Air Permit Application & Public Participation Plan
Documents and summaries of WinWaste/Wheelabrators current Air Permit application
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In order for Wheelabrator to apply for their next Title V (five) Air emissions permit, they must submit modeling of contaminants that are coming from their stacks. Due to their location with in a Disadvantage Community, the DEC required an "air quality impact analysis to assess the potential impacts of co-pollutants (HAPs) emissions on the Draft Disadvantaged Communities identified by the Climate Justice Working Group". These are not real levels, but estimates of the location and concentrations of emissions when taking wind, temperature, and topography (land contour) into consideration.
The following images were generated and show plumes setting over Hudson Falls in different concentrations. "Heavy metals, including mercury (Hg), arsenic, chromium, and nickel, and acid gases, including hydrogen chloride (HCl) and hydrogen fluoride (HF) are emitted from the incinerator. These toxic air pollutants, also known as hazardous air pollutants (HAP) or air toxics, are known carcinogens and hormone disruptors. Manmade (anthropogenic) emissions (past and present) have resulted in increased concentrations of mercury in the environment (Toxic Air Program 2025). |
Mixed Municipal Solid Waste (Residential, Institutional, and Commercial)
Pharmaceuticals
Tire Burning
Sewage Sludge from Glens Falls
