DEMAND AN EXPANDED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY OF TROY SAND & GRAVEL’S PROPOSAL TO DIG 100 FEET DEEPER AT ITS SAND LAKE MINE
Troy Sand & Gravel has renewed its effort to dig another 100 feet below the water table at its Sand Lake mine. This will entail increased blasting and excavation at the mine. The NY Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is the lead agency and will be conducting an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) of this application and has ask for public comments on the proposed scope of that study.
We support an expanded EIS of this proposal and ask the NYS Departmental of Environmental Conservation to consider the following in determining the scope of its Environmental Impact Study:
- Troy Sand and Gravel's application claims their mine is not within 1500 of any senior housing. That is inaccurate as Brookside Senior Housing is located right next to their mine.
- Their application also erroneously states that the mine is not served by any park. The Town of Sand Lake beach is located on Reichard's Lake which, as noted in the DEC's documents, will be impacted by this proposal.
The proposed scoping document should include:
- a study of the impact on the proposal on traffic which Troy Sand & Gravel claims will not be impacted by their proposal;
- A freshwater‑wetlands analysis compliant with the newly revised NYS Freshwater Wetlands regulations;
- An evaluation of how the deeper mining and any increased pumping might affect the levels and flow in Reichard’s Lake and the Wynantskill;
- A detailed hydrogeologic study of groundwater impacts, including effects on neighboring water wells and aquifer recharge;
- Noise, vibration, and seismic studies of the proposal’s impact on neighboring homes and buildings;
- A detailed air quality analysis and an estimation of crystalline‑silica content in dust that would be generated by the proposal. and
- A quantitative public‑health health risk assessment especially on the Brookside Senior Housing residents and the children who go to nearby West Sand Lake Elementary School, Averill Park High School, and Algonquin Middle School.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 5, 2025
Reached 100 supporters
May 23, 2025
83 Comments
If you are going to lower the water table for surrounding wells, and this proposal somehow gets approved, then troy sand and gravel should be expected to contribute to a clean public water drinking source for town residents. demand all of this and no less.
Study should also include the development and description of the anticipated cone of depression created when the mine is dewatered to the additional 100 foot depth and its effect on adjacent private wells.
Many people have had their wells run dry immediately following a large blast at the mind. At one point, the Algonquin Lake level dropped overnight after a blast. Nothing good will come from increased blasting and further endangering the ground water.
Mining in West Sand lake needs to stop. The reverberation is harming the foundations of properties. There is a senior living community right next door to the mine, this can't be good for the health of the community, especially the elderly!
I oppose the expansion of the mines in depth and perimeter. The quarries are bad neighbors who contribute to the noise pollution, truck pollution, and ever time they blast (with or without a permit) our basement walls get more cracks in them.
We live just over a berm from the mine, and, like most in our hamlet, have a shallow well for our water supply.
Worried about my well water and air quality.
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DEMAND AN EXPANDED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY OF TROY SAND & GRAVEL’S PROPOSAL TO DIG 100 FEET DEEPER AT ITS SAND LAKE MINE
Troy Sand & Gravel has renewed its effort to dig another 100 feet below the water table at its Sand Lake mine. This will entail increased blasting and excavation at the mine. The NY Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is the lead agency and will be conducting an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) of this application and has ask for public comments on the proposed scope of that study.
We support an expanded EIS of this proposal and ask the NYS Departmental of Environmental Conservation to consider the following in determining the scope of its Environmental Impact Study:
- Troy Sand and Gravel's application claims their mine is not within 1500 of any senior housing. That is inaccurate as Brookside Senior Housing is located right next to their mine.
- Their application also erroneously states that the mine is not served by any park. The Town of Sand Lake beach is located on Reichard's Lake which, as noted in the DEC's documents, will be impacted by this proposal.
The proposed scoping document should include:
- a study of the impact on the proposal on traffic which Troy Sand & Gravel claims will not be impacted by their proposal;
- A freshwater‑wetlands analysis compliant with the newly revised NYS Freshwater Wetlands regulations;
- An evaluation of how the deeper mining and any increased pumping might affect the levels and flow in Reichard’s Lake and the Wynantskill;
- A detailed hydrogeologic study of groundwater impacts, including effects on neighboring water wells and aquifer recharge;
- Noise, vibration, and seismic studies of the proposal’s impact on neighboring homes and buildings;
- A detailed air quality analysis and an estimation of crystalline‑silica content in dust that would be generated by the proposal. and
- A quantitative public‑health health risk assessment especially on the Brookside Senior Housing residents and the children who go to nearby West Sand Lake Elementary School, Averill Park High School, and Algonquin Middle School.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 5, 2025
Reached 100 supporters
May 23, 2025
83 Comments
Just today (5/23/25) had to replace my well pump. Every time Troy Sand and Gravel detonates explosives my house shakes! They say it is sound waves but you can feel it inside the house and standing outside.
If you are going to lower the water table for surrounding wells, and this proposal somehow gets approved, then troy sand and gravel should be expected to contribute to a clean public water drinking source for town residents. demand all of this and no less.
Study should also include the development and description of the anticipated cone of depression created when the mine is dewatered to the additional 100 foot depth and its effect on adjacent private wells.
Many people have had their wells run dry immediately following a large blast at the mind. At one point, the Algonquin Lake level dropped overnight after a blast. Nothing good will come from increased blasting and further endangering the ground water.
Mining in West Sand lake needs to stop. The reverberation is harming the foundations of properties. There is a senior living community right next door to the mine, this can't be good for the health of the community, especially the elderly!
I oppose the expansion of the mines in depth and perimeter. The quarries are bad neighbors who contribute to the noise pollution, truck pollution, and ever time they blast (with or without a permit) our basement walls get more cracks in them.
We live just over a berm from the mine, and, like most in our hamlet, have a shallow well for our water supply.
Worried about my well water and air quality.
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Just today (5/23/25) had to replace my well pump. Every time Troy Sand and Gravel detonates explosives my house shakes! They say it is sound waves but you can feel it inside the house and standing outside.