[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 123 (Monday, June 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36070-36072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14554]


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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 
Tuesday, July 13, 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 Delaware River 
Basin Commission in West Trenton, New Jersey.
    The conference among the commissioners and staff will begin at 9:30 
a.m. Topics of discussion will include: An update on the Water 
Resources Plan for the Delaware River Basin (``Basin Plan'') and the 
Watershed Summit scheduled for September 13-15; a proposed resolution 
for the minutes to finalize and produce copies of the Basin Plan for 
the Watershed Summit; a summary and discussion of feedback from 
commissioners and the Water Quality Advisory Committee on the Lower 
Delaware Water Quality

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Monitoring Report and on a staff recommendation that the Lower Delaware 
be designated a Special Protection Water; a discussion regarding the 
role of project review in connection with an upgrade of an undocketed 
point source discharge to Special Protection Waters; a discussion 
regarding preliminary feedback and alternatives to a draft rule to 
require waste minimization plans for point and non-point dischargers; 
report and recommendations of the Data Quality Subcommittee of the 
Toxics Advisory Committee; and an update on letters to be sent to 
dischargers to require additional monitoring in accordance with DRBC 
Resolution No. 2003-27.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m. 
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
    1. TXU Pedricktown Cogeneration Co., L.P. D-92-37 2. An application 
for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue 
withdrawal of 24.55 million gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days) to supply 
the applicant's cogeneration facility from existing Wells Nos. PW-1, 
PW-2 and PW-3 in the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Formation in the Oldmans 
Creek Watershed. The project is located in Oldmans Township, Salem 
County, New Jersey.
    2. Pennsylvania American Water Company D-99-30 CP 2. An application 
for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 5.83 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's Glen Alsace public water supply 
distribution system from replacement Well GL-2A in the Brunswick 
Formation, and to retain the existing withdrawal from all wells at 50 
mg/30 days. Proposed replacement Well No. GL-2A will replace former 
Well No. GL-2 and is planned to be used as a regular source to the Glen 
Alsace distribution system. The project also includes two existing 
interconnections from the Reading Area Water Authority (45 mg/30 days) 
and the Mount Penn Water Authority (6 mg/30 days). The project is 
located in the Antietam Creek Watershed in Exeter Township, Berks 
County, Pennsylvania.
    3. Evesham Municipal Utilities Authority D-2000-29 CP. An 
application to modify the discharge of the applicant's Elmwood sewage 
treatment plant (STP) to allow for rerouting of up to 0.3 million 
gallons per day (mgd) of treated effluent for irrigation of the Evesham 
Township Indian Spring Golf Course, located approximately one-half mile 
southwest of the STP off Marlton Pike and Elmwood Road in Evesham 
Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. The project withdrawal will 
replace the 0.2 mgd of water currently utilized from an on-site well in 
the New Jersey Critical Area of the PRM aquifer. The STP will continue 
to discharge an average monthly flow of 1.67 mgd to Southwest Branch 
Rancocas Creek during periods of peak usage.
    4. Town of Bovina D-2002-18 CP. An application to construct a 
subsurface septic treatment system to process up to 0.025 mgd from the 
Hamlet of Bovina Center in the Town of Bovina, Delaware County, New 
York, which is adjacent to the Little Delaware River upstream from the 
Cannonsville Reservoir in the West Branch Delaware River Watershed. The 
hamlet is currently served by individual septic systems, many of which 
are failing. Following detention and treatment in large septic tanks, 
wastewater will be distributed to an absorption field for final 
treatment and disposal; therefore, no discharge to surface water is 
proposed.
    5. Village of Fleischmanns D-2002-33 CP. An application to 
construct a 0.146 mgd Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to replace on-lot 
septic systems and to provide tertiary level treatment to the 
predominantly residential area of the Village of Fleischmanns in the 
Town of Middletown, Delaware County, New York. The plant will be 
constructed off Main Street between Grocholl and Town Roads, within the 
village, which it will exclusively serve. Following chemically enhanced 
sequencing batch reactor processing, STP effluent will be filtered, 
disinfected, and discharged to Bush Kill upstream from Pepacton 
Reservoir in the drainage area of the Delaware River Basin Commission 
Special Protection Waters.
    6. Borough of East Greenville D-2004-3 CP. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 10.368 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water distribution system 
from existing Well No. 1 in the Brunswick Formation and up to 350,000 
gallons per day from an intake on Perkiomen Creek, and to limit the 
withdrawal from all sources to 10.5 mg/30 days. The project well is 
located in the Perkiomen-Macoby Creek Watershed in Upper Hanover 
Township, Montgomery County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground 
Water Protected Area.
    7. Delaware Valley Fish Company D-2004-8 1. An application for a 
ground water withdrawal project to increase withdrawal from 2.8 mg/30 
days to 5.7 mg/30 days of water to supply the applicant's fish holding 
tanks from existing Well No. DV-1 in the Stockton Formation. The 
project is located in the Stony Creek Watershed in Norristown Borough, 
Montgomery County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water 
Protected Area.
    8. Vineland Kosher Poultry Company, Inc. D-2004-9. An application 
for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 7.2 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's poultry processing facility from 
new Well No. 4 in the Kirkwood-Cohansey Formation, and to retain the 
existing withdrawal from all wells of 7.2 mg/30 days. The project well 
is located in the Maurice River watershed in the City of Vineland, 
Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    9. Riverton Borough D-2004-14 CP. An application to revise Docket 
D-89-92 CP to reflect the recent construction of a sequencing batch 
reactor system needed to replace the trickling filter process at the 
Riverton Sewage Treatment Plant, which is located at the intersection 
of Third Street and Martha's Lane in Riverton Borough, Burlington 
County, New Jersey. The project modification continues to provide 
secondary treatment and effluent equalization, plus ultraviolet light 
disinfection prior to submerged discharge to Pompeston Creek at its 
confluence with the Delaware River in Water Quality Zone 2. The 
wastewater treatment capacity has remained at 0.22 mgd and the plant 
will continue to serve only Riverton Borough.
    10. Tidewater Utilities, Inc. D-2004-24 CP 1. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 18.5055 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public supply distribution 
system from Wells Nos. C01, C02, RG01, RG02, GG02 and GG03 in the 
Cheswold Formation, and to limit the existing withdrawal from all wells 
to 18.5055 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Saint Jones River 
Watershed in the Towns of Camden and Wyoming and the City of Dover, all 
in Kent County, Delaware.
    The Commission's 1:30 p.m. business meeting also may include 
resolutions for the minutes to finalize and produce copies of the Basin 
Plan; initiate notice and comment rulemaking processes to amend the 
Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan by (1) 
authorizing the Commission to require waste minimization plans for 
certain pollutants and classes of dischargers and (2) to designate the 
section of the main stem Delaware River known as the ``Lower Delaware'' 
as a Special Protection Water. These actions will depend upon the 
outcome of discussion during the morning conference session. In 
addition, the meeting will include: adoption of the Minutes of the June 
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meeting; announcements; a report on Basin hydrologic conditions; a 
report by the executive director; and a report by the Commission's 
general counsel.
    Draft dockets scheduled for public hearing on July 13, 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: June 22, 2004.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-14554 Filed 6-25-04; 8:45 am]
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