ENB Region 8 Completed Applications 03/09/2005

The Department has received an application for the above referenced wastewater permit. PCORE Electric Company has purchased the assets of Lapp Bushing Operations from Lapp Insulator Company, LLC which includes Outfalls 003, 004, and 005 that discharge to Oatka Creek, a Class C stream.  PCORE will be performing the same manufacturing operations as Lapp, therefore they will be discharging the same pollutants as those previously discharged by Lapp.  Outfalls 003 and 005 are stormwater only and Outfall 004 is process water, non-contact cooling water, test pit water and stormwater and has effluent limits for oil & grease, temperature, iron and tetrachloroethylene.  There are also action levels for chloroform, dichlorobromomethane, 1,1 dichloroethane, methylene chloride, toluene, and 1,1,1 trichloroethane.  In addition to the three outfalls, Best Management Practices pages have been included in the draft permit.  The wastewater permit for Lapp Insulator Company, LLC will be modified in conjunction with this proposed new permit to delete the outfalls that will be covered by the PCORE wastewater permit.

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 this 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.  A draft permit is available for review.

Applicant is proposing a 36 lot residential subdivision on a 17.2 acre parcel  in the Village of Lima.  The project site is located immediately west of Kober Drive.  Site development will include re-location of an unnamed unclassified tributary of Spring Brook and construction of a wetland mitigation pond which is part of the project stormwater management plan. The project will involve filling of 0.38 acres of federal wetland.  As mitigation a 0.76 acre wetland mitigation  will be constructed.  The Village will maintain a conservation easement on the 2.43 acres of existing and constructed wetlands stream corridor, fringe wetlands, and adjacent uplands. The project sponsor will be required to comply with the NYSDEC SPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharge from Construction Activity, Permit No. GP-02-01.