[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 81 (Friday, April 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22344-22347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9112]
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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, May 14, 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 Independence
Seaport Museum at Penn's Landing, 211 South Columbus Boulevard and
Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The conference among the commissioners and staff will begin at
10:30 a.m. Topics of discussion will include: Update on a request for
proposal for the Reassessment Study to be undertaken in accordance with
the Decree Parties' Agreement of September 26, 2007; and presentation
by Lori Dillard Rech, President of the Independence Seaport Museum.
Because of the large number of dockets scheduled for public hearing on
May 14, in a departure from the customary schedule, the portion of the
business meeting consisting of the hearing on Project Review
applications will be held at approximately 11:15 a.m., immediately
following the morning conference session. At the conclusion of the
hearing on Project Review applications, there will be a break for
lunch. The business meeting will resume at 1:30 p.m.
1. Valley Township D-88-31 CP-3. An application for the renewal of
a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 4.5 million
gallons per thirty days (mg/30 days) to supply the applicant's public
water supply distribution system from existing Wells Nos. V1, V2 and
V4. The project is located in the Precambrian Gabbroic Gneiss Formation
in the Brandywine Creek Watershed in Valley Township, Chester County,
Pennsylvania.
2. Monroe Township Municipal Utilities Authority D-93-9 CP-2. An
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to
continue withdrawal of 25.92 mg/30 days from existing Wells Nos. 9 and
10 to supply the portion of the applicant's public water supply
distribution system that is located in the Delaware River Basin. The
project is located in the Kirkwood Cohansey Aquifer in the Scotland Run
Watershed in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, in New
Jersey Critical Water Supply Area 2.
3. Borough of Milford D-68-100 CP-2. An application to upgrade the
applicant's wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) to provide improved
nutrient removal. No increase in the approved 0.4 mgd WWTP capacity is
proposed. The project is located off Carpenter Street in Milford
Borough, Hunterdon County, New Jersey and discharges to Spring Mills
Creek, approximately 0.1 mile upstream from its confluence with Lower
Delaware River Special Protection Waters. The project is also within
the Lower Delaware River Management Plan area. The WWTP will continue
to serve a portion of Holland Township and Milford Borough, both in
Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
4. Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics D-70-86-2. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to increase withdrawal
from 8.64 mg/30 days to 12.08 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's
manufacturing facility from existing Well No. 4 and to decrease the
total system allocation from 15.12 mg/30 days to 12.1 mg/30 days in the
Columbia Formation. The project is located in the C & D Canal and the
Red Lion Creek watersheds in the City of Newark, New Castle County,
Delaware.
5. Aqua New Jersey, Inc. D-77-49-2. An application for approval of
a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 8.6 mg/30 days of
water to the applicant's Warren Glen, Riegel Ridge and Fox Hollow
distribution systems from new Wells Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7, which
represents an increase in the existing withdrawal 5.6 mg/30 days to 8.6
mg/30 days. The increased allocation is requested in order to meet
projected increases in service area demand. The project is located in
the Leithsville Formation in the Musconetcong and Delaware River
Watersheds in Holland Township, Hunterdon County and Pohatcong
Township, Warren County, New Jersey. 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.
6. Upper Gwynedd Township D-91-88 CP-4. An application for approval
of the addition of an effluent filter on the Upper Gwynedd Township
WWTP. The WWTP's average annual flow of 5.7 mgd will not change. The
WWTP will continue to discharge to the Wissahickon Creek, a tributary
of the Schuylkill River. The facility is located in Upper Gwynedd
Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
7. Township of Pemberton D-92-56 CP-3. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to increase withdrawal
from 38.75 mg/30 days to 58 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public
water supply distribution system from existing Wells Nos. 4, 6, 7, 8A
and 11 and new Wells Nos. 1, 2 and 13 in the Mt. Laurel/Wenonah and
Englishtown Formations. The increased allocation is requested in order
to meet projected increases in service area demand. The project is
located in the Rancocas Creek Watershed in Pemberton Township,
Burlington County, New Jersey.
8. The Premcor Refining Group, Inc. D-93-4-6. An application to
replace the withdrawal of water from Wells Nos. P-3A and P-4A in the
applicant's water supply system that have become unreliable sources of
supply and to increase the applicant's surface water withdrawal from
the Delaware River and Red Lion Creek. Premcor requests that its
combined withdrawal from replacement Wells Nos. P-3B and P-4B and seven
existing wells remain limited to 180 mg/30 days; that its withdrawal
from the Delaware River intake remain at 13,560 mg/30 days; that the
docket authorize withdrawals of 38.9 mg/30 days from the Red Lion Creek
intake and up to 56.2 mg/30 days from the Dragon Run intake, and that
Premcor's combined withdrawal from all sources be limited to 13,835.1
mg/30 days. The proposed allocation represents no increase in
groundwater withdrawals, no increase from the Delaware River intake and
the inclusion in a DRBC docket of previously un-docketed pre-Compact
DNREC allocations from Dragon Run and Red Lion Creek. The project is
located in the Potomac Formation in the C&D Canal East, Dragon Run
Creek, Red Lion Creek and Delaware River watersheds in Delaware City,
New Castle County, Delaware.
9. AES Ironwood, LLC D-97-45-2. An application for the renewal of a
surface water withdrawal project to increase the applicant's withdrawal
from 64.8 mg/30 days to 70.2 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's power
generation facility. The withdrawal is made via the diversion of a
portion of an existing quarry discharge to Tulpehocken Creek within the
Schuylkill River Watershed, and the diversion of a portion of the City
of Lebanon sewage treatment plant wastewater discharge to Quittapahila
Creek, which is located in the Susquehanna River Basin. The portion of
the withdrawal diverted from the City of Lebanon treatment plant
discharge constitutes an inter-basin transfer. The project is located
in South Lebanon Township in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
10. Milford Valley Convalescent Home D-98-51-2. An application to
modify an existing 0.015 mgd WWTP with the addition of a prefabricated
equalization tank. The WWTP will continue to serve the Milford Valley
Convalescent Home, located in Westfall Township, Pike County,
Pennsylvania. The WWTP discharges to the section of the non-tidal
Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is designated as
Special Protection Waters.
11. Penn Estate Utilities D-99-20-2. An application for approval of
the addition of a denitrification filter on the Penn Estates Utilities
WWTP. The existing design flow of 0.56 mgd will not change as a result
of this project. The WWTP will continue to discharge to Cranberry
Creek, a tributary of the Brodhead Creek, which is a tributary of the
section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware.
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The Middle Delaware is designated as Special Protection Waters. The
facility is located in Stroud Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
12. Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority D-2006-6 CP-2. An
application requesting approval for an increase in the average monthly
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) effluent limit for the docket holder's
Hampton Commons WWTP. The request is to increase the average monthly
limit from 1,000 milligrams per liter (mg/l) to 1,500 mg/l. The 50,000
gallons per day (gpd) Hampton Commons WWTP discharges to Marsh's Farm
Creek, a tributary to the Paulins Kill River. The facility is located
in Hampton Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, within the drainage
area of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which
is designated as Special Protection Waters.
13. Whitemarsh Township D-93-37 CP-2. An application for the
approval of modifications to an existing but previously undocketed WWTP
that will continue to serve a portion of Whitemarsh Township. The
project involves replacing the original process equipment with new
equipment. The 2.0 mgd WWTP will continue to provide secondary
biological treatment via the trickling filter process and will continue
to discharge to an unnamed tributary of the Schuylkill River. The
facility is located in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania.
14. Valero Paulsboro Refinery D-2006-28-1. An application for
approval of an existing surface water withdrawal project to supply up
to 414 mg/30 days (~13.8 mgd) of water to the applicant's petroleum
refinery from an existing surface water intake. The project is located
in the Delaware Watershed in Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, New
Jersey, in New Jersey Critical Water Supply Area 2.
15. Rock Tenn Company D-2006- 41-1. An application for approval of
the Rock Tenn Company's existing non-contact cooling water (NCCW) and
IWTP discharge from the company's Stroudsburg paper mill. The combined
discharge of 0.295 mgd of NCCW and IWTP effluent will continue to be
discharged to the Brodhead Creek. The Brodhead Creek is tributary to
the Middle Delaware Special Protection Waters. The facility is located
in Delaware Water Gap Borough, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
16. Skyview Golf Course, Inc. D-2007-19-1. An application for
approval of a ground and surface water withdrawal project to supply
less than 3.1 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's golf course
irrigation system from new Wells Nos. 2 and 11 and Intake No. 1 and to
limit the withdrawal from all sources to less than 3.1 mg/30 days. The
project is located in the Hypersthere-Quartz-Oligoclase Gneiss
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 Upper Delaware, which is designated
as Special Protection Waters.
17. City of Easton D-2007-31 CP-1. An application for the approval
of the existing Easton water treatment plant's (WTP) 0.75 mgd backwash
discharge. The WTP discharges filter backwash and sludge filter press
filtrate to the section of the Delaware River known as the Lower
Delaware Special Protection Waters. The facility is located in the City
of Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
18. Empire Golf Management d/b/a Pine Hill Golf Club D-2007-33-1.
An application for approval of a ground and surface water withdrawal
project to supply up to 12 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's golf
course irrigation system from new Wells TW1, PW1, PW2, PW5B and PW6B
and a pond intake. The project is located in the Kirkwood-Cohansey
Formation in the Big Timber Creek Watershed in Pine Hill Borough,
Camden County, New Jersey.
19. East Stroudsburg Borough D-2007-39 CP-1. An application for
approval of the existing East Stroudsburg Borough Water Filtration
Plant's (WFP) 0.09 mgd backwash discharge. The East Stroudsburg WFP
discharges filter backwash to Sambo Creek, as do the plant's sludge
decanting basins. Sambo Creek is a tributary to the Brodhead Creek,
which is a tributary to the section of the non-tidal Delaware River
known as the Middle Delaware, which is designated as Special Protection
Waters. The facility is located in Smithfield Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania.
20. Laurel Pipe Line Company D-2007-40-1. An application for the
approval of the existing Laurel Pipe Line Company's groundwater
remediation discharge of 0.070 mgd. The applicant's groundwater
remediation system will continue to discharge to an unnamed tributary
of Green Creek, a tributary of Chester Creek. The facility is located
in Bethel Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
21. East Brandywine Township Municipal Authority D-2007-43 CP-1. An
application for the approval of the construction of the new 61,400 gpd
Hillendale WWTP and the associated pump stations, collection system,
and drip irrigation disposal facility. The Hillendale WWTP will serve
the 140 acre Pine Hill Subdivision. The WWTP will discharge treated
effluent to approximately 9.3 acres of spray irrigation fields. The
subdivision and associated facilities are located adjacent to the East
Branch Brandywine Creek. The facilities will be located in East
Brandywine Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
22. Tidewater Utilities, Inc. D-2008-3 CP-1. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 5.7 mg/30
days of water to the applicant's Chimney Hill/Hillside/Woodbury
district public water supply distribution system from new Wells Nos.
159102, 190503 and 209110. The project is located in the Frederica and
Federalsburg formations in the Murderkill River Watershed in Kent
County, Delaware.
23. Warwick Township D-2008-4 CP-1. An application for the approval
of the construction of the new 63,050 gpd St. Peters Village WWTP and
the associated pump station and 12.67 acre spray irrigation disposal
facility. The St. Peters Village WWTP will serve existing and proposed
development within the St. Peters Village and Knauertown areas. The
WWTP will discharge treated effluent to approximately 12.67 acres of
spray irrigation fields. The treatment facilities are located adjacent
to French Creek. The facilities will be located near Knauertown, in
Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
24. Pleasant Valley School District D-2008-5 CP-1. An application
for the approval of the expansion of the Pleasant Valley School
District (PVSD) Brodheadsville Campus WWTP and spray irrigation system.
The PVSD WWTP will be expanded from 10,200 gpd to 30,000 gpd and the
spray irrigation system will have two new storage lagoons (Nos. 3 and
4) and 7 new spray fields equal to a combined area of approximately 16
acres. The PVSD Brodheadsville WWTP will be expanded to serve the
Middle School, High School, J.C. Mills School, Chestnuthill Elementary
School and Bus Transportation Facility. Previously, the High School and
Chestnuthill Elementary School discharged to their own individual on-
lot septic systems, and the J.C. Mills School had its own WWTP. The
treatment facilities are located adjacent to an unnamed tributary to
Weir Creek, a tributary to the Pohopoco Creek, which is a tributary to
the Lehigh River. The facilities are located near Brodheadsville, in
Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
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25. Morrisville Borough Municipal Authority D-2008-6 CP-1. An
application for approval of the existing Morrisville Borough Municipal
Authority's Water Filtration Plant backwash discharge. The 150,000 gpd
backwash discharge is to the portion of the non-tidal Delaware River
known as the Lower Delaware, which is designated as Special Protection
Waters. The facilities are located in Morrisville Borough, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania.
26. Keystone Mobile Home Park D-2008-7-1. An application for
approval of the reconstruction of the Keystone Mobile Home Park (KMHP)
WWTP. The KMHP WWTP will continue to discharge 40,000 gpd to the Lehigh
River, which is a tributary to the section of the non-tidal Delaware
River known as the Lower Delaware, which is designated as Special
Protection Waters. The KMHP WWTP is located near Laurys Station, North
Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
27. Green Walk Trout Hatchery, Inc. D-2008-8-1. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 13.824
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's trout hatchery facility from
Wells Nos. 1 and 2. Although not previously approved by the Commission,
this project has been in operation since 1971. The project is located
in the Martinsburg Formation in the Jacoby Creek Watershed in Upper
Mount Bethel Township, Northampton 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.
28. Joseph Wick Nurseries, Ltd. D-2008-10-1. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 11.6 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's nursery from new Wells Nos. 1 and
2. The project is located in the Federalsburg Formation in the St.
Jones River Watershed in the City of Dover, Kent County, Delaware.
29. Evergreen Community Power D-2008-11-1. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 51.84 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's steam turbine power plant from new
Wells Nos. PW2 and PW3. The project is located in the Cambrian
Carbonate Formation in the Schuylkill River Watershed in the City of
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
30. White Haven Borough D-2008-12 CP-1. An application for approval
of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.189 mg/30 days
of water to the applicant's bottled water operations from existing
Wells Nos. 1 and 2. The project is located in the Mauch Chunk Formation
in the Linesville Creek Watershed in Foster Township, Luzerne 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.
At the conclusion of the hearing on Project Review applications the
business meeting will adjourn for lunch. The meeting will resume at
1:30 p.m. with consideration of the draft Minutes from the March 12,
2008 business meeting, announcements of upcoming events, including
meetings of Commission advisory committees; a hydrologic report; a
report by the Executive Director; and a report by the Commission's
General Counsel.
The Commission will then consider a series of resolutions, among
which the following will include public hearings: a resolution
approving the 2008-2013 Water Resources Program; a resolution to amend
the composition of the Monitoring Advisory Committee by the addition of
a representative from the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary; a
resolution authorizing the executive director to enter into contracts
for the analysis of ambient water samples to characterize the nature
and extent of chronic toxicity in the Delaware Estuary; a resolution
authorizing the executive director to accept funds from the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for development of
an integrated Water Resources Program for the Schuylkill River
Watershed; a resolution authorizing the executive director to accept
funds from NOAA-NWS for flood warning improvements and flood warning
outreach initiatives recommended by the Interstate Flood Mitigation
Task Force Report of July 2007; and a resolution providing for election
of the Commission Chair, Vice Chair and Second Vice Chair for the year
2008-2009, commencing July 1, 2008.
The business meeting also will include consideration of a
resolution amending the Water Quality Regulations and Comprehensive
Plan to permanently designate the Lower Delaware River as a Special
Protection Water and clarify certain aspects of the rule. A public
hearing on this item was conducted on December 4, 2007 and the comment
period closed on December 6, 2007.
Draft dockets scheduled for public hearing on May 14, 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: April 21, 2008.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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