Patriot Water, LLC withdraws application for Taylor Road site
Published: March 3, 2010
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After months of engineering studies, and two meetings that didn't receive approval or recommendations for a requested special use permit to transform the old Matthews Chevrolet facility on Taylor Road in Tioga County into a facility for the treatment of wastewater from gas drilling sites, Patriot Treatment, LLC has made a decision to withdraw their applications. This news came from the Town of Owego on Wednesday afternoon; and according to Deb Standinger, Town of Owego Planning and Zoning Administrator, the owners of Patriot Water, LLC did not give a specific reason for their withdrawal. This withdrawal for some, especially in the Village of Owego, was met with a sigh of relief. The company's site plan, if approved, would have resulted in four tanker sized trucks routing through downtown Owego to travel to the proposed site on Taylor Road every hour of the day - 24 hours a day - seven days a week. And although the proposed site was zoned industrial, the residents in the area at previous meetings were objecting to the quality of life that would have resulted in the downtown area of Owego because of the anticipated truck traffic that would congest the area 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Other concerns were voiced as well about the chemicals that would be processed at the facility, which is located in a flood plain. Especially pleased with the withdrawal was Owego's Mayor Ed Arrington. In a statement received from Arrington following the announcement of Patriot Water, LLC's withdrawal on Wednesday, he said it was good news. "The projected truck traffic would have been detrimental to the quality of life of our Village residents, as well as to the Village infrastructure," said Arrington. In two separate meetings last month - one with the Tioga County Planning Board and the other with the Town of Owego Planning Board - the request was met with much public opposition The presentation of the request to the Zoning Board of Appeals would have been the last level of local government to which the company could have presented their request.
