[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83-85]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28689]


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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, January 19, 2005. 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's offices, 25 State Police Drive in 
West Trenton, New Jersey.
    The conference among the commissioners and staff will begin at 9:30 
a.m. Topics of discussion will include: response to the Athos I oil 
spill; staff recommendations on a proposal to amend the Water Quality 
Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan to classify the Lower 
Delaware River as Special Protection Waters; progress report on Stage 2 
TMDLs for PCBs in the Delaware Estuary; report on the Delaware Estuary 
Science Conference of January 10-12, 2005; report on the Flow 
Management Technical Advisory Committee Work Group Meetings of November 
9-10 and December 3, 2004 and January 6 and 18, 2005; and a proposed 
resolution to adopt the Commission's annual budget for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 2005 and to apportion among the signatory parties the 
amounts required for support of the Commission's annual and operating 
budgets.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1 p.m. 
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
    1. Knoll, Inc. D-74-162-2. An application to modify a wastewater 
treatment plant discharge for the Knoll Furniture Manufacturing 
Facility located off Water Street, approximately 1,000 feet northeast 
of its intersection with Peevy Road in Upper Hanover Township, 
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. No new treatment facilities are 
proposed. A junction box at the sewage treatment plant will be 
repaired, and the facility will be rerated to include an additional 
3,000 gallons of wastewater flow. Although the current docket provides 
for a flow of 0.07 million gallons per day (mgd), the wastewater 
treatment plant provides advanced treatment of a total flow of 0.073 
mgd from sanitary, process and cooling water sources prior to discharge 
to Perkiomen Creek in the Schuylkill River Watershed.
    2. Alcoa Extrusions, Inc. D-82-5-3. An application for the renewal 
of a ground water withdrawal project to reduce withdrawal from 21.6 
million gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days) to 11.0 mg/30 days to supply 
the applicant's manufacturing facility from existing Wells Nos. 1 and 2 
in the West Branch Schuylkill River Watershed. The project is located 
in Cressona Borough, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
    3. Occidental Chemical Corporation D-83-9-2. An application to 
amend the current docket, which provides for a discharge from the 0.3 
million gallons per day (mgd) (design) industrial waste treatment plant 
(IWTP) to contain and treat mercury contaminated groundwater at the 
applicant's Delaware City chemical manufacturing plant located off 
State Route 9 in New Castle County, Delaware. Barrier walls have been 
constructed around the perimeter of the Process Area and Waste Lake 1. 
Contaminated groundwater from within these containments will be pumped 
at a maximum rate of 30 gallons per minute (43,200 gallons per day) for 
treatment at an activated carbon treatment system before being 
discharged to the existing IWTP for mercury removal. The IWTP discharge 
is to the Delaware River in Water Quality Zone 5.
    4. County of Chester D-83-15 CP-2. An application to upgrade the 
applicant's existing 0.105 mgd sewage treatment plant (STP) from a 
secondary treatment facility to tertiary treatment with no increase in 
treatment capacity. The STP will continue to serve only the Pocopson 
Home and Prison. The STP is located approximately one-half mile north 
of the intersection of Route 52 and Wawaset Road in Pocopson Township, 
Chester County, Pennsylvania in the Pocopson Creek Watershed. The 
existing effluent spray field irrigation system will also be upgraded 
and no effluent discharge to surface water is proposed. (This docket 
was NAR'd as D-2004-7 CP.)
    5. Waste Management Disposal Services of Pennsylvania, Inc. D-88-
54-2. An application to modify a landfill leachate treatment plant 
discharge to the tidal Delaware River via a constructed discharge cove 
in Water Quality Zone 2. The treatment plant serves the Tullytown and 
GROWS Landfills and is located off Bordentown Road in Falls Township, 
Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The existing 0.1 million gallons per day 
leachate treatment plant utilizes the Best Available Treatment 
Technology but cannot consistently meet effluent total dissolved solids 
and color limits. The docket holder has requested modification of its 
docket to allow an increase in the average discharge concentration of 
Total Dissolved Solids to 10,000 mg/l from the current 6,560 mg/l and 
an increase in the maximum effluent limit for True Color to 1,500 units 
from the current 750 units on a platinum-cobalt scale. In support of 
its requested modifications, the docket holder has completed an 
environmental study that indicates the changes would result in no 
significant impact to the Delaware Estuary. No increase in

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treatment plant capacity is proposed. The docket holder also proposes 
to construct two effluent storage tanks at the GROWS leachate treatment 
plant to replace an existing tank and seeks approval to haul non-
hazardous leachate to a proposed transfer station that will reroute 
flow to the Morrisville Borough sewage treatment plant, just upstream 
on the tidal Delaware River within Water Quality Zone 2.
    6. Blue Ridge Real Estate Company D-91-46-2. An application for the 
renewal of a surface water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 
12 million gallons per 30 days to supply the applicant's proposed golf 
course at the Jack Frost Ski Area from an existing intake in the 
Tobyhanna Creek. The project is located in Kidder Township, Carbon 
County, Pennsylvania.
    7. Borough of Sellersville D-92-84 CP RENEWAL. An application for 
the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal 
of 20.54 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's distribution system from 
existing Wells Nos. 1, 4, 5, and 6 in the Tohickon Creek and East 
Branch Perkiomen Creek Watersheds. The project is located in West 
Rockhill Township and the Borough of Sellersville, Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania and is located in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground 
Water Protected Area.
    8. The Premcor Refining Group, Inc. D-93-4-3. An application to 
replace the withdrawal of water from Well No. P-9 in the applicant's 
water supply system, which has become an unreliable source of supply. 
The applicant requests withdrawal from replacement Well No. P-9A. No 
change in the total withdrawal from all wells--currently 180 million 
gallons per 30 days--is proposed. The project is located in the C&D 
Canal East, Dragon Run and Red Lion Creek Watersheds in Delaware City, 
New Castle County, Delaware.
    9. AMETEK U.S. Gauge Division D-93-25(G)-2. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 
3.88 million gallons per 30 days to supply the applicant's industrial 
facility and groundwater remediation project from existing Wells Nos. 
RW-1 and MW-6S and new Well No. MW-10S in the East Branch Perkiomen 
Creek Watershed. The project is located in Sellersville Borough, Bucks 
County, Pennsylvania within the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water 
Protected Area.
    10. United Water Delaware D-96-50 CP-2. An application for the 
renewal of a surface water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 
30 million gallons per day (mgd) to provide supply to the applicant's 
public water distribution system, originally docketed under D-91-72 CP, 
and for a proposed revision to the operating plan of the tidal capture 
structure (TCS) originally docketed under D-96-50 CP. The applicant 
requests removal of the Q7-10 passby requirement when the 
natural stream flow is less than 17.2 mgd or chlorides immediately at 
the outlet of the TCS bypass structure downstream of the TCS are 
greater than 250 ppm. Surface water is withdrawn from the confluence of 
the White Clay Creek and Red Clay Creek at the Stanton Intake, and/or 
from the tidal backflow from the Christina River created by the TCS, 
via an intake at the TCS. The modification of the TCS operating plan is 
designed to increase water supply reliability during low flow 
conditions, attenuate brackish water impacts and maintain essential 
physical habitat at the tidal/freshwater interface controlled by the 
TCS. The TCS operating plan revision includes incremental passby flow 
targets in conjunction with salinity monitoring to protect the 
applicant's water supply and preserve depth of water downstream of the 
TCS for aquatic habitat protection. The project is located in New 
Castle County, Delaware.
    11. Plumstead Township D-97-33 CP-2. An application for approval of 
a ground water withdrawal project to renew the allocation included in 
Docket D-94-43 P.A. and consolidate all other docket approvals for 
Plumstead Township, retaining the existing withdrawal from all wells of 
15.31 million gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days). Docket D-97-33 CP-2 
consolidates allocations approved under D-92-76 P.A., D-94-43 P.A., D-
95-18 CP and D-97-33 CP. The project is located in the North Branch 
Neshaminy Creek, Geddes Run, Cabin Run and Pine Run Watersheds in 
Plumstead Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, within the Southeastern 
Ground Water Protected Area.
    12. Green-Waltz Water Company, Inc., Nestl[eacute] Waters North 
America Inc., D-98-55-2. An application for approval of a ground water 
withdrawal project to supply up to 11.7 million gallons per 30 days 
(mg/30 days) of water for bulk water supply to the applicant's bottling 
plant from replacement Well B-1, screened in the unconsolidated 
deposits overlying the Martinsburg Formation. Well B-1 will replace 
Well 1 (also known as W-1). Green-Waltz Water Company, Inc. sold to 
Nestl[eacute] Waters North America Inc. (NWNA) its interests in waters 
from the spring sources located on the subject property, but remains a 
co-owner of the site and facilities. NWNA has assumed the role of 
operator of the facilities, and as such, has responsibility for the 
operation and maintenance of the withdrawal from Well B-1. The 
applicant has not requested a change in the existing allocation of 11.7 
mg/30 days. The project is located in the Waltz Creek Watershed in 
Washington Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
    13. 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 million gallons per 30 days (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.
    14. Lower Perkiomen Valley Regional Sewer Authority D-2001-42 CP-2. 
An application to expand the Oaks Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) from 9.5 
million gallons per day (mgd) to 14.25 mgd. The plant will continue to 
provide advanced secondary treatment via an anoxic/oxic biological 
process. The Oaks STP is located at the confluence of Perkiomen Creek 
and the Schuylkill River in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery 
County, PA. The project will continue to serve portions of Upper 
Providence, Perkiomen and Skippack Townships, plus Collegeville and 
Trappe Boroughs, all in Montgomery County, PA. STP effluent will 
continue to be discharged to the Schuylkill River through the existing 
outfall. (This docket was NAR'd as D-2004-20 CP.)
    15. Little Washington Wastewater Company D-2001-54-2. An 
application to expand a 0.12 million gallon per day (mgd) sewage 
treatment plant (STP) to process 0.155 mgd on a maximum monthly basis, 
while maintaining tertiary level of treatment. The plant is located 
just south of Little Washington-Lyndell Road in East Brandywine 
Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Currently, up to 53,100 gallons 
per day (gpd) of STP effluent is discharged to Culbertson Run in the 
Brandywine Creek Watershed and up to 66,133 gpd to effluent disposal 
beds that recharge the ground water table. The additional effluent from 
the proposed expansion will be routed back to the proposed Hideaway 
Farm subdivision

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for application to new disposal beds. The proposed expansion will 
enable the applicant to serve additional residential development in 
East Brandywine Township.
    16. Pennsylvania-American Water Company D-2003-6 CP-1. An 
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply 
up to 5.616 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's Country Club of the 
Poconos at Big Ridge distribution system from new Wells Nos. 3 and 5 in 
the Mahatango Formation, and to increase the existing withdrawal from 
all wells to 9.316 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Pond Creek 
Watershed in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania in 
the drainage area of the Special Protection Waters. (This docket was 
NAR'd as D-2003-6 CP.)
    17. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. D-2004-27-1. An application 
for an existing industrial wastewater treatment plant to process up to 
0.135 million gallons per day and to continue to discharge to the 
Lehigh River through an existing outfall. No modification of the 
existing plant or increase in flow is proposed. The applicant is a 
manufacturing facility located in the Borough of Glendon, Northampton 
County, Pennsylvania, in the area covered by the Lower Delaware River 
Management Plan.
    18. The Glass Group, Inc. D-2004-29-1. An application for approval 
of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 30 million gallons 
per thirty days (mg/30 days) of water to the applicant's manufacturing 
facility from Wells Nos. 13, 14, 15 and 16 in the Cohansey Formation. 
The project is located in the Maurice River Watershed in the City of 
Millville, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    19. Warren Investments, LLC D-2004-31-1. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 6.91 
million gallons per 30 days of water for supplemental irrigation of the 
applicant's proposed Shetland Crossing Golf Club from new Wells WIA, 
WIB, WIC and WID, all in the Lockatong Formation. In conjunction with 
the ground water withdrawal, the golf course will utilize supplemental 
irrigation from stormwater collected in four on-site storage ponds. The 
project is located in the Wickecheoke Creek Watershed in Franklin 
Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
    20. Bear Creek Management Company, LLC D-2004-35-1. An application 
for approval of a ground water and surface water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 11 million gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days) of water to 
the applicant's ski resort from new Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and 
up to 36 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's snowmaking operations 
from 4 ponds and 1 detention basin and to limit the withdrawal from all 
sources to 36.6 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Swabia Creek 
Watershed in Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    21. Borough of Portland D-2003-9 CP. An application to construct a 
0.105 million gallon per day (mgd) wastewater treatment plant to 
provide tertiary treatment of flow from the proposed Portland 
Industrial Park and from local on-lot septic systems located in 
Portland Borough, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The plant will be 
constructed in the southeast corner of Portland Borough and the project 
outfall will discharge to the Delaware River. This location is in DRBC 
Water Quality Zone 1D and in the drainage area of the Lower Delaware 
Management Plan.
    In addition to the public hearing on the dockets listed above, the 
Commission's 1 p.m. business meeting will include a public hearing and 
possible action on a resolution to amend Resolution No. 2002-33 
relating to the operation of Lake Wallenpaupack during drought watch, 
drought warning and drought operations; a resolution to amend the 
Commission's administrative procedure and fee schedule for renewal of 
project approvals under Section 3.8 and Article 10 of the Delaware 
River Basin Compact; a resolution to amend the Water Quality 
Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan to designate the Lower 
Delaware River as Special Protection Waters; a resolution authorizing 
the Executive Director to extend the Commission's contract with Axys 
Analytical Laboratories, Inc. for analytical services in connection 
with the control of toxic substances in the Delaware Estuary; a 
resolution authorizing the executive director to engage a contractor to 
assist the Commission staff with tasks to be completed under 
Pennsylvania Act 220; and a resolution to adopt the Commission's annual 
budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005 and to apportion among 
the signatory parties the amounts required for support of the 
Commission's annual and operating budgets.
    In addition, the meeting will include: adoption of the Minutes of 
the October 27, 2004 business meeting; announcements; a report on Basin 
hydrologic conditions; a report by the executive director; a report by 
the Commission's General Counsel; and an opportunity for public 
dialogue. Draft dockets and the resolutions scheduled for public 
hearing on January 19, 2005 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 
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: December 27, 2004.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-28689 Filed 12-30-04; 8:45 am]
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