ENB Region 2 Completed Applications 08/20/2003

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve an application for an existing facility, Brooklyn College, which operates the combustion installation consisting of four boilers that are capable of firing natural gas or #2 fuel oil. The College operates a graphic arts printing shop with three offset lithographic printers and a gasoline dispensing site. The facility intends to limit annual emissions of NOX to less than 25 tons per year for the purpose of capping out of the requirement for Title V sources. The facility is subject to the provisions of State Facility specified under 6 NYCRR Part 201-7.2.

The application, draft permit, relevant supporting materials and regulations are available for review during normal business hours at the DEC office provided in this notice. Comments of support or objection may be made by filing a written statement by the deadline date indicated. DEC may schedule a public hearing based upon an evaluation of the nature and scope of any written objections raised. Hearing notices will contain instructions on filing for party status and submitting comments.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve an application for an existing facility, Teachers College Central Utility Plant, which consists of three new boilers exhausting through a common stack. There will also be two exempt direct-fired chillers/heaters burning natural gas and #2 fuel oil and one emergency diesel generator. The applicant is seeking to cap the potential to emit under Part 201-7.2 of the facility NOx emissions to 24.9 tons per year. Five old boilers with a combined heat input of 80 mmbtu/hr will be removed. The application, draft permit, relevant supporting materials and regulations are available for review during normal business hours at the DEC office provided in this notice. Comments of support or objection may be made by filing a written statement by the deadline date indicated. DEC may schedule a public hearing based upon an evaluation of the nature and scope of any written objections raised. Hearing notices will contain instructions on filing for party status and submitting comments.

The Department has prepared a Draft Permit and has made a tentative determination to approve this application. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (formerly known as SalomonSmithBarney) is a  financial services company. The application is for the operation of  emergency generators. The facility has capped out of the 6 NYCRR Part 231-2 requirements by limiting the NOx emissions at 22.5 tons per year.

In accordance with 6NYCRR Parts 621.5(d)(9) and 201-6.4(c), the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has the authority to bar issuance of any Title V Facility Permit if it is determined not to be in compliance with applicable requirements of the Clean Air Act or 6NYCRR Part 201.

Persons wishing to inspect the subject Title V files, including the application with all relevant supporting materials, the draft permit, and all other materials available to the DEC (the "permitting authority") that are relevant to this permitting decision should contact the DEC representative listed below.  It is recommended that an appointment be made to confirm the availability of the subject files.  The DEC will endeavor to make the files available within 2 business days of contact, during normal business hours (8:30 am through 4:45 pm), unless the requestor wishes to inspect the files at a later date.

DEC will evaluate the application and the comments received on it to determine whether to hold a public hearing.  A public hearing may be legislative or adjudicatory.  A legislative public hearing is a proceeding which provides an additional opportunity for public comment.  DEC's determination to hold a legislative public hearing will be based on whether a significant degree of public interest exists.   If a legislative public hearing is to be held, a Notice of Hearing will be published which will include the time and place of the hearing and submitting comments.   The applicant and all persons who  have filed comments on the permit will be notified by mail of the public hearing.  Comments and requests for a legislative public hearing should be in writing and addressed to the Department representative listed below.

An adjudicatory public hearing is a trial type proceeding which provides the opportunity for adjudication on the basis of evidence, including direct testimony and cross examination.  An adjudicatory hearing is held only if substantive and significant issues relating to any findings or determinations the Department is required to make pursuant to the Environmental Conservation Law exist.   A copy of the Department's permit hearing procedures is available upon request or on the Department web site at: http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/ohms/gudph1.htm.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve an application for an existing facility, Vanbro Corporation, which produces and supplies concrete, asphalt and aggregate to the construction industry. The applicant proposes to cap its NOx (oxides of nitrogen) emissions to below 25 tons per year by limiting #2 fuel oil consumption to 131,000 gpy, natural gas to 156 mmscf/year and asphalt production to a total of 350,000 tpy. The facility is subject to the provisions of State Facility specified under 6NYCRR Part 201-7.2. The application, draft permit, relevant supporting materials and regulations are available for review during normal business hours at the DEC office provided in this notice. Comments of support or objection may be made by filing a written statement by the deadline date indicated. DEC may schedule a public hearing based upon an evaluation of the nature and scope of any written objections raised. Hearing notices will contain instructions on filing for party status and submitting comments.