ENB Region 2 Completed Applications 10/25/2006

The applicant proposes to construct a building and appurtenances to facilitate the aeration of the upper English Kills as part of the Citywide CSO abatement program.  The air compressor building will be located at 1106 Grand Street in Brooklyn.  In order to construct the building, an existing relieving platform will be removed and a bulkhead will be constructed with fill placed behind it to support the building.  An air header/diffuser system will be installed at the bottom of the English Kills from the compressor site upstream to the railroad bridge.  The bulkheaded area will be less than that covered by the relieving platform, and additionally NYCDEP will add 0.4 acres of wetland restoration at the Alley Creek restoration project to offset the loss.

The Department has made a tentative decision to approve a total of 188 tons of emission reduction credits (ERC) for past emission reductions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) at the Kings Plaza Total Energy Facility. The reductions are a result of modifying Unit 0-000DG which has documented past NOx emissions of 296 tons per year and is accepting an emission cap of 116 tons; and the permanent closure of Unit 0-000CH which has documented past NOx emissions of 8 tons per year. Since Unit 0-000CH is being shut down, and Kings Plaza is located in a moderate ozone non-attainment zone, its 8-ton reduction is subject to 25% retainage by the Department. The specific actions taken to achieve these reductions were the subject of a previous Title V Permit modification approved February 1, 2006.