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New Source Review (NSR) Permitting

Heritage Station - Permitting Information

1. Facility Information

Heritage Station

2. Location

Scriba, New York. In Oswego County. The site is bounded by Lake Ontario and the Independence Park by Route 1A.

3. Distance from US/Canada Border

Less than 100km

4. Facility Type and Size

800 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle electric generating facility.

5. Sources of Emissions

Turbines, auxiliary boiler and emergency diesel generator, cooling towers.

6. Type of Fuel

Natural Gas

7. Type and Quantity of Emissions

Potential Maximum Annual Emission (tons per year):
NOx 202
VOC 37
CO 372
PM/PM10 211 (includes 8.5 tpy from cooling tower drift)
SO2 55
H2SO4 8.4
Other PSD pollutants           - None expected (includes lead, vinyl chloride, asbestos, fluorides, hydrogen sulfide, total reduced sulfur and reduced sulfur compounds).

8. Emission Control Technology

BACT and LAER will be used as appropriate. This will include the use of dry low NOx (DLN) and SCR for NOx.

  • LAER for NOx = 2ppm
    BACT for SO2, CO and PM10 = Good Combustion Technology

9. Date Permit Application Received

02/23/00

10. Stack Height and Diameter

68.6m/5.94m

11. Permit Agency Contact

Mr. Robert Ewing
N.Y.S. Dept. Environmental Conservation
Division of Environmental Permits
50 Wolf Road, Rm 538
Albany, N.Y. 12233
Tel: (518) 457-2224