ENB Region 6 Completed Applications 03/05/2003

This Department has received a request to issue a permit and has drafted an Article 19 (Air Pollution Control) of the Environmental Conservation Law, an Air State Facility Permit, at the facility located at Stiefel Aluminum, 101 Pearl Street, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York 13601.  The facility produces high-grade aluminum alloys from scrap and ingots.

This permit allows the construction of one new furnace for emission unit P00001.

This permit includes federally enforceable conditions set forth in the Secondary Aluminum MACT under 40 CFR63, Subpart RRR.   The draft permit with conditions is available for review in the Region 6 NYS DEC office in Watertown, New York.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve this application for a permit to discharge approximately 5700 gallons per day of treated filter backwash to an unnamed tributary of Lake Ontario (Henderson Harbor) from a new water treatment plant located in the Town of Henderson where the applicant produces potable water.

This Department has received a request to issue a permit and has drafted an Article 19 (Air Pollution Control) of the Environmental Conservation Law, an Air State Facility Permit, at the facility located at Fibermark, Inc., 7740 West Street, Lowville, New York 13367.  The facility manufactures coated printed and paper products.  The Standard Industrial Classification is 2672, coated and laminated paper not elsewhere classified.

The new construction at the existing facility consists of four coating and printing machines, coating and inking dispensing stations, wastewater pretreatment, and converting machines.  A new emission unit, 00005, will contain all of the new construction.  New emission unit 00005 is subject to 6NYCRR Part 228, surface coating processes; 6NYCRR Part 234, Graphic Arts; 40 CFR 63 Subpart JJJJ, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from paper and other web coating; and 40 CFR 63 Subpart KK, National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants from printing and publishing.  The permit includes federally enforceable conditions to cap emissions of formaldehyde below the applicable threshold level set forth in 6NYCRR Part 212.  The draft permit with conditions is available for review in the Region 6 NYS DEC office in Watertown, New York.

This Department has received a request to issue a permit and has drafted an Article 19 (Air Pollution Control) of the Environmental Conservation Law, an Air State Facility Permit, at the facility located at Alcoa Massena Operations, West Plant, Massena, St. Lawrence County, New York 13662.  The permit allows the modification of operating procedures for Melter/Holder furnaces #5 and #6 within emission unit M-00001 as listed in the Title V permit.  The sources are temporarily listed as M-011A and M-011B under emission unit M-0001A for the purposes of this permit. The changes will be written into the Title V permit upon application in March from Alcoa. The sources will now be allowed to use salt flux in their operation (No gas flux). The project emission increases are below the significance thresholds for any pollutant. There is a slight increase of Particulate emissions, and the sources will now emit small amounts of Hydrogen Chloride (HCl) and Chlorine.   The draft permit with conditions is available for review in the Region 6 NYS DEC office in Watertown, New York.