[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7744-7746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1999]



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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, March 1, 2006. 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 
10:15 a.m. Topics of discussion will include a presentation on the 
State of Delaware Water Supply; an update on the State of the Basin 
Report currently under development; a presentation on the Oyster 
Revitalization Initiative in the Delaware Bay; a status report on the 
Development of a Long-Term Flow Regime for the New York City 
Reservoirs; a discussion about a forum to advance coordination among 
federal agencies that partner with the DRBC; and an update on 
activities relating to PCBs in the Delaware River.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m. 
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
    1. DSM Nutritional Products, Inc. D-85-14-3. An application for 
renewal of a ground water and surface water withdrawal project to 
continue to supply up to 120 mg/30 days of water for industrial 
process, potable and sanitary uses and ground water remediation 
purposes to the applicant's manufacturing facility from six existing 
wells in the Pleistocene Alluvial Formation and one existing surface 
water intake located on the main stem of the Delaware River. The 
project is located in the Delaware River Watershed in White Township, 
Warren County, New Jersey.
    2. J.G. Townsend, Jr. & Co. D-89-48-3. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 
15 million gallons per thirty days to supply the applicant's vegetable 
processing facility from existing Wells Nos. 1 and 5 in the Columbia 
Formation. The project is located in the Savannah Ditch Watershed in 
the Town of Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware.
    3. Borough of Shoemakersville D-90-7 CP-3. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 
7.5 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public water supply 
distribution system from existing Wells Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in the 
Hamburg Formation. The project is located in the Schuylkill River 
Watershed in Shoemakersville Borough and Perry Township, Berks County, 
Pennsylvania.
    4. BP Oil Company D-91-32 (G)-2. An application for the renewal of 
a ground water decontamination project to withdraw up to 1 million 
gallons per day for treatment and discharge to the Delaware River 
through an existing outfall in DRBC Water Quality Zone 4. The project 
is located at the former BP Oil Company Refinery located off of Mantua 
Avenue in Paulsboro Borough, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Up to 30 
mg/30 days of ground water is withdrawn from existing Wells Nos. R-4A, 
R-5A, R-6A, R-8, R-9 and R-10 and from new Wells Nos. R-11 and R-12, 
all located in New Jersey Critical Area 2 of the Potomac-Raritan-
Magothy Formation.
    5. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company D-93-19-2. An application 
for renewal of a surface and ground water withdrawal project to 
continue withdrawal of 1,126 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's 
industrial facility from existing Wells Nos. INT-10B, R-5A, INT-103A, 
INT-102A, Q13-R01C, Q13-R01D, WS-1, M-259, M-257, CP-2, CP-4, WS-2, R-
7, DW-8R, CL-1, CL-2, CL-3, and CP-7 and Salem Canal Surface Water 
Intake No. III. The project is located in the Glacial/PRM Aquifer and 
the Salem Canal Watershed in Carneys Point, Mannington and Pennsville 
Townships, Salem County, New Jersey.
    6. Township of Lower Municipal Utilities Authority D-94-21 CP-2. An 
application to discontinue the withdrawal of water and close Wells Nos. 
AP-2 and 3 in the applicant's public water supply system, which have 
become unreliable sources of supply, and to withdraw water from 
replacement Wells Nos. 6 and 7. The total withdrawal from replacement 
Wells Nos. 6 and 7 and existing Wells Nos. 1, 2 and 4 remains limited 
to 93 mg/30 days. Well No. 7 is located in the Atlantic Basin. The 
project is located in the Cohansey Formation in the Delaware River 
Watershed in Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey.
    7. Meter Services Company D-94-49 CP-2. An application for renewal 
of a ground water withdrawal project to continue to supply up to 3.6 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply distribution 
system from existing Wells Nos. 1 and 2 in the Brunswick Formation. The 
project is located in the Mill Creek Watershed in Buckingham Township, 
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground 
Water Protected Area.
    8. Rosenberger's Dairies, Inc. D-95-1-2. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 
3.4 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's dairy processing facility from 
existing Wells Nos. R-1, R-3 and R-4 in the Brunswick Formation. The 
project is located in the West Branch Neshaminy Creek Watershed in 
Hatfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and is located in 
the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    9. Clement Pappas & Co., Inc. D-95-37-2. An application for renewal 
of a ground water withdrawal project to continue to supply up to 73.4 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's food processing facility from 
existing Well No. 6B in the Kirkwood-Cohansey Formation. The project is 
located in the Cohansey River Watershed in Upper Deerfield Township, 
Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    10. 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.
    11. Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority D-87-42 CP-3. An 
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project and 
for an increase in withdrawal from 300 mg/30 days to 310 mg/30 days to 
supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system from 
existing Wells Nos. 1, 6, 9, 10, and 11 and new replacement Well No. 
5A. Replacement Well No. 5A is located in the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy 
Formation. The project is located in the Rancocas Creek Watershed in 
Willingboro Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
    12. PPL Martins Creek, LLC D-87-56-2. An application to update the 
existing docket to reflect operational and structural modifications to 
Ash Basin No. 4 as a result of an ash slurry spill which occurred from 
Ash Basin No. 4 due to a wooden stop-log failure. Approximately 100 
million gallons of ash slurry was released from Ash Basin No. 4 from 
August 23-30, 2005. In addition, this project includes emergency 
remediation activities that PPL conducted in response to the ash

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slurry spill. Emergency approval was granted by letter dated October 
12, 2005 for this project. The project discharges to the Delaware River 
in DRBC Water Quality Zone 1D, which is designated Special Protection 
Waters. The facility is located in Lower Mount Bethel Township, 
Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
    13. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company D-88-85-2. An application 
to update and renew an existing industrial waste treatment plant (IWTP) 
discharge docket, which includes clarifying the Area Served and 
granting preliminary approval for the installation of a new outfall 
extension and diffuser. The IWTP discharges to Zone 5 of the Delaware 
River. DuPont Chambers Works is a large multi-product chemical 
manufacturing plant. The facility has an IWTP that is classified by EPA 
as a Centralized Waste Treatment system. The facility is located in 
Pennsville and Carneys Point, Salem County, New Jersey. The application 
does not request the Commission's approval to accept VX hydrolysate for 
treatment and discharge at the DuPont Chambers Works IWTP.
    14. Hamburg Municipal Authority D-92-73 CP-2. An application to 
expand a 1.0 mgd wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) to treat 1.5 mgd, 
while continuing to provide advanced treatment via activated sludge and 
chemical addition processes. The WWTP will continue to serve the 
Borough of Hamburg, and portions of Tilden and Windsor townships, all 
in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The proposed expansion will enable the 
docket holder to serve the Borough of Port Clinton in Schuylkill 
County, Pennsylvania as well. The WWTP is located in Hamburg Borough, 
just east of State Route 61 on the east bank of the Schuylkill River, 
to which the plant will continue to discharge. At the WWTP outfall, the 
Schuylkill River is conditionally designated as ``Modified 
Recreational'' in the DRBC Comprehensive Plan.
    15. Purex Industries, Inc. D-93-34 (G)-2. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to decrease withdrawal 
from 11.23 million gallons per thirty days (mg/30 days) to 7.78 mg/30 
days to supply the applicant's ground water remediation project from 
existing Wells RW-2, RW-7, RW-9, RW-10, and RW-13 and new Wells MP-7, 
MP-19 and MP-30 in the Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer. The project is 
located in the Maurice River Watershed in the City of Millville, 
Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    16. Jackson Township Municipal Utilities Authority D-94-18 CP-2. An 
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project and 
increase in the applicant's withdrawal from 26.42 mg/30 days to 30 mg/
30 days to supply the Six Flags Great Adventure Hurricane Harbor water 
amusement park from existing Wells Nos. 7, 10 and ASR-12 in the Upper 
Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Formation. The project is located in the 
Crosswicks Creek Watershed in Jackson Township, Ocean County, New 
Jersey.
    17. Sunny Dell Foods, Inc. D-2000-23-2. An application to increase 
the discharge from the applicant's industrial waste treatment plant 
(IWTP) from 0.05 mgd to 0.072 mgd; modify effluent limits associated 
with the Christina River total maximum daily loads for 
CBOD5, ammonia, phosphorus and total nitrogen; and modify an 
existing contact cooling water system discharge of 0.09 mgd. Both the 
IWTP effluent and contact cooling water are discharged to the West 
Branch Red Clay Creek. The facility is located in Kennett Township, 
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    18. Swedesboro, Inc. (t/a Beckett Golf Club) D-87-77-1. An 
application for a surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.0 
mg/30 days of water for supplemental irrigation of the applicant's golf 
course from existing Intakes Nos. 1 and 2. The surface water intakes 
are located on two on-site ponds. The project is located in the Oldmans 
Creek Watershed in Woolwich Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. A 
Notice of Application Received (NAR) for this project was previously 
published on November 5, 1987 under docket number D-87-77. The current 
NAR reflects project revisions made since the 1987 application.
    19. Mercer County Correction Center D-2002-50 CP. An application 
for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.333 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's correctional facility from 
existing Wells Nos. 1, 3 and 4 and new Well No. 5, all in the Passaic 
Formation. The project is located in the Delaware River Watershed in 
the northwest corner of Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
    20. Holman Enterprises--RMP Facility D-2004-25 1. An application 
for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to pump up to 7.45 
million gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days) of water to be treated by the 
applicant's ground water remediation project from Wells Nos. MW-7D, MW-
19D, MW-23D, R-77D, R-78D, R-79D, R-80D and R-81D in the Potomac-
Raritan-Magothy Formation. The project is located in the Pennsauken 
Creek Watershed in Pennsauken Township, Camden County, New Jersey.
    21. Town of Bethel D-2005-19 CP-1. An application to construct a 
groundwater/leachate seep collection and treatment system to serve the 
Town of Bethel Landfill, an inactive and officially closed domestic 
waste landfill located on a 10-acre parcel of municipal property off 
Old White Lake Turnpike, about 0.25 miles east of its intersection with 
State Route 55 in the Town of Bethel, Sullivan County, New York. 
Following aeration and sedimentation, up to 0.035 mgd of wastewater 
will be applied to a subsurface absorption bed for final processing and 
disposal. In addition to proposed Discharge Monitoring Reports, the 
existing groundwater monitoring well network will be used to assure 
that the proposed treatment system does not impair groundwater quality. 
The project is located in the Mongaup River Watershed upstream from 
Swinging Bridge Reservoir and in the drainage area of DRBC Special 
Protection Waters. Although the Town of Bethel Landfill is capped with 
impervious materials, it is an unlined facility with residual leachate 
seepage that currently flows overland to the West Branch Mongaup River 
without any prior treatment.
    22. Chadds Ford Township D-2005-22 CP-1. An application to 
construct a 0.15 mgd WWTP to serve existing residents in a portion of 
Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and future 
residents of the proposed subdivision at Camp Sunset Hill (Turner's 
Mill), also in Chadds Ford Township. The WWTP is proposed to provide 
advanced treatment via extended aeration and tertiary filtration prior 
to ultraviolet light disinfection and discharge to Harvey Run, a 
tributary of Brandywine Creek in the Christina River Watershed. Its 
proposed location is the intersection of U.S. Route 1 (Baltimore Pike) 
and Ring Road, across from the Brandywine Battlefield State Park. The 
Pantos WWTP that currently serves Chadds Ford Village and the Painter's 
Crossing Condominiums is proposed to be converted to a pumping station, 
which will route up to 35,000 gallons per day of flow to the new WWTP.
    23. Motiva Enterprises, LLC D-2005-23-1. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 6.7 mg/30 
days of water to the applicant's ground water remediation project from 
new Wells Nos. 1 through 9 in the Kirkwood-Cohansey Formation. The 
project is located in the Maurice River Watershed in Franklin Township, 
Gloucester County, New Jersey.

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    24. Congoleum Corporation D-2005-25-1. An application to discharge 
an average of 168,000 gallons per day of non-contact cooling water from 
the applicant's tile floor manufacturing facility. The discharge is to 
a Hamilton Township municipal storm sewer, which discharges to Pond 
Run, a tributary to the Assunpink Creek. The facility is located in 
Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
    25. Tidewater Utilities, Inc. D-2005-26 CP-1. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 1.427, 
1.22 and 1.22 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's North Dover 
District public water supply distribution system from new Wells Nos. 
SF-01, SF-02 and KWE-02, respectively. The wells are all located in the 
Federalsburg and Cheswold aquifers. The total withdrawal from all wells 
will be limited to 3.85 mg/30 days. The project is located in the 
Leipsic River Watershed in Kent County, Delaware.
    26. Tidewater Utilities, Inc. D-2005-27 CP-1. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 0.13, 
3.51 and 0.065 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's Wild Quail 
District public water supply distribution system from new Wells Nos. 
WQ-01, WQ-02 and WQ-04, respectively. Wells Nos. WQ-01 and WQ-04 are 
located in the Frederica Formation and Well No. WQ-02 is located in the 
Piney Point Aquifer. The total withdrawal from all wells will be 
limited to 3.51 mg/30 days. The project is located in the St. Jones 
River Watershed in Kent County, Delaware.
    27. Penns Grove Sewerage Authority D-2005-29 CP-1. An application 
to upgrade, but not expand, a 0.75 million gallon per day wastewater 
treatment plant (WWTP), which serves Penns Grove Borough, Salem County, 
New Jersey. The WWTP upgrade will provide two new final clarifiers with 
appurtenances. The existing final clarifiers require costly chemical 
additives to meet NJPDES permit limits, particularly during surge flow 
conditions. The two new final clarifiers should reduce or eliminate the 
need to add costly chemicals to meet permit limits. Penns Grove 
Sewerage Authority requested and was granted emergency approval by the 
DRBC on January 12, 2006 to implement the WWTP improvements 
expeditiously, in order to meet a construction grant deadline. The WWTP 
will continue to discharge to the Delaware River in DRBC Water Quality 
Zone 5 through the existing outfall.
    28. Camp Ramah in the Poconos D-2005-30-1. An application to 
upgrade an existing seasonally operated WWTP by the addition of a new 
primary clarification process and a new aeration system. Seasonally, 
the WWTP discharges approximately 30,000 gallons per day to an unnamed 
tributary of Equinunk Creek, a tributary to the West Branch Delaware 
River. The facility is located in Buckingham Township, Wayne County, 
Pennsylvania.
    29. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District D-2005-32 
CP-1. An application to modify the Prompton Dam to safely pass the 
Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) of 111,000 cubic feet per second (cfs), 
based upon revised estimates of flow regimes for the 60-square mile 
drainage area. The original PMF flow of 81,500 cfs was calculated in 
the year 1949, prior to advancements in mathematical modeling. 
Primarily a flood control facility, Prompton Dam is located in Prompton 
Borough, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. The lake that it forms on the West 
Branch Lackawaxen River extends into Clinton Township, also in Wayne 
County. The project involves the widening of the spillway from 50 to 85 
feet, constructing a fuse-plug in the spillway, upgrading the outlet 
works rip-rap, and constructing an embankment with material that will 
be excavated from the spillway. The project is located in the drainage 
area of DRBC Special Protection Waters and the Upper Delaware Scenic 
and Recreational River.
    In addition to the public hearing on the dockets listed above, the 
Commission's 1:30 p.m. business meeting will include a public hearing 
on a resolution to approve the Commission's FY 2006-2007 budget and 
work plan. The Commission also will consider a resolution amending the 
Basin Regulations--Water Supply Charges regarding certificates of 
entitlement; a resolution establishing the PMP Peer Review Advisory 
Committee; and a resolution authorizing the Executive Director to 
extend the Commission's contract with the Northeast-Midwest Institute 
on a month-to-month basis through December 31, 2006.
    The meeting will also include: adoption of the Minutes of the 
December 7, 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 March 1, 2006 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: February 7, 2006.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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