[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 223 (Monday, November 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70065-70069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22942]
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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, December 7, 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
Commission's office building, located at 25 State Police Drive in West
Trenton, New Jersey.
The conference among the commissioners and staff will begin at
10:30 a.m. Topics of discussion will include presentations on the water
supply plan for the State of Delaware; the initial report of the
Delaware Toxics Reduction Program (DelTRiP); a status report on the
dwarf wedge mussel habitat study under way in the Upper Basin; a report
on PCB Minimization Plan submissions to date; and discussion regarding
the composition and charges of the Peer Review Advisory Committee to be
established for the purpose of evaluating pollutant minimization plans
(PMPs) submitted in accordance with section 4.30.9 of the Water Quality
Regulations.
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The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m.
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
1. North Penn Water Authority D-92-44 CP-3. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of
280 million gallons per thirty days (mg/30 days) to supply the
applicant's public water supply distribution system from 27 existing
production wells, 11 emergency wells and 1 test well and to limit the
total cumulative withdrawal from the wells and the applicant's Forest
Park Potable Water Supply to 450 mg/30 days. The project is located in
the East Branch Perkiomen, Perkiomen, Indian, Skippack, West Branch
Skippack, Zacharias, Towamencin, Wissahickon, Three Mile Run, North
Branch Neshaminy, West Branch Neshaminy and Pine Run watersheds in
Franconia Township, Skippack Township, Lower Salford Township,
Souderton Borough, Towamencin Township, Worcester Township, Lansdale
Borough, Montgomery Township, Upper Gwynedd Township, East Rockhill
Township, New Britain Township, Hatfield Township, Hilltown Township
and New Britain Borough in Bucks and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania
and is located in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected
Area.
2. Perdue Farms Incorporated D-84-15-3. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of
33 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's poultry processing facility
from existing Wells Nos. 1 and 2 in the Minor Miocene Sand Formation.
The project is located in the Mispillion River Watershed in the City of
Milford, Kent County, Delaware.
3. Harry T. Hudson D-84-31-3. An application for renewal of a
ground water withdrawal project to continue to supply up to 19.55 mg/30
days of water from Well No. 1, screened in the Columbia Formation, for
supplemental irrigation of the applicant's 65-acre farm. The project is
located in the Cedar Creek Watershed in Sussex County, Delaware.
4. United States Department of the Air Force, Dover Air Force Base
D-2000-5-2. An application to replace the withdrawal of water from Well
E in the applicant's water supply system, which has become an
unreliable source of supply. The applicant requests that the total
combined withdrawal from replacement Well F and existing Wells A-2, B,
C-2, D, HA-1 and HA-2 remain limited to 56 mg/30 days. The project is
located in the Piney Point and Cheswold Formations in the St. Jones
River Watershed in the City of Dover, Kent County, Delaware.
5. Township of Maple Shade D-78-18 CP-2. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 54.0 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply distribution
system from replacement Well No. 8A, and up to 54.0 mg/30 days from new
Well No. 12 in the Middle and Lower Potomac--Raritan-Magothy Aquifers,
respectively. No increase is proposed in the existing total allocation
from all wells of 90 mg/30 days. The project is located in the
Pennsauken Creek Watershed in Maple Shade Township, Burlington County,
New Jersey.
6. Borough of Elmer D-85-24 CP-4. An application for the renewal of
a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 10 mg/30
days to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system
from existing Wells Nos. 6 and 8 in the Wenonah-Mt. Laurel Formation.
The project is located in the Maurice River Watershed in the Borough of
Elmer, Salem County, New Jersey.
7. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company D-85-32-3. An application
for the renewal of a ground water and surface water withdrawal project
to reduce the ground water withdrawal from 57.3 mg/30 days to 45 mg/30
days to supply the applicant's Repauno Plant from existing Wells Nos.
3R, 6 and 46 in the Raritan-Magothy Formation, to retain the maximum
surface water withdrawal from the existing intake in the tidal Delaware
River of 700 mg/30 days and to retain the combined maximum withdrawal
for all sources at 745 mg/30 days. The project is located in the
Delaware River Watershed in Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, New
Jersey.
8. Pennsville Township Water Department D-2002-16 CP. An
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply
up to 18 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water
distribution system from new Wells Nos. 7 and 8 in the Lower and Upper
Raritan Formation, respectively, and to retain the existing withdrawal
from all wells to 52.5 mg/30 days. The project is located in the
Delaware River Watershed in Pennsville Township, Salem County, New
Jersey.
9. Pennsylvania American Water Company D-87-31 CP-3. An application
for renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue to supply
up to 14.5 mg/30 days to the applicant's public water supply
distribution system from existing Wells Nos. 1 through 5, located in
the Catskill Formation. The project is located in the Hornbecks Creek
Watershed in Delaware Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania in the
drainage area of the Special Protection Waters.
10. Waynesborough Country Club D-92-9-2. An application for renewal
of a ground water and surface water withdrawal project to continue to
supply up to 6.0 mg/30 days of water for supplemental irrigation of the
applicant's golf course from two existing wells in the Wissahickon
Formation. The project is located in the Crum Creek Watershed in
Easttown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
11. Upper Frederick Township D-94-57 CP-2. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of
2.01 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public water supply system
from existing Wells Nos. P-1 and P-2 in the Brunswick Formation. The
project is located in the Goshenhoppen Creek Watershed in Upper
Frederick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and is located in
the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
12. Pocono Farms Water Company D-94-65 CP-2. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of
15.75 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public water supply
distribution system from existing Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 in the
Polar Gap Formation. The project is located in the Tobyhanna Creek
Watershed in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
13. Jericho National Golf Course, Inc. D-95-2-2. An application for
the renewal of a ground water and surface water withdrawal project to
continue withdrawal of up to 9 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's
golf course irrigation system from existing Wells B-100 and B-C in the
Brunswick Formation. The ground water is pumped into a pond that also
receives stormwater from the golf course, from which irrigation water
is withdrawn as needed. The project is located in the Jericho Creek
Watershed in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
14. Warren County (Pequest River) Municipal Utilities Authority D-
71-94 CP-3. An application to modify the existing docket to reflect
modifications made to an existing 0.5 million gallon per day wastewater
treatment plant (WWTP) to meet its National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit limits. The modifications consisted
of the addition of advanced treatment facilities with no increase in
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treatment capacity. The WWTP is located at the northwest corner of the
intersection of Delaware Drive and Greenwich Street in White Township,
Warren County, New Jersey. The project will continue to serve the Town
of Belvidere and a portion of White Township, both in Warren County,
New Jersey. The WWTP continues to discharge to the Delaware River
through the existing outfall, which is situated in the DRBC Special
Protection Waters drainage of the Lower Delaware River Management Plan
area.
15. Sybron Chemicals, Inc. D-85-5-3. An application for the renewal
of a ground water withdrawal project to decrease withdrawal from 77 mg/
30 days to 34 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's industrial facility
from existing Wells Nos. 4, 5 and EQ106 in the Middle Raritan and Mt.
Laurel/Wenonah Aquifers. The project is located in the West Branch
Rancocas Watershed in Pemberton Township, Burlington County, New
Jersey.
16. Burlington Township D-99-50 CP-2. An application for approval
of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 43.2 mg/30 days of
water to the applicant's public water supply system from new Well No. 8
and to increase the existing withdrawal from all wells to 155 mg/30
days. The project is located in the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Formation
in Burlington Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
17. City of Bordentown D-2004-11 CP. An application for approval of
a ground water withdrawal project to increase withdrawal from 90 mg/30
days to 96 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public water
distribution system supply from existing Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 5 in
the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Formation in the Crosswicks Creek
Watershed. The project is located in Hamilton Township, Mercer County;
and in Bordentown Township and the City of Bordentown, Burlington
County, all in New Jersey.
18. Hackettstown Municipal Utilities Authority D-2004-23 CP-1. An
application for approval of a ground and surface water withdrawal
project to supply up to 44 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's
public supply distribution system from new Well No. 7 in the Kittatinny
Limestone Formation, and to increase the existing withdrawal from all
sources to 115 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Musconetcong
River Watershed in the Town of Hackettstown, Warren County, New Jersey.
9. Sunoco, Inc. D-69-115-2. An application to modify a refinery
WWTP discharge to the tidal Schuylkill River near its confluence with
the Delaware River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The docket holder is
upgrading air pollution control equipment at its Girard Point
Philadelphia Refinery, and the proposed Wet Gas Scrubbing System will
increase Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) in the WWTP discharge. The docket
holder proposes to increase its dry weather tertiary treatment plant
flow and TDS discharges from 3.5 million gallons per day (mgd) and
approximately 900 milligrams per liter (mg/l) respectively to 3.725 mgd
and 3,939 mg/l. In support of its requested modifications, the docket
holder has submitted an environmental study that indicates that the
proposed changes would result in no significant impact to the Delaware
Estuary in Water Quality Zone 4.
20. Pennsylvania Utility Company D-75-93-3. An application to
modify a WWTP service area approved by DRBC Docket No. D-74-93 CP
(Revised) in order to allow the plant to utilize its full treatment
capacity of 0.25 mgd and discharge the effluent to an unnamed tributary
of Little Bush Kill in the drainage area of DRBC Special Protection
Waters. The project is located at the Tamiment Resort and Country Club
(the previous docket holder), off Old Bushkill Road in Lehman Township,
Pike County, Pennsylvania. In addition to serving the Tamiment Resort,
the project will serve the adjacent Mountain Laurel Center for the
Performing Arts, also in Lehman Township. An upgrade of the WWTP's
nitrate control process is also proposed. The WWTP outfall was
relocated, with Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
(PADEP) approval, to a point on locally known Pond Run, just downstream
of First Pond on the former Unity House property. Spray application of
WWTP effluent on the golf course at Tamiment Resort was approved by
PADEP for periods when the weather and ground conditions are suitable.
21. Mt. Airy #1, L.L.C. D-77-58-2. An application to modify a WWTP
service area approved by DRBC Docket No. D-77-58; to reduce the
treatment capacity from 0.225 mgd to 0.220 mgd; and to discharge the
effluent to Forest Hills Run in the drainage area of DBRC Special
Protection Waters. The project is located at the former Mount Airy
Lodge property in Paradise Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. In
addition to serving the former resort, the project will also serve the
adjacent Stricklands Mountain Inn and Our Lady of the Poconos Convent,
also in Paradise Township.
22. Melody Lakes Properties D-80-79-2. An application to modify a
WWTP docket to reduce the treatment capacity from 0.075 (mgd to 0.072
mgd and to continue to discharge the effluent to an unnamed tributary
to Tohickon Creek in the drainage area of DRBC Special Protection
Waters. The treatment plant serves the Melody Lakes Country Club
Estates mobile home park only. The project is located in Richland
Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
23. Lower Moreland Township Authority D-87-52 CP-2. An application
to expand the 0.22 mgd Chapel Hill WWTP to process 0.279 mgd. The
existing advanced secondary treatment process will be upgraded to
tertiary by the addition of a chemical treatment process to remove
phosphorus. Following ultraviolet light disinfection, WWTP effluent
will be discharged to an unnamed tributary of Southampton Creek,
tributary to the Pennypack Creek through the existing outfall. The WWTP
is located just south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, near its
intersection with County Line Road in Lower Moreland Township,
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The WWTP will continue to serve
portions of Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County and Upper
Southampton Township, Bucks County, both in Pennsylvania.
24. Township of Amity D-90-78 CP-2. An application to modify the
existing docket to reflect modifications made to a WWTP to meet new
NPDES permit limits and to handle wet weather flow surges. The WWTP has
been modified to provide for an increase in treatment capacity from 1.6
mgd to 2.2 mgd. Ownership of the facility has been transferred from
Amity Township Municipal Authority to the Township of Amity. The WWTP
is located approximately one-half mile south of the intersection of
U.S. Route 422 and State Route 662 in the southeast corner of Amity
Township. In an effort to expedite the extension of sewer lines to
local areas that are served by failing on-lot septic systems, Amity
Township has also requested an emergency action by the DRBC to approve
rerating of the plant's treatment capacity. The WWTP serves Amity,
Earl, Douglass, Union and Exeter Townships, all in Berks County,
Pennsylvania. The WWTP provides advanced treatment of wastewater and
discharges to the Schuylkill River in an area conditionally designated
by DRBC as ``Modified Recreational''.
25. Delaware Valley College D-94-50 CP-2. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to increase withdrawal
from 3 mg/30 days to 6.135 mg/30 days to supply the
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applicant's college community supply distribution system and irrigation
demands from existing Wells Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and new Well No. 7 in
the Neshaminy Creek Watershed. The project is located in Doylestown
Township and New Britain Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and is
located in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
26. Doylestown Township Municipal Authority D-95-9 CP-2. An
application for approval of an increase in ground water withdrawal from
45.9 mg/30 days to 51.0 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public
water supply distribution system from 14 existing wells, all located in
the Stockton Formation. The project is located in the Neshaminy Creek
and Pine Run watersheds in Doylestown Township, Bucks County, in the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
27. Nestle Waters North America, Inc. D-98-27-2. A spring water
renewal project to continue withdrawal of 9.0 mg/30 days to supply the
applicant's bottled water operations from Hoffman Springs Nos. 1, 2 and
3 in the Ontelaunee Creek Watershed. This project further provides for
a change in the operating passby flow condition and monitoring
requirements associated with the withdrawal. The project is located in
Lynn Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. (This was NAR'd as D-98-27
Renewal.)
28. Pennsylvania American Water Company D-98-43 CP-2. An
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply
up to 34.56 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's Penn Water District
public water supply distribution system from new Well No. 28 in the
Epler and Ontelaunee Formations, and to increase the combined
allocation for all wells from 127 mg/30 days to 160.0 mg/30 days. The
project includes 12 existing wells and an interconnection with the
Western Berks Water Authority (0.9 mgd capacity). The project is
located in the Little Cacoosing Creek Watershed in Lower Heidelberg
Township; the Cacoosing Creek Watershed in Sinking Spring Borough,
South Heidelberg and Spring townships; the Tulpehocken Creek Watershed
in Spring Township; and the Wyomissing Creek Watershed in Spring
Township, all in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
29. East Marlborough Township D-2000-43 CP-2. An application to
rerate a 0.29 mgd sewage treatment plant (STP) to its design capacity
of 0.44 mgd, while continuing to provide secondary level of treatment.
The rerated plant will continue to serve predominately residential
customers in East Marlborough Township and Kennett Township, both in
Chester County, Pennsylvania. The STP is located north of Street Road
(Route 926), approximately 1,500 feet west of Route 82 in East
Marlborough Township. Nearby spray irrigation fields will continue to
be used for STP effluent discharge. The project is located in the
drainage area of the West Branch Red Clay Creek in DRBC Water Quality
Zone C5, but no surface water discharge is proposed.
30. Mount Pocono Municipal Authority D-2001-51 CP. An application
to expand a 0.4 mgd STP to process 0.6 mgd and continue to provide
tertiary level treatment via the sequencing batch reactor process and
filtration. The plant will continue to serve Mount Pocono Borough and a
portion of Coolbaugh Township, both in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
Because the project is located in the drainage area to the Delaware
River Basin Commission (DRBC) Special Protection Waters, a nonpoint
source pollution control plan is required. STP effluent will continue
to discharge to Forest Hills Run in the Paradise Creek Watershed, about
1,000 feet upstream of the State Route 611 bridge in Mount Pocono
Borough.
31. Alfred Moor, III D-2005-21-1. An application for approval of a
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 98.5 mg/30 days of
water to the applicant's agricultural irrigation project from Wells
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 in the Cheswold Formation. The water
will be used to irrigate approximately 605 acres of corn, soybeans and
wheat. The project is located in the Leipsic River Watershed in the
Town of Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware.
32. Elk Township Municipal Utilities Authority D-99-75 CP. An
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply
up to 7.45 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply
distribution system from new Wells Nos. 1 and 2 in the Cohansey
Formation. The project is located in Elk Township, Gloucester County,
New Jersey.
33. Borough of Buena Municipal Utilities Authority D-2002-37 CP. An
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply
up to 17.23 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply
distribution system from new Well No. 3 in the Piney Point Formation.
The project well is located at the headwaters of Cedar Branch Creek,
Maurice River Watershed in Buena Borough, Atlantic County, New Jersey.
34. Kresson Golf Course D-2002-39. An application to withdraw up to
5.9 million gallons/month from Cedar Lake on Barton Run in the
Southwest Branch Rancocas Creek Watershed. A yearly restriction of 22
million gallons will also be imposed by the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection (NJDEP) for irrigation of approximately 57
acres of the golf course via its existing surface water intake. The
golf course is located 1.5 miles north of the intersection of State
Route 73 and Cooper Road in Voorhees Township, Camden County, New
Jersey.
35. Resorts USA, Inc. D-96-9 CP. An application for approval of a
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 15.98 mg/30 days of
water to the applicant's Fernwood water system from new Well No. 9, and
to increase the existing withdrawal limit of 9.8 mg/30 days from all
wells to 18.4 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Bushkill
Watershed in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
36. Woodbridge Golf Club, Inc. D-2005-5-1. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.3 mg/30
days of water for supplemental irrigation of the applicant's proposed
golf course from New Wells IW-1, IW-3, IW-4 and IW-5, all in the
Weisenberg Member Formation. In conjunction with the ground water
withdrawal, the golf course will also utilize supplemental irrigation
from stormwater collected in three on-site storage ponds. The project
is located in the Schaefer Run Watershed in Maxatawny Township, Berks
County and Weisenberg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The
project is located within the drainage area of DRBC Special Protection
Waters.
In addition to the public hearing on the dockets listed above, the
Commission's 1:30 p.m. business meeting will include public hearings
pertaining to: A resolution amending the Basin Regulations--Water
Supply Charges regarding certificates of entitlement; a resolution
renaming the Flow Management Technical Advisory Committee and modifying
its membership, and a resolution to Approve the Commission's FY 2007
Budget and Work Plan. The Commission also will consider resolutions:
Directing the Executive Director to secure from the Regional
Administrators of EPA Regions 2 and 3 their written concurrence as to
the Zone 6 and Stage 2 water quality endpoints for the PCB TMDLs for
the Delaware Estuary; extending the Commission's agreement with the
Northeast-Midwest Institute for
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outreach to federal legislators; amending the Commission's investment
policy statement of July 2001 to provide for investment in emerging
international markets; and authorizing the Executive Director to engage
a firm to evaluate the Commission's heating, ventilating, air
conditioning and other power systems in order to identify and evaluate
opportunities for improving efficiency and reducing cost.
The meeting will also include: Adoption of the Minutes of the
September 26, 2005 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 December 7, 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,
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 may accommodate your needs.
Dated: November 14, 2005.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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