an additional extension was not granted, however, comments received shortly after the January 15th deadline were considered. Issue 2: Under the contractor's proposed material ttansport method, a private road running through the Half Moon Bay development would be used. There was $n objection to the capping contractor's use of that private road by an alleged owner of a portion of that road. ReSDOnse: The Half Moon Bay Homeowners Association ( W I i A ) responded back to the alleged owner that he was mistaken about which road was to be used ahd therefore was mistaken about his ownership of the road. Issue 3: Why must materials delivery be solely by truck? Why weren't options such as rail or barge delivery left open? Res~onse:Westchester County pursued other materials delivery options prior to finalizing the plans and specifications for bidding the cap. In October 1991, the County held a public hearing on their Draft Environmental Impact Statement: "Proposed Dredging for Materials Delivery: CPSL." Based on several issues including community concerns about river dtedging, the County dropped this option. The County then, with State approval, left the contractors three materials delivery options in the plans and specificibtions: truck, rail or low draft barges (which would not require river dredging). The response from contractors demonstrated that trucking was the preferred delivery method over rail or barge both economically and for ease of scheduling the shipment of materials to maintain the project schedule. Without knowing the exact sources of capping materials, the overall environmental impacts from the three possible delivery methods are virtually the same since material must be trucked from the mining source to either a truck-to-rail loading facility, a truck-to- . barge loading facility, or directly to the site. Overall impacts due to.dust generation may be slightly worse from barge or rail delivery than truck delivery since the soils would have to be handled twice. While overall environmental impacts from the three possible delivery methods are virtually the same, the local environmental impacts would be greater for the trucking option versus the rail or barge option. However, the long-term, local environmental benefit of remediating the landfill via capping outweighs the short-term local environmental impacts from trucking. In response to public concerns about traffic congestion due to trucking, the County has limited the hours which its contractor can truck materials to the site to nonpeak traffic hours (8:3O am - 4:30 pm). Both the County and the State are required by law to get the most competitive prices when procuring goods and services for taxpayer funded projects such as the Croton Point Landfill remediation project. Placing restrictions on the delivery of materials for this project such as requiring a minimum percentage of materials being delivered by rail or barge or even truck could be considered by the State Comptroller as unnecessary restrictions which would limit the number of contractors able to respond to this solicitation. The State Comptroller can require us to rebid the project if bid specifications are determined to be too restrictive. Since rail access is controlled by entity, reauirinq rail.delivery could result in the elimination of most bidders. . Issue 4 : For all of the above reasons, both the County and the State decided to leave all three delivery options open to all contractors who chose to bid on the project. There is concern about the nature of fill to be used for the,cap. Using toxic or untreated fill could present a problem due to the nature of the site. ReSDOnSe: The contractor will need several sources to provide the necessary 500,000 cubic yards of soils to cap the landfill. Each source that the contractor uses requires a number of submittals to the County's engineer which are also available to DEC. These .submittals include: a source certificate that certifies that the soil comes from a certain area, certification regarding non-contamination with a hazardous or industrial waste, and a twenty pound sample of the soil to the engineer. Issue 5: Will the park be closed during the duration of the cap construction? How will park road damage due to trucking be addressed and how will the overall park be left when construction is complete? Will the cap provide suitable habitats for wildlife? What activities will beallowed in thecapped area once it is turned over to the County Parks Department as a passive use park? ReSDOnSe: There is no plan to close the park due to cap construction activities. However, several restrictions within the Croton Point peninsula will restrict some park activities such as vehicle access to all areas. The site Health and Safety Plan (HASP) will also contain contingencies to close the park if necessary based on ambient air monitoring. This situation is not expected but is included in the HASP as a precautionary measure. The construction project includes the