Clay Bird Lane Bulletin

A slide deck prepared in August 2026 tabulates 32 emergency responses to 121 Clay Bird Lane from 2014 to 2026, drawn mainly from a county records production; this page reproduces its incident table and stated sources.

A compiled record of 33 photographic exhibits and a 12-item source index covering repeated fires at the Clay Bird Lane mulch facility from 2014 to 2026, split here by incident.

The Town is seeking a professional engineer to review plans, oversee excavation and disposal, sample soil, and certify a final report for removal of roughly 1,000 cubic yards of C&D fill from the berm at 121 Clay Bird Lane; proposals were due September 22, 2026.

The Town extended the Commercial Material Removal & Disposal RFP deadline to October 5, 2026, saying the NYSDEC work plan is still being completed, and revised the bidder information to about 1,400 cubic yards (roughly 1,540 tons).

The Town's second addendum to the Organic Material Removal & Disposal RFP clarifies that trucking is not subject to prevailing wage rates and notifies bidders of a planned two-week trucking shutdown while lead-affected berm material is removed; the bid deadline was not extended.

A statement from Supervisor Fulgenzi, posted on the Town of Mount Pleasant's Facebook page on August 13, describes the Town's position on the Clay Bird Lane facility, past fires, a former contractor, and the current emergency vendor.

The Town's second addendum to the Commercial Material Removal & Disposal RFP adds a special notice that the project work plan must be approved by NYSDEC before work starts, revises the Information for Bidders, and attaches an additional soil sampling results table.

The Town's first addendum to the Organic Material Removal & Disposal RFP corrects bid errors, adds a performance bond exhibit, and extends the proposal deadline to August 31, 2026.

The most recent notice on the Clay Bird Lane facility itself, following a July 16 inspection that documented mulch migrating over a slope toward the Taconic State Parkway and a debris pile sampled with elevated lead levels.

Another related notice to the Town, this time for the Lozza Drive Material Storage and Processing Yard, citing landfilling of debris and an untreated leachate discharge.

Town of Mount Pleasant is soliciting sealed proposals for removal and disposal of about 25,000 cubic yards of processed organic material at the Clay Bird Lane site.

A related NYSDEC notice to the Town of Mount Pleasant concerning a separate facility on Pocantico River Road, Pleasantville, operating on a permit that expired in 2024.

A one-page annotated aerial plan from the Town Engineer's office lays out six emergency tasks at the Clay Bird Lane site, including removing about 3,000 yards of processed mulch and relocating about 500 yards of compost.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on May 15, 2026, with an alarm at 10:18:07 AM.

Briarcliff Manor Fire Department incident records list four outside-fire responses at the same Clay Bird Lane location between April 8 and May 15, 2026, including a 2 hour 20 minute mulch pile fire on April 14 that needed mutual aid and water tenders.

A more extensive NYSDEC notice following three 2026 inspections, citing unauthorized construction & demolition debris handling, waste management, and waste acceptance violations.

The Briarcliff Manor Fire Department's incident report and county records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on April 14, 2026, with an alarm at 7:41:21 AM and a recorded duration of 2 hours 20 minutes 26 seconds.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on April 8, 2026, with an alarm at 10:28:05 AM.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on April 8, 2026, with an alarm at 10:30:25 PM.

NYSDEC notice of violation to facility operator Nicholas Amodio following a December 2024 fire, citing an unpermitted yard trimmings compost operation.

Companion notice to the Town of Mount Pleasant citing the same unauthorized compost operation, this time flagging it as occurring on town-owned property.

Photos, fire department posts and news coverage document a large overnight mulch fire on Clay Bird Lane beginning at 12:32 AM on December 8, 2024, fought with tanker shuttles because of a lack of hydrants.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on November 15, 2024, with an alarm at 2:48:52 PM.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on December 31, 2021, with an alarm at 10:43:49 AM and a recorded duration of 0.4 hours.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on December 30, 2021, with an alarm at 2:10:16 PM and a recorded duration of 0.2 hours.

A fire department article and a fire-photography page document a mulch pile fire on Clay Bird Lane on or about July 10, 2021, which the photographer's post called 'annual'.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on September 28, 2016, with an alarm at 7:25:51 AM and a recorded duration of 0.8 hours.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on September 26, 2016, with an alarm at 5:10:48 PM and a recorded duration of 4.6 hours.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on September 25, 2016, with an alarm at 9:10:51 PM.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on June 1, 2016, with an alarm at 1:54:03 PM and a recorded duration of 0.5 hours.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on March 31, 2016, with an alarm at 11:53:10 AM and a recorded duration of 0.6 hours.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on January 17, 2016, with an alarm at 10:34:01 AM and a recorded duration of 2.1 hours.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on October 1, 2015, with an alarm at 4:35:12 AM and a recorded duration of 0.4 hours.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on October 1, 2015, with an alarm at 8:19:51 AM and a recorded duration of 9.1 hours.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on August 17, 2015, with an alarm at 8:50:50 AM and a recorded duration of 0.1 hours.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on August 1, 2015, with an alarm at 10:23:29 AM and a recorded duration of 4.2 hours.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on July 31, 2015, with an alarm at 4:51:56 AM and a recorded duration of 1.1 hours.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on July 30, 2015, with an alarm at 8:07:32 AM and a recorded duration of 4.5 hours.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on February 7, 2015, with an alarm at 11:43:03 AM and a recorded duration of 2.5 hours.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on February 3, 2015, with an alarm at 2:49:45 PM and a recorded duration of 3.0 hours.

County records list a fire response to 121 Clay Bird Lane on November 20, 2014, with an alarm at 2:08:44 PM and a recorded duration of 0.8 hours.

Photos, a fire department article and a compiled timeline describe a fire in a large brush and mulch pile at the end of Clay Bird Lane on September 30, 2014, with neighboring departments shuttling water in tanker trucks.