[Federal Register: July 5, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 127)]
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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
Notice of Commission Meeting and Public Hearing
Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission
will hold an informal conference followed by a public hearing on
Wednesday, July 20, 2005. The hearing will be part of the Commission's
regular business meeting. Both the conference session and business
meeting are open to the public and will be held at the Commission's
office building, 25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, New Jersey.
The conference among the commissioners and staff will begin at 10
a.m. Topics of discussion will include: a status report on
implementation of the pollutant minimization plan (PMP) regulation
approved by the Commission on May 18, 2005, and formation of a peer
review advisory committee to evaluate the PMP effort; a report and
discussion on post-flood activities; a proposal to rename the Flow
Management Technical Advisory Committee and modify its membership; a
proposed amendment to the Basin Regulations--Water Supply Charges,
relating to entitlements; a status report on re-evaluation of
administrative agreements and project review procedures; an update on
the Pennsylvania Act 220 State water planning process, including
regional priorities; and a presentation on DRBC's water monitoring and
assessment program, an EPA ``Ten Elements Plan''.
The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m.
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
1. City of New Castle, Municipal Services Commission D-78-71 CP-3.
An application for renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to
continue to supply up to 48.0 million gallons per thirty days (mg/30
days) to the applicant's public water supply distribution system from
existing Wells Nos. 1 through 4, in the Potomac Formation. The project
is located in the Army Creek Watershed in the City of New Castle, New
Castle County, Delaware.
2. Wells Farms, Inc. D-99-67. An application for approval of a
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 80 mg/30 days of water
from Wells Nos. Wells Farm No. 1, Wells Farm No. 2, Parold Davis and
Shepard Prettyman, for irrigation of the applicant's farm crops near
the Town of Milton, Sussex County, Delaware. The water will be used to
irrigate approximately 370 acres of grains and vegetables.
3. Lazy Boy Farm, Inc. D-2000-50. An application for approval of a
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 45.240 mg/30 days of
water to the applicant's agricultural irrigation system from existing
Wells Nos. 1 and 2 in the Rancocas Aquifer, and up to 43.4464 mg/30
days from Pond No. 1, and to limit the withdrawal from all sources to
86.8928 mg/30 days. The project is located near the Town of Middletown,
New Castle County, Delaware.
4. Richard M. Morgan D-2000-62. A combined surface water and ground
water withdrawal project to supply a maximum of 137.562164 mg/30 days
of water to irrigate approximately 585 acres of the applicant's farm
crops. Approximately 74.293344 mg/30 days will be provided by the
applicant's five existing and wells and approximately 63.268820 mg/30
days of surface water will be withdrawn from a Hudson Pond tributary
and Three Bridge Branch. The project is located near the Town of
Lincoln, Sussex County, Delaware.
5. Howard A. Webb D-2005-11-1. An application for approval of a
ground and surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 19 mg/30
days of water to the applicant's agricultural irrigation system from
new Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the Columbia Formation and up to 54 mg/
30 days from Intakes Nos. 1 and 2 in the farm pond and to limit the
withdrawal from all sources to 73 mg/30 days. The project is located in
the Mispillion River and Cedar Creek watersheds in the Town of Milford,
Sussex County, Delaware.
6. Theodore Bobola D-2005-15-1. A ground water withdrawal project
to supply a maximum of 35 mg/30 days of water from Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3
and 4 to irrigate the applicant's farm crops in the City of Dover, Kent
County, Delaware. The water will be used to irrigate approximately 217
acres in the St. Jones River Watershed.
7. Borough of Haddonfield D-75-84 CP-2. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project and decrease in withdrawal
from 97.5 mg/30 days to 61.9 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's
public supply distribution
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system from existing Wells Nos. 1A, 5, 6 and 7. The project is located
in the Cooper River Watershed in Haddonfield Borough, Camden County,
New Jersey.
8. Borough of Pennington D-84-33 CP-3. An application for a renewal
of a ground water withdrawal project to continue to supply up to 6.48
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply distribution
system from existing Well No. 7 in the Brunswick Formation, without a
change in allocation. The applicant's distribution system is also
supplied by four wells located outside of the Delaware River Basin. The
project is located in the Jacobs Creek Watershed in Pennington Borough,
Mercer County, New Jersey.
9. Sunoco, Inc. (R&M) D-86-15-3. An application for approval of a
surface water and ground water withdrawal project to revise and
consolidate the allocations included in Dockets D-86-5 and D-86-15 REN.
The applicant requests an increase in its surface water withdrawal from
the Delaware River from 175.104 mg/30 days to 265.0 mg/30 days. The
draft docket proposes a corresponding decrease in the existing ground
water allocation from 232 mg/30 days to 142 mg/30 days from Wells Nos.
1, 3, 5 and 6A in the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Aquifer. Surface water
withdrawals provide industrial cooling and process water. Ground water
withdrawals are used to provide industrial cooling, process water, and
potable water as well as to maintain hydraulic control and meet ground
water remediation goals. The project is located in the Delaware River
Watershed in West Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
10. Polyone Corporation D-89-74-2. An application for the renewal
of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 44.64
mg/30 days of water to supply the applicant's industrial manufacturing
facility from existing Wells Nos. 4, 6 and 10 and new replacement Well
No. 9A in the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Aquifer. The project is located
in Oldmans Township, Salem County, New Jersey. (This was NAR'd as D-89-
74 Renewal.)
11. Pennsgrove Water Supply Company--Bridgeport Division D-93-28
CP-2. An application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal
project to continue withdrawal of 4.7 mg/30 days to supply the
applicant's public water supply distribution system from existing Wells
Nos. 2 and 3. The project is located in the Raccoon Creek Watershed in
Logan Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
12. Township of Greenwich D-94-51 CP-2. An application for renewal
of a ground water withdrawal project to continue to supply up to 46.8
mg/30 days to the applicant's public water supply distribution system
from existing Wells Nos. 4A, 5 and 6, located in the Potomac-Raritan-
Magothy Formation within the Delaware River Watershed in Greenwich
Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
13. Estaugh Corporation T/A Medford Leas D-94-56 CP-2. An
application for a renewal of a surface water and ground water
withdrawal project to continue to supply up to 4.9 mg/30 days of water
to the applicant's public water supply distribution system from
existing surface water Intake No. 1 on the Southwest Branch Rancocas
Creek and existing Wells Nos. 1 and 2 in the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy
Formation, without a change in allocation. The project is located in
the Sharps Run Watershed in Medford Township, Burlington County, New
Jersey.
14. Washington Township Municipal Utilities Authority D-99-43 CP.
An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to
supply up to 24.81 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution
system from new ASR Well No. ASR 20, and to increase the total
withdrawal from all wells to 273.01 mg/30 days. The project is located
in Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
15. South Jersey Water Supply Company D-99-57 CP. An application
for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 42
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from new
Wells Nos. 5 and 7 and existing Wells Nos. 2, 3 and 6, and to retain
the withdrawal limit from all wells of 42 mg/30 days. Wells Nos. 2, 3
and 6 are located in the NJDEP's Water Supply Critical Area No. 2. The
project withdrawal is from the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Aquifer and is
located in Harrison Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
16. Salem City Water Department D-2002-46 CP. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 36 mg/30
days of water to the applicant's public water supply from new Wells
Nos. 6 and 7 and existing Well No. 2 in the Wenonah-Mt. Laurel
Formation and up to 93 mg/30 days from the Laurel Lake and Elkinton
Pond intakes, and to limit the total system withdrawal to 93 mg/30
days. The project is located in the Salem River watershed in the City
of Salem, Salem County, New Jersey.
17. The Lawrenceville School D-2005-13-1. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 5.98 mg/
30 days for the applicant's potable water supply and for irrigation of
athletic fields from Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the Stockton
Formation. The allocation from all wells will be limited to 5.98 mg/30
days. The project is located in the Assunpink Creek Watershed in
Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
18. United Mobile Homes D-2005-3-1. An application to expand an
existing sewage treatment plant (STP) from 54,000 gallons per day (gpd)
to 79,500 gpd to serve 48 additional units in the Kinnebrook Mobile
Home Park. The project is located just south of Route 17B, near its
intersection with Hamilton Road in the Town of Thompson, Sullivan
County, New York, within the drainage area of the Special Protection
Waters. Following tertiary treatment, the effluent will be discharged
to an unnamed tributary of the Kinne Brook.
19. Myerstown Water Authority D-81-67 CP-3. An application for a
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue to supply up
to 33.0 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply
distribution system from existing Wells Nos. 3, 5, 6 and 8 in the
Hamburg and Ontelaunee Formations, without a change in allocation. The
project is located in the Tulpehocken Creek Watershed in Jackson
Township and the Borough of Myerstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
20. PennEngineering D-86-31 PA-3. An application for the renewal of
a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 1.3 mg/30
days from existing Well G to supply the applicant's manufacturing
facility. The primary purposes of the withdrawal are domestic use and
air conditioning during the summer months. Approximately 2% of the
withdrawal is used for industrial processes. The project is located in
the Lockatong Formation in Plumstead Township, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, within the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water
Protected Area.
21. Grand Central Sanitary Landfill, Inc. D-88-52-2. An application
to upgrade a 0.1 million gallon per day leachate treatment plant (LTP)
located on a 537.9-acre tract, just east of State Route 512 in
Plainfield Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The LTP serves
the Grand Central Sanitary Landfill, which receives interstate, non-
hazardous refuse. The existing activated sludge treatment process will
be upgraded with a sequencing batch reactor system that includes
powdered activated carbon and polymer addition. The existing reverse
osmosis (RO) system will be replaced with an improved model that
includes microfiltration. This advanced treatment is designed to meet
an effluent Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) limit of 1,000
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milligrams per liter (mg/l). Thus, the DRBC's TDS effluent limit of
2,400 mg/l will be reduced to 1,000 mg/l. Additional process and
operational improvements will be made. No expansion of the LTP is
proposed. The primary method of leachate disposal for the landfill is
to discharge to the Pen Argyl Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) following
partial treatment, and the secondary alternative is to discharge fully
treated effluent to Little Bush Kill in the drainage area of the Lower
Delaware River Management Plan Area.
22. Delaware County Solid Waste Authority D-89-18 CP-3. An
application to modify the Rolling Hills Sanitary Landfill (RHSL)
(formerly Colebrookdale Landfill) leachate treatment plant (LTP)
discharge to Manatawny Creek via Outfall 001 in the Schuylkill River
Watershed. The landfill and LTP are located off Schenkel Road in Earl
Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Following advanced treatment of
0.08 million gallons per day (mgd), LTP effluent is discharged via
diffuser to a point on the Manatawny Creek in Oley Township, Berks
County, Pennsylvania approximately one mile downstream from RHSL. The
docket holder has requested an increase in the average discharge
concentration of total dissolved solids (TDS) to 30,000 milligrams per
liter (mg/l) from the existing 15,000 mg/l. In support of its requested
modification, the docket holder has submitted an analysis concluding
that the proposed modification will cause no adverse effect on the
downstream aquatic community, nor will it threaten potable water supply
intakes located over 20 river miles downstream. In further support to
this determination, the docket holder will demonstrate via in-stream
monitoring and assessment of analytical data to be collected in at
least a one-year period, that the project will not have an adverse
impact. An alternatives analysis was completed by the docket holder.
The LTP uses the Best Practicable Treatment (BCT) technology. A
wetlands treatment system is used to remove iron from up to 0.087 mgd
of on-site groundwater. No expansion of the LTP or the wetlands
treatment system is proposed. PADEP has approved the discharge from the
wetlands treatment system via Outfall 006 to adjacent Furnace Run.
23. Pennsylvania Utility Company D-89-33 CP-2. An application for
the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue to supply
up to 6.4 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water
distribution system from Wells Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in the Catskill
Formation. The project is located in Lehman Township, Pike County,
Pennsylvania. (This was NAR'd under the name of Tamiment Water Company
as D-89-33 CP Renewal.)
24. Pilgrims Pride Corporation D-89-65-2. An application to modify
an industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) discharge to an
unnamed, intermittent tributary of Indian Creek in the Perkiomen Creek
Watershed. The project, formerly owned by Wampler-Longacre, Inc. is
located at the intersection of Allentown Road and Route 113 in
Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The facility
formerly processed tuna and poultry but currently processes only
poultry products. Because the project is located in the Southeastern
Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area, the applicant has implemented
mandatory water conservation measures. As a result, total dissolved
solids (TDS) are present at an elevated concentration in the IWTP
effluent. The applicant's current draft NPDES Permit limits the
effluent TDS concentration to 1,000 milligrams per liter (mg/l). The
applicant requests a limit of 4,700 mg/l, which is consistent with the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's draft permit
limit for osmotic pressure of 100 milliosmos per kilogram. The
applicant has submitted with its requested modification an analysis
that addresses environmental impact. The project is located in the
drainage area of the Schuylkill River, which is conditionally
designated as Modified-Recreational in the Delaware River Basin
Commission Comprehensive Plan.
25. Blue Mountain Water Cooperative D-93-27-2. An application for
the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to reduce withdrawal
from 10.8 mg/30 days to 5 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's Tilden
Industrial Park from existing Wells Nos. 1, 2 and 5. The project is
located in the Schuylkill River Watershed in Tilden Township, Berks
County, Pennsylvania.
26. Filomina, Inc. D-93-47-2. An application for renewal of a
ground water withdrawal project to continue to supply up to 9.1 mg/30
days of water for supplemental irrigation of the applicant's golf
course from existing Wells Nos. 1, 6 and 8, all in the Catskill
Formation. No change in the existing allocation is proposed. The
project is located in the Pohopoco Creek Watershed in Polk Township,
Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
27. Lower Makefield Township D-2002-48 CP-2. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 1.73 mg/
30 days of water for supplemental irrigation of the applicant's golf
course from new Well No. PW-3 in the Stockton Formation, and to retain
the maximum withdrawal from existing Wells Nos. PW-1 and PW-2 and new
Well PW-3 of 8.64 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Delaware
River Watershed in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania.
In addition to the public hearing on the dockets listed above, the
Commission's 1:30 p.m. business meeting will include possible action on
a resolution to rename the Flow Management Technical Advisory Committee
and modify its membership; a resolution authorizing the Executive
Director to engage a contractor to support the Commission in the
collection and assessment of information for the ``State of the Basin
Report 2006''; and resolutions regarding health insurance benefits for
Commission retirees.
The meeting will also include: adoption of the Minutes of the May
18, 2005 business meeting; announcements; a report on basin hydrologic
conditions; a report by the executive director; a report by the
Commission's general counsel; and an opportunity for public dialogue.
Draft dockets and the resolutions scheduled for public hearing or
action on July 20, 2005 will be posted on the Commission's Web site,
http://www.drbc.net, where they can be accessed through the Notice of
Commission Meeting and Public Hearing. Additional documents relating to
the dockets and other items may be examined at the Commission's
offices. Please contact William Muszynski at 609-883-9500, extension
221 with any docket-related questions.
Individuals in need of an accommodation as provided for in the
Americans with Disabilities Act who wish to attend the informational
meeting, conference session or hearings should contact the commission
secretary directly at 609-883-9500 ext. 203 or through the
Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) at 711, to discuss how the
Commission may accommodate your needs.
Dated: June 27, 2005.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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