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August 10, 2000
Vol. 30, No. 238
For further information, contact Bradley Klotz, Air Quality Management,
302-323-4542, Dennis Brown, Coastal Zone issues, 302-739-6444, or Maria
A. Taylor, Information and Education, 302-739-4506
Public Workshop to be Held Aug. 24 on Conectiv Energy
Hay Road Expansion Permit Applications;
Public Hearings to Follow Sept. 6 on CZA and Air Permits
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Conrol will
hold a public workshop on two permit applications from Conectiv Energy,
Inc. on Thursday, Aug. 24 from 4 to 8 p.m. at DNREC’s 391 Lukens
Drive offices in New Castle.
Conectiv Energy, Inc. is seeking approval under the Air Quality Regulation
25 and under the Coastal Zone Act to construct and operate new generating
equipment which will discharge air emissions at its existing Hay Road
Power Complex at Edgemoor. The new equipment includes three combustion
turbines and heat recovery steam generators, one steam turbine generator
and a mechanical-draft wet cooling tower. The proposed expansion will
consist of a nominal 450-megawatt, maximum 550-metawatt electric capacity
addition to the site’s existing generating facilities. The primary
fuel for the proposed expansion project will be natural gas, with low
sulfur liquid petroleum product used as backup.
The objective of Conectiv’s proposed capacity expansion at its
Hay Road property is to provide an additional supply of cost-effective
and reliable energy to meet the continued demand for electricity by
Conectiv’s customers, and to assist in stabilizing the power pool
grid during periods of peak electrical demand.
The public workshop will precede the joint public hearing on the two
permit applications, helping the public to understand Conectiv’s
proposed expansion and DNREC’s permitting process. The joint public
hearing will be held on Sept. 6, beginning at 6 p.m. at DNREC’s
391 Lukens Drive office. DNREC’s Air Quality Management Section
has made a preliminary determination to approve construction of the
new equipment with conditions. DNREC has reviewed the application for
the Coastal Zone Permit and considers it administratively complete.
Copies of Conectiv’s Air Resources permit application and the
draft air emission construction permit proposed by DNREC may be inspected
at DNREC’s offices at 715 Grantham Lane, New Castle and 156 S.
State Street, Dover. For further information or for details on submitting
comments on the air permit, contact Ali Mirzakhalili or Bradley Klotz,
New Castle, 302-323-4542.
Copies of Conectiv’s Coastal Zone Act application are available
to the public at DNREC’s offices at 715 Grantham Lane near New
Castle, the Dover offices at 89 Kings Highway, and the offices on Route
113 in Georgetown. For further information or for details on submitting
comments on the Coastal Zone Act application, contact Dennis Brown,
Dover, 302-739-3091.
Statements and testimony may be presented orally at the Sept. 6 hearing
or in written form prior to the hearing. Members of the public who wish
to ask specific and prepared questions of the applicant, especially
regarding relevant technical or complex issues, are requested to submit
them to the Department via fax, e-mail or letter by Aug. 21. Questions
relevant to the applications will be forwarded to Conectiv for appropriate
responses.
(document no. 40-01/00/08/15)
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