[Federal Register: April 20, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 76)]
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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
Thursday, May 10, 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 include a presentation on the status of the Flood
Mitigation Task Force report and recommendations; a presentation on a
revised proposal for a Flexible Flow Management Plan (FFMP) for the New
York City Delaware Basin Reservoirs for potential consideration by the
Commission at its meeting in July; a presentation on PCB Trackdown for
the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority; and a presentation on
proposed modifications to the Commission's office building to improve
energy efficiency and reduce cost.
The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m.
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
1. Pen Argyl Municipal Authority D-75-28 CP-2. An application for
approval to upgrade the Pen Argyl Municipal Authority WWTP. The WWTP
design capacity will remain at 0.95 mgd. The project involves
replacement of the existing contact aeration/trickling filter processes
with a sequencing batch reactor process. The treatment process change
is needed to improve nutrient removal. The WWTP will continue to
discharge to an un-named tributary of Waltz Creek in the Martins Creek
Watershed, which is located within the drainage area to a section of
the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is
classified as Special Protection Waters. The WWTP serves the Borough of
Pen Argyl and portions of Plainfield and Washington Townships, all
located within Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
2. Mt. Airy #1, LLC D-77-58-3. An application to modify an existing
wastewater treatment plant to replace aged equipment and provide more
reliable operation of the treatment facility. The modifications include
installation of new fine screening equipment to replace the comminutor;
replacement of the existing air supply system, including the blowers
and air diffusers in the aeration basins; installation of new alum,
polymer, alkalinity and sodium hypochlorite systems for process control
and disinfection; construction of a new sludge holding tank; and
miscellaneous improvements to controls, power supply and alarms
throughout the treatment facility. No change is proposed to the
existing effluent limits or design capacity of 0.220 million gallons
per day. The project effluent discharges to Forest Hills Run in the
drainage area of DRBC Special Protection Waters. The project is located
at the former Mount
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Airy Lodge property in Paradise Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
In addition to serving a proposed hotel and casino, the project will
continue to serve the adjacent golf course clubhouse and Our Lady of
the Poconos Convent, also in Paradise Township.
3. West Deptford Township D-79-82 CP-4. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of
108.5 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public water supply
distribution system from existing Wells Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in the
Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Formation. The project is located in the Mantua
Creek and Woodbury Creek watersheds in West Deptford Township,
Gloucester County, New Jersey.
4. Lake Wynonah Municipal Authority D-91-20 CP-3. An application
for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.32
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply distribution
system from new Well No. 8 and to retain the existing withdrawal from
all wells of 12 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Long Run
Member of the Catskill Formation in the Plum Creek Watershed in Wayne
and South Manheim Townships, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
5. City of Philadelphia--Division of Aviation D-96-36 CP-2. An
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to
continue the withdrawal of 29.7 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's
western boundary area mitigation system from existing Wells Nos. EW-A,
EW-1, EW-2 and EW-3 in the Pleistocene Sand and Gravel Formation. The
project is located in the Delaware River Watershed in the City of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
6. Buckingham Township D-2003-13 CP-4. An application for approval
of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 3.24 mg/30 days of
water to the applicant's public water supply distribution system from
new Well No. CS-5 and to retain the existing total withdrawal
allocation from all wells of 42 mg/30 days. The project is located in
the Stockton, Brunswick and Lockatong formations in the Pine Creek,
Neshaminy Creek and Robin Run watersheds in Buckingham Township, Bucks
County, PA and is located in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water
Protected Area. (This project was originally noticed on 8/18/2005 as
part of Docket D-2003-13 CP-2.)
7. Borough of Bridgeport D-70-81 CP-2. An application for approval
to rerate a 0.77 million gallons per day (mgd) wastewater treatment
plant (WWTP) to operate at its design capacity of 0.9 mgd. The project
is located off River Road just south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in
the Schuylkill River Watershed in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania. The WWTP will continue to serve Bridgeport
Borough and discharge to the Schuylkill River through the existing
outfall. The project is located in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground
Water Protected Area.
8. Mount Holly Municipal Utilities Authority D-70-133 CP-3. An
application for approval to expand a 5 mgd WWTP to treat 6 mgd. The
project is located in the Rancocas Creek Watershed in Mount Holly
Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. The expanded WWTP will
continue to serve Mount Holly Township and portions of Eastampton,
Mount Laurel, Hainesport, Lumberton, Moorestown, and Westampton
Townships, all within Burlington County. The existing powdered
activated carbon treatment system will be replaced by a conventional
activated sludge process. Following chlorine disinfection, the WWTP
effluent will be aerated and discharged to North Branch Rancocas Creek
within the tidal reach of DRBC Water Quality Zone 2.
9. Borough of National Park D-77-18 CP-2. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 12
million gallons per thirty days (mg/30 days) of water to the
applicant's public supply distribution system from new Well No. 6 and
existing Well No. 5, formerly known as Well No. 4. The requested
allocation of 12 mg/30 days constitutes a decrease from the existing
allocation of 22.5 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Potomac-
Raritan-Magothy Formation in the Woodbury Creek Watershed in National
Park Borough, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
10. Waste Management Disposal Services of Pennsylvania, Inc. D-91-
47 PA-3. An application for renewal of a ground water withdrawal
project at Pottstown Landfill to continue withdrawal of up to 0.6 mg/30
days of water to the docket holder's contaminant extraction system from
new recovery well RW-7 and from six existing recovery wells (RW-1
through RW-6). The docket holder seeks to retain the existing
withdrawal limit from all wells of 0.6 mg/30 days, notwithstanding that
its current need is less than 10,000 gpd. The project is located in the
Brunswick and Lockatong Formations in the Manatawny Creek Watershed in
West Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and is
located in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
(This was NAR'd as D-97-47 PA-3.)
11. Pennsylvania American Water Company D-98-16 CP-2. An
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to
increase withdrawal from 36 mg/30 days to 61.5 mg/30 days. The
requested allocation includes the existing allocation of 36 mg/30 days
from Wells PCP No. 2, PCP No. 3, PCP No. 4, PFE No. 2, PFE No. 4, Pine
Hill, Summit Point, PMIPA, and Coolbaugh No. 1, all approved by Docket
No. D-98-16 CP, in addition to the existing allocation of 15.75 mg/30
days for Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the Pocono Farms Water
Company, approved by Docket No. D-94-65 CP-2, which was recently
acquired by the applicant. The applicant is also seeking approval for a
new well, which is designated as the Mt. Pocono Field Office well. The
wells are located in the Polar Gap and Catskill Formations in the
Tobyhanna Creek, East Branch Tobyhanna Creek, Devils Hole Creek, Red
Run, and Indian Run Watersheds in Coolbaugh Township and Mt. Pocono
Borough, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. This withdrawal project is
located within the drainage area to the section of the non-tidal
Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as
Special Protection Waters.
12. Downingtown Area Regional Authority D-98-33 CP-2. An
application for approval of the rerate of the existing Downingtown Area
Regional Authority's WWTP. The discharge from the applicant's WWTP will
increase from an average annual flow of 7.134 mgd to 7.5 mgd and will
continue to be discharged to the East Branch Brandywine Creek.
Additional solids handling improvements are also included in the
project. The facility is located in East Caln Township, Chester County,
Pennsylvania.
13. Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex LLC D-99-32-2. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 5.4 mg/30
days of water to the applicant's reverse osmosis facility from new Well
No. 18 and to increase the existing withdrawal from all wells from 17
mg/30 days to 22.4 mg/30 days. The water will be used to create
distilled water for the applicant's latex manufacturing facility. The
project is located in the Magothy Aquifer in the Fork Branch Watershed
in Kent County, Delaware.
14. Lonza, Inc. D-99-38-2. An application requesting approval for
an increase in the average monthly and maximum daily TDS limit for the
docket holder's industrial waste treatment plant (IWTP) discharge. The
request is to increase the average monthly limit
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from 17,500 mg/l to 20,000 mg/l and to increase the maximum daily limit
from 35,000 mg/l to 40,000 mg/l. The docket holder has requested that
the average monthly and maximum daily mass loading rates for TDS be
increased to 13,344 lb/day and 26,688 lb/day, respectively. The docket
holder's IWTP treats effluent from the production of pharmaceutical
products. The IWTP discharges to the Schuylkill River. The facility is
located in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA.
15. Upper Saucon Township D-2000-51 CP-2. An application for
approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 32.16
million gallons per thirty days (mg/30 days) of water to the docket
holder's public supply distribution system through one new well (Well
No. CC2) and two existing wells (Wells Nos. CC1 and Abandoned Mine
Shaft). The individual allocation for the Abandoned Mine Shaft Well is
a reduction from the previous allocation of 30 mg/30 days to 3 mg/30
days; however, the proposed total allocation for all sources is an
increase from the previous total allocation for all sources of 30 mg/30
days. The project is located in the Brunswick Formation in the Saucon
Creek Watershed in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
16. Upper Bern Township D-2001-2 CP-2. An application for approval
to expand a 0.055 mgd WWTP to treat 0.155 mgd. The project will
continue to serve only a portion of Upper Bern Township, Berks County,
Pennsylvania. The project is needed to serve future growth in the
township and to connect some on-lot septic systems to the WWTP. The
existing sequencing batch reactor plant will be supplemented by a 0.1
mgd biologically engineered single sludge treatment system, which is a
modification of the conventional activated sludge process. The existing
chlorine disinfection system will be replaced by an ultraviolet light
system and the existing headworks will be replaced by a new Rotomat
unit. The project is located off the intersection of Main Street and
Wolf Creek Road in Upper Bern Township upstream from Blue Marsh
Reservoir in the Tulpehocken Creek Watershed. The WWTP will continue to
discharge to Wolf Creek, a tributary of Northkill Creek.
17. The Upper Hanover Authority D-2002-10 CP-2. An application for
the renewal of a groundwater withdrawal project to increase the total
system withdrawal from 32.12 mg/30 days to 43.113 mg/30 days to supply
the applicant's public water supply distribution system from existing
Wells Nos. RH-1, RH-2, RH-3, TUHA-1, TUHA-2, TUHA-3, TUHA-4 and
Kemmerer Spring in the Brunswick, Leithsville and Hardyston Quartzite
formations. The increased allocation is requested in order to meet
projected increases in service area demand. The project is located in
the Perkiomen and Macoby Creek watersheds in Upper Hanover Township,
Montgomery County and Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania and
within the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
18. Blair Academy D-76-89. An application for approval of the
existing Blair Academy WWTP. The WWTP is permitted to discharge 50,000
gallons per day (gpd) to Blair Creek, a tributary of the Paulins Kill
River. The facility is located in Blairstown Township, Warren County,
New Jersey, within the drainage area to a section of the non-tidal
Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as
Special Protection Waters.
19. Mirant NY-Gen, LLC D-2001-38 CP-1. An application for approval
of the continued operation and remediated control measures of the
applicant's Mongaup hydropower and reservoir system. The project is
located in the Mongaup River Watershed in Orange and Sullivan Counties,
New York in the drainage area of the Upper Delaware portion of DRBC's
Special Protection Waters. The project facilities include the Toronto,
Cliff Lake and Swinging Bridge Reservoirs, the latter of which provides
hydroelectric power and receives flows from the former. In addition,
the applicant makes releases from and generates hydroelectric power via
its Mongaup Falls and Rio Reservoir facilities, also in the Mongaup
River Basin. This application modifies an application originally
noticed on August 20, 2001, which requested approval of an operating
plan for the applicant's Mongaup hydropower and reservoir system.
Mirant's Swinging Bridge Reservoir has two powerhouses (Units No. 1 and
2). The modified application includes eliminating the use of Unit No. 1
by filling the gate tower, penstock and tunnel with lightweight
concrete. As a result, Unit No. 2 operating time is proposed to be
increased from 13% to 30% and to use approximately 97% of the available
inflow to the site, with only minor losses of power generation
capability. Remedial control measures, including sinkhole back-filling,
filter installation to stabilize material movement, and the conduit-
related grouting, are being undertaken with the approval of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to provide structural repair at the
dam, which had undergone subsidence. Mirant determined that complete
filling of the conduit would further assure that future subsidence
would not recur. Mirant applied for an Emergency Certificate from DRBC
to implement the Swinging Bridge Dam modification project in an
expeditious manner. The Emergency Certificate was approved by the DRBC
on February 13, 2007. The project will not change reservoir volumes or
affect reservoir level maintenance, and will not change the regulated
flow from the Mongaup River System to the Delaware River.
20. Pocono Manor Investors, LP. D-2006-26-1. An application for
approval of the existing Pocono Manor Resort WWTP discharge of 0.140
mgd. The WWTP will continue to discharge to Swiftwater Creek, which is
a tributary to the Brodhead Creek. The Brodhead Creek is a tributary to
the Middle Delaware River Special Protection Waters. The facility is
located in Pocono Township, and currently serves Pocono Manor Village
and the Pocono Manor Inn. The facility was built to service the 3,000
acre Pocono Manor property that is located in Pocono Township, Mount
Pocono Borough and Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
21. Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packing, Inc. D-2006-30-1. An
application for the approval of the existing discharge from the
applicant's Millville Tube Drawing facility. The facility discharges
84,500 gpd of contact and non-contact cooling water to Petticoat
Stream, which is a tributary of the Maurice River. The facility
manufactures pressed and blown glassware, and cooling water is used to
cool the glass furnace and compressors. The facility is located in
Millville City, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
22. Hudson Valley Foie Gras, LLC D-2006-37-1. An application for
approval to increase an existing discharge from the applicant's WWTP
from 4,000 gpd to 20,000 gpd. The WWTP will continue to discharge to
the Middle Mongaup River, which is a tributary of the Mongaup River.
The Mongaup River is a tributary to the Upper Delaware River which is
designated as Special Protection Waters. The facility is located in
Ferndale, Sullivan County, New York.
23. Joshmor, Inc. D-2007-5-1. An application for approval to
construct a 0.047 mgd WWTP to serve 207 single family homes in the
proposed Emerson Chase Development. The project is located in the
McMichael Creek Watershed in Jackson and Chestnuthill Townships, Monroe
County, Pennsylvania. Following treatment in a
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3-cell lagoon and a filter system, disinfected effluent will be spray
applied to approximately 13 acres of adjacent woodland in the drainage
area of the Middle Delaware portion of DRBC's Special Protection
Waters. Because the proposed lagoon will be lined with synthetic
material and will provide up to 177 days of storage, no discharge to
McMichael Creek is proposed.
24. Golden Pheasant Golf Course D-2007-9-1. An application for
approval of a surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 15.4 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's golf course irrigation system from
4 surface water intakes. The project is located in the South Branch
Rancocas Creek Watershed in Lumberton and Medford Townships, Burlington
County, New Jersey.
25. Unimin Corporation D-2007-14-1. An application for approval to
discharge up to 2.275 mgd to Dividing Creek from a hydraulic dredging
operation. After neutralization and sedimentation, wash water from
sorted dredge material (slurry sand) along with scalping screen
separator water, stormwater, and infiltration groundwater is discharged
to Outfall 001A. The applicant also discharges to Cub Swamp, a
tributary of Dividing Creek, through Outfall 002A during 10-year storm
events. The facility is located in the tidal Delaware Bay Watershed in
Commercial and Downe townships, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
In addition to the public hearing on the dockets listed above, the
Commission's 1:30 p.m. business meeting will include: A public hearing
and consideration of a resolution regarding an interim releases program
for the New York City Delaware Basin Reservoirs pending notice and
comment rulemaking on a revised proposal for a Flexible Flow Management
Plan (FFMP); a resolution authorizing the executive director to engage
the U.S. Geological Survey as prime contractor, in collaboration with
NOAA/National Weather Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and
DRBC, for development of a model for evaluating the potential for
Delaware Basin Reservoirs to be used to mitigate flooding; a resolution
reauthorizing the Toxics Advisory Committee; a resolution authorizing
the executive director to engage contractors to design building
modifications to improve energy efficiency and reduce cost, and to
develop RFPs for construction; a resolution authorizing the executive
director to solicit bids for building modifications in association with
development of the Ruth Patrick River Garden; a resolution providing
for election of the Commission Chair, Vice Chair and Second Vice Chair
for the year commencing July 1, 2007; and a resolution for the minutes
providing for annual salary rates of Commission employees for fiscal
year 2008.
The meeting will also include: adoption of the Minutes of the
Commission's February 28, 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 May 10, 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: April 13, 2007.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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