Hytone Ag-Grid LLC, Coventry
The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) hereby gives notice that a tentative determination has been reached to approve the following application submitted under Section 22a-208a of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Application No.: 202208122
Applicant’s Name / Address: Hytone Ag-Grid, LLC 7 Greenbriar Lane, Kennett Square, PA 19348
Applicant's Contact Person/Phone/Email: Dr. Rashi Akki, President, (610) 574-8737; rashi.akki@aggridenergy.com
Type of Permit/Activity: Permit to Construct and Operate
Type of Facility: Volume Reduction Plant
Facility Location: 2047 Boston Turnpike, Coventry, CT 06238
Facility design capacity: 75 tons per day source-separated organic material (SSOM)
Hours of digester operation: 24 hours/day, 7 days/week
Receiving hours: 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday – Saturday
Facility maximum storage capacity: 1,022,000 gallons
The facility consists of: a paved access road; a scale; various sized roll-off containers; fully-enclosed receiving/mixing tank combination with two (2) food waste storage chambers [27,000-gallon (gal.) and 45,000-gal.] for homogenization of SSOM; a two-bed carbon adsorption system to treat odors from the receiving tanks; a 9,600 square feet building equipped with odor control and housing a hammer type depackager feeding into a below-grade 75,000-gal. slurry holding tank; a 27,000-gal. agricultural waste and agricultural wastewater collection chamber; an enclosed mesophilic 950,000-gal. anaerobic digester for production of biogas and residual digestate; a 580-kilowatt [136 cubic feet per minute (cfm) biogas generation at 60% methane] combined heat and power engine/generator set for electricity generation; a backup flare with maximum 180 cfm blower to relieve overpressure of biogas and minimize potential for emergency releases; a packed-bed scrubber with iron oxide-impregnated wood chips (“iron sponge”) to reduce hydrogen sulfide concentrations in the biogas; and a 5.5-million gallon lagoon for the storage of digestate prior to use.
The facility is located on a 5.6-acre site within a 72-acre parcel of land. The proposed activity is located within the watershed of Skungamaug River.
The following waste materials may be accepted at the facility: (a) Source Separated Organic Material limited to Fats, Oils and Greases, packaged and unpackaged food waste and (b) Agricultural Waste and Agricultural Wastewaters from the existing, neighboring Hytone Farm.
INFORMATION REQUESTS/PUBLIC COMMENT
This application has been assigned No. 202208122; 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, Bureau of Materials Management and Compliance Assurance, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and at other times by appointment. Questions may be directed to Justin Williams of the Solid Waste Permitting Program at (860) 424-3113 or justin.williams@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 Justin Williams, Waste Engineering and Enforcement Division, Bureau of Materials Management and Compliance Assurance, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106-5127, or may be submitted via electronic mail to justin.williams@ct.gov
PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING
The Commissioner may conduct a public hearing if the Commissioner determines that the public interest will best be served thereby or shall hold a hearing upon receipt of a petition signed by at least twenty-five persons. Petitions should include the application number noted above and also identify a contact person to receive notifications. Petitions may also identify a person who is authorized to engage in discussions regarding the application and, if resolution is reached, withdraw the petition. Original signed petitions may be scanned and sent electronically to deep.adjudications@ct.gov or may be mailed or delivered to: DEEP Office of Adjudications, 79 Elm Street, 3rd floor, Hartford, 06106-5127. All petitions must be received within the comment period noted above. If submitted electronically, original signed petitions must also be mailed or delivered to the address above within ten days of electronic submittal. If a hearing is held, timely notice of such hearing will be published in a newspaper of general circulation. For additional information go to portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Adjudications/Office-of-Adjudications
Gabrielle Frigon, 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 requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please contact Justin.Williams@ct.gov if you are seeking a communication aid or service, have limited proficiency in English, or require some other accommodation. If you wish to file an ADA or Title VI discrimination complaint, you may submit your complaint to the 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.
Published in the Hartford Courant on August 10, 2023