ENB Region 8 Completed Applications 06/28/2006

The Department has received an application from the Village of Nunda to take a backup supply of water estimated to average 130,000 gallons per day for use in an existing distribution system by the installation of a 150 gallon per minute well.  The Department has made a tentative determination to approve this application.  As a tentative determination, the Department is seeking public comments prior to making a final decision on permit issuance.

The applicant proposes to install a 120 foot rock revetment along the Mean High Water Level of Lake Ontario.  The proposed revetment will include 4 ton toe stone and  1-3 ton rock rip rap on a 1 on 2 slope.  The project is located on Banner Beach Road along Lake Ontario in the Town of Kendall, Orleans County.

The Department has received an application for an initial State Facility Permit for the existing Sullivan Park research and development facility, located on County Road 107 in the Town of Erwin.  The facility emits air contaminants from glass production operations and process boilers. The Department has generated a Draft Permit based on the application materials received.

Corning Inc has proposed operational limits to restrict potential facility emissions to below the 6 NYCRR Part 201-6 (Title V) applicability thresholds for a Major Stationary Source.  In response, the Draft Permit has conditions based on material use, fuel use, and appropriate emission factors, to limit facility emissions:

C    of carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO₂), oxides of nitrogen (NO_X), particulate matter smaller than 10 microns (PM-10), and total particulate matter (PM), to a maximum of 99.9 tons per year each, below their 100 ton per year thresholds;

C    of volatile organic compounds (VOC), to a maximum of 49.9 tons per year, below their 50 ton per year threshold;

C    of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) hydrogen chloride (HCl), hydrogen fluoride (HF), and chlorine (Cl₂), to a maximum of 9.9 tons per year each, below their 10 ton per year thresholds; and

C    of all HAP substances combined,  to a maximum of 24.9 tons per year, below their 25 ton per year threshold.

In addition, the Draft Permit limits facility arsenic emissions from glass production and research operations to 34.9 pounds per year.

Facility emission processes include operation of two 46.7 million BTU per hour natural gas fired boilers that can burn number 2 fuel oil as backup, sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid storage tanks, acrylate coating processes, batch mixing and specialty glass production operations, hydrofluoric acid bath platinum crucible cleaning operations, fiber optic production, drying operations, process cleanup and maintenance vacuum systems, and two research and development continuous glass melters.

Compliance verification includes operation of emission control equipment, maintenance of operation logs for the boilers, melters, and emission control equipment, and calculations of 12 month rolling totals of emissions.  These records are to be maintained at the facility for a minimum of five years and must be made available with all supporting data to Department inspectors upon request.

The application and Draft Permit are available for review at the Region 8 NYSDEC office.  The Draft Permit may be viewed or downloaded as a .pdf file at: http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dardata/boss/afs/draft_asf.html  .