Reworld Bristol, Inc.
NOTICE OF TENTATIVE DETERMINATION
The Commissioner of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) hereby gives notice that a tentative determination has been reached to approve the five applications submitted under Sections 22a-208a, 22a-209c, and 22a-174 of the Connecticut General Statutes (“CGS”) and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. The proposed activity will affect air resources. The Commissioner also gives notice that a hearing may be held on this application if the Commissioner determines that the public interest will best be served thereby, and shall hold a hearing as provided below.
Applicant's Name and Address: Reworld Bristol, Inc. (“Reworld”), 170 Enterprise Drive, Bristol, CT 06010
Contact Name/Phone/Email: Mr. George Drew 978-697-6547, gdrew@reworldwaste.com
Type of Facility: Resources Recovery Facility
Facility Location: 170 Enterprise Drive, Bristol, CT 06010
Facility Design: 716 tons/day of Municipal Solid Waste
Hours of Operation: Waste receiving: Monday-Friday: 6:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m and Saturday 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Waste processing: 24 hours/day, 7 days/week Facility Maximum Storage: 23,133 cubic yards
Solid Waste Permitting:
Application Nos.: 202103504 (Modification of a resources recovery facility), 202107639 (New Biomedical Waste Treatment Facility), 202305513 (Renewal of permit to operate a resources recovery facility)
Type of Permit: Modification and Renewal of Permit to Operate and Establishment of a Biomedical Waste Treatment Facility
Air Permitting:
Application Nos.: 202303932, 202303933
Type of Permit: Minor Modifications to New Source Review permits for MWC Unit #1 and Unit #2: 358 TPD Ogden Martin Systems, Martin Reverse Acting Stoker Grate, Waterwall Furnace, Water-Tube Boiler Systems (Nominally Rated at 122 MMBtu/hr each) with Auxiliary Burner Systems (Rated at 50 MMBtu/hr each). The minor modifications are to allow for the firing of biomedical waste in accordance with the Permittee’s applicable Bureau of Waste Management permit.
The existing facility incorporates: two (2) incinerator/boiler systems, including various ancillary equipment; a turbine generator; an ash residue handling building equipped with a dustmizer; a lime silo; two (2) lime delivery and ash conditioning systems; a mobile eddy current system to recover non-ferrous metal in the ash building; a ferrous metal recovery system, an enclosed pneumatic fly ash conveyance piping system; and a receiving building incorporating a storage pit and a tipping floor consisting of various areas for unloading, storage and re-loading activities. All waste will be received Monday - Friday (6:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) and Saturday (7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) and will be processed 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.
Reworld proposes to modify the facility to accept and process Biomedical Waste (“BMW”). The facility is permitted to receive and process: (a) municipal solid waste (MSW) as defined in Section 22a-207 of the CGS; and (b) Special Waste and/or Processed Construction and Demolition Wood. BMW is a category of Special Wastes that requires special handling. Reworld proposes to receive and process no more than 57 tons per day of BMW.
Reworld proposes to construct a BMW Annex to the facility building for the management of BMW. All BMW will be kept separate from all other wastes until the BMW is fed into the boilers using a computer controlled mechanical conveyor system. BMW does not include human fetal tissue, human remains, bulk pathological wastes, bulk chemotherapeutic wastes, formaldehyde, iodine, other preservatives or free flowing Biomedical liquid wastes.
INFORMATION REQUESTS/PUBLIC COMMENT
Please use the relevant application numbers identified in this notice when corresponding with DEEP regarding each application. Interested persons may obtain a copy of the applications from the applicant’s contact noted above. The applications and supporting documentation are available for inspection at DEEP from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and at other times by appointment.
For Solid Waste Permitting: Waste Engineering and Enforcement Division, Bureau of Materials Management and Compliance Assurance, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT. Questions may be directed to Brent Madho at (860) 424-3092 or Brent.Madho@ct.gov. Written comments on the Solid Waste applications should be directed to Brent Madho, 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 Brent.Madho@ct.gov no later than 30 days from the publication date of this notice.
For Air Permitting: Bureau of Air Management, 79 Elm Street, 5th floor, Hartford, CT. All interested persons are invited to express their views on the tentative determination concerning these applications in accordance with Sections 22a-3a-5(b) and 22a-174-2a(c) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. Written comments should be directed to Mr. David LaRiviere, Bureau of Air Management, DEEP, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106-5127, no later than 30 days from the publication date of this notice. Comments regarding these applications may be submitted via electronic mail to: dave.lariviere@ct.gov.
Before making a final decision on this application, the Commissioner shall consider written comments on the applications from interested persons.
PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING
For Solid Waste Permitting: 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 solid waste permit application numbers 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, 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 www.ct.gov/deep/adjudications.
For Air Permitting: Petitions for a hearing shall be submitted within thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this public notice and should include the air permit application numbers 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. The Office of Adjudications will accept electronically-filed petitions for hearing in addition to those submitted by mail or hand-delivered. Petitions with required signatures may be sent to deep.adjudications@ct.gov; those mailed or delivered should go to the DEEP Office of Adjudications, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106. If the signed original petition is only in an electronic format, the petition must be submitted with a statement signed by the petitioner that the petition exists only in that form. Original petitions that were filed electronically must also be mailed or delivered to the Office of Adjudications within 30 days of electronic submittal. Additional information can be found at www.ct.gov/deep/adjudications.
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 Brent.Madho@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.
El Departamento de Energía y Protección Ambiental de Connecticut es un Empleador de Acción Afirmativa/Igualdad de Oportunidades comprometido a cumplir con los requisitos de la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades. Por favor, contáctenos al (860) 418-5910 o deep.accommodations@ct.gov si: tiene una discapacidad y necesita una ayuda o servicio de comunicación; tiene un dominio limitado del inglés y puede necesitar información en otro idioma; o si desea presentar una queja por discriminación ADA o Título VI. Cualquier persona que necesite una adaptación auditiva puede llamar al número de relé del Estado de Connecticut: 711. Las solicitudes de adaptaciones deben hacerse al menos dos semanas antes de cualquier audiencia, programa o evento de la agencia.