[Federal Register: September 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 174)]
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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 24, 2008. 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 West
Trenton Volunteer Fire Company, 40 West Upper Ferry Road, West Trenton,
New Jersey.
The conference among the commissioners and staff will begin at
10:30 a.m. Topics of discussion will include: a Decree Parties' report;
an annual update on implementation of the 2004 Water Resources Plan for
the Delaware River Basin (``Basin Plan''); a report by the chair of the
Commission's Water Quality Advisory Committee; a report by the chair of
the Commission's Flood Advisory Committee; and a report on the status
of development of the Flood Analysis Model, a project commenced in
August 2007 at the request of the governors of the four Basin states,
in accordance with a recommendation of the Interstate Flood Mitigation
Task Force.
The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m.
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
1. Burlington Country Club D-67-32-2. An application for approval
of a ground and surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 3.1
million gallons per thirty days (mg/30 days) from new Wells Nos. 1A, 1R
and C1, and to supply 8.4 mg/30 days from one new and one existing
surface water intake for the applicant's golf course irrigation system.
The withdrawal from all sources is proposed to be limited to 8.4 mg/30
days and 37.8 mg/year. The project is located in the Englishtown
Formation in the Lower Delaware Watershed in Westampton Township,
Burlington County, New Jersey.
2. Perkasie Borough Authority D-97-12 CP-3. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 11.67
million gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days) of water to the applicant's
distribution system from new Well No. 7 in the Brunswick Formation and
to retain the existing withdrawal from all wells at 40.2 mg/30 days.
Proposed Well No. 7 will be used to replace some of the ground water
supply from Perkasie Borough Authority's existing wells that may be
lost due to regulatory changes limiting the concentration of arsenic in
public drinking water supply. The project is located in the Three Mile
Run and East Branch Perkiomen Creek Watersheds in Perkasie Borough,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, within the Southeastern Ground Water
Protected Area.
3. Floyd G. Hersh, Inc. D-98-7-2. An application for the renewal of
a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 3.750 mg/30
days to supply the applicant's golf course irrigation system from
existing Well No. PW-1 in the Brunswick Formation. The project is
located in the Perkiomen--Macoby Creek Watershed in Marlborough
Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and is located in the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
4. Mercer County Improvement Authority d/b/a Mercer Oaks Golf
Course D-99-28 CP-2. An application for renewal of an existing surface
water intake and approval of two new ground water wells for golf course
irrigation and to retain the existing withdrawal from all sources of 15
mg/30 days. The project is located in the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy
Aquifer in the Assunpink Creek Watershed in West Windsor Township,
Mercer County, New Jersey.
5. Washington Township Municipal Utilities Authority D-99-43 CP-2.
An application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to
change existing Well No. 20 from an Aquifer Storage and Recovery well
to a production well, to continue the total combined withdrawal of
273.01 mg/30 days from all fifteen wells, and to increase the
allocation for Wells Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 15 and 20 from 109 mg/30
days to 133.81 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public supply
distribution system from existing Wells Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11,
14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 in the Mt. Laurel-Wenonah and Kirkwood-
Cohansey Formations. The project is located in the Big Timber Creek and
Mantua Creek watersheds in
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Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
6. Lehigh County Authority D-2001-20 CP-3. An application to
replace the withdrawal of water from Well No. WL-8 in the applicant's
water supply system that has become an unreliable source of supply. The
applicant requests that the withdrawal from replacement Well No. WL-8
be limited to 56.16 mg/30 days of water, and that the total withdrawal
from all wells remain limited to 256.24 mg/30 days. The project is
located in the Allentown Formation in the Little Lehigh Creek Watershed
in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The site is
located 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.
7. Ambler Borough Water Department D-85-26 CP-4. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.75 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply distribution
system from new Well No. 15 and to increase the existing withdrawal
from all wells of 116 mg/30 days to 120.75 mg/30 days. The project is
located in the Stockton Formation in the Wissahickon Creek Watershed in
Lower Gwynedd and Upper Dublin Townships, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, within the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water
Protected Area. The DRBC has recommended a reduction in the docket
holder's allocation from 116 mg/30 days to 90 mg/30 days.
8. Croda, Inc., Docket No. D-88-74-3. An application for the
renewal of a ground and surface water withdrawal project to increase
withdrawal from 60.04 mg/30 days to 76.63 mg/30 days from existing
Wells Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 and to retain the existing allocation
of 470.59 mg/30 days from Intake 1 to supply the applicant's industrial
facility. The project ground water withdrawals are located in the
Potomac Formation, in the Brandywine-Christina Watershed. The project
surface water withdrawal is located on the west bank of the Delaware
River, in Zone 5. The project is located south of Interstate Route 295
in New Castle County, Delaware. The DRBC has recommended a reduction in
the docket holder's surface water withdrawal from 470.59 mg/30 days to
99.0 mg/30 days.
9. Concord Township Sewer Authority D-97-19 CP-2. An application to
expand the 1.2 million gallon per day (mgd) Central sewage treatment
plant (STP) to process 1.8 mgd, while continuing to provide tertiary
treatment prior to discharging to West Branch Chester Creek in non-
tidal waters. The Central STP is located off the intersection of
Conchester Road (Route 322) and Baltimore Pike (Route 1) in Concord
Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The STP will continue
primarily to serve Concord Township, but it also will serve small
portions of Thornbury and Chester Heights Townships, also in Delaware
County, Pennsylvania.
10. DS Waters of America and Nestl[eacute] Waters North America
Inc. D-97-46-3. An application for the renewal of a spring water
withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 9.0 mg/30 days to supply
the Applicant's spring water bottling facility from existing Spring
Nos. 1 and 3 in the Tulpehocken Creek Watershed, in the Richland and
Leithsville Formations, in Millcreek Township, Lebanon County,
Pennsylvania. Additionally, Nestl[eacute] Waters North America Inc. has
requested consideration for them to become a joint docket holder and
they are proposing to change the exportation site of the 0.300 mgd of
water from West Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to their
site in Breinigsville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
11. Upper Uwchlan Township D-2000-55 CP-2. An application for the
approval of the expansion and modification to the existing Upper
Uwchlan Township Route 100 Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP)
from 0.3 mgd to 0.6 mgd. The WWTP is located in Upper Uwchlan Township,
Chester County, Pennsylvania. The WWTP will serve existing and proposed
development along the Route 100 corridor in Upper Uwchlan Township,
Chester County, Pennsylvania. The WWTP will discharge treated effluent
to open space in new subdivisions being developed in the service area,
in both the Pickering Creek and Marsh Creek watersheds, using both drip
dispersal and spray irrigation.
12. Tidewater Utilities, Inc. D-2005-26 CP-2. An application for
the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to increase withdrawal
from 3.85 mg/30 days to 29.458 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's
North Dover and Garrisons Lake public supply distribution systems from
existing Wells Nos. SF-01, SF-02 and KWE-02 in the Federalsburg and
Cheswold Formations and new Wells Nos. 154547, 71057, 71058, 192844 and
109193 in the Cheswold and Piney Point Formations. The increased
allocation is requested in order to interconnect formerly independent
service districts and to meet projected increases in service area
demand. The project is located in the Leipsic River Watershed in Kent
County, Delaware.
13. UMH Properties, Inc. D-2007-22-1. An application for approval
of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 6 mg/30 days of
water to the applicant's Fairview Manor Mobile Home Park from new Wells
Nos. 1 and 2 and to limit the existing withdrawal from all wells to 6
mg/30 days. The project is located in the Coastal Plains Aquifer in the
Cohansey Watershed in Vineland City, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
14. Venice One Development D-2007-30-1. An application for the
approval of the Venice One Development, which consists of four 6-story
buildings comprising a total of 280 residential units and appurtenant
ground level parking, both under and adjacent to the buildings, to be
constructed on Venice Island, in the Manayunk Section of the City of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Under DRBC's Flood Plain Regulations, the
Venice One Development is reviewable as a Class II project. Class II
projects include any development of land--whether residential or non-
residential--within a flood hazard area located in a non-tidal area of
the basin, which contains more than 25 dwelling units or includes one
or more structures covering a total land area of more than 50,000
square feet. The Venice One Development is to be constructed on Venice
Island, which is located in the flood fringe portion of the flood
hazard area. A flood hazard area is defined by DRBC FPR as the area
inundated by a regulatory flood (100-year floodplain).
15. Waterford Apartments At Cotton Street Development D-2007-36-1.
An application for the approval of the Waterford Development, which
consists of one four-story building comprising a total of 205
residential units and appurtenant ground level parking, both under and
adjacent to the buildings, to be constructed on Venice Island, in the
Manayunk Section of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Under
DRBC's Flood Plain Regulations, the Waterford Development is reviewable
as a Class II project. Class II projects include any development of
land--whether residential or non-residential--within a flood hazard
area located in a non-tidal area of the basin, which contains more than
25 dwelling units, or includes one or more structures covering a total
land area of more than 50,000 square feet. The Waterford Apartment
Project is to be constructed on Venice Island, which is located in the
flood fringe portion of the flood hazard area. A flood hazard area is
defined by DRBC FPR as the area inundated by a regulatory flood (100-
year floodplain).
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16. Pennsylvania American Water Company D-2008-2-1. An application
for approval of the existing Yardley water treatment plant's 0.402 mgd
backwash discharge to an unnamed tributary to Brock Creek. The water
treatment plant discharges filter backwash and sludge filter press
filtrate to the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the
Lower Delaware, which is designated as Special Protection Waters. The
facility is located in Yardley Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
17. Fralinger Farms D-2008-16-1. An application for the approval of
a ground water withdrawal project to supply a maximum of 78.6 mg/30
days of water to the applicant's irrigation system for approximately
283 acres of fruit trees. The applicant's 15 wells are located in the
Kirkwood-Cohansey Formation in the Cohansey River Watershed in Hopewell
Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey. The DRBC has recommended a
reduction in the docket holder's allocation from 78.6 mg/30 days to
18.75 mg/30 days.
The business meeting also will include adoption of the Minutes of
the Commission's July 16, 2008 business meeting; announcements of
upcoming advisory committee meetings and other events; a report on
hydrologic conditions in the basin; a report by the Executive Director;
and a report by the Commission's General Counsel. The meeting will
include consideration by the Commission of a resolution amending the
Water Code and Comprehensive Plan to implement a Flexible Flow
Management Program for the New York City Delaware Basin Reservoirs. The
Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on these amendments
on December 3, 2007. It announced it would accept comments on the
proposed changes through January 18, 2008, a date that was later
extended to March 3. It held a hearing on the proposed amendments on
January 16, 2008. No hearing on this matter will take place on
September 24. If the Commission approves the amendments, a detailed
comment and response document will be issued upon filing of the
amendments with each of the signatory parties in accordance with
Section 14.2 of the Delaware River Basin Compact. The amendments cannot
go into effect without the unanimous consent of the parties to the 1954
Supreme Court decree in New Jersey v. New York, 347 U.S. 995 (1954).
Also during the business meeting, the Commission will hold a public
hearing on a resolution amending the composition of the Water Quality
Advisory Committee to add members from the environmental and academic
sectors and a resolution authorizing the executive director to enter
into an agreement for a sediment flux study of mercury in Water Quality
Zone 5. It will consider a resolution authorizing the executive
director to extend the Commission's 2002 agreement with Axys Analytical
Services Ltd. for sampling and analysis of toxic substances in ambient
water, wastewater and sediment samples from the Delaware Estuary. An
opportunity for public dialogue will be provided at the end of the
meeting.
Draft dockets scheduled for public hearing on September 24, 2008
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: September 2, 2008.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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