[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 159 (Monday, August 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49453-49455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20992]


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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 3. 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 
offices at 25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, New Jersey.
    The conference among the commissioners and staff will begin at 9 
a.m. Topics of discussion will include: an update on development of the 
Water Resources Plan for the Delaware River Basin; an update on the 
Tri-State Initiative for watershed management in the 300-square mile 
area surrounding Port Jervis, New York; a presentation by a 
representative of the Wildlands Conservancy on the conservation 
management plan for the Lehigh River Watershed; consideration of 
whether toxics criteria should be extended to DRBC Water Quality 
Management Zones 1 and 6; consideration of whether the DRBC should make 
any additional designations of intra-state tributaries as Outstanding 
Basin Waters; and a presentation on the proposed submittal to the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Regions II and 
III, of four total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for polychlorinated 
biphenyls (PCBs) in Delaware River Zones 2 through 5.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m. 
business meeting include, in addition to the dockets listed below, 
consideration of a petition submitted by the Pennsylvania Suburban 
Water Company to suspend Commission approval of Docket D-98-11(CP), the 
``Cornog Quarry'' surface water withdrawal project, located in the East 
Branch Brandywine Creek Watershed in Wallace Township, Chester County, 
Pennsylvania.
    1. Borough of Weatherly D-80-80 CP RENEWAL 3. A ground water 
renewal project with an increase of withdrawal from 12 million gallons 
(mg)/30 days to 14.2 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's distribution 
system from existing Wells Nos. 1, 2, and 3 in the Black Creek 
Watershed. The project is located in Weatherly Borough, Carbon County, 
Pennsylvania.
    2. Town of Clayton D-84-34 CP RENEWAL 3. A ground water withdrawal 
renewal project to continue pumping 8.5 mg/30 days of water to

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supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system from 
existing Wells Nos. 1, 2R and 3 in the Smyrna River Watershed. The 
project is located in the Town of Clayton, Kent County, Delaware.
    3. Pottstown Plating Works, Inc. D-86-68 RENEWAL 2. A ground water 
withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 6.0 mg/30 days of water to 
supply the applicant's manufacturing facility from existing Well No. 3 
in the Schuylkill River Watershed. The project is located in Pottstown 
Borough, Montgomery County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground 
Water Protected Area.
    4. Motiva Enterprises, LLC D-87-91 RENEWAL 2. A ground water 
renewal project to continue withdrawal of 3.0 mg/30 days from an 
interceptor trench as part of the applicant's oil recovery/groundwater 
decontamination project in the Red Lion Creek Watershed. The project is 
located in New Castle County, Delaware.
    5. Longwood Gardens, Inc. D-92-52 RENEWAL. A ground water renewal 
project to continue withdrawal of 8.4 mg/30 days to supply the 
applicant's ornamental display gardens from existing Wells Nos. B170, 
B172, 6, 27, B169A, and B16IWG, and new Wells Nos. 169B, Red Lion 28, 
and B46 in the West Branch Red Clay Creek and West Branch Brandywine 
Creek watersheds. The project is located in East Marlborough Township, 
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    6. Atlantic City Electric Company-Deepwater Generating Station D-
92-57 RENEWAL. A ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal 
of 42 mg/30 days of water to supply the applicant's electric generating 
facility from existing Wells Nos. 2, 3R, 5 and 7 in the Middle Potomac-
Raritan-Magothy aquifer. The project is located in the Delaware River 
Watershed in Pennsville Township, Salem County, New Jersey.
    7. Motiva Enterprises, LLC D-93-4 RENEWAL. A ground water renewal 
project to continue withdrawal of 180 mg/30 days to supply the 
applicant's refinery and electric generation station from existing 
Wells Nos. P-1A, P-3B, P-4A, P-5B, P-6A, P-9, P-10A, R-15, and P-16A. 
The project is located in the C & D Canal East Watershed in New Castle 
County, Delaware.
    8. United Corrstack, Inc. D-93-40 RENEWAL. A ground water 
withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 17.28 mg/30 days of water 
to supply the applicant's manufacturing facility from existing Well No. 
1 in the Schuylkill River Watershed. The project is located in the City 
of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    9. Pennsylvania American Water Company D-97-34 CP. A project to 
replace Well No. 10 in the applicant's water supply system, which has 
become an unreliable source of supply. The withdrawal from replacement 
Well No. 10A is proposed to be limited to 17.2 mg/30 days, and the 
total withdrawal from all wells is proposed to be limited to 22.8 mg/30 
days. The project is located in the Saw Creek Watershed in Lehman 
Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
    10. Nestl[eacute] Waters North America, Inc. D-98-27 RENEWAL. A 
project renewing the withdrawal of 9.0 mg/30 days from Hoffman Springs 
Nos. 1, 2, and 3 to supply the applicant's bottled water operations. 
The project is located in the Ontelaunee Creek Watershed in Lynn 
Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
    11. Lower Perkiomen Valley Regional Sewer Authority D-2001-42 CP An 
application to rerate the Oaks Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) from 9.17 
million gallons per day (mgd) to 9.5 mgd. The plant will continue to 
provide advanced secondary treatment via an anoxic/oxic process. The 
Oaks STP is located at the confluence of the Perkiomen Creek and the 
Schuylkill River in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, 
Pennsylvania. The project will continue to serve portions of Upper 
Providence, Lower Providence, Perkiomen, and Skippack Townships, plus 
Collegeville and Trappe Boroughs, all in Montgomery County. STP 
effluent will continue to be discharged to the Schuylkill River through 
the existing outfall.
    12. City of Newark D-2002-2 CP. An application to increase the 
surface water withdrawal allocation from White Clay Creek from 150 mg 
per 30 days to 317 mg per 30 days (18 mg daily maximum) for direct 
diversion to the City of Newark's Curtis Filtration Plant and for 
storage in its new 317 mg off-stream reservoir. The City is also 
renewing allocation for its existing well supply system and adding 
replacement Well 17R, for a total combined increase in its groundwater 
allocation from 144 mg/30 days to 160.5 mg/30 days via Wells 10 through 
16, 17R, 19, 20, 21, 23 and 25. The project is located in, and will 
continue to provide public water supply to, the City of Newark and 
portions of New Castle County, Delaware. The proposed off-stream 
earthen reservoir will be located on a 112 acre property along and to 
the north of Old Paper Mill Road.
    13. Artesian Water Company, Inc. D-2002-34 CP. A revised 
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply 
up to 19.44 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply 
distribution system from new Well No. 2 in the Middle Run Wellfield and 
new Well No. fASR in the Fairwinds Wellfield, and to increase the 
combined withdrawal from all 15 wellfields to 593.06 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in the White Clay Creek Watershed in New Castle 
County, Delaware.
    14. Nazareth Borough Municipal Authority D-2002-38 CP. An 
application to rerate a 1.3 mgd STP to treat 1.6 mgd, while continuing 
to provide advanced secondary treatment via a sequencing batch reactor 
process. The plant is located just southeast of the intersection of Van 
Buren and Nazareth Roads in Lower Nazareth Township, Northampton 
County, Pennsylvania. No new treatment facilities are proposed and the 
STP will continue to discharge to Shoeneck Creek, in the Bushkill Creek 
Watershed, via the existing outfall. The STP will continue to serve 
Nazareth Borough and portions of Lower Nazareth, Bushkill, and Upper 
Nazareth Townships, all in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
    15. Farda Associates, Inc. D-2003-7. A project to construct a 0.1 
mgd STP to serve outlet stores and a food court at the proposed 
Tannersville Factory Stores Complex located just west of Interstate 
Route 80 at Pennsylvania Route 715 in Pocono Township, Monroe County, 
Pennsylvania. An existing 10,000 gallon per day (gpd) septic system, 
formerly utilized for the Summit Resort, will be used to treat a 
portion of the proposed development. The proposed STP will be 
constructed in phases and will provide tertiary treatment via an 
activate sludge process, sand filtration, and ultraviolet light 
disinfection prior to discharge to an unnamed tributary of Pocono Creek 
in the Brodhead Creek Watershed.
    16. Arrowhead Sewer Co., Inc. D-2003-10. A project to upgrade and 
expand a 0.25 mgd secondary STP to provide tertiary treatment of 0.4 
mgd. The plant is located in western Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, 
Pennsylvania, 2000 feet southwest of the Thornhurst area. The project 
will continue to serve the Arrowhead Lakes residential development in 
Coolbaugh Township. The project will continue to discharge to the 
adjacent Lehigh River.
    17. Bedminster Municipal Authority D-2003-14 CP. A project to 
construct a 0.26 mgd tertiary STP to replace a 0.1 mgd secondary STP. 
The STP will continue to serve the Stone Bridge Estates housing 
development, and may serve other homes in portions of Bedminster 
Township, all in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. STP effluent will

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continue to be discharged to Deep Run in the Tohickon Creek Watershed 
through the existing outfall.
    18. Citgo Asphalt Refining Company D-2003-21. A project to increase 
surface water withdrawal from the tidal portion of Mantua Creek from 
4.69 mg/30 days to 7.79 mg/30 days to serve the applicant's asphalt 
manufacturing process. The project is located in West Deptford 
Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. The project intake is situated 
on Mantua Creek approximately 4,000 feet from its confluence with the 
Delaware River.
    In addition to the public hearing items, the Commission will 
address the following at its 1:30 p.m. business meeting: Minutes of the 
May 8, 2003 and June 26, 2003 business meetings; announcements; a 
report on Basin hydrologic conditions; a report by the executive 
director; a report by the Commission's general counsel; a resolution 
supporting the use of a formal process for developing and evaluating 
the feasibility of achieving flow targets to address instream flow and 
freshwater inflow requirements for aquatic ecosystems in the Delaware 
River Basin, and recognizing a subcommittee on ecological flows to 
assist in the development of scientifically-based ecological flow 
requirements; and a resolution directing the executive director to 
submit the proposed TMDLs for PCBs in Delaware River Zones 2 through 5 
to EPA Regions II and III on behalf of the estuary states.
    Draft dockets scheduled for public hearing on September 3, 2003 are 
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 Thomas L. 
Brand at 609-883-9500 ext. 221 with any docket-related questions.
    Persons wishing to testify at this hearing are requested to 
register in advance with the Commission Secretary at 609-883-9500 ext. 
203. Individuals in need of an accommodation as provided for in the 
Americans with Disabilities Act who wish to attend the hearing 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 may accommodate your needs.

    Dated: August 12, 2003.
Pamela M. Bush, Esquire,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-20992 Filed 8-15-03; 8:45 am]
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