PRELIMINARY SCOPING STATEMENT Danskammer Energy Center Town of Newburgh Orange County, New York Case No.: 18-F-0325 Prepared for: Danskammer Energy, LLC 181 South Plank Road Newburgh, New York 12550 Contact: Mr. William Reid [email protected], (646) 783-3717 Prepared by: TRC 1200 Wall Street West, 5th Floor Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 February 2019 Danskammer Energy Center Preliminary Scoping Statement TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 PROJECT INFORMATION ........................................................................................ 1-1 1.1 Introduction of Applicant and Their Property Rights and Interests ..................... 1-1 1.2 Brief Description of the Proposed Project ........................................................... 1-6 1.3 Project Purpose and Benefits ............................................................................. 1-10 1.4 Consistency with Energy Planning Objectives .................................................. 1-11 1.4.1 New York State Energy Plan ................................................................. 1-11 1.5 Project Location and Site History ...................................................................... 1-12 1.6 Overview of Environmental Setting .................................................................. 1-13 1.7 Public Involvement Program ............................................................................. 1-15 1.7.1 Planning and Pre-Application Phase ...................................................... 1-15 1.7.2 Study and Application Phase ................................................................. 1-20 1.7.3 Application and Certification Phase ...................................................... 1-20 1.7.4 Compliance and Implementation Phase ................................................. 1-21 1.7.5 Significant Issues Raised During Public Meetings and Informal Consultation with Agencies ................................................................... 1-21 2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Project Overview ................................................................................................. 2-5 2.3 Project Description............................................................................................... 2-5 2.3.1 Combined Cycle Configuration ............................................................... 2-5 2.4 Major Facility Components ................................................................................. 2-6 2.4.1 Major Components of the Combined Cycle Facility ............................... 2-8 2.4.2 Layout and Appearance ......................................................................... 2-12 2.5 Air Quality Control Systems .............................................................................. 2-12 2.6 Water Use and Wastewater Generation ............................................................. 2-13 2.6.1 Water Supply ......................................................................................... 2-14 2.6.2 Wastewater ............................................................................................. 2-15 2.7 Fuel Supply and Sufficiency of On-Site Fuel Storage Capacity ........................ 2-16 2.8 Chemical Use ..................................................................................................... 2-17 2.9 Instrumentation and Controls ............................................................................. 2-17 2.10 Electric Transmission and Interconnection; Telecommunication Interconnection .. ............................................................................................................................ 2-18 2.11 Safety and Security ............................................................................................ 2-19 2.12 Fire Protection .................................................................................................... 2-21 2.13 Pollution Control Facilities ................................................................................ 2-21 2.14 Construction ....................................................................................................... 2-21 2.15 Cost of Facilities ................................................................................................ 2-22 2.16 Decommissioning and Site Restoration ............................................................. 2-22 3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS ............................................................... 3-1 3.1 Land Use .............................................................................................................. 3-1 3.1.1 Introduction .............................................................................................. 3-1 3.1.2. Existing Conditions .................................................................................. 3-1 3.1.3. Potentially Significant Adverse Impacts .................................................. 3-9 i February 2019 Danskammer Energy Center Preliminary Scoping Statement 3.1.4. Extent and Quality of Information Required for Evaluation ................. 3-10 3.1.5 Avoidance and Minimization Measures to Adverse Impacts ................ 3-12 3.1.6 Proposed Measures to Mitigate Unavoidable Impacts ........................... 3-12 3.2 Public Health and Safety .................................................................................... 3-13 3.2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................ 3-13 3.2.2 Existing Public Health and Safety Characteristics................................. 3-13 3.2.3 Potentially Significant Adverse Impacts and Information Required for Evaluation .............................................................................................. 3-14 3.2.4 Avoidance and Minimization Measures to Adverse Impacts ................ 3-16 3.3 Air Resources ..................................................................................................... 3-17 3.3.1 Article 10 Requirements for Air Quality ............................................... 3-17 3.3.2 Ambient Air Quality and Meteorology .................................................. 3-22 3.3.3 Regulatory Framework for Project Approval ........................................ 3-35 3.3.4 Potential Emissions and Air Quality Impacts ........................................ 3-50 3.3.5 Proposed Air Quality Modeling ............................................................. 3-54 3.4 Noise and Vibration ........................................................................................... 3-55 3.4.1 Introduction ............................................................................................ 3-55 3.4.2 Existing Conditions ................................................................................ 3-56 3.4.3 Applicable Noise Ordinances and Regulations and Acoustic Design Goal ................................................................................................................ 3-56 3.4.4 Potentially Significant Adverse Impacts ................................................ 3-57 3.4.5 Extent and Quality of Information Required for Evaluation ................. 3-57 3.4.6 Avoidance and Minimization Measures to Adverse Impacts ................ 3-62 3.5 Cultural Resources ............................................................................................. 3-63 3.5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................ 3-63 3.5.2 Existing Setting ...................................................................................... 3-64 3.5.3 Potentially Significant Adverse Impacts ................................................ 3-75 3.5.4 Extent and Quality of Information Required for Evaluation ................. 3-75 3.5.5 Avoidance and Minimization Measures to Adverse Impacts ................ 3-76 3.6 Geology, Seismology, and Soils ........................................................................ 3-77 3.6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................ 3-77 3.6.2 Existing Setting ...................................................................................... 3-77 3.6.3. Potentially Significant Adverse Impacts ................................................ 3-84 3.6.4. Extent and Quality of Information Required for Evaluation ................. 3-84 3.6.5 Avoidance and Minimization Measures to Adverse Impacts ................ 3-85 3.7 Terrestrial Ecology and Wetlands ...................................................................... 3-86 3.7.1 Introduction ............................................................................................ 3-86 3.7.2 Existing Conditions ................................................................................ 3-86 3.7.3 Potentially Significant Adverse Effects ................................................. 3-96 3.7.4 Extent and Quality of Information Required for Evaluation ................. 3-98 3.7.5 Avoidance, Minimization and Mitigation Measures for Adverse Impacts ... .............................................................................................................. 3-100 3.8 Water Resources and Aquatic Ecology...........................................................