ENB Region 8 Completed Applications 12/31/2003

The Department has received an Air State Facility application from Dolomite Products Co Inc d/b/a Rochester Asphalt Materials, for existing operations at its Gates Asphalt Plant, located at 1075 Buffalo Road in the Town of Gates, Monroe County.

As part of this application, Dolomite Products has proposed to restrict the Rochester Asphalt Materials - Gates Asphalt Plant potentials to emit carbon monoxide (CO), oxides of nitrogen (NO_X), sulfur dioxide (SO₂), and volatile organic compounds (VOC) to below the 6 NYCRR Part 2016 (Title V) and Part 212 Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) applicability thresholds for a Major Stationary Source.  In response, the Department has drafted a Special Permit Condition to limit asphalt production in any 12 month period sufficiently to restrict CO emissions to less than 100 tons.  This asphalt production limit will also reduce facility potentials to emit NO_X, SO₂, and VOC to less than the CO emissions, below the Part 201-6 and Part 212 thresholds of 100 tons per year each for CO, NO_X, and SO₂, and 50 tons per year for VOC.

To verify that the facility is in compliance with these permit conditions, Dolomite Products will be required to maintain a log of monthly asphalt production at the facility, 12 month rolling totals of asphalt production, and calculate annual totals of emissions. These records are to be maintained for a minimum of five years, and must be made available with all supporting data to Department inspectors upon request.

Also as part of this application, Dolomite Products has proposed to use waste oil, classified as “Waste Fuel A” in 6 NYCRR Part 225, as a fuel, in addition to natural gas and #2 fuel oil.  Waste Fuel A does not contain chemical waste and is subject to contaminant limitations specified in Part 225-2.4(b).  For all 3 fuels, the contaminant emitted at the greatest rate remains CO.  

The application and Draft Permit are available for review at the Region 8 NYSDEC office.

The applicant proposes to establish and operate a new surface, unconsolidated sand and gravel mine on his property in the town of Campbell, Steuben county.  The mine site is east of the Cohocton River between County Rt. 125 and the Southern Tier Expressway, approximately 1.5 miles north of the Village of Campbell.  The mine will operate as a traditional drag-line, subsurface operation below the local water table.  Processing of the dewatered material will be done on-site using a crusher and screen.  A closed loop wash plant will be used to finish processing material into cleaned and sized salable sand and gravel aggregate products.  Excavations will be done in four phases over the estimated 25 year operational life of the mine. The life of mine area is 36.5ac. within the 132 ac. parcel controlled by the applicant.  Final reclamation will be to open water ponds and stabilized, revegetated open land.    

Applicant proposes to stabilize 420 ft. of Big Stream's bank with large rip-rap.   Bank will be graded to allow placement of rip rap.  Project is located on Village of Dundee property at the end of Spring Street in the Village of Dundee, Yates County.