[Federal Register: September 6, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 172)]
[Notices]
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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, September 26, 2007. 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, located at 25 State Police Drive in West
Trenton, New Jersey.
The conference among the commissioners and staff will begin at
10:15 a.m. Topics of discussion will include a status report by staff
of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and DRBC on the study
entitled ``Multi-Jurisdictional Use and Management of Water Resources
for the Delaware River Basin''; a report on the status of Basin Plan
implementation; a presentation by staff of the USACE on a groundwater
model for northern Delaware; a presentation on a proposal for permanent
designation of the Lower Delaware River as Special Protection Waters;
and a report on the status of the proposal for a Flexible Flow
Management Program.
The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m.
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
1. Forest Park Water (North Penn and North Wales Water Authorities)
D-65-76 CP-10. An application for the renewal of a project to continue
to discharge up to 2 million gallons per day (mgd) of treated backwash
water from the potable water treatment plant to Pine Run, a tributary
of North Branch Neshaminy Creek. No expansion of the water treatment
process or the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) backwash is proposed.
The project will continue to serve portions of Bucks and Montgomery
Counties, both in Pennsylvania. The project is located in the non-tidal
portion of the Neshaminy Creek Watershed in Chalfont Borough, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania and is located in the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Ground Water Protected Area.
2. Abington Township D-73-191 CP-2. An application for approval of
an upgrade of the Abington Township WWTP. The application is for the
addition of biological nutrient removal, the addition of a 750,000
gallon equalization tank and associated upgrades for wet-weather flow
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conditions. The WWTP will continue to discharge 3.91 mgd as an annual
average flow to the Wissahickon Creek, a tributary to the Schuylkill
River. The project is located in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania.
3. Pennsgrove Water Supply Company D-93-77 CP-3. An application to
replace the withdrawal of water from Well No. 11 in the applicant's
water supply system with no increase in the total withdrawal. The
existing Well No. 11 has become an unreliable source of supply. The
total withdrawal from replacement Well No. 11A and all other wells will
remain limited to 70.4 million gallons per thirty days (mg/30 days).
The project is located in the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Formation in the
Delaware River Watershed in Pennsgrove Borough, Salem County, New
Jersey.
4. Westwood Golf Club, D-96-3-2. An application for the renewal of
a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 5 mg/30
days to supply the applicant's golf course from existing Wells Nos. 2
and 3 in the Englishtown Aquifer. The project is located in the Lower
Delaware Watershed in West Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New
Jersey, in New Jersey Critical Water Supply Area 2.
5. William Henry Apartments D-68-92-2. An application for approval
of upgrades of the existing William Henry Apartments WWTP to remedy
operational issues. The WWTP will be modified to treat domestic
wastewater at the hydraulic design of the facility, which is 69,000
gallons per day (gpd). The applicant's WWTP serves the William Henry
Apartment complex and will continue to discharge to the headwaters of
Ridley Creek. The project is located in East Whiteland Township,
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
6. Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. D-75-78 CP-2. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to increase withdrawal
from 3.6 mg/30 days to 8.3 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public
water supply distribution system from existing Wells Nos. 2, 3 and 4
and one spring in the Duncannon, Polar Gap and Packerton members of the
Catskill Formation. The increased allocation is requested in order to
meet projected increases in service area demand. The project is located
in the Van Auken Creek Watershed in Waymart Borough, Wayne County,
Pennsylvania, within the drainage area to the section of the non-tidal
Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, which is designated as
Special Protection Waters.
7. Kiamesha Artesian Spring Water Company, Inc. D-90-68 CP-3. An
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project and to
increase withdrawal from 9.8 mg/30 days to 27.78 mg/30 days to supply
the applicant's public water supply distribution system from the
existing Filtration Plant Well and Fraser Road Well and two existing
but heretofore undocketed intakes in Kiamesha Lake. The increased
allocation is requested in order to meet projected increases in service
area demand. The project is located in the Kiamesha Creek Watershed in
the Town of Thompson, Sullivan County, New York, within the drainage
area to the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Upper
Delaware, which is designated as Special Protection Waters.
8. Upper Gwynedd Township D-91-88 CP-3. An application for the
approval of the rerate of the Upper Gwynedd Township WWTP from 4.5 mgd
to 5.7 mgd as an annual average flow. The docket holder has also
requested a 6.5 mgd value for a maximum monthly flow and a hydraulic
design capacity. The WWTP will continue to discharge to the Wissahickon
Creek, a tributary to the Schuylkill River. The project is located in
Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
9. Lehigh County Authority D-2001-20 CP-2. An application for
approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 30.94 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply distribution
from new Wells A and B and to increase the existing withdrawal from all
wells from 226 mg/30 days to 256.24 mg/30 days. The increased
allocation is requested in order to meet projected increases in service
area demand. The project is located in the Allentown, Jacksonburg and
Beekmantown formations in the Schaefer Run, Little Lehigh Creek, Cedar
Creek and Iron Run watersheds in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh
County, Pennsylvania, within the drainage area to the section of the
non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is
designated as Special Protection Waters.
10. Coolbaugh Township D-2006-23 CP-2. An application for approval
to upgrade and expand an existing WWTP from 0.052 mgd to 0.1 mgd by the
addition of membrane filters to the existing membrane bioreactor. The
addition of the membrane filters will improve treatment quality and
detention time, so that no new tanks are required. The project is
located in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The plant
discharges to the Tobyhanna Creek in the Lehigh River Watershed, which
is in the drainage area of the Lower Delaware River portion of the DRBC
Special Protection Waters. The WWTP will continue to serve a portion of
Coolbaugh Township only and will continue to discharge through the
existing outfall, which is upstream from Francis E. Walter Dam and
Pocono Lake. Coolbaugh Township is currently pursuing the beneficial
reuse of the WWTP effluent for irrigation of a nearby golf course
during the summer months.
11. River Road Utilities, Inc. D-2006-38-1. An application to
approve the reconstruction and expansion of the existing Tuscarora
WWTP. The discharge is proposed to increase from 49,000 gpd to 66,000
gpd and will continue to be to the Delaware River. The project is
located in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania and discharges to the section of the non-tidal Delaware
River known as the Lower Delaware, which is designated as Special
Protection Waters.
12. Wallace Township Municipal Authority D-2006-39 CP-1. An
application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply
up to 8.1 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply
distribution system from new Wells Nos. PW-4, PW-6, PW-7 and PW-8. The
project is located in the Granitic Gneiss Formation in the East
Brandywine Creek Watershed in Wallace Township, Chester County,
Pennsylvania.
13. East Brandywine Township Municipal Authority D-2007-2 CP-1. An
application for approval of a WWTP project to serve proposed
residential development in East Brandywine Township, Chester County,
Pennsylvania. The proposed facility is designed to provide treatment of
0.3 mgd via sequencing batch reactor and tertiary filtration processes.
The project is located at the intersection of East Reeceville and
Bollinger Roads in East Brandywine Township. Following ultraviolet
light disinfection, WWTP effluent will be discharged to a spray
irrigation system of the proposed golf course and driving range, and,
when necessary to a drip irrigation field.
14. Forest Glen Estates, LLC D-2007-8-1. An application for
approval to discharge up to 33,750 gallons per day to a holding pond
and subsequently through a spray irrigation system to irrigate 14.5
acres of woodlands. Wastewater will be generated from the applicant's
proposed 134 one-acre single-family residential lots and an 18-acre
existing homestead on a 313-acre tract. The project is located in the
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Dingmans Creek Watershed in Delaware Township, Pike County,
Pennsylvania.
15. Vogel Farm and Broad Mountain Spring Water Companies D-2007-10-
1. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to
supply up to 6.26 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's bottled water
truck loading facilities from new Wells VFPW1, VFPW2 and BMPW1. The
project is located in the Mauch Chunk Formation in the Quakake Creek
Watershed in Packer Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania within the
drainage area to the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as
the Lower Delaware, which is designated as Special Protection Waters.
16. Hamlet of Bloomville--Community Wastewater Management Program
D-2007-11 CP-1. An application for approval to construct a centralized
wastewater treatment system to serve the Hamlet of Bloomville, which is
currently served by on-lot septic systems. Two 0.03 mgd septic tanks
will be provided, but each will be typically operated at an average
flow of 0.015 mgd, so that maintenance can be performed periodically
without a disruption of service. The septic tank effluent will be
pumped to sand filters prior to subsurface discharge to cut-and-fill
adsorption leach beds. The project is located in the Wright Brook and
West Branch Delaware River watersheds upstream from Cannonsville
Reservoir in the Town of Kortright, Delaware County, New York, which is
in the drainage area of the Upper Delaware River portion of the DRBC
Special Protection Waters.
17. Hamlet of Hamden--Community Wastewater Management Program D-
2007-12 CP-1. An application for approval to construct a centralized
wastewater treatment system to serve the Hamlet of Hamden, which is
currently served by on-lot septic systems. Two 0.026 mgd septic tanks
will be provided, but each will be typically operated at an average
flow of 0.013 mgd, so that maintenance can be performed periodically
without a disruption of service. The septic tank effluent will be
pumped to sand filters prior to subsurface discharge to cut-and-fill
adsorption leach beds. The project is located in the Launt Hollow Creek
and the West Branch Delaware River watersheds upstream from
Cannonsville Reservoir in the Town of Hamden, Delaware County, New
York, which is in the drainage area of the Upper Delaware River portion
of the DRBC Special Protection Waters.
18. Wallace Township Municipal Authority D-2007-17 CP-1. An
application for approval to construct a 0.185 mgd WWTP to serve the
proposed Hamilton development, located predominantly in Wallace
Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. A small portion of the 636-acre
site extends into West Nantmeal Township, also in Chester County.
Approximately 688 residential dwellings and supporting commercial
buildings will be served. Following advanced treatment in parallel
sequencing batch reactors, the effluent will be filtered and
disinfected by ultra-violet light prior to land application via drip
irrigation. The proposed WWTP and drip irrigation fields are located
north of the intersection of Fairview and Creek Roads in the East
Brandywine Creek Watershed in Wallace Township. No discharge to surface
waters is proposed.
19. Dragon Springs Buddhist, Inc. D-2007-21-1. An application for
approval to construct an 11,000 gpd WWTP and discharge the effluent to
an unnamed tributary of the Basker Kill, a tributary of the Neversink
River. The discharge is located in the drainage area of the Middle
Delaware Special Protection Waters. The project is located in the Town
of Deerpark, Orange County, New York. The project WWTP will treat
wastewater from a proposed multi-purpose building, which will be
constructed on 4.4 acres of forested land. The existing temple complex
is served by septic systems that process less than 10,000 gallons per
day (gpd). Several of these mound-type systems will continue to be used
due to their remote location on the property and their efficient
operation.
20. Diamond Sand and Gravel, Inc. D-2007-27-1. An application for
approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply less than 3.1
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's sand and gravel plant from new
Wells Nos. 1 and 2A. The project is located in the Leithsville
Formation in the Paulins Kill Watershed in Sparta Township, Sussex
County, New Jersey, within the drainage area to the section of the non-
tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is designated
as Special Protection Waters.
In addition, the Commission's 1:30 p.m. business meeting will
include public hearings on: a resolution to approve an interim
reservoir operating plan for the New York City Delaware Basin
Reservoirs pending completion of rulemaking on Water Code amendments to
implement the Flexible Flow Management Program (FFMP); a resolution to
extend temporary designation of the Lower Delaware River as Special
Protection Waters pending completion of a rulemaking on permanent
designation; and a resolution to restore text inadvertently omitted
from the project review fee schedule approved by Resolution No. 2005-1.
The Commission also will consider a resolution concerning a
Pennsylvania Coastal Zone Management Program grant to develop a pilot
special area management plan for the Upper Wissahickon Watershed; and
resolutions to authorize participation by DRBC staff in the State of
New Jersey Long-Term Care Insurance Program.
The meeting will also include adoption of the Minutes of the
Commission's July 18, 2007 business meeting; announcements of upcoming
advisory committee meetings and other events; a report by the Executive
Director; a report by the Commission's General Counsel; and an
opportunity for public dialogue.
Draft dockets scheduled for public hearing on September 26, 2007
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 can accommodate your needs.
Dated: August 30, 2007.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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