Sugar Refinery Faces Pollution Permit Issue
iscnewsroom | Jul 27, 2010
New York State officials are proposing to change a waterfront sugar refinery’s pollution permit.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation wants to modify American Sugar Refining’s permit for its plant at 1 Federal St. on Yonker’s southwestern shore.
The company processes raw sugar into consumer products under the Domino brand and draws its cooling water from the Hudson River, into which it returns the used water.
Wastewater from the sugar plant is sent to the county’s treatment plant to the south.
The DEC wants the refinery to do a study to determine the plant’s impact on the river’s fish; monitor its stormwater runoff; and adopt a best management practices plan.
