THE LUYSTER CREEK ENERGY PROJECT ... - Energy Highway
THE LUYSTER CREEK ENERGY PROJECT ... - Energy Highway
THE LUYSTER CREEK ENERGY PROJECT ... - Energy Highway
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A S T O R I A<br />
G E N E R A T I N G<br />
Tourism impacts<br />
There are no impacts on tourism.<br />
Aesthetic issues<br />
A visual impact assessment was conducted for the project and presented in the DEIS.<br />
In summary, the LCEP is consistent with the current uses of the site. The LCEP equipment<br />
will be consistent in appearance, scale, type and use with existing and similar<br />
industrial and energy-related structures in the immediate vicinity, therefore no significant<br />
visual impacts to identified resources will occur. In addition, design measures have<br />
been incorporated into the LCEP equipment to further reduce its visual impacts. Compatible<br />
colors will be used for the stack, tanks, and site buildings and landscaping and<br />
architectural treatments are being incorporated into the site design.<br />
Estimated impacts on real estate and property values<br />
See potential impacts on real estate and property values above.<br />
Environmental Justice considerations<br />
An analysis was prepared in accordance with the NYSDEC Commissioner Policy CP-29<br />
providing guidance for incorporating Environmental Justice (EJ) concerns into NYS-<br />
DEC’s permitting process and was presented in the DEIS. The LCEP is not expected<br />
to contribute any additional environmental burden on the local potential environmental<br />
justice area (PEJA) and will not increase potential air contaminants due to operation of<br />
the LCEP and therefore will not contribute to the community’s air pollution burden. In<br />
fact, the LCEP will decrease the annual actual emissions now coming from the Astoria<br />
Facility, and therefore will reduce the contribution of the Astoria Facility on air quality<br />
impacts that may contribute to adverse environmental and health impacts. The Project<br />
will provide new, high efficiency, clean electric generation. In addition, a conservative<br />
air dispersion modeling analysis demonstrates that the air quality impacts resulting<br />
from the emissions of pollutants from the LCEP Equipment will be below their respective<br />
Significant Impact Levels (SILs). Impacts that are below SILs by definition will not<br />
cause or contribute to exceedences of ambient air quality standards.<br />
The consequences of the LCEP include modification of the Title V Air Permit for the<br />
existing Astoria Facility Units in order to retire existing Astoria Facility Unit 2 and implement<br />
enforceable emissions limits on the remaining Astoria Facility Units. There<br />
will be no significant noise, de minimis increases in traffic levels associated with project<br />
operations, and a visually sensitive design used in order to integrate the LCEP<br />
equipment with the surrounding landscape. The Site has been designed, structurally<br />
and visually, to ensure that construction and operation activities will accommodate<br />
and complement existing community plans and efforts<br />
Smart growth considerations<br />
The LCEP will support the Smart Growth principals in that it will reduce existing air<br />
emissions in the area while providing a new, clean economic and efficient source of<br />
electricity. It will also increase the reliability of electric supply to the local community<br />
and be designed to integrate into the current surroundings and incorporate other environmentally<br />
sensitive design considerations.<br />
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