Fingerlakes1.com Menu Norlite’s incinerator 10 miles north of Albany. Recently disclosed emails on the burning of PFAS-laced fire-fighting foam at an incinerator 10 miles north of Albany have prompted calls for the state Inspector General to investigate the staff of the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The emails raise new questions about when the agency learned that the Norlite incinerator was secretly burning the highly toxic foam and why it didn’t halt the practice sooner. During 2018 and 2019, Norlite incinerated at least 2.4 million pounds of the foam, known as AFFF. It was imported from military sites in 25 states under a contract Norlite’s parent company had with the Department of Defense, which has been cancelled.