ENB Region 6 Completed Applications 12/10/2003

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 Barrett Paving Materials, Days Corners Swamp Road, Litchfield, NY  13491.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve the application of the Barrett Paving Materials facility, a crushed stone and asphalt production facility.  The State Facility Permit allows the operation of Emission units 1-PLANT, 2-STONE, and 3-GENST which includes asphalt production, including waste oil as a fuel; crushing and screening of stone, including temporary portable operations; diesel generator operation; and exempt and trivial sources.  The facility has capped out of Title V, and NOx RACT. Permitting requirements by tracking and restricting its facility emissions of PM-10, NOx, and CO below 95 tons per year.

The draft permit with conditions is available for review in the Region 6 NYSDEC office in Watertown, New York.  

Modify the existing operation to make use of an existing access road, straighten an existing haul road, modify the current hours of operation, construct a new settling pond, extend a culvert within the tributary (intermittent stream) to Mill Creek, relocate a haul road over the extended culvert and revise the depiction of the Plant Stockpile Area on the Mining Plan Map, Sheet 1 of 5.

This permit application is to apply for an Air State Facility permit for the existing Burrows Paper Corporation, Lyonsdale Facility.  This facility is located in the Town of Lyonsdale, in Lewis County, along the Moose River.

The mill has one paper machine that produces an average of 45 tons per day of lightweight specialty tissue.  There are two emission points from the process area of the paper machine and one emission point from the boiler.  The two process emission points are exhaust fans from the paper machine area.  The boiler is 49 mmbtu/hr unit that is capable of firing natural gas or No. 2 fuel oil.

The facility, in applying for a State Facility permit, is being capped below major source thresholds for all pollutants.  The facility emissions for the following pollutants are being capped below major source thresholds:  PM, VOCs, NOx, SO2, CO, INDIVIDUAL HAPS, AND TOTAL HAPS.  These caps prevent the source from being subject to Title V, NOx RACT, PSD, and any NESHAPs.  The following individual HAPs are capped to prevent ambient impacts from exceeding the DAR-1, Short Term Guideline Concentrations (SGCs), and Annual Guideline Concentrations (AGCs) thresholds include Formaldehyde, Glycol Ether, Silicon Dioxide, and Quartz.  Emissions of HCI, Ethylene Glycol, and Ethylene Glycol Monoethyl Ether are capped to avoid Title V.  The boiler is subject to the New Source Performance Standards under 40 CFR 60, Subpart Dc.

The draft permit with conditions is available for review in the Region 6, NYSDEC office in Watertown, New York.

This Department has received a request to renew a permit and has drafted an Article 19 (Air Pollution Control) of the Environmental Conservation Law, an Air Title V Facility Permit, at the facility located at Varflex Corporation, 512 W. Court Street, Rome, NY 13440.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve the application of the Varflex Corp. facility, a manufacture of sleeving primarily used for thermal and/or electrical insulation of prejacketed conductors.  The Title V Facility Permit allows the operation of Emission units

U-00011, U-00017, U-00021, U-00027, U-00051, U-00061, U-00071, U-00121, and U-00131, which include the drying and curing operation of the insulation on braided wire, and exempt and trivial sources.  The emissions associated with the above referenced units are Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's).  The facility has capped emissions of VOC's to avoid 6NYCRR Part 228 requirements.

The facility has capped out of Title V Permitting requirements by tracking and restricting its emissions of Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) below 100 tons per year.

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 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 a.m. through 4:45 p.m.), unless the requester 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 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 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 procedure is available upon request or on the Department's web site at: http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/ohms/gudph1.htm.  

In accordance with 6NYCRR Part 621.5(d)(9) and 201-6.4(c), the Administrator of the 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.  After the public comment period, the USEPA will be provided a proposed permit and will have an additional 45 day period for review.  If USEPA does not raise any objection, the Department will issue the permit. The application and Draft Title V Facility permit area available in the Region 6 NYSDEC office in Watertown, New York.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve this application for the existing intermittent discharges averaging approximately 15,000 gallons per day of treated process mine dewatering and storm waters to Stafford Brook from Potsdam Stone & Concrete located in the Town of Parishville, St. Lawrence County, where the applicant mines and processes sand and gravel.  

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 Barrett Paving Boonville Quarry, State Route 12, Boonville, NY  13309.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve the application of the Barrett Paving Boonville Quarry facility, a crushed stone and asphalt production facility. The State Facility Permit allows the operation of Emission units 1-BOONV, which includes asphalt production, including waste oil as a fuel; crushing and screening of stone, including temporary portable operations; diesel generator operation; and exempt and trivial sources.  The facility has capped out of Title V, and NOx RACT.  Permitting requirements by tracking and restricting its facility emissions of PM-10, NOx, and CO below 95 tons per year.  The draft permit with conditions is available for review in the Region 6 NYSDEC office in Watertown, New York.