ENB Region 9 Completed Applications 12/15/2004

The Department (DEC) has prepared a Draft Permit and has made a tentative determination to approve this application for renewal of an existing Title IV (Phase II Acid Rain) Permit as required by CFR Part 72 for the applicant's Dunkirk Steam Generating Station located on the shore of Lake Erie.   The electrical generating facility consists of four pulverized coal, tangentially fired boilers that produce steam, which turn steam turbine/generator sets to produce electricity for the grid.  The facility can produce a total of 600 megawatts of electricity during maximum production.   Renewal of the Title IV Permit will allow the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and DEC to continue to enforce the requirements of the Acid Rain Program.  Emissions will not increase as a result of the permit renewal.  Prior permits, including the Title V Air Permit, issued to this facility remain in force and also include sulfur and nitrogen oxide requirements.  The Title IV Draft Permit requires:  possessing sufficient sulfur dioxide (SO2) allowances to cover SO2 emissions from this facility; meeting NOx emission rates; submitting annual compliance certification reports to EPA and DEC and monitoring, maintaining and certifying monitoring systems for opacity, SO2 emissions, NOx emissions, carbon dioxide and/or oxygen emissions, and volumetric flow rates in accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR Part 75.  In accordance with 6 NYCRR Parts 621 and 201, the Administrator of the EPA has authority to bar issuance of this permit if it is determined not to be in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Clean Air Act or 6 NYCRR Part 201.   The Draft Permit and application are available for review at the DEC Buffalo Office at 270 Michigan Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14203 and DEC Allegany Sub-Office, 182 East Union, Ste. 3, Allegany, New York 14706.

The applicant proposes to install approximately 100 feet of concrete breakwall along the Chautauqua Lake shoreline.  The project site it located at the applicant's property, 4549 Warner Bay Road, which is located adjacent to Long Point State Park.

The applicant proposes installation of a water distribution system to serve the newly created Town of Colden Water District No. 1 and the taking of a supply of water in amounts estimated to average 78,000 gallons per day (maximum daily demand of 147,600 gpd) from the Erie County Water Authority (ECWA) via facilities of the Town of Boston East Hill Water District No. 3 which is served by ECWA under the terms of a Lease Management Agreement.  This new water district will serve a total of 246 parcels in the Town of Colden, initially as a bulk service customer of ECWA, however, it is anticipated that the Town will eventually enter into a Lease Management Agreement with ECWA. The project is to include installation of 35,000 linear feet of 8 inch and 10 inch watermain, fire hydrants and related appurtenances.  Approximately 20 top-mounted light standards will be added along public right-of-ways in the Town's central hamlet area during the same timeframe as the development of the water distribution system.