ENB Region 1 Completed Applications 06/07/2006

    Bethpage Energy Center 3, LLC., a subsidiary of Calpine Corporation, proposes to modify the permits for the Bethpage Energy Center 3 electric generating station by including one distillate-oil fired boiler, eight natural gas-fired space heaters, and allow the combustion gas turbine to operate in both combined-cycle and simple-cycle mode.

    The Bethpage Energy Center 3 electric generating station consists of a General Electric (GE) LM 6000 PC SPRINT Combustion Turbine Generator (CTG), a two-cell wet cooling tower with a drift eliminator to serve the inlet air chillers, a Once Through Steam Generator (OTSG) with duct burners, a steam turbine generator (STG), a five-cell wet cooling tower with a drift eliminator, and associated balance-of-plant systems and equipment. This electric generating station is part of, and adjacent to, the existing TBG Cogen Partners cogeneration facility and CPN Bethpage 3rd turbine, Inc. simple cycle gas turbine station located at 939 South Broadway, Hicksville.

    The Department has made a tentative decision to approve this modification, and draft permits are available by calling the contact listed below in this notice.

The applicant proposes to operate a laundromat facility at 1821 Brentwood Rd., in the Hamlet of Brentwood, Town of Islip, Suffolk County, NY.  The applicant proposes to discharge approximately 68,000 gallons per day of laundry wastewater - to groundwater, from an Aquarelle Generation II filtration water treatment system.

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. 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 the application I.D. number listed above, and SPDES number: NY 0267112. The proposed discharge is located within an area designated as a sole source aquifer. The following water purveyors have been identified as having service areas located within a 3-mile radius of the applicant's facility: Suffolk County Water Authority.