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Home My WebLink About20260098 56 Duplainville Rd Regeneron Sketch Plan PowerPoint Presentation PDFCity of Saratoga Springs Planning Board Meeting Thursday, May 07, 2026 REGENERON SARATOGA PROJECT MASTER PLAN REVIEW List of Questions from the 4/30 Workshop •Truck Traffic Through the Spa State Park •Utility Service and Reliability •City as a Backup Water Source •Alternative Energy •Geyser Park Connection •On-site Parking Truck Traffic Through the Spa State Park •Avenue of the Pines already posted for No Through Trucks (4/30 submission) •Not a designated truck route •Maintenance jurisdiction of Parks Utility Service and Reliability •National Grid Utility Service Letter (4/30 submission) •Dedicated 34.5 kV line to on-site substation •Residential lines – different voltages and circuits •115 kV transmission line and substation under study through NYISO process National Grid concludes that the proposed service “will have no direct impacts on any residential customers,” and has preliminarily determined that the proposed 12 MVA service will not negatively impact the local electric system. City as a Backup Water Source Regeneron will work with the City DPW and Engineering Department to determine the best approach to abandon the existing City water feed into the system, allowing an option for an emergency backup supply, as permitted by the DPW and Engineering Department. Alternative Energy Use •Regeneron Corporate Alternative Energy Goals •Electricity consumption from certified renewable energy sources •IOPS Ireland (100% renewable sources) •Sleepy Hollow (40% renewable sources) •Renewable energy credits •2025 Responsibility Report •On-Site Solar •Commitment to install solar on the proposed parking garage to power that structure. •Rooftop solar not feasible structurally •Geothermal not preferred Geyser Park Connection •Met with City officials on 5/4 •Feasible to build into Phase II of the park project •John Hirliman, Mike Veitch, City staff On-site Parking Why 1,493 spaces when only about 750 employees on peak shift? -Shift overlap -Snow removal and maintenance -Employee convenience -Temporary displacement of surface parking. More detail with site plan applications. -Ease of operations and best use of space On-site Parking Shift Overlap •Up to 900 employees on the site during shift overlaps, considered in the traffic study for trip generation Reserve Spaces (±50) •Security •Special medical (not ADA) •People who work between facilities Parking Occupancy (±200) •Typically 20% of headcount so that staff aren’t driving around looking for the one spot left Visitors (±50) Contractors (±200) •Including space for outdoor staging. Not just vehicles. On-site Parking Special Events and All-Hands Meetings •Employees and families •People from across different facilities Shutdowns •Need space and capacity for this •Employees + heavy contractor presence No parking maximum on this zoning district Design efficiency for a 1,000-space garage, based on HQ design •Accommodate solar •Potentially solid wall facing south (to minimize headlights out to Adams) Up To 1,000 spaces •Ensure enough parking is provided for best operations •Need flexibility on large site Impact on Surface Water •Small impact •Impacts permitted by NYSDEC and USACE •Unavoidable stream and wetland crossing •Impacts minimized by NYSDEC permitting process •Open trench less risky than directional boring •No other aquatic impacts Impact on Air Levels of NYS Air Permitting Exempt Facility: Exempt and trivial activities and equipment Air Facility Registration (AFR): Facilities with emissions below defined limits, commonly for facilities with smaller amounts of combustion and/or process emissions, lowest formal regulatory level State Air Facility Permit: Typically for facilities voluntarily capping emissions below major source thresholds. Title V Facility Permit: Major sources of air emissions under the Clean Air Act Sm a l l e s t E m i t t e r s La r g e s t E m i t t e r s Impact on Air Process Emissions •Process emissions from mammalian cell culture biotechnology are air and water vapor. •No regulated contaminants emitted. No Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) or High Toxicity Air Contaminants (HTACs) will be used during the production process nor are any exhausted. •Combustion operations excluded from the definition of “process emissions” •NYSDEC regulates combustion and process emissions under different regulations •New York’s Air Toxics Regulations (6 NYCRR Part 212) applies only to process emissions and not to combustion operations Impact on Air Combustion Emissions •Regeneron will need the AFR due to combustion-related emissions •NYSDEC regulations and standards developed to be protective of public health. •Combustion emissions from steam generating boilers and back -up power generating equipment. •Multiple heat sources each having greater than 10 million BTU per hour maximum heat input rating, making them non-exempt sources. •All GHG emissions are below EAF thresholds except CO2 (due to combustion sources). •Level is appropriate for this land use and size facility (30,618 tons/year). Small to medium manufacturing or industrial facility. •EAF threshold is 1,000 tons/year. Impact on Energy Small Impact •Electricity use appropriate for manufacturing use •National Grid will serve •No impacts expected to other users due to radial lines direct to Regeneron •System upgrades being considered and studied •Grid resilience •Incorporating renewable sources on and off site Petroleum & Chemical Bulk Storage Bulk Petroleum Storage 7k-10k diesel intrinsic belly tanks for each back-up generator Secondary containment (110% rupture basin), spill and overfill prevention devices *NYSDEC PBS regulations* Bulk Chemical Storage Exterior storage of 10N Sodium Hydroxide and 33% Phosphoric Acid solutions 1-2 tanks per chemical (8k – 10k gal.) Concrete containment (110% single tank vol.), chemical resistant coating, collection basins Pumps and loading stations also in containment areas *NYSDEC CBS regulations* Truck Traffic