[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 125 (Thursday, June 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37061-37063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10226]


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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, July 19, 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 by a 
representative of the Philadelphia District of the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers on the work plan for a $1 million grant to the District by 
the Assistant Secretary of the Army to enhance multi-jurisdictional use 
and management of the water resources of the Delaware Basin; a 
presentation by Dr. Anthony J. Broccoli of Rutgers University on 
climate change and sea level rise; a presentation by Robert Molzahn of 
the Water Resources Association of the Delaware River Basin and David 
Sayers of the DRBC on a recommended policy for water transfers, and a 
presentation on the report and recommendations of the Commission's TMDL 
Implementation Advisory Committee on reducing loadings of PCBs to the 
Delaware Estuary.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m. 
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
    1. City of Harrington D-88-27 CP-3. An application for the renewal 
of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 21 mg/30 
days to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system 
from existing Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the Frederica Aquifer. The 
project is located in the Browns Branch Watershed in the City of 
Harrington, Kent County, Delaware.
    2. Joseph Jackewicz, Sr. D-91-53-2. An application for the renewal 
of a ground and surface water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal 
of 219.8 million gallons per thirty days (mg/30 days) to supply the 
applicant's agricultural irrigation system from replacement Well No. 
Townsend 3, eight existing wells and one existing surface water intake. 
The project is located in the Tidbury Creek, Cypress Branch and Double 
Run watersheds in the Town of Magnolia, Kent County, Delaware.
    3. Borough of Richland D-92-1 CP-2. An application for the renewal 
of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 5.2 mg/
30 days to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution 
system from existing Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and new Well No. 6 in 
the Stonehenge, Millbach, Hardyston and Crystalline Rock formations. 
The project is located in the Mill Creek Watershed in Richland Borough, 
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
    4. Evesham Municipal Utilities Authority D-98-15 CP-1. An 
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to 
continue to supply up to 149 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's 
distribution system through new Aquifer-Storage-Recovery Well No. 14 
and existing wells Nos. 4 through 13 without an increase in existing 
allocation. The project is located in the Rancocas Creek Watershed in 
Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. (This was NAR'd as D-
98-15 CP.)
    5. Pennsylvania American Water Company D-2003-32 CP. 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 new Well No. DG-13 in the Brunswick Formation, and to 
retain the existing withdrawal from all wells to 29.14 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in the Schuylkill River watershed in Amity Township, 
Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    6. Horsehead Corporation D-67-196-2. An application for a change of 
ownership and a docket modification for the discharge of non-contact 
cooling water. The discharges of approximately 0.15 million gallons per 
day (mgd) from Outfall 004 and 0.31 mgd from Outfall 005 are associated 
with recycling electric arc furnace dust and the production of metal 
powders. The discharges from Outfall 004 and Outfall 005 are to the 
Aquashicola Creek, a tributary to the Lehigh River. The facility is 
located in Palmerton Borough, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
    7. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental 
Control (DNREC) D-84-10 CP-4. An application to amend the DRBC 
Comprehensive Plan and to revise Docket No. D-84-10 CP (Supplement No. 
1), Water Supply Plan for northern New Castle County, Delaware. The 
applicant proposes to delete Churchman's Marsh and Thompson Station 
Reservoirs and the development of additional ground water supplies at 
the Delaplane Manor well site from the Comprehensive Plan, and 
incorporate into the Comprehensive Plan the projects identified in 
Tables 5.2 and 5.4 in the Eighth Progress Report of the Delaware Water 
Supply Coordinating Council, dated March 8, 2006.
    8. Bart Golf Club, Inc. D-92-24-2. An application for renewal of a 
surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 11.0 million gallons 
per thirty days of water for supplemental irrigation of the applicant's 
Hickory Valley Golf Club from an existing surface water intake located 
on Swamp Creek at the confluence of Schlegel Run. The allocation is a 
reduction from the previous allocation of 15 mg/30 days. The project is 
located in the Swamp Creek Watershed in New Hanover Township, 
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and is located in the Southeastern 
Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    9. Bridgeport Disposal, LLC D-93-63-2. An application to update and 
renew an existing industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) 
discharge docket. The former commercial hazardous waste treatment 
facility still includes an on-site biological treatment system and a 
groundwater and leachate treatment system. The docket renewal will 
reflect changes in operations since the facility ceased in 2001 to 
serve as a commercial hazardous waste treatment facility. The IWTP 
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approximately 0.47 mgd of treated wastewater through a subsurface 
diffuser to Raccoon Creek, a tributary to Water Quality Zone 4 of the 
Delaware River. The facility is located in Bridgeport, Gloucester 
County, New Jersey.
    10. Town of Smyrna D-93-72 CP-2. An application to replace the 
withdrawal of water from Well No. 1A in the applicant's water supply 
system because it has become an unreliable source of supply. The 
applicant requests that the withdrawal from replacement Well No. 3 and 
existing Wells Nos. 1 and 2A be increased from 33.99 mg/30 days to 40 
mg/30 days in order to meet projected increases in service area demand. 
The project is located in the Columbia/Cheswold Formation in the Smyrna 
River Watershed in the Town of Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware.
    11. North Coventry Municipal Authority D-97-1 CP-2. An application 
to expand the docket holder's existing waste water treatment plant 
(WWTP) from 1.5 million gallons per day (mgd) to 2.01 mgd. The project 
includes the addition of new screening facilities, increased aeration, 
an additional clarifier and two new aerobic digesters. The WWTP 
discharges approximately 0.7 mgd to the Schuylkill River. The facility 
is located in North Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    12. Green-Waltz Water Company/Nestle Waters North America Inc. D-
98-55-3. An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal 
project to supply up to 4.8 mg/30 days of water for bulk water supply 
to the applicant's bottling plant from new Spring Water Borehole B-2, 
in the Martinsburg Formation. The applicant has requested an increase 
in total allocation from 11.7 mg/30 days to 16.5 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in the Waltz Creek Watershed in Washington Township, 
Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
    13. Ricci Bros. Sand Co., Inc., D-2005-10-1. An application for 
approval of a surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 182.0 
mg/30 days from four existing and one proposed surface water intakes 
for sand and gravel processing. The surface water intakes are located 
on a former mining pond which is in connection with and fed by 
groundwater. The intakes provide water to process the sand and gravel 
in a loop system which recycles approximately 90% of the water back to 
the pond. The allocation will be limited to 182.0 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in the Dividing Creek Watershed in Commercial and 
Downe Townships, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    14. Green Walk Trout Hatchery D-2006-8-1. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 12.96 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's commercial trout hatchery from 
existing Wells Nos. W-2, W-5 and W-6. The total allocation will be 
limited to 12.96 mg/30 days. Ground water withdrawals will be used to 
augment the flow of Greenwalk Creek and provide cold, oxygenated water 
to the applicant's trout stocking facility. The project is located in 
the Waltz Creek Watershed in Washington Township, Northampton County, 
Pennsylvania.
    15. Bedminster Municipal Authority D-2006-10 CP-1. An application 
for the construction of a new .06 mgd WWTP, a new sewer collection 
system and sewage pumping station and a force main to service a 
proposed 217-unit single family home subdivision. The Pennland Farm 
WWTP will discharge to an unnamed tributary of Deep Run Creek, which is 
a tributary to the Tohickon Creek, tributary to the Lower Delaware 
River Special Protection Waters. The facility will be located in 
Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
    16. Tidewater Utilities, Inc. D-2006-12 CP-1. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 5.99 mg/
30 days of water to meet the demands of the applicant's East District 
public water supply distribution system from new Wells MV-01, MV-02, 
VM-01 and VM-02R. The project is located in the Mt. Laurel Formation in 
the C&D Canal East Watershed in the Town of Middletown-Odessa, New 
Castle County, Delaware.
    17. Skytop Lodge Corporation D-2006-13-1. An application for 
approval of an existing wastewater treatment plant located at Skytop 
Lodge. The existing WWTP is designed to discharge 0.075 mgd to the 
Brodhead Creek, which converges with the Delaware River at River Mile 
213, within a reach classified as ``Outstanding Basin Waters.'' The 
facility is located in Barrett Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
    18. Blue Ridge Country Club D-2006-18-1. An application for 
approval of a ground and surface water withdrawal project to supply up 
to 10.59 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's golf course irrigation 
system from existing Wells Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5 and a constructed pond. 
The project is located in the Walcksville Member of the Catskill 
Formation in the Fireline Creek Watershed in Lower Towamensing 
Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
    19. Coolbaugh Township D-2006-23 CP-1. An application for approval 
to upgrade and rerate an existing WWTP to add advanced secondary 
treatment and allow an increase from 0.049 mgd to 0.052 mgd. The plant 
discharges to the Tobyhanna Creek in the Lehigh River Watershed. The 
project is located in the drainage area of the Lower Delaware River 
Management Plan in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The 
WWTP will continue to serve a portion of Coolbaugh Township only and 
will discharge through the existing outfall, which is upstream from 
F.E. Walter Dam and Pocono Lake.
    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 to ratify a Decree Party agreement for banking 
the 2006-2007 excess release quantity. The Commission also will 
consider action on: A resolution authorizing the Executive Director to 
enter into a contract for analysis of benthic macroinvertebrate samples 
from the Delaware River utilizing Clean Water Act Section 106 funds; a 
resolution authorizing the Executive Director to accept funds from the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency for the development of multi-
jurisdictional flood mitigation plans in four New Jersey counties; a 
resolution to approve a DRBC records retention schedule; and a 
resolution authorizing the Executive Director to enter into a contract 
for landscape architectural services to develop the Ruth Patrick River 
Garden, utilizing funds provided by the William Penn Foundation.
    The meeting will also include: adoption of the Minutes of the 
Commission's May 10, 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.
    In addition, supplemental notice is hereby provided for Docket No. 
D-2002-34 CP, issued on September 3, 2003, by which the Commission 
approved a ground water allocation for the New Castle County 
distribution system of the Artesian Water Company, Inc. (``Artesian''). 
The docket was reissued on May 18, 2005 as Docket D-2002-34 CP-2 to 
accommodate a modification unrelated to this supplemental notice. Both 
the 2003 and 2005 dockets provided for multiple ground water 
withdrawals from approximately 40 wells in the more than one dozen 
wellfields comprising Artesian's New Castle County

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distribution system. The purpose of this supplemental notice is to 
highlight the inclusion in Docket D-2002-34 CP and continuation in 
Docket D-2002-34 CP-2 of New Well No. 4 to supply up to 6.48 million 
gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days) of water to the applicant's Artisan's 
Village public water supply distribution system. The addition of New 
Well No. 4 entailed no increase in the maximum combined withdrawal from 
the Artisan's Village wellfield, which remained unchanged by Docket D-
2002-34 CP, at 90.72 mg/30 days. Although a notice of application 
received (NAR) was published for the proposed new well on September 11, 
2002, the public notice issued in advance of the September 3, 2003 
hearing did not highlight approval of the well. The modified docket 
issued by the Commission to Artesian Water Company in 2005 included no 
change associated with the Artisan's Village distribution system. Any 
person seeking a hearing to review the Commission's action in approving 
New Well No. 4 in the Artisan's Village wellfield may request a hearing 
in accordance with Article 6 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure, provided that such a request is received by the Commission 
within 30 days of the date this notice appears in either the Federal 
Register or the Pennsylvania Code and Bulletin, whichever date is 
later.
    Draft dockets, the resolutions scheduled for public hearing on July 
19, 2006, and the dockets associated with the supplemental notice 
provided above 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: June 21, 2006.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-10226 Filed 6-28-06; 8:45 am]
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