ENB Region 8 Completed Applications 04/28/2004

The City of Rochester proposes to construct the Riverfront Development project along the western shore of the Genesee River shoreline from Petten Street to Latta Road.  The project includes dredging approximately 1,600 cubic yards (CY) from the western shoreline of the Genesee River, between the O'Rorke Bridge, along the train depot building, and north to the Fast Ferry dock.  The project also includes 1,150 linear feet (LF) of rock riprap for bank stabilization, 450 LF of stacked stone under the O'Rorke Bridge, a public boat launch with concrete ramp and parking south of the O'Rorke bridge, concrete foundation and retaining wall to support the existing train depot (93 feet LF), a transient boater facility to be constructed north of the train depot (167 CY of fill below mean high), 240 LF of steel sheet pile and supported timber deck,  350 by 20 foot timber deck,  a 220 by 14 foot timber walkway, multiple docking facilities for day and long term use, and a new fishing access point.  The file is available for review and comment at the NYSDEC Region 8 Office.

Applicant proposes to construct a permanent platform /deck and dock on his property located at 31 Schnackle Drive on Irondequoit Bay.   Platform proposed parallel to existing breakwall is 4ft. by 40ft. long with a 4 ft. by 36 ft. pile supported dock perpendicular to the platform.  In addition applicant proposes to install stone rip rap as toe protection to stabilize an existing masonry concrete breakwall.  2.5 ft. high by 5 ft. wide and 85 ft. long.  Project is within NYS Freshwater Wetland RE-1 (I) and is subject to both the wetland regulations and the Department's Article 15 Protection of Waters Program.

Applicant proposes to construct an 8,000 square foot restaurant with related parking, lighting, landscaping and stormwater management facilities at 1384 Empire Blvd. on Irondequoit Bay in the Town of Penfield, Monroe County. The site was previously operated as a restaurant and marina facility.  Marina will be operated under new owners control but no additional dockage or marina improvements are proposed in this phase. The stormwater management system includes  a 50 ft. by 7 ft. rip-rap lined spillway/outfall to Irondequoit Bay and installation of an engineered swirl concentrator designed to provide primary treatment of collected stormwater.  In addition minor parking lot encroachment is proposed into an already developed portion of the 100 ft. adjacent area of NYS Freshwater Wetland RE-1(I).       

The applicant proposes to to stabilize approximately 195 feet of bank of Muar Lake at the Chase Pitkin Home Center in the City of Canandaigua, New York  Ontario County. Specifically, they plan to place about 195 feet of rip rap consisting of 100# -150# rock to prevent further erosion.  The project also includes pavement reconstruction, replacement of wooden guide rails and grading along a portion of the south shore of Muar Lake.

The Department has received an Air State Facility application from Scepter Inc for the expansion of its scrap aluminum processing operations at its Seneca Falls Facility, located at 11 Lamb Road in the Village of Seneca Falls.  Facility operations include loading and melting of scrap aluminum and fluxing agents, casting of aluminum ingots, and handling and disposal of the waste “salt cake”, which is the fluxing agent combined with impurities.  The expansion involves the addition of 2 new furnaces to the single Facility Emission Unit, 1-FURNS.

Four furnaces were authorized in the original Air State Facility Permit issued August 31, 1998, but two of the four were not built at the time of original construction.  After February 11, 1999, the addition of new furnaces became subject to the secondary aluminum national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) requirements of 40 CFR 63 Subpart RRR.  The present permit, issued prior to that date, does not include 40 CFR 63 Subpart RRR requirements for the two furnaces to be added, making modification of the permit necessary to allow Scepter to construct and operate the third and fourth furnaces.

As part of this application Scepter has proposed to limit the amount of scrap aluminum processed to restrict facility emissions, and the Department has added Special Permit Conditions to the Draft Permit, as follows:

Emissions of total particulates will continue to be limited to less than the 6NYCRR Part 201-6 (Title V) threshold of 100 tons per year, as in the initial Air State Facility Permit.

Emissions of hydrogen chloride (HCl) in the modified permit will be limited to less than 10 tons per year, to restrict facility hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions below the Part 201-6 (Title V) threshold of 10 tons per year of any individual HAP compound, and 25 tons per year of all HAP combined.

Emissions of ammonia (NH3) from acid gas control devices will be limited to 145 tons per year in the modified permit to keep concentrations below the Department’s air guideline concentration (AGC) for any off site receptor.

Emissions of hydrogen fluoride (HF)  in the modified permit will be limited to 0.265 pounds per hour (1.16 tons per year) to ensure compliance with HF standards in 6NYCRR Part 257-8.

In addition, Special Permit Conditions  in the modified permit will expand facility monitoring to ensure compliance with Part 212.4c particulate, and Part 212.6a opacity standards.

Finally, 40 CFR 63 Subpart RRR NESHAP requirements in the modified permit include stack testing for dioxins and furans for the two new furnaces.  Dioxin and furan stack testing showed emissions from the two existing furnaces in compliance with the NESHAP standard.

To verify that the facility is in compliance with Special Permit Conditions to restrict emissions, Scepter will be required to maintain a monthly log of aluminum processed and flux use at the entire facility, calculate monthly and 12 month rolling totals of emissions, and report emissions to the Department annually.   Emissions records are to be maintained at the facility for a minimum of five years, and made available with all supporting data to Department inspectors upon request.

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