ENB Region 8 Completed Applications 04/16/2003

Applicant proposes to construct/install waterfront facilities at 200 Inspiration Point Rd. on Irondequoit Bay.  These activities include: constructing  a 5 ft. by 60 ft. permanent dock with electric anti-deicing device ;  installing an electric boat lift adjacent to the proposed dock and a personal water craft lift adjacent to the shoreline;  installing an electric tram system down the slope to access the waterfront; and constructing a 12 ft. by 18 ft. wooden deck on the shoreline.  The project is within NYS Freshwater wetland RE-1 (I) and the associated 100 ft. adjacent area as well as within  natural protective feature areas described in the Article 34 Coastal Erosion Hazard Areas regulations.  

The applicant proposes to modify their existing 396 acre limestone mine.  The modification consists of a 26.8 acre expansion on the west/southwest side of the existing quarry.  The project site is the applicant’s property north of County Road 121, west of Hoster Road and east of Rt 414 and Reed Lane.  The mine operates as a traditional surface extraction of limestone by drill and blast methodology.  Mining will not occur below the local water table.  No other changes are proposed for the mining operation. Final reclamation will restore the site to seasonal wetland, wildlife habitat, and revegetated open land.   Reclamation will include the replacement of stockpiled topsoil, and reseeding with an approved USDA SCS seed mixture and other plantings as specified in the reclamation plan.  The reviewed life-of-mine modification area is 26.8 acres. Application materials are available for public review and comment at the Regional Office of NYS DEC.

Applicant proposes to construct a one lane 12 ft. wide gravel access road along the top of a dam (Tobin Dam) to access a 63 acre parcel of land proposed to be subdivided into 11 building lots.   The dam facility is regulated under the Article 15 Protection of Waters Permit Program and is also subject to the Article 24 Freshwater Wetland Permit Program. The project involves work on the dam/road within the 100 ft. adjacent area of NYS regulated wetland  RB-11.  Development in the proposed subdivision is planned outside the area regulated under Article 24 program.  The development will need to comply with the Department's Phase II Stormwater SPDES Permit for Construction Activities.  Project is located on Tobin Road near County Rd. 2 in the Town of Addison, Steuben County.  

Corning Inc has submitted an application for a modification of its current Title V Facility Permit for its Erwin Manufacturing Complex, located on Addison - South Hamilton Road in the Town of Erwin.  The facility manufactures ceramic filter substrates for catalytic emission control units for gasoline and diesel engines.

The modification is proposed for existing Emission Unit (EU) U-00001 venting two automotive ceramic filter production lines.  It involves the installation of a new scrubber to control hydrogen fluoride (HF) emissions to allow simultaneous firing of “high fluorine” raw materials in more than one kiln, and an increase in burner capacity to upgrade an existing thermal oxidizer emissions control device.

Emissions from EU U-00001 were previously restricted to below 6 NYCRR Part 231 New Source Review (NSR) and 40 CFR 52 Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) significance thresholds by emission caps, established in a permit issued to authorize modifications on September 24, 1999.  The 1999 permit restricted emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) to 61.2 tons per year, oxides of nitrogen (NOx) to 79.89 tons per year, particulate matter smaller than 10 microns (PM10) to 24.34 tons per year, and total particulate matter (PM) to 34.34 tons per year.  These limits were based on previous operations, the NSR significant increase thresholds of 40 tons per year each for VOC and NOx, and the PSD significant increase thresholds of 15 tons per year of PM10, and 25 tons per year of PM.

Potential increases in facility emissions of NOx, PM10, and PM, due to this latest proposed modification, exceed NSR and PSD significance thresholds.  As part of this application, Corning Inc has agreed to Special Permit Conditions to restrict NOx, PM10, and PM emission increases to below NSR and PSD thresholds.  Since potential increases are based on present emission levels which were below the previously established emission caps, this will result in a reduction of allowable emissions from EU U-00001.  NOx emissions will be restricted to 44.88 tons per year, PM10 emissions restricted to 17.95 tons per year, and PM emissions restricted to 27.95 tons per year. The present cap for VOC will remain unchanged at 61.2 tons per year.

Additionally, VOC and HF monitoring requirements at this facility will be updated to reflect completed testing specified in the original Title V Permit, and additional particulate monitoring requirements will be imposed.  

The application is available for review at the Region 8 NYSDEC office.

The applicant proposes to install stone rip rap for erosion control along 150' of the shoreline of Loon Lake on his property located at 10284 CR 92  in the Town of Wayland, Steuben County.

The application is available for review at the Region 8 office located at 6274 East Avon-Lima Rd., Avon.

The applicant proposes to replace two undersized culverts with an adequately-sized single culvert complete with stone headwall protection in an unnamed tributary to Mill Creek (Class C(T)). The proposal also includes 120 lineal feet of channel shaping and grading to a slope of 1% to restore channel dimensions. The project site is located on Wearkley Road approximately 0.2 miles west of its Walter Kurtz Road intersection. Application materials are available for public review and comment at the NYS DEC Regional Headquarters.

The applicant proposes to construct a two-lane paved access road through the regulated NYS DEC Freshwater Wetland (FWW) MA-24 (Class III) in order to provide access for future development of a 238-acre site currently zoned as Office, Research and Manufacturing (ORM). The access road installation will fill 0.098 acres of FWW and 0.383 acres of FWW Adjacent Area. An existing dirt drive which crosses the wetland will be removed to restore 0.11 acres of FWW, and 0.37 acres of existing FWW will be enhanced as compensatory mitigation.  The site is located on the north side of State Route 31, one mile west of the village of Macedon. Application materials are available for public review and comment at the NYS DEC Regional Headquarters.