[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23902-23904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6124]



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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, May 10, 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 presentations by guest 
speakers on the Philadelphia Tidal Delaware Initiative; proposed 
adoption of a records retention schedule developed with the assistance 
of the New Jersey Division of Archives and Records Management; a 
progress report on PCB TMDL development, including a report on meetings 
of the Commission's Toxics Advisory Committee and PCB Expert Panel in 
March of 2006; a report on a joint meeting of the DRBC Water Quality 
and Water Management Advisory committees to discuss updating the 
memoranda of agreement between DRBC and its member states governing 
project review in accordance with Section 3.8 of the Delaware River 
Basin Compact; and a presentation on a stormwater retrofit plan for the 
site of the Commission's office building.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m. 
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
    1. Maidencreek Township Authority D-91-58 CP-3. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 5.7 
million gallons per thirty days (mg/30 days) of water to the 
applicant's public water supply distribution system from new Well No. 5 
in the Allentown Formation, and to retain the existing withdrawal from 
all wells of 22.7 mg/30 days. Well No. 5 is proposed as a redundant 
source to provide flexibility and reliability in operation of the 
applicant's public water supply distribution system. The project is 
located in the Maiden Creek Watershed in Maidencreek Township, Berks 
County, Pennsylvania.
    2. Old York Country Club D-95-3-2. An application for the renewal 
of a ground and surface water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal 
of up to 8 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's golf course irrigation 
system and potable water supply from existing Wells Nos. 1 and 2 in the 
Magothy Formation and two man-made storage reservoirs fed by a wet well 
and stormwater. The project is located in the Blacks Creek Watershed in 
Chesterfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
    3. Bridgeport Disposal, LLC D-72-49-2. An application for approval 
of a ground water and surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 
0.05 mg/30 days of water from a surface water intake on Raccoon Creek, 
up to 17.86 mg/30 days from 21 remediation wells in the Raritan-Magothy 
Formation and up to 17.91 mg/30 days from both combined sources. The 
requested allocation represents a decrease from the existing allocation 
of 1.44 mg/30 days for the surface water withdrawal and an increase 
from the existing allocation of 4.5 mg/30 days for the ground water 
withdrawal. The project is located in the Raccoon Creek Watershed in 
Logan Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
    4. Borough of Boyertown D-73-199 CP-2. An application to modify the 
outfall location for the docket holder's existing wastewater treatment 
plant (WWTP). The outfall was moved from unnamed tributary 01337 (UNT) 
to Swamp Creek. The docket holder relocated the outfall in order to 
avert toxics monitoring on the impaired UNT. The construction of the 
relocated outfall was completed in November 2000. The WWTP discharges 
approximately 750,000 gpd to Swamp Creek, a tributary of Perkiomen 
Creek, which is a tributary to the Schuylkill River. The facility is 
located in Douglass Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
    5. Fleetwood Borough Authority D-87-54 CP-2. An application to 
expand a 0.5 mgd WWTP to treat an average flow of 0.7 mgd, while 
continuing to provide secondary treatment. The WWTP is located off 
Walnuttown Road in Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The 
plant currently serves the predominantly residential area of Fleetwood 
Borough only. However, part of the proposed additional capacity is 
needed to serve a portion of Richmond Township. The WWTP will continue 
to discharge to Willow Creek, a tributary of Maiden Creek in the 
Schuylkill River Watershed.
    6. Giorgio Foods, Inc. D-88-43-2. An application to modify the 
docket holder's existing food processing industrial wastewater 
treatment plant (IWTP) by the addition of a forced draft cooling tower 
along with temperature controller/recorders, cooling tower pumps and 
recirculation pumps. The modifications are being undertaken to meet new 
effluent temperature requirements. The IWTP discharges approximately 
500,000 gpd to Willow Creek, a tributary of Maiden Creek, which is a 
tributary to the Schuylkill River. The facility is located in 
Maidencreek Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    7. Gloucester County Utilities Authority D-90-74 CP-2. An 
application for approval of a WWTP rerate project from 24.1 mgd to 27 
mgd. The WWTP effluent will be discharged to the Delaware River in 
Water Quality Zone 4. The project is located in West Deptford Township, 
Gloucester County, New Jersey. The WWTP will continue to serve Clayton 
Borough, Deptford Township, Glassboro Borough, Mantua Township, Monroe 
Township, National Park Borough, Paulsboro Borough, Pitman Borough, 
Washington Township, Wenonah Borough, West Deptford Township, Westville 
Borough, Woodbury City and Woodbury Heights Borough, all in Gloucester 
County.
    8. Brodhead Creek Regional Authority D-91-1 CP-2. An application 
for the renewal of a ground and surface water withdrawal project to add 
new Well No. 3 in the Buttermilk Falls Formation to the distribution 
system with an allocation not to exceed 28.94 mg/30 days and to limit 
the total withdrawal from new Well No. 3 and existing Wells PW-1 and 
PW-2 in the Marrellus Formation to 114.94 mg/30 days and to limit the 
existing surface water intakes in the Brodhead Creek and the Stokes 
Mill Spring to 126 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public supply 
distribution system. The project is located in the Brodhead Creek 
Watershed in Stroud Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
    9. Bernville Corp. D-92-27-2. An application for the renewal of a 
ground water withdrawal project and for an increase in allocation from 
4.5 mg/30 days to 8.3 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's golf course 
from an existing intake in the Tulpehocken Creek. The project is 
located in the Tulpehocken Creek Watershed in Jefferson Township, North 
Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    10. The Premcor Refining Group, Inc. D-93-4-4. An application for 
the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to increase withdrawal 
from 180 mg/30 days to 192.96 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's 
refinery and electric generating station from existing Wells Nos. P-1A, 
P-3A, P-4A, P-5B, P-6A, P-9A, P-10A, R-15 and P-16A in the Upper, 
Middle and Lower Potomac formations and to increase the allocation for 
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from the existing allocation of 13,560 mg/30 days to 13,570.6 mg/30 
days, and to incorporate 2 existing pre-Compact surface water 
withdrawals in the Red Lion Creek and Dragon Run with allocations of 
38.9 mg/30 days and 48.62 mg/30 days, respectively. The project is 
located in the C&D Canal East, Dragon Run Creek and Red Lion Creek 
watersheds in Delaware City, New Castle County, Delaware.
    11. New Castle County Department of Special Services D-93-6 CP-2. 
An application to upgrade and expand a 1.7 mgd WWTP to treat 2.5 mgd 
via chemical addition and Sequential Batch Reactor processes. The 
project is located off Old Corbit Road just east of the Town of Odessa 
along the tidal Appoquinimink River in DRBC Water Quality Zone 5 and 
will continue to serve the Middletown-Odessa-Townsend area of southern 
New Castle County, Delaware. The WWTP will continue to discharge a 
portion of its effluent to a tributary of the Appoquinimink River and 
up to 1.08 mgd will continue to be discharged to adjacent spray 
application fields. The Appoquinimink River is a tributary of the 
Delaware River and is the subject of a U.S. EPA and Delaware DNREC 
Total Maximum Daily Load study. The proposed upgrade of the WWTP is 
needed to produce a higher quality effluent in order to meet more 
stringent NPDES permit limits.
    12. Logan Township Municipal Utilities Authority D-95-7 CP-2. An 
application to expand a 2 million gallon per day (mgd) sewage treatment 
plant (STP) to process 2.75 mgd, while continuing to provide secondary 
level treatment. The project is located in Logan Township, Gloucester 
County, New Jersey approximately 200 feet west of High Hills Road and 
just south of the railroad right-of-way through Maple Swamp. Due to 
high quality treatment processes, the applicant proposes to meet 
stringent NPDES permit limits regarding effluent loadings and 
concentrations. The project effluent will continue to discharge to the 
Delaware River in Water Quality Zone 4 via an existing outfall, which 
is shared with Ferro Corporation, formerly owned by Monsanto Chemical 
Company.
    13. Richland Township Water Authority D-96-44 CP-2. An application 
for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 2.25 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply distribution 
system from Wells Nos. 2, 3 and 4, recently purchased from Melody Lakes 
Properties, and to increase the total combined withdrawal from these 
wells and the existing Richland Township Water Authority wells to 31.55 
mg/30 days. While this represents an increase in allocation to the 
Richland Township Water Authority, it does not represent an increase in 
withdrawals from the watershed since both the Melody Lakes project 
allocation and the existing Richland Township Water Authority 
allocation are located in the Tohickon Creek Watershed. The project is 
located in the Brunswick Formation in Richland Township, Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania and is located in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground 
Water Protected Area.
    14. Sanofi Pasteur, Inc. D-99-71-2. An application to expand the 
applicant's existing IWTP from 0.35 mgd to 0.95 mgd and to increase the 
discharge to Swiftwater Creek from 0.35 mgd to 0.55 mgd. Beginning in 
2007, wastewater will be treated via Sanofi Pasteur's (Sanofi's) 
existing IWTP, rerated to process 0.45 mgd, and disposed through a 
combination of landscape irrigation (up to 0.045 mgd), discharge to 
Swiftwater Creek (0.45 mgd) and wastewater reuse. Beginning in 2008, 
wastewater will be treated via Sanofi's upgraded IWTP and disposed 
through a combination of land application (up to 0.245 mgd), discharge 
to Swiftwater Creek (up to 0.55 mgd), and wastewater reuse. Beginning 
in 2010, wastewater will be treated via Sanofi's upgraded IWTP and 
disposed through a combination of land application (up to 0.245 mgd), 
discharge to Swiftwater Creek (up to 0.55 mgd), use of the proposed 
Pocono Township Wastewater Treatment Plant (up to 0.35 mgd), and 
wastewater reuse. The application is for a discharge of 0.55 mgd to 
Swiftwater Creek, a tributary to the Brodhead Creek. The facility is 
located in Pocono Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
    15. Artesian Water Company, Inc. D-2003-22 CP-2. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.32 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply distribution 
system from replacement Well No. 1R in the Upper Mt. Laurel Formation 
in the Bayview Wellfield and to retain the existing withdrawal of 150 
mg/30 days from the applicant's nine (9) wellfields supplying the 
Southern New Castle County distribution system. The project is located 
in the C&D Canal East Watershed in New Castle County, Delaware.
    16. Alcoa Extrusions, Inc. D-2005-1-2. An application to increase 
the average and maximum discharge concentration of total dissolved 
solids (TDS) from 1,000 milligrams per liter (mg/l) to 2,000 mg/l and 
4,000 milligrams per liter, respectively. The discharge will be made 
via an existing outfall to the West Branch Schuylkill River. In support 
of the requested modification, the docket holder has submitted an 
analysis concluding that the increased solids concentrations will cause 
no adverse effect on the downstream aquatic community, nor will they 
threaten potable water supply intakes located over 65 river miles 
downstream of the confluence of the West Branch Schuylkill River with 
the main stem Schuylkill River. No expansion of the treatment facility 
is proposed. The proposed modifications are attributable to 
installation of a new reverse osmosis treatment system that will reduce 
water consumption at the facility but will generate a concentrated 
waste stream during operation. The treatment facility is located in 
Cressona Borough, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
    17. Pierson-Gaskill Golf Properties, Inc. D-2000-49. An application 
for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.24 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's Town & Country Golf Links golf 
course irrigation system from new Wells Nos. 1 and 2 in the Mt. Laurel/
Wenonah Aquifer and up to 8 mg/30 days from one intake in an irrigation 
pond and to limit the withdrawal from all sources to 8 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in Pilesgrove Township, Salem County, New Jersey.
    18. New Egypt Speedway D-2006-1-1. An application for approval of a 
ground and surface water withdrawal and importation project to supply 
less than 3.1 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's automobile racing 
track from the Pond Well, Office Well and Pond Intake. The Pond Well 
and Pond Intake are located in the Atlantic Basin. The Office Well is 
located in the Mt. Laurel-Wenonah Formation in the Crosswicks Creek 
Watershed in Plumsted Township, Ocean County, New Jersey.
    19. Schering Corporation D-2006-2-1. An application for approval of 
a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.0 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's pharmaceutical research facility from existing 
Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and new Wells Nos. 9, 10, 11 and 12. 
The project is located in the Kittatinny Aquifer in the Paulins Kill 
River Watershed in Lafayette Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
    20. Surfside Products, LLC D-2006-3-1. An application for approval 
of an existing 50,000 gallon per day (gpd) discharge of treated 
industrial wastewater generated by clam processing. The IWTP discharges 
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Maurice River, tributary to Delaware Bay. The facility is located in 
Commercial Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    21. Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority D-2006-6 CP-1. An 
application for the approval of an existing 50,000 gallons per day 
(gpd) discharge from the Hampton Commons wastewater treatment facility. 
The wastewater treatment facility discharges to Marsh's Farm Creek, a 
tributary to the Paulins Kill River. The facility is located in Hampton 
Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
    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 proposed resolution establishing a Pollutant Minimization Plan 
Peer Review Advisory Committee; a resolution establishing a DRBC 
Finance Advisory Committee to be composed of representatives of each of 
the signatory parties for the purpose of developing recommendations for 
maintaining the financial stability of the Commission; a resolution 
authorizing the Executive Director to contract for fish tissue 
analysis; a resolution for the minutes authorizing the Executive 
Director to enter into a professional services contract for evaluation 
of the mechanical and electrical systems of the Commission's office 
building in order to identify and evaluate opportunities for improving 
efficiency and reducing cost; a resolution for the minutes amending the 
Administrative Manual: Bylaws, Management and Personnel to provide for 
greater flexibility in establishing vacation credits awarded to new 
hires for senior management positions; and a resolution providing for 
election of the Commission Chair, Vice Chair and Second Vice Chair for 
the year 2006-2007, commencing July 1, 2006.
    The meeting will also include: adoption of the Minutes of the March 
1, 2006 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 May 
10, 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 can accommodate your needs.

    Dated: April 18, 2006.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-6124 Filed 4-24-06; 8:45 am]
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