ENB Region 7 Completed Applications 01/26/2005

This proposal is for a Part 360 Solid Waste Management Facility Permit (Research, Development and Demonstration Permit) for a manure and 18, 000 gallons per day food waste anaerobic digester at the Patterson Farm,off of Webb Road, Town of Springport, Cayuga County.  Digested manure mixture will be separated into: solids, which will be used for bedding, sold as composted material and/or land applied as allowed by their CAFO plan; and liquid, which will be land applied per their CAFO Manure Management Plan.  The creation of biogas will be used to produce electricity with two engines/generators: waste heat will be utilized to warm the digester, and heat water which will be used to chill milk prior to delivery onto the trucks.

The Department has made a tentative determination to modify an existing permit for the average discharge of 84.2 MGD municipal wastewater from the Metropolitan Syracuse Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP).  The modifications are based on a series of engineering and scientific studies done to evaluate the need for upgrading the WWTP and providing treatment of the combined sewer overflows (CSO) that occur in the WWTP's service area.  The studies were done due to a Judgment on Consent which required the County to perform these studies.  As a result the monitoring requirements for various CSO treatment facilities are included in this draft permit.  The current wastewater treatment consists of activated treatment system followed by two new filtration facilities: one to address ammonia removal and the other to reduce the phosphorous levels in the WWTP's discharge.  A draft permit is available for review.

The applicant proposes to relocate approximately 550 feet of the North Branch of the Salmon River starting approx. 450 feet upstream of Harvester Mill Road to reduce erosion on the east bank by redirecting flow to an existing westward channel.  The application is available for review in the Syracuse Office.