ENB Region 1 Completed Applications 01/04/2006

The Department has prepared a Draft Permit and has made a tentative determination to approve this application for an Air State Facility Permit pursuant to Article 19 (Air Pollution Control) of the Environmental Conservation Law (ECL). The existing  facility involved in aerospace, engineering, program management and research and development activities.  This proposed permit will serve to replace the existing Title V permit will no longer be required due to the removal and/or modification of various emission sources at the facility. The facility has agreed to accept permit conditions that limit facility wide emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) at 22.5 tons per year. Records to demonstrate compliance with this cap shall be maintained on site for at least five years. By accepting these state and federally enforceable limits the facility will not be subject to the provisions of the Title V operating program. The facility is located at 600 Grumman Road West in the Hamlet of Bethpage, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County

The applicant proposes to install 150 feet of stone rip-rap along the western shoreline of East Creek.  Installation of the rip-rap will result in the loss of approximately 1800 square feet of tidal wetlands known as shoals and mudflats/littoral zone (SM/LZ).  The applicant also proposes to reconstruct 107 feet of bulkhead in-place, dredge within an existing boat slip to a depth of -4 feet below mean low water and place 15 cubic yards dredge material behind the bulkhead as backfill.  The project is located at 505 East Drive, Copaigue, Town of Babylon, Suffolk County, SCTM# 0100-184-2-32.