Environment DEC
From the April 2003 issue
Governor Pataki Announces $4 Million for Businesses that Protect Environment
Governor George E. Pataki has announced $4 million in Environmental Investment Program (EIP) awards that will help 22 New York companies protect the state's environment, while also saving them $24 million annually through improved efficiencies and increased sales. While announcing the award recipients, the Governor stressed that environmental protection and economic development go hand in hand.
The EIP is administered by Empire State Development's Environmental Services Unit (ESU), which invests funding from the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) as part of the state's ongoing effort to improve environmental quality. Eligible EIP projects are those that lead to the reuse, re-manufacturing or recycling of materials otherwise destined for disposal, and pollution and waste prevention projects that lead to reductions in the volume or toxicity of waste before it is generated. Recipients include businesses, not-for-profit organizations and municipalities.
Award Recipients
- Capital District - Washington County Local Development Corporation was awarded $101,775 toward a $207,049 project to help Adirondack Plastics and Recycling, Inc. (Ft. Edward) purchase plastics processing equipment. This investment will increase the company's plastics recycling capacity by 2,500 tons per year, increase plastics recycling by 1,875 tons per year, create eight new jobs, earn $410,600 per year in additional revenue and save generators at least $74,000 on avoided disposal costs.
- Western New York - County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency was awarded $500,000 toward a $3,267,840 project to assist the Carriage House facility (Dunkirk) with the purchase of equipment that will reduce food waste by 670 tons per year and water usage by 7.34 million gallons per year. This will save the company $564,646 on disposal, energy and production costs, and increase productivity, resulting in $5,500,000 in additional sales.
- Finger Lakes - Coating Technology, Inc. (Rochester) was awarded $72,440 toward a $112,200 project that will enable them to investigate a brand-new product called Pro-pHx that has already shown significant promise to reduce the amount of acids that metal finishing businesses use by as much as 90 percent or more. Success of this project could result in a new pollution prevention technology for the metal coating industry.
- Mid-Hudson - Sullivan County Partnership for Economic Development was awarded $59,634 toward a $106,725 project to assist Brey's Egg Farm (Jeffersonville) in purchasing equipment to expand their composting operation. Success of the project will result in 10,000 tons per year of manure composted and diverted from land-spreading, earn $149,000 per year in new revenue, and save $68,000 per year on avoided hauling fees.
- Mohawk Valley - Mohawk Valley Applied Technology Corporation (Utica) was awarded $204,000 toward a $408,000 project that will enable the non-profit, National Institute of Science and Technology's Manufacturing Extension Partnership office to assist small and medium-size firms in the region to identify and implement pollution prevention strategies. Success of this project will result in investments that increase productivity, enhance competitiveness and reduce waste at a minimum of 10 companies and save at least $700,000.
- Long Island - Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk, Inc. (Middle Island) was awarded $32,500 toward a $95,600 project to purchase equipment for a Habitat for Humanity (HFH) ReStore, a reuse business. Success of the project will assure that at least 18,000 tons per year of building supplies and equipment are resold within the community at costs between 40 and 70 percent below retail, earning $12,000 for HFH and saving donating companies an estimated $1.08 million in avoided disposal costs.
- New York City - Outstanding Renewal Enterprises, Inc. (Manhattan) was awarded $35,000 toward a $48,350 project to help determine the feasibility of operating a 50 ton per day composting facility on the Lower East Side of New York City, specifically Pier 42 along the East River. Success of this project could result in completion of a comprehensive business plan for the creation of an in-vessel composting facility with capacity to divert 18,000 tons per year of food waste, producing 6,000 tons per year of quality finished compost, as well as creating up to 10 jobs.
- North Country - Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency was awarded $325,000 toward a $3,229,842 project to assist Knowlton Specialty Paper, Inc. (Watertown) with the purchase of a drying system for its solvent saturator line. Success of this project will reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions by 164 tons per year, decrease solvent use by 3.6 tons per year, and prevent the generation of 19.5 tons per year of solvent-coated paper waste. This will save the company $111,583 annually on avoided waste management costs, solvent purchases and reduced regulatory fees. The project will also increase coated papermaking capacity at the mill by 8,690 tons per year, earning an additional $999,341 in revenue.
- Southern Tier - Southern Tier Economic Growth was awarded $500,000 toward a $1,748,500 project to assist Green Diamond North America, Ltd. (Horseheads) the purchase of machinery and equipment necessary to establish a Green Diamond remolded tire manufacturing facility in Elmira Heights. Success of this project will result in new capacity to remanufacture 7,653 tons of tire casings per year, earn $8,397,582 per year on the sale of remanufactured tires and create 10 jobs.
