Village of Freeport New York Freeport Electric Village

Village of Freeport, New York Freeport Electric Village Hall June 24, 2002 SL 002014

Description of the Project Two separately owned and operated natural gas fueled 44 MW combustion turbines with ancillary equipment to be constructed adjacent to existing power plant v Noise wall construction reduces noise levels v Construction of near GEP stacks and Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) to mitigate air impacts, in compliance with LAER, Lowest Achievable Emissions Rate v State of the Art technology to reduce existing air and noise impacts v SL 002014

Construction of: 2 Natural Gas fueled Power Plants, clean – state of the art – technology, one owned by the Village to serve native load and one merchant facility v Cooling Tower replacement for Village of Freeport v Gas supply line from Key. Span to two power plants v Electric Interconnection from 2 power plants to New Switching Station v Switching Station to connect Village of Freeport and PPL to LIPA and the rest of LI v SL 002014

Existing Power Plant Viewed from Creek SL 002014

Computer Enhanced View from Creek SL 002014

Computer enhanced Image of Switching Station SL 002014

Village of Freeport Plant and Merchant Plant v independent/separate facilities Ø Natural Gas-fueled Combustion turbines Ø Air Pollution Control Equipment Ø Ammonia scrubbing equipment Ø Low Sulfur Fuel for back-up use v shared facilities Ø Secondary containment system (with existing tanks) Ø Noise Wall Ø Natural Gas pipeline and Electric Transmission line, however will meter separately SL 002014

SEQRA – Unlisted Action vs. Type 1 Action v “Determination of Significance” Positive Declaration or Negative Declaration? v Unlisted doesn’t require Coordinated Review v Type 1 require Coordinated Review v The Village as Lead Agency is performing a Coordinated Review SL 002014

Purpose of SEQRA To incorporate the consideration of environmental factors into the local agency’s decision-making process at the earliest possible time SL 002014

Decision is primarily based on the Environmental Assessment SL 002014

What is an EA? An EA is an evaluation of the known or potential environmental consequences of a proposed action v EAs help involved and interested agencies identify their concerns about the action and provide guidance to the lead agency in making its determination of significance v SL 002014

The EA for the Freeport Electric Plant No. 2 Generating Project SL 002014

Social Issues Land Use and Zoning v Community Facilities v Cultural Resources v Visual Resources v Socioeconomic and Environmental Justice v Public Health and Safety v SL 002014

Existing and Proposed Views from Norman Levy Preserve SL 002014

Technical Issues Traffic and Transportation – no change from existing v Air Quality – better than in full compliance, LAER and SCR v Noise – in full compliance v Infrastructure – no impacts v Contaminated Materials – no impacts v Soils, Geology, and Seismology – no impacts v SL 002014

Existing and Proposed View looking East from East First St. SL 002014

Environmental Issues Natural Resources, including wetlands, restored to better than existing conditions v Water Resources – no impact v Storm Water Management – no impact v Coastal Zone Management/Coastal Storms v SL 002014

Construction Impacts – Temporary v Warehousing, Noise Abatement and Traffic Abatement Procedures Implemented SL 002014

Determination of Significance Impact or No Impact ? SL 002014

Determination of Significance The project conforms to standards designed to protect the environment and appropriate design parameters have been imposed to ensure standards are enforced SL 002014

Negative Declaration No significant impact is expected to occur to: air, land resources, visual resources, groundwater resources, surface water, cultural resources, open space and recreation, transportation, energy and public health. Furthermore, no significant noise and odor impacts are expected SL 002014