ENB Region 8 Completed Applications 03/22/2006

The applicant proposes to complete a dam for a 1/2-acre pond. The existing dam height is 20.81 feet, with a volume of 1,002,990 gallons.  The dam is classified as a Hazard Class A Dam. The proposed work includes grading, application of topsoil, and establishing vegetation to stabilize the soils. In addition the applicant will be upgrading the current spillway to prevent scouring. The projects site is located on Coleman Avenue in the Town of Elmira, approximately 2, 700 feet east of the junction of Coleman Avenue and Hillcrest Road.

The City of Batavia proposes to construct a boat ramp on Tonawanda Creek in Kibbe Park. The work will consist of a stone ramp excavated into the bank approximately 16 feet wide.  The ramp will have a grade of no more than 12% slope and will have a depth of approximately 3 feet.  The work will include no more than 80 linear feet of disturbance along the creek. A cofferdam, turbidity curtain, and silt fence will be used during construction.

Rochester Gas and Electric proposes to add a second 5,000 gallon horizontal above ground tank system, with secondary containment, to store used transformer oil drained from their field equipment.  They also propose to commence on-site re-refining of the oil, including heating and filtering, in a processing trailer which will be added to the facility. Impurities will be removed from the oil at a maximum rate of 35 gallons per minute so that the re-refined oil can be shipped back for re-use in the applicant’s equipment.  The filtering media from the processing unit has been determined to be non-hazardous and will be disposed of at an off-site solid waste management facility.  The tanks and re-refining trailer were determined to be exempt from air permitting requirements.  The file is available for review and comment at the NYSDEC Region 8 Office in Avon.

The Town of Hopewell proposes to operate the Central Hopewell Water District, Extension #5, and to take for use therein a supply of water estimated to average 18,200 gallons per day from the Town of Gorham's Canandaigua Lake source.  The project includes 33,350 linear feet of water main and appurtenances to serve 85 existing residences and potential future growth along Freshour Road, Stoddard Road, Swamp Road, East Ave, and County Road 47 in the Town of Hopewell. The project will require crossing regulated Freshwater Wetland CS-25.  The file is available for review and comment at the Region 8 NYSDEC office.

The Department has received an Air State Facility application from Dolomite Products Co Inc, d.b.a. Rochester Asphalt Materials, for existing operations at its Victor Hot Mix Asphalt Plant, located at 7607 Commons Blvd in the Town of Victor, Ontario County.

As part of this application, Dolomite Products Co. Inc. has proposed to restrict the Victor Hot Mix Asphalt Plant potentials to emit carbon monoxide (CO) and oxides of nitrogen (NO_X) to below the 6 NYCRR Part 201-6 (Title V) and Part 212 Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) applicability thresholds for a Major Stationary Source.

In response, the Department has drafted a Special Permit Condition to limit asphalt production in any 12-month period sufficiently to restrict CO emissions to less than 100 tons.  This asphalt production limit will also reduce facility potential to emit NO_X, emitted at a lower rate than CO, to below the Part 201-6 and Part 212 thresholds of 100 tons per year.

To verify that the facility is in compliance, Dolomite Products Co. Inc. will be required to maintain a log of monthly asphalt production at the facility, 12-month rolling totals of asphalt production, and calculate annual totals of emissions. These records are to be maintained for a minimum of five years, and must be made available with all supporting data to Department inspectors upon request.

Also as part of this application, Dolomite Products Co. Inc. has proposed to use waste oil, classified as "Waste Fuel A" in 6 NYCRR Part 225, as a fuel, in addition to natural gas and #2 fuel oil. Waste Fuel A does not contain chemical waste and is subject to contaminant limitations specified in Part 225-2.4(b). For all three fuels, the contaminant emitted at the greatest rate remains CO.

The application and Draft Permit are available for review at the Region 8 NYSDEC office.

Hakes C & D Disposal, Inc., proposes to delay the construction of the final cover on portions of the landfill where elevations have reach final grade on the existing 23.2 acre landfill to allow for reduction of the amount of horizontal geomembrane seams and allow for additional settling time.  The landfill will be covered by intermediate cover and shall be seeded and mulched to ensure adequate growth of vegetation is established.  The final cover will be constructed pursuant to the schedule(s) included in the permit application. The extension of the proposed variance to the proposed landfill expansion will be considered a part of the separate expansion application.  The file is available for review and comment at NYSDEC Region 8.  

Applicant proposes to construct a 204,918 square foot Wal-Mart Supercenter retail store, gasoline station, and associated driveways and parking acres on an approximately 30 acre parcel.  Project will involve the filling of 2.18 acres of federally jurisdictional wetlands and thus requires a 401 Water Quality Certification.  As required by the Buffalo District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mitigation will require the creation of a 3.01 acre wetland area on the project site.  The project will also be required to comply with the NYSDEC SPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharge from Construction Activity, Permit No. GP-02-01 and the NYSDEC Petroleum Bulk Storage Regulations.  Project  site is located northeast of Route 31 and Wayneport Road intersection in the Town of Macedon.