ENB Region 7 Completed Applications 10/06/2004

Applicant has applied for a permit to operate an existing bluestone mine at 1558 Hawleytown Road, in the Town of Binghamton, in Broome County.  The proposal is to operate a 5 acre mine on a 39.5 acre parcel.

The Department has prepared a draft permit pursuant to Article 19 (Air Pollution Control) of the NYS Environmental Conservation Law and made a tentative decision to approve an application for a State Facility Permit for BMC Industries for their facility, Buckbee Mears Cortland Div BMC located at 30 Kellogg Road, Cortland, NY.  

BMC makes aperture masks for use with cathode ray tubes and medical stents.  Aperture masks are thin metal sheets (carbon steel or a nickle-steel alloy) that have been etched with holes, through which electrons pass before striking phosphorescent cathode ray tubes.  The process involves chemical cleaning, coating, printing with ultraviolet light, developing, etching, stripping and rinsing.  Medical stent production follows a similar process although the holes are made by laser cutting rather than chemical etching.  BMC also operates four natural gas-fired boilers.

The facility submitted to DEC a permit application requesting an emissions limitation to cap out of Title V for hydrogen chloride emissions.

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 applicant proposes to construct a 146 single family home subdivision including work within the 100 foot buffer of state wetland CIC-17 (Cicero Swamp).   Approximately 0.4 acre will be temporarily disturbed by the installation of a new sewer main to serve the subdivision and approximately 0.6 acre will be permanently disturbed by re-grading for a stormwater detention basin and lawn area.  The application is available for review in the Syracuse Office.

The Department has made a tentative determination to approve this application for a modification of the SPDES permit issued on July 1, 2002 to the applicant's facility located at 6000 Thompson Road, DeWitt (T), Onondaga County, NY.  The Department tentatively intends to allow various modifications which are as follows: eliminating dry weather flow sampling at Outfalls 003, 007 and 009; reducing dry weather flow sampling at Outfall 002 from monthly to quarterly; eliminating storm event sampling at Outfalls 008 and 010; removing methylene chloride and toluene analysis for Outfalls 002, 003, 007 and 009; updating BMP requirements; removing the Schedule of Compliance; and, reducing DMR reporting from monthly to quarterly.