[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 70 (Monday, April 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19169-19170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8182]



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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, April 21, 2004. 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 New York State 
Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) office building at 
625 Broadway in Albany, New York.
    The conference among the commissioners and staff will begin at 10 
a.m. Topics of discussion will include: an update on the development 
and completion of the Water Resources Plan for the Delaware River 
Basin; a presentation and discussion regarding responses to comments on 
the proposed Resolution To Establish an Experimental Augmented 
Conservation Release Program for the New York City Delaware Basin 
Reservoirs for the Period Beginning May 1, 2004 and Ending May 31, 
2007; an update on proposed Water Quality Standards revisions; a 
presentation and discussion regarding the proposed designation of the 
lower Delaware River as a Special Protection Water; a proposed rule 
change authorizing the Commission to require waste minimization plans 
from point source dischargers; and a presentation on the status of New 
York State's map modernization and flood plain mapping program.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 2 p.m. 
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
    1. Greater Pottsville Area Sewer Authority D-2002-41 CP. An 
application to replace a 4.5 million gallon per day (mgd) Sewage 
Treatment Plant (STP) with a new 8.2 mgd plant which will continue to 
provide secondary treatment via a conventional extended aeration 
system. The project is located on the west side of Route 61, about 0.2 
miles northwest of its intersection with SR2015. The expansion is 
needed to phase-out the applicant's West End STP and to also connect 
and treat flows from some on-lot septic systems. The applicant will 
serve Pottsville City, portions of the Boroughs of Mechanicsville, 
Mount Carbon, Palo Alto, and Port Carbon, plus Norwegian, East 
Norwegian, and North Manheim Townships, all in Schuylkill County, 
Pennsylvania. STP effluent will continue to be discharged to the 
Schuylkill River.
    2. Slatington Borough and Slatington Borough Authority D-2003-15 
CP. An application to rerate a 0.995 mgd sewage treatment plant to 
process 1.5 mgd, while continuing to provide secondary treatment. The 
project STP is located just west of the Lehigh River to which it 
discharges in the Borough of Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. 
The plant will continue to serve Slatington Borough and a small portion 
of Washington Township, both in Lehigh County, and the Borough of 
Walnutport in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The project is located 
in the Lower Delaware River Management Plan drainage area.
    3. Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. (formerly Pennsylvania Suburban Water 
Company) D-2003-33 CP. An application to transfer up to 0.5 million 
gallons per day (mgd) (15 mg/30 days) of potable water from Downingtown 
Municipal Authority (DMUA) to the applicant's distribution system via a 
proposed interconnection. DMUA has adequate capacity to meet the 
applicant's needs within their existing 2.5 mgd water allocation from 
the East Branch Brandywine Creek, as supported by releases from Marsh 
Creek Reservoir. The 0.5 mgd water transfer represents an alternative 
to and is proposed in lieu of the use of water supply from the 
applicant's previously approved Cornog Quarry project (approved under 
DRBC Docket No. D-98-11 CP on April 3, 2002). DRBC Resolution No. 2003-
22, dated October 15, 2003, suspended the authority to proceed with the 
surface water components of Docket D-98-11 CP. Docket D-98-11 CP 
remains suspended. The proposed Docket D-2003-33 CP will also 
consolidate all the applicant's sources in the UGS Northern Division 
distribution system, including those previously approved under Docket 
Nos. D-98-11 CP and D-2002-5 CP, including the use of Kay Wells B and C 
on other than a seasonal basis. Upon Docket D-2003-33 CP becoming 
effective, Docket Nos. D-98-11 CP and D-2002-5 CP will be rescinded. 
The project will serve portions of East Brandywine, West Brandywine and 
Caln Townships, all located in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    4. Northampton Borough Municipal Authority D-2004-13 CP. An 
application to construct new water treatment plant process wastewater 
treatment facilities to process potable water filtration plant backwash 
and rinse water to be located approximately 1,000 feet north of the 
intersection of Second Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard in North 
Whitehall Township, Lehigh County. The permit proposes an average daily 
treated wastewater discharge of 0.311 million gallons per day (mgd) 
compared to 0.0833 mgd under an existing permit. The existing discharge 
location will be relocated approximately 200 feet downstream on Spring 
Creek approximately 500 feet from its confluence with the Lehigh River 
in Whitehall Township. The proposed wastewater treatment facilities 
will provide clarification and de-chlorination prior to discharge. The 
project is located in the Lower Delaware River Management Plan drainage 
area, approximately 24.7 river miles upstream from the Delaware River. 
The project will continue to serve the Boroughs of Northampton and 
North Catasauqua and a portion of Allen Township in Northampton County; 
and the Borough of Coplay plus portions of North Whitehall and 
Whitehall Townships in Lehigh County, all in Pennsylvania.
    5. Creek Road Development, L.P. D-2004-18. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to provide up to 8.6 
million gallons (mg)/30 days of water for supplemental irrigation of 
the applicant's proposed golf course from one existing well, designated 
Ramex No. 1 in the Stockton Formation. In conjunction with the ground 
water withdrawal, the golf course will also receive supplemental 
irrigation from treated effluent from the adjacent Country Crossing 
Waste Water Treatment Plant. The project is located in the Little 
Neshaminy Creek Watershed in Warwick Township, Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania and is located in the Southeastern Ground Water Protected 
Area.
    6. Riverfront Development Corporation of Delaware D-2004-19. An 
application for approval of a wetland enhancement project to restore 
and enhance an approximately 200-acre area of tidal marsh located on 
the Christina River, at the Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge. 
The project is located in the Brandywine-Christina Watershed in the 
City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.
    The Commission's 2 p.m. business meeting also will include a 
resolution to establish an experimental augmented conservation release 
program for the New York City Delaware Basin Reservoirs for the period 
from May 1, 2004 through May 31, 2007 or a resolution to extend the 
existing release program or take other provisional action. In addition, 
the meeting will include: Adoption of the Minutes of the March 3, 2004 
business meeting; announcements; a report on Basin hydrologic 
conditions; a report by the

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executive director; and a report by the Commission's general counsel.
    Draft dockets scheduled for public hearing on April 21, 2004 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 William 
Muszynski at 609-883-9500 ext. 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 may accommodate your needs.

    Dated: April 6, 2004.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-8182 Filed 4-9-04; 8:45 am]
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