ENB Region 8 Completed Applications 08/30/2006

The applicant proposes to place approximately 580 cubic yards of gravel, stone and earthen fill in a federal wetland to construct a taxiway and parking area for helicopters based at the Rochester Army Aviation Support Facility at the Rochester International Airport. The project will result in the loss of approximately 0.24 acre of wetland. Purchase of 0.5 acre wetland mitigation bank credit is proposed as compensatory mitigation.  The project sponsor also proposes to discharge stormwater directly into the federal wetland.  The stormwater will be treated with a raised bed sand filter and grass swale.  

The applicant proposes to install approximately 280 lineal feet of stacked concrete stream bank stabilization on Shipbuilder's Creek at the Forest Lawn community in the Town of Webster.  The project will include backfilling some eroded banks, application of stone for drainage, application of geotextile to prevent loss of fine soils and the sloped stacking of concrete blocks.  All disturbed areas will also be seeded and mulched.

The applicant proposes to construct a 99 foot wide crossing of a tributary to Irondequoit Creek for the water, sanitary sewer, and dedicated road to a new 23 lot residential subdivision.  The project will also result in the discharge of fill into 0.24 acres of federal jurisdictional wetland. A Mitigation and Monitoring Plan and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan are available on file.  The project is located between Strong Road and Willis Hill Road in the Town of Victor.

The Town of Yates has applied for a Water Supply Permit for Water District #4, Phases 1-7 to take 126,247 gallons per day from the Village of Lyndonville's Lake Ontario source to serve throughout the Town by 37 miles of already constructed watermain and 5 miles of new water main to be constructed, and appurtenances.  In addition, the Town of Ridgeway is interconnected with the Town of Yates Water District #4 for emergency situations.  Some areas within the Town are not included in this application.  The file is available for review and comment at NYSDEC Region 8.  

With the guidance of the Schuyler County Soil and Water Conservation District, the applicant proposes to extend an existing concrete block wall an additional 144 lineal feet to protect a severely eroded stream bank.  A gravel bar on the opposite side of the stream will also be reshaped and any material removed will be used as fill behind the new wall. The project is located on Catlin Mill Creek in the northeast quadrant of the Village of Odessa, Schuyler County.

The Department has received an application for a modification to the initial State Facility Permit for the existing Corning Inc - Sullivan Park research and development facility. The facility emits air contaminants from glass production operations and process boilers. Corning Inc proposes to increase allowable operation of an emergency generator from a maximum of 500 hours per year, exempted from regulation, to a non-exempt 2000 hours per year, and to include generator emissions under the current emission limits, to continue 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 Department has generated a Draft Permit, which includes Conditions based on material use, fuel use, and appropriate emission factors, to continue 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 continues to limit 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

The applicant proposes to impact approximately 0.23 acre of federal jurisdictional wetland as part of the construction of residential subdivision.  The applicant is proposing the creation of a 0.46 acre emergent marsh wetland on site. The project is located off of Ridge Road (NYS Route 104) in the Town of Ontario, Wayne County.   A Mitigation Plan and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan are available on file.

The Town of Rose proposes to extend the water supply and distribution system of the Rose-North Rose Water District into its Extension #6 and to take for use therein a supply of water estimated to average 10,600 GPD from the Town of Rose's groundwater supply wells.  The project includes the installation of 24,000 LF of 8-inch water main and appurtenances to serve approximately 53 properties.  The project will cross Glenmark Creek by bore method and regulated Wetlands WO-23 and WO-24 by trench method. The file is available for review and comment at NYSDEC Region 8.