................................................... 14 8.2.2.2. Future Without the Project.......................................................................... 160 8.2.3. Potential Impacts................................................................................................. 169 8.2.3.1. Project Impacts............................................................................................ 171 8.2.3.2. Construction Impacts .................................................................................. 172 8.2.4. Permits and Approvals........................................................................................ 192 FIGURE 8.2-1. LAND USES JEROME PARK RESERVOIR .................................................. 18 FIGURE 8.2-2. LAND USES - EAST OF GOULDEN AVENUE NORTH OF BEDFORD PARK BOULEVARD .......................................................................................................... 19 FIGURE 8.2-3. LAND USES - EAST OF GOULDEN AVE. SOUTH OF BEDFORD PARK BOULEVARD...................................................................................................................... 20 FIGURE 8.2-4. LAND USES - WEST OF GOULDEN AVENUE NORTH OF 233RD STREET ............................................................................................................................................... 21 FIGURE 8.2-5. LAND USES - WEST OF GOULDEN AVE. SOUTH OF 233RD STREET .. 22 FIGURE 8.2-6. ZONING JEROME PARK RESERVOIR......................................................... 25 FIGURE 8.2-7. VISUAL CHARACTER JEROME PARK RESERVOIR ................................. 34 FIGURE 8.2-8. VISUAL CHARACTER JEROME PARK RESERVOIR ................................. 35 FIGURE 8.2-9. VISUAL CHARACTER JEROME PARK RESERVOIR ................................. 36 FIGURE 8.2-10. VISUAL CHARACTER JEROME PARK RESERVOIR ............................... 37 FIGURE 8.2-11. COMMUNITY FACILITIES JEROME PARK RESERVOIR........................ 42 FIGURE 8.2-12. OPEN SPACE JEROME PARK RESERVOIR ............................................... 51 FIGURE 8.2-13. NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER JEROME PARK RESERVOIR.............. 56 FIGURE 8.2-14. SOCIOECONOMIC ANALYSIS JEROME PARK RESERVOIR ................ 61 FIGURE 8.2-15. TRAFFIC COUNT STUDY LOCATIONS FOR JEROME PARK RESERVOIR ........................................................................................................................ 79 FIGURE 8.2-16. 2002 JEROME PARK RESERVOIR EXISTING TRAFFIC VOLUME – AM/PM HOUR..................................................................................................................... 82 FIGURE 8.2-17. JEROME PARK RESERVOIR ROUTE SEGMENTS MOBILE SOURCE NOISE ANALYSIS.............................................................................................................. 91 FIGURE 8.2-18. JEROME PARK RESERVOIR STATIONARY NOISE SOURCE MONITORING LOCATIONS ............................................................................................. 93 FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE CROTON WATER TREATMENT PLANT FIGURE 8.2-19. JEROME PARK RESERVOIR NYSDEC AMBIENT AIR MONITORING STATIONS ........................................................................................................................... 97 FIGURE 8.2-20. HISTORIC RESOURCES IN THE AREA OF JPR, BRONX, NY.............. 105 FIGURE 8.2-21. APPROXIMATE LOCATIONS OF ALL REPORTED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RELEASES JEROME PARK RESERVOIR ............................................. 132 FIGURE 8.2-22. REGULATED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SITES JEROME PARK RESERVOIR ...................................................................................................................... 133 FIGURE 8.2-23. JEROME PARK RESERVOIR EXISTING NATURAL RESOURCES...... 150 FIGURE 8.2-24. FUTURE WITHOUT THE PROJECT JEROME PARK RESERVOIR ...... 162 FIGURE 8.2-25. JEROME PARK RESERVOIR 2010 FUTURE WITHOUT THE PROJECT TRAFFIC VOLUME – AM/PM HOUR ............................................................................ 166 FIGURE 8.2-26. JEROME PARK RESERVOIR FACILITIES TO BE DISMANTLED AND TAKEN OFF LINE............................................................................................................. 170 FIGURE 8.2-27. JEROME PARK RESERVOIR LATERAL EXTENT OF NOISE LEVELS EXCEEDING THRESHOLD (BEFORE MITIGATION)................................................. 183 TABLE 8.2-1. CROTON WATER TREATMENT PLANT WORK NEAR JEROME PARK RESERVOIR .......................................................................................................................... 3 TABLE 8.2-2. JEROME PARK RESERVOIR: ZONING ......................................................... 23 TABLE 8.2-3. EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE VICINITY OF THE JEROME PARK RESERVOIR, BRONX ........................................................................................................ 39 TABLE 8.2-4. ETHNICITY AND GENDER PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS ............................................................................................................. 43 TABLE 8.2-5. DAY CARE FACILITIES IN THE VICINITY OF THE JEROME PARK RESERVOIR STUDY AREA, BRONX .............................................................................. 44 TABLE 8.2-6. HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN AND NEAR THE JEROME PARK RESERVOIR STUDY AREA .............................................................................................. 46 TABLE 8.2-7. FIRE AND POLICE STATIONS WITHIN JEROME PARK RESERVOIR STUDY AREA ..................................................................................................................... 48 TABLE 8.2-8. OPEN SPACE INVENTORY WITHIN THE JEROME PARK AREA............. 52 TABLE 8.2-9. NEW YORK STATE STANDARD OPEN SPACE RATIOS (ACRES/1,000 RESIDENTS)........................................................................................................................ 55 TABLE 8.2-10. JEROME PARK RESERVOIR STUDY AREA DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY TABLE.................................................................................................................................. 62 TABLE 8.2-11. DISTRIBUTION OF OCCUPATIONS IN 2000 JEROME PARK RESERVOIR STUDY AREA .............................................................................................. 69 TABLE 8.2-12. MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK IN 2000 JEROME PARK RESERVOIR STUDY AREA .............................................................................................. 69 TABLE 8.2-13. AVERAGE SELLING PRICES FOR RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN THE JEROME PARK RESERVOIR STUDY AREA, 1993 TO 2002¹ ....................................... 77 TABLE 8.2-14. 2002 EXISTING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS FOR JEROME PARK RESERVOIR ........................................................................................................................ 84 TABLE 8.2-15. INVENTORY OF ACCIDENTS ...................................................................... 86 FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE CROTON WATER TREATMENT PLANT TABLE 8.2-16. COMPARISON OF EXISTING PCES TO FUTURE PCES FROM CONSTRUCTION IN THE VICINITY OF JEROME PARK RESERVOIR (2010).......... 89 TABLE 8.2-17. ROUTE SEGMENTS CONSIDERED FOR MOBILE SOURCE NOISE ANALYSIS AT JEROME PARK RESERVOIR................................................................. 90 TABLE 8.2-18. MEASURED 24-HOUR NOISE LEVELS (LEQ) ATJEROME PARK RESERVOIR ON A WEEKDAY ........................................................................................ 92 TABLE 8.2-19. DESCRIPTION OF NOISE SENSITIVE RECEPTORS FOR STATIONARY SOURCE ANALYSIS.......................................................................................................... 92 TABLE 8.2-20. TWENTY-MINUTE MEASURED WEEKDAY NOISE LEVELS AT SENSITIVE RECEPTORS NEAR JEROME PARK RESERVOIR ................................... 94 (LEQ, DBA)................................................................................................................................