Bethlehem Planning Board approves Pitt Ohio terminal expansion.

The Town of Bethlehem Planning Board's posted minutes for August 18, 2026 report unanimous approval of two actions for Pitt Ohio's proposed redevelopment of an existing trucking terminal at 37 Frontage Road in Glenmont. The Board first adopted a negative declaration under SEQRA and then approved Site Plan SPA 346, subject to modifications and conditions.

Rehabilitation and expansion of an industrial site

The application covers approximately 20 acres. The approved resolution describes rehabilitation of the existing terminal, selective demolition, building renovations, a maintenance-shop addition, replacement of a private fuel island, expanded and repaved parking and circulation areas, and new stormwater facilities.

The property is in Bethlehem's Rural Light Industrial District. A trucking terminal is not permitted there as of right, but the Zoning Board of Appeals granted a use variance in March 2025 for redevelopment of the terminal.

An Unlisted action with a negative declaration

The Planning Board classified the proposal as an Unlisted action and acted as lead agency for environmental review. Its resolution found that the project would not have a significant adverse environmental impact and would not require a draft environmental impact statement.

The findings address the subjects that had shaped the review. The project is expected to affect 0.05 acres of federally regulated wetlands, and the applicant received an Army Corps of Engineers Nationwide Permit letter dated August 12. The plans include a 0.25-acre conservation area, stormwater controls, and work near steep slopes. The Board also relied on a traffic comparison projecting fewer morning and evening peak-hour trips than the prior trucking operation.

The resolution separately addresses water and sewer laterals serving the neighboring 43 Frontage Road property. Those utilities cross the front of the Pitt Ohio site, and the approval requires further field verification and a private easement.

Site-plan approval carries continuing conditions

The Board's site-plan approval is not the final administrative step. The applicant must revise the plans to address the Town's engineering comments before the Planning Board Chair may endorse the final approved site plan.

Other conditions include a preconstruction meeting, construction fencing, stormwater filings, an operations and maintenance agreement, a New York State Department of Transportation highway-work permit, test pits for the neighboring utility laterals, compliance with the geotechnical report, a recorded private utility easement, merger of the project parcels, and applicable Department of Environmental Conservation approvals for bulk petroleum storage and industrial stormwater coverage.

What the August action means

The August 18 minutes include the text of both resolutions and record each vote as 4-0, with one member excused. That record establishes adoption of the negative declaration and conditional approval of SPA 346.

The site plan becomes the final approved site plan after the required revisions and the prerequisite conditions are satisfied and the Planning Board Chair endorses it. The resolution also states that the approval expires after 180 days unless the prerequisites to endorsement are met, subject to extensions the Board may grant.