ENB Region 1 Completed Applications 02/22/2006

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.  The applicant proposes to discharge backwash from an iron removal filtration system to groundwater.  The applicant proposes to install an Ion Exchange Drinking Water Treatment System and Spent Brine/Rinse Water Injection well.  The injection well will dispose of the Spent Brine/Rinse Water.  The system is associated with a public supply well located at Brown's Hill Road well field and pump station, Browns Hill Road, Orient, Town of Southold.

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 determination. As such, this tentative determination does not signify department approval for or endorsement of the activity for which a permit is sought or for the overall proposed project.  Refer to this application by application number listed above and SPDES number NY 026 7023.  A copy of the application and draft permit are available at the Region I Stony Brook Office.

The Department has prepared a Draft Permit and has made a tentative determination to approve this application for modification of an Air State Facility permit pursuant to Article 19 (Air Pollution Control) of the Environmental Conservation Law (ECL).  This modification includes corrections to boiler ratings, replacement of of the sterilizer, and institutes caps of annual capacity factors for two of the West Campus Power Plant boilers.  The facility has agreed to conditions that will limit the emissions of oxides of nitrogen and will therefore not be subject to the NOx RACT requirements under Title V. These permit condition limitations will also limit the operation of two newly installed burners keeping the facility below the thresholds of New Source Review requirements. The application and draft permit are available for review at the Region 1 office in Stony Brook.  The facility is located at Nicolls Rd., West Side, SUNY, Stony Brook, Suffolk County

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 primary emission units at the facility consist of three (3) 18 MMBTU/hr E. Keeler Co. boilers with Todd burners, burning natural gas and No. 2 fuel oil and six (6) emergency generators.  The facility's potential to emit (PTE) oxides of nitrogen (NOx RACT) exceeds the major facility threshold of 25 tons per year (tpy).  The proposed State Facility Permit caps NOx emissions at the facility to less than 22.5 tpy by providing a method to demonstrate that fuel usage, on a monthly rolling basis, is limited such that the NOx regulatory threshold will not be exceeded.  The facility has agreed to accept permit conditions that will limit facility wide emissions of oxides of nitrogen at 22.5 tons per year.  By accepting these state and federally enforceable limits the facility will not be subject to the provisions of the Title V operating permit program and New Source Review requirements.  The application and the draft permit are available for review at the Region 1 office in Stony Brook.  The facility is located at One Healthy Way in the hamlet of West Islip, Town of Islip, Suffolk County.

The applicant proposes to upgrade an existing well to 181 gpi for the purposes of vineyard irrigation.  The total irrigation time will be 18 hours per day and the estimated average daily pumpage is 196,020 gallons.   The well is located at Holly Farms, Lot #3, Sound Ave., Jamesport, NY.   SCTM # 600-3-1-2.007

The applicant proposes to dredge an existing marina to a depth of 4' below mean low water.  The  1000 cubic yards of dredged material generated is proposed to be trucked off-site for disposal at an inactive sand pit off Bishop's Lane in Southampton operated by Guillo Enterprises.  The proposed project is located at 1810 North Sea Road in North Sea in the Town of Southampton in Suffolk County, SCTM# 900-76-01-04.