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Vermont may build power "Will help area economy"

State will buy Camp Cayuga property

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• Co. - ,<'3*'i^•!*»£?<." -One of ̂ f^pogoSied^tes is

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area. •-!.'?••>J>' , , ' i • . ' , It is t he Ifoifgh^prossing site,

near O r w e ^ ^ ' I t ' includes approximately:: '2,200 acres of farmland and - same marsh area. A 1,7.00-acre coo l ing pond would be created by - impound ing East Creek, wi th iriake-up wate r

: from Lake Champla in b y , pipeline.

At public meetinga' recent ly held in Addison C o u n t y , Vt., where several of t h e p roposed

| sites are . l oca ted , VELCO i officials s ta ted t h a t t he p o w e r j plant would be. t he a p p r o x i m a t e ! equivalent of a IS-sfeory bui lding I in height and Would have a |5Q0-ft. high stack. At present ,

the company says it does no t plan to construct nuclear p o w e r plants and VEftjGOt has s t a ted that oil-fired turbines for t he fossil-fueled plant a l ready have been ordered. .'• • • "

Concerned observers feel, however, t h a M h e |*i^ttS;,do not. , ^scJud 1 ^^ha '^ 'g^^ai |c14S©ih. !Sh^ imiglit result "Si t M ebh\st.WiotroB' iof a nuclear power " ^ a n t o n Lake Champlain, e i t he r in

V e r m o n t or in this area o f N e w York S t a t e .

T h e site s tudy prepared for V E L C O d i s c u s s e s t h e env i ronmenta l fac tors for b o t h nuclear p o w e r p lants a n d fossil-fueled p lan t s . F o r t h e Hough Crossing s i te , regarding radioact ive ef f luents , t h e s tudy s ta tes : "Discharge of rad ioac t ive materials in to East Creek ( w h i c h -empt ies i n to Lake Champla in ) could, if necessary , be kep t well below the m a x i m u m inges t ion and immers ion levels n o w set by Federal au thor i t i e s for the p ro t ec t i on of t h e p u b l i c . "

T h e s t u d y c o n t i n u e s , " T h e nearest c o m m u n i t y of 50 persons or m o r e would be T iconderoga , New York , some 4l/z miles f rom the p lan t and having a 1 9 6 0 p o p u l a t i o n of 3 ,568 . . . T h u s , t he site is sui tably i s o l a t e d for a nuclear ins ta l la t ion ."

Describing the appea rance of the p roposed p l an t , the s tudy says: "Topograph ica l relief would tend t o concea l the plant from the eas tern and sou the rn approaches . P lan ted vegeta t ion could be e m p l o y e d to screen the plant f rom remain ing approaches with l imi ted effect iveness. Upper por t ions of the plant would be .visible, from- ibe-rshores ^ i a k e C h a m p l a i n , at a dis tance of Wz miles . T h e critical vantage poin ts could be considered to be

Cancel environment series The coopera t ing g roups present ing the T iconderoga Series

"Man's Involvement With His E n v i r o n m e n t " have cancelled the two remaining meet ings . T h e cancel led meet ings concerned Home Grounds , and Env i ronmenta l Design.

Mr. Richard S c h u m a k e r of t h e T iconderoga Kiwanis commenting o n trie cancel la t ions indica ted that persons interested in "special in format ion o n these topics should contact the Coun ty .Ex tens ion Office a t Wes tpor t , New Y o r k . " He also indicated tha t concern for the env i ronment is not being dropped i n j T i c o n d e r o g a and n e w educa t iona l programs will be developed for t h e future .

The last .mee t ing o f the Series was Professor Carl Winkelblech of Cornel l University w h o spoke on Rural Water Supply Management . Professor Winkelblech stressed the importance of m a n a g e m e n t and cleanl iness for developing water systems. .Technical bulletins are available from Westport .

Oscar Schweftltfeger, host for t h e everting compl imen ted the quality of p r e sen t a t i ons for t h e ser ies . He also expressed dkappointmenit 'initrke size otf aud ience b u t p romised tha t more programs woii iarcojne in the fu ture .

Lake Champla in . . . However , t h e scenic i m p a c t would be main ly confined t o loca l traffic a n d residents of ; . ; the su r round ing reg ion ."

I t can be conc luded , therefore , t ha t t h e cons t ruc t ion of a p o w e r plant at t h e Hough Crossing site wou ld resul t in a scenic blight, for res idents a n d visitors in t h e Ticonderoga area of Lake - juhamplain, which would inc lude the his tor ic vista from Fort T iconderoga .

Regarding air po l lu t ion , t h e s tudy s ta tes for a fossil-fueled plant . "I t appears tha t measures could be a d o p t e d a t t h i s loca t ion to comply wi th exist ing and proposed air qual i ty cont ro l r e g u l a t i o n s . E l e v a t i o n s sur rounding t h e site suggest t h e use of a 500-foot stack t o limit ground-level concen t r a t i ons of s u l p h u r oxides. . . possible interference wi th small aircraft n a v i g a t i o n s h o u l d b e considered. . . "

Insofar as a nuclear plant is concerned , t h e s tudy claims, "Discharge of radioact ive materials in to t he a t m o s p h e r e can, if necessary be kep t well below the m a x i m u m inhala t ion and immers ion levels n o w set by Federal au thor i t ies for the pro tec t ion of J l W p u b l i c " , ' .

T h e s tudy a d m i t s t ha t t he East Creek Waterfowl Area in Vermont could b e endangered by the p roposed plant cons t ruc t ion . It s ta tes , " O f foremost concern is the possibility of interference with the East Creek Waterfowl Area. However . . . it appears possible tha t serious conflict can be avoided or resolved. . ."

T h e L a k e C h a m p l a i n C o m m i t t e e , composed of residents of New Y o r k S ta te and V e r m o n t from c o m m u n i t i e s in the Lake Champlain area, has expressed growing concern over the issue being posed by the power compan ies . T h e ent i re May issue of the organiza t ion ' s mon th ly newsle t ter is devoted t o a discussion and assessment of the envi ronmenta l aspects involved. Also, conservat ion groups and local government uni t s are now b e c o m i n g aware of the p rob l em and are expec ted t o express their views in the near future .

A L B A N Y - T h e acquis i t ion o f C a m p Cayuga in Schroon Lake is necessary for t h e fu ture deve lopmen t of t h e previously purchased Sca roon Manor p r o p e r t y , accord ing t o t he S ta te Depa r tmen t of Env i ronmenta l Conserva t ion .

In a recen t l e t te r t o Alex Zak, pres ident of t h e Schroon Taxpayers Associat ion, Vic tor Glider, d i rec tor o f the D e p a r t m e n t ' s Division of Lands and Fores t s , also s ta ted that

funds in the a m o u n t of $ 2 5 5 , 0 0 0 have been al located for t he purchase from the O u t d o o r Recreat ion and Development Bond F u n d .

Gl ider ' s letter was in reply to o n e wr i t ten by Zak o n behalf of the STA, criticizing the Sta te ' s purchase of the p roper ty after it had allegedly d ropped its plans to d o so.

T h e Conservat ion Dept . official said that the Camp Cayuga properly would be used

as a campsite with space for 100 tents. He also noted that ' 'first s t age" development of the Scaroon Manor p r o p e r t y for an e s t i m a t e d $ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 for recreational use will be contingent upon the acquis i t ion of Camp Cayuga. The text of Glider's letter follows: Dear Mr. / a k '

"This will acknowledge y o u r r e c e n t l e t t e r expressing opposi t ion Io this D e p a r t m e n t ' s proposed acquisi t ion of the

Hague group seeks merger

with Ticonderoga schools Hague res idents , recently

organized as Ci t izens G r o u p of Hague, have been much concerned wi th the educat ional p rob l ems in ou r school. Meetings have been held wi th t he Hague Board of Educa t ion and more recent ly wi th representat ives of t he S t a t e Educat ion Depar tment a t Albany and the conclus ion we have reached is t ha t the future success of educa t ion in Hague

lies in a mergei or consol idat ion w i t h Ticonderoga School District . Unlor tuna te ly the Hague School Board is opposed to consol idat ion and , more than tha t , is apparent ly opposed to having information concerning consol idat ion made available to the townspeople

For t his reason we have arranged a meeting foraMay 27th at 7 .00 p in at the Hague

Study N o r t h w a y link

A hearing on the cons t ruc t ion o f the remaining link of route 73 be tween Chilson and the Schroon Lake 1-90 North way exit is expec ted to be held in Ju ly .

Cons t ruc t ion of this link will c o m p l e t e a 4 lane high-speed highway Unking Ticonderoga wi th the Nor thway and will e l iminate t he use of the t o r t u r o u s mounta in roads one must now travel to reach the expressway.

S t a t e T r a n s p o r t a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t officials met on Tuesday , May 1 1th with officials f rom Ticonderoga , Schroon and Essex C o u n t y to get a prel iminary sampling of op in ions regarding a l te rna te routes that a re feasible f rom an engineering s t andpo in t .

According to Essex Coun ty h ighway super in tendent Edward Curr ier , t he re are many ideas as t o r o u t e s t h r o u g h the Paradox

l ake and l ag le Lake regions I he July hearing date is being set in order to give summct u s i d e n t s an oppor tuni ty to \ uce their views.

Addi t iona l ly , Currier said. m i c e t h e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n depa r tmen t set t les on a m u l e . Conservat ion depa r tmen t heads must give the i r approval because much of the new highway will pass t h rough Sta te owned lands.

No c o m m i t m e n t s on a time schedule for cons t ruc t ion have been made . One unnamed official indicated that work could begin next year if the financial crisis eases. On the other hand , he said it could be five or six years off.

Currier indicated thai it might help speed the project if interested par t ies contacted legislators t o advise them of their interest and to seek their suppor t for cons t ruc t ion at an early d a t e .

Cent ra l Schoo l at w h i c h Mr . Ward I,egg. Superv i so r . Bureau o I S c h o o l D i s t r i c t Reorganization and Mr William 1- i 11 / . A c t i n g I) is I i le t Super in tenden t w i l l be present and will be prepared to answer any and all ques t ions u h k h will be in \o l \ed in a consol ida t ion

We are sine after h a \ m g a l l ol your quest ions answered that you- the interested citizen- will have fo r the f irst tune a fac tua l account of how consol ida t ion will benefit y o u r chi ldren. e d u c a t i o n a l f a c i l i t i e s . educat ional s l anda ids , and voui

* r- • ' ' taxes.

One point sit- dd K made clear- the m e c i n g will be concerned only with q i k s i m n s and answers on consuhd.it ion no vote wdl be taken

Among the ques t ions u l i u l i will be answered are the following:

1 What consol ida t ion will do for the children' '

2. How it -Aill .itieul school employees?

3. How consol idat ion affect the taxpayer?

4 . What i m p r o v e m e n t s in addi t ions to cur r icu lum result from consolidation' . '

5 . How will the present teaching staff at Hague be absorbed in to the Ti School District?

6. What con t r ibu t ion will the State make financially unde r consol ida t ion?

7. What incentive and building aid will be given?

8. What will happen if consol idat ion is mandated ' 1

Camp Cayuga pioper ty in the Town of Schroon, Hssex C o u n t y .

" F u n d s in ihe amoun t of $255 ,000 have been allocated to the Department from monies provided under ihe " O u t d o o r Recreat ion and Development Bond F u n d " tor ihe purpose of acquir ing this parcel of kind for recreational use 1 he bond proposi t ion appioved by the e lec tora te in 1 l>c>b mandates the use of these limds tor the acquisi t ion and development ol land loi iccicatioiia! purposes . The re lo re these Kinds cannot be diverted to othei proposes as you have suggested

"T he development ol the Scaroon Manor propeity must, of course , await the comple t ion of the acquisit ion phase ol the overall proiect \ s was pointed out in our July 2 l ) , I ' ' 70 meet ing with the oflieials ol the T o w n of Schroon . the leg ib i l i ty ol t he project is dependent upon ovwieiship and development ol the ( a m p Cayuga o m i p l e x in

con junc t ion w:ti: t u Scaroon Manor lands I or t'-us v.ison. the first stage of obs t ruc t ion has not commeiue i l appropr i a t ion ot C a p i t a l funds cons t ruc t ion h.i-e n c u m b e r e d .

"We made a o the s ame meeting i with t he acqui-ii Cayuga in l'»7i) agreed to si iuh existing State km. the feasibility oi land for campsii preference to the parcel.

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"While it is 11 iic 11,.ii the Slate of New; York o u n ^ s o n e io ' of the land area in llu iown ot Schroon , it should he pointed out that most ot IIK SI ,U land is a part of the I oiesi Preserve and. therefore suliii.1 to taxat ion for all ,-in poses Our records indicate tint ihe State will pay rwei V 'M)00 in local taxes this year

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I iconderogn civic leaders have p i e s e n u d Hie I n i e i n j u o i i a f 1'apei COmpany with a plan for t h e r e d e v e l o p m e n t of I icoiKlcioi'.i , d o w n t o w n aiea which wills i *i the conversion ol the presi i.rlv unused IPC'(' building number 7 into ,i shopp ing center and tor the r a c i n g o I t h e r e t a i l

es tabl ishments ihal front on the no r th side ol Montcalm street b e t w e e n t h e B l a c k w a u h Memorial library and Tower s t reet .

Kliminalion of the stores would create a parking area which would serve the proposed shopping cen te r It is also proposed that the old mill offices at the ex t reme end of the development be preserved as a museum of paper making

Tom Gibson, chairman of the T i c o n d e r o g a P l a n n i n g ( ommission led a delegation to the meet ing with IPCO officials at the c o m p a n y ' s nor the rn division headquar te rs in Glens Falls.

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T h e presentat ion to IPCO officials was actually made by Mr. Sliepard Drogin wii. has ac ted as an unothcial jdvm>r lo the Ticonderoga ( ommission, Drogan was formerly on the staff of the Stale offu • of planning coordinat ion, an agency that has been diss Ived.

At t end ing the meeting with Gibson were Mayor lohn DTeimiller and members . i the village board as well as Rkhard S h u m a k e r , Don llaitlev and Hans Katzenstein. wno a..iid as r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s K the T i c o n d e r o g a C lumber ot C o m m e r c e .

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