Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection

Agora Recycled Materials LLC, Cromwell

Consolidated Notice of Intent to Issue a Beneficial Use Determination Authorization

Applicant: Agora Recycled Materials, LLC
Application No.: 202306032
City/Town: Cromwell

The Commissioner of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (“Department”), pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes Section 22a-209f, hereby gives notice of intent to issue a Beneficial Use Determination Authorization (“Authorization”, “BUD-017”) to Agora Recycled Materials, LLC (“the Applicant”) for the beneficial reuse of excess materials obtained during road and bridge construction projects (waste asphalt, concrete, and soil) at 231 Shunpike Road in Cromwell, Connecticut. The Application was received on August 21, 2023 (Application No. 202306032). The Commissioner has found that the issuance of BUD-017 is not inconsistent with the requirements of the federal Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act or Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and that the authorized activity will not harm or present a threat of harm to public health, safety or the environment.

The Authorization will allow the Applicant to recycle materials categorized as waste by-products from construction projects for beneficial reuse rather than disposing the materials as solid waste. The Applicant estimates that between 120 to 1,200 tons of asphalt, concrete and clean or polluted soil will be recycled per year. Excess soil from construction projects will be brought to the Agora Recycled Materials facility in West Hartford, Connecticut for characterization testing and processing.  Once the soil has been characterized at the West Hartford facility, the soil may be mechanically processed to separate the soil from rock, concrete, and asphalt to render the soil more suitable for its intended use.  Only clean or polluted soil not containing PCBs will be shipped from the West Hartford facility to the Cromwell facility for recycling. The soil will not contain constituents at hazardous levels nor exhibit hazardous characteristics. 

The materials that will be recycled to create the product will be clean or polluted soil, asphalt, and concrete. This Beneficial Use Determination Authorization will expire ten (10) years after the date of issuance.

INFORMATION REQUESTS/PUBLIC COMMENT

This application has been assigned No. 202306032; please use this number when corresponding with DEEP regarding this application. Interested persons may obtain a copy of the application from the applicant’s contact noted above. The application and supporting documentation are available for inspection at DEEP, Waste Engineering and Enforcement Division, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT, Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 4:30PM. Questions may be directed to Kevin Clements of the Waste Engineering and Enforcement Division at kevin.clements@ct.gov . 

Before making a final decision on this application, the Commissioner shall consider written comments on the application from interested persons. Written comments on the application should be directed to Kevin Clements, Waste Engineering and Enforcement Division, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106-5127 or kevin.clements@ct.gov no later than thirty (30) days from the publication date of this notice.

 /s/ Brent Madho
Brent Madho, Acting Division Director
Waste Engineering and Enforcement Division
Bureau of Materials Management and Compliance Assurance
 
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please contact kevin.clements@ct.gov if you are seeking a communication aid or service, have limited proficiency in English, or require some accommodation. If you wish to file an ADA or Title VI discrimination complaint, you may submit your complaint to DEEP Office of Diversity and Equity at (860) 418-5910 or via email at deep.accommodations@ct.gov. In order to facilitate efforts to provide an accommodation, please request all accommodations as soon as possible following notice of any agency hearing, meeting, program or event.


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