[Federal Register: April 22, 2009 (Volume 74, 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
Wednesday, May 6, 2009. The hearing will be part of the Commission's
regular business meeting. The conference session and business meeting
both are open to the public and will be held at the Commission's office
building, located at 25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, New Jersey.
The conference among the commissioners and staff will begin at
10:30 a.m. and will consist of a presentation on the Christina Basin
Targeted Initiative Watershed Grant Final Report and a presentation on
the Special Area Management Plan for the Upper Wissahickon Creek
Watershed. Conference session topics are subject to change.
Accordingly, parties interested in attending should consult the
Commission's Web site, drbc.net, closer to the meeting date.
The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m.
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
1. Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. D-81-61 CP-4. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to renew the allocation
included in Docket D-81-61 CP-3 and consolidate all other docket
approvals for the Fawn Lakes, Woodloch Springs and Masthope water
systems, retaining the existing withdrawal from all wells of 18.38 mg/
30 days. Docket D-81-61 CP-4 will consolidate allocations approved in
dockets D-81-61 CP-3, D-87-96 Renewal, and D-89-57 CP Renewal. The
projects are located in the Catskill Formation in the Westcolang Creek
Watershed in Lackawaxen Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, within the
drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as
the Upper Delaware, which is designated as Special Protection Waters.
2. Matamoras Municipal Authority D-81-78 CP-8. An application for
approval of an expansion of the public water supply service area of the
Matamoras Municipal Authority. The applicant seeks no increase in its
groundwater withdrawal allocation and will continue to supply up to
19.5 million gallons per thirty days (mg/30 days) for public water
supply. The project is located in the Delaware River Watershed in the
Borough of Matamoras, Pike County, Pennsylvania. The site is located
within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River
known as the Middle Delaware, which is designated as Special Protection
Waters.
3. New Jersey American Water Company D-90-108 CP-3. An application
for renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue the
combined withdrawal of 1,851.14 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's
public water supply system from 65 existing wells screened in the
Potomac/Raritan/Magothy (PRM), Mt. Laurel/Wenonah, and Englishtown
aquifers. The applicant wishes to consolidate within a single DRBC
docket approval several interconnected private systems that it has
acquired. The project wells are located in multiple watersheds in the
western portions of Burlington and Camden counties. Included in the
application is a request for the approval of three new wells to replace
three existing wells (Old Orchard Wells Nos. 36 and 37 and Haddon
Heights Well No. 30) that have experienced declining yields over time.
The 65 wells are located in the municipalities of Cherry Hill,
Somerdale, Haddon Heights, Runnemeade, Barrington, Gloucester,
Magnolia, Laurel Springs, Voorhees, Camden City, and Gibbsboro in
Camden County and the municipalities of Cinnaminson, Delran, Beverly,
and Edgewater Park in Burlington County, New Jersey. A Notice of
Application Received (NAR) was issued for this project on February 10,
2009. This second NAR reflects a change in the total number of wells
and the number of wells being replaced.
4. Buckingham Township D-2003-13 CP-5. An application for approval
of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 9.63 mg/30 days of
water to the applicant's public water supply distribution system from
new wells nos. F-8 in the Limeport Formation (limestone) and F-9 in the
Leithsville Formation (dolomite). The applicant proposes to retain the
existing total allocation of 42 mg/30 days for all system wells. Well
No. F-9 will be on stand-by and used during emergency
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periods only. The project will allow the docket holder to add
flexibility and redundancy and to relieve stress on its Furlong
distribution system. The project is located in the Neshaminy, Pine Run,
Mill Creek, Lahaska Creek, Watson Creek and Robin Run watersheds in
Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, within in the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
5. Caesars d/b/a Cove Haven, Inc. D-2006-19-2. An application for
approval to continue discharging 0.084 mgd of treated effluent from the
Brookdale WWTP. The WWTP is located at River Mile 213-3.9-0.9-11.4-
2.85-0.15 (Delaware River--Brodhead Creek--McMichael Creek--Pocono
Creek--Scot Run--Brookdale Lake). The WWTP is located on Brookdale
Lake, within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware
River known as the Middle Delaware, which is designated as Special
Protection Waters with the classification Outstanding Basin Waters. The
project is located in Pocono Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
6. Lower Frederick Township D-78-41 CP-2. An application for
approval of modification of the Lower Frederick Township Wastewater
Treatment Plant (WWTP). The docket holder proposes to replace the
current disinfection system (chlorine contact tank) with an ultraviolet
light (UV) disinfection system and to replace the existing outfall
pipe. This project also seeks approval for a 1998 rerate of the WWTP
from 0.16 million gallons per day (mgd) to 0.20 mgd, which was not
previously approved by the Commission. The WWTP will continue to
discharge to the Perkiomen Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River.
The facility is located in Lower Frederick Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania.
7. West Grove Borough Authority D-87-24 CP-2. An application for
approval of modifications to the Borough of West Grove's WWTP. The
applicant proposes to upgrade the facility's contact aeration basin
system, including the installation of a sewage grinder and return
activated sludge lines, and the replacement of biological media and
aeration diffusers. The facility's annual average flow of 0.250 mgd and
hydraulic design capacity of 0.288 mgd will remain unchanged. The WWTP
will continue to discharge to the Middle Branch White Clay Creek, a
tributary of the Christina River. The facility is located in London
Grove Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
8. Schuylkill County Municipal Authority D-90-49 CP-4. An
application for approval of a docket modification to include an
additional well that will transfer approximately 0.6 mg/30 days of
ground water from the Susquehanna River Basin to the Delaware River
Basin. The transferred water will be distributed within the project
service area and, with the exception of some operational loss, will be
returned to the Susquehanna River Basin as wastewater. In periods of
increased service area demand, the Authority will transfer as much as
4.56 mg/30 days of ground water from the Susquehanna Basin into the
Delaware Basin, and wastewater exportation will increase to as much as
4.35 mg/30 days. The project is located in Butler, Cass, Foster and New
Castle townships, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. A Notice of
Application Received (NAR) was issued for this project on February 10,
2009. This second NAR has been revised to reflect an increase in the
amount of wastewater proposed to be exported from the basin.
9. Pennsylvania American Water Company D-91-14-2. The purpose of
this project is to change the treatment technology at the docket
holder's WWTP from a Rotating Biological Contactor (RBC) to a
Sequential Batch Reactor (SBR). Additionally, the existing WWTP has a
hydraulic design capacity of 0.135 mgd. The docket holder's NPDES
permit has effluent limits based upon a 0.275 mgd discharge. The docket
holder is seeking DRBC approval for expansion to 0.275 mgd. The project
is located approximately 2000 feet east of Blue Mountain Lake and
approximately 500 feet west of the Smithfield Township line in DRBC
Water Quality Zone 1D at River Mile 213.0-5.3-2.9 (Delaware River--
Brodhead Creek--Sambo Creek). Sambo Creek is a tributary of the section
of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is
designated as Special Protection Waters with the classification
Outstanding Basin Waters.
10. Evesham Municipal Utilities Authority D-91-15 CP-2. An
application to upgrade the Kings Grant wastewater treatment plant to
replace treatment process tanks nearing the end of their useful life
with a more cost effective and efficient treatment process. No increase
in the existing permitted capacity of 0.6 mgd is proposed, and the
discharge will continue to be conveyed to infiltration basins in the
South Branch Rancocas Creek Watershed. The treatment plant will
continue to serve the Kings Grant section of Evesham Township,
Burlington County, New Jersey.
11. Shoemakersville D-93-74 CP-2. The purpose of this project is to
recognize the increase in capacity of the Shoemakersville WWTP's
hydraulic load from 0.60 mgd to 0.75 mgd. Additionally, a TDS
determination was submitted, requesting approval of monthly average and
instantaneous maximum concentration values of 2,131 mg/l and 3,844 mg/
l, respectively. The project is located on the Schuylkill River at
River Mile 92.47--92.3, in the Borough of Shoemakersville, Berks
County, Pennsylvania.
12. Town of Georgetown D-94-37 CP-2. An application for the renewal
of a ground water withdrawal project and to increase the withdrawal
from 24.8 mg/30 days to 43.2 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's
public water supply distribution system from existing wells nos. 1, 1A
and 2R in the Columbia and Manokin Formations. The project involves the
exportation of water from the Delaware Basin, and the exportation of
100 percent of the wastewater generated by in-basin needs. The ground
water withdrawal project is located in the Broadkill-Smyrna Watershed
in the Town of Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware.
13. East Penn Manufacturing D-2003-23-2. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 21.6 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's on-site industrial plant processes
and potable supply from new Well No. 10 and to increase the existing
withdrawal from all wells from 15 mg/30 days to 20 mg/30 days. The
increased allocation is requested in order to meet projected increases
in production facility needs and to provide redundancy within the water
supply system. The project well is located in the Leithsville Formation
in the Moselem Creek Watershed in Richmond Township, Berks County,
Pennsylvania.
14. West Deptford Energy Station D-2008-27-1. An application to
approve the cooling water withdrawal and industrial wastewater
discharge associated with the construction of a new gas fired, 1,500
megawatt combined cycle power generation facility known as the West
Deptford Energy Station (WDES). The WDES will withdraw an average of
222.6 mg/30 days and maximum of 287.7 mg/30 days of treated effluent
from the Gloucester County Utilities Authority (GCUA) wastewater
treatment plant's effluent pipeline as a cooling water source. The WDES
will also discharge a monthly average of 2.0 mgd (2.6 mgd daily
maximum) of industrial wastewater back to GCUA's existing effluent
pipeline (WDES Outfall No. DSN002A) and the two combined effluents will
discharge from GCUA's existing outfall (No. DSN001A). The facility is
located
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in West Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
15. Clayton Sand Company D-2008-37-1. An application for approval
of an existing ground and surface water withdrawal project to continue
to supply up to 215 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's industrial
facility from existing Well No. 1 and Intake No. 1. The project is
located in the Cohansey Formation in the Rancocas Creek Watershed in
Woodland Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
In addition, a public hearing will be held on a resolution to amend
the Commission's fee schedule for the review and renewal of project
approvals in accordance with Section 3.8 and Article 10 of the Delaware
River Basin Compact. A copy of the proposed resolution can be viewed on
the Commission's Web site, drbc.net. The business meeting also will
include adoption of the Minutes of the Commission's March 11, 2009
business meeting; announcements of upcoming DRBC advisory committee
meetings and other events of general interest; a report on hydrologic
conditions in the basin; a report by the Executive Director; a report
by the Commission's General Counsel; and consideration by the
Commission of resolutions concerning (a) future updates of DRBC Water
Quality Regulations, (b) election of the Commission Chair, Vice Chair
and Second Vice Chair for the year 2009-2010, commencing July 1, 2009,
and (c) a adoption of the fiscal year 2010 budget. A public hearing on
the proposed fiscal year 2010 budget was held in December of 2008. An
opportunity for public dialogue will be provided at the end of the
meeting.
Draft dockets scheduled for public hearing on May 6, 2009 can be
accessed through the Notice of Commission Meeting and Public Hearing on
the Commission's Web site, drbc.net, ten days prior to the meeting
date. 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 15, 2009.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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