ENB Region 9 Completed Applications 03/24/2004

Jamestown Macadam Inc has requested a modification to their Air State Facility Permit. This facility consists of three separate asphalt plants on the same property on Walden Avenue in the City of Jamestown, Chautauqua County. The modification of the existing permit allows the facility to burn Waste Fuel A (waste oil) and No. 2 fuel oil in Plant 3 dryer in addition to natural gas. The facility has demonstrated that the Plant 3 dryer has a combustion efficiency of greater than 99% which is required by 6NYCRR Part 225.2. This modified permit also contains requirements for the facility burning Waste Fuel A and No. 2 oil in Plants 1 and 2 at some future date.  This permit would also retain the 12 month asphalt production limit for Emission Units P-00001 and P-00002 at 123,250 tons per year. It reduces the 12 month production limit for Emission Unit P-00003 from 380,000 to 375,000 tons per year. This reduction in asphalt production will keep each emission unit under 25 tpy for each criteria pollutant. The capping conditions also keep annual facility emissions below the Title V applicability threshold. All other facility data remain as currently permitted. The Application and Draft Permit are available for review at the Region 9 Office of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

The applicant proposes a modification to their permit to reflect a cessation of a manufacturing operations and B.R.I.C. water intake at the facility. The modification request involves the sampling monitoring frequency for cholorbenzene, cyanide, copper and lead be changed from monthly to quarterly and that chormium, zinc, methylene chloride, nitrobenzene, bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate and pt color be changed from semi-annual to annual. The applicant also requests that the sampling frequency of total suspended solids, TOC, temperature, Ph and phenol be changed to monthly. Ammonia will remain on a monthly sampling frequency. The outfalls will remain to the Buffalo River. The Department has made a tentative determination to issue a permit for a State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit under Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law. This tentative determination indicates that the discharge regulated under that statute is considered to satisfy regulatory standards for permit issuance, based on information available to the Department at this time. As a tentative determination, the Department seeks comments on the proposed regulated activity prior to making a final decision on permit issuance. As such, this tentative determination does not signify Department approval for or endorsement of the activity for which a permit is sought or for the overall proposed project. Refer to this application by application number listed above and SPDES number NY0002470.