[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66140-66142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23013]




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 12, 2007. 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 a.m. Topics of discussion will include:

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a status report by staff of the U.S. Geological Survey on the flood 
analysis model under development in accordance with DRBC Resolution No. 
2006-20 to evaluate the potential for reservoirs throughout the basin 
to be used to mitigate flooding along the Delaware River and its 
tributaries; status of a proposal to update the water quality standard 
for PCBs in the Delaware Estuary and provide for implementation of the 
new standard; a report on the status of three pending rulemakings--(a) 
amendments to the Water Code and Water Quality Regulations relating to 
water accountability and source metering, recording and reporting; (b) 
Water Code amendments to implement a Flexible Flow Management Program 
proposed by the parties to the Supreme Court Decree of 1954 for 
operation of the New York City Delaware Basin reservoirs; and (c) 
amendments to the Water Code and Water Quality Regulations regarding 
Special Protection Waters. In addition, there will be a discussion of 
the proposed DRBC FY 2008-2009 Water Resources Program and a 
presentation by Dr. Rebecca L. Schneider of Cornell University on how 
networks of roadside ditches across watersheds contribute significantly 
to flooding, droughts, and degraded water quality downstream.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m. 
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
    1. Deptford Township Municipal Utilities Authority D-94-68 CP-2. An 
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to 
continue withdrawal of 123 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public 
water supply distribution system from existing Wells Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, 
7, 8 and 9R in the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Formation. The project is 
located in the Lower Delaware Watershed in Deptford Township, 
Gloucester County, New Jersey, in New Jersey Critical Water Supply Area 
2.
    2. City of Vineland D-95-47 CP-2. An application for the renewal of 
a ground water withdrawal project to continue the withdrawal of 494.5 
mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution 
system from existing Wells Nos. 2 through 14 in the Cohansey Formation. 
The project is located in the Maurice River Watershed in the City of 
Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    3. Merchantville-Pennsauken Water Commission D-97-5 CP-2. An 
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to 
continue withdrawal of 335 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public 
water supply distribution system from fifteen (15) existing wells in 
the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Formation. The project is located in the 
Pennsauken Creek Watershed in Merchantville Borough and Pennsauken 
Township, Camden County, New Jersey.
    4. Nestl[eacute] Waters North America, Inc. D-98-27-3. An 
application for the renewal of a spring water withdrawal project to 
continue withdrawal of 9 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's bottled 
water operations from existing Hoffman Springs Nos. 1, 2 and 3 and new 
Mattos Catchment No. 1. The project is located in the Ontelaunee Creek 
Watershed in Lynn Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
    5. Sapa Extrusions, Inc. (formerly Alcoa Extrusions, Inc.) D-2005-
1-3. An application to continue to discharge up to 0.10 mgd from an 
existing outfall to the West Branch Schuylkill River. No expansion of 
the treatment facility is proposed and no alterations to the existing 
effluent limits are requested. The treatment facility is located in 
Cressona Borough, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
    6. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company D-71-86-2. An application 
for the renewal and update of the Edge Moor facility's IWTP and non-
contact cooling water discharges and for approval of the installation 
of an effluent diffuser. The permitted discharges from the applicant's 
titanium dioxide production facility include a 5.2 mgd discharge of 
treated IWTP effluent from Outfall 001, a 2.89 mgd discharge of non-
contact cooling water and storm water from Outfall 002, and a 5.9 mgd 
discharge of non-contact cooling water and stormwater from Outfall 003. 
The facility will continue to discharge to the Delaware River. The 
facility is located in Edgemoor, Delaware.
    7. Warren County (Pequest River) Municipal Authority D-71-96 CP-2. 
An application to modify an existing docket by providing a Total 
Dissolved Solids (TDS) determination for the Warren County (Pequest 
River) Municipal Utilities Authority's Oxford Area Wastewater Treatment 
Plant (WWTP). The Oxford Area WWTP has a design flow of 0.5 million 
gallons per day (mgd) and treats primarily domestic sewage prior to 
discharge to the Pequest River at River Mile 197.8-7.2-0.9. The 
facility also accepts leachate from a landfill operated by the 
Pollution Control Financing Authority of Warren County and from Covanta 
Industry. Because these waste streams can result in a WWTP discharge 
that exceeds DRBC's basinwide effluent TDS limitation of 1000 mg/L, the 
applicant has requested a variance in the form of an adjusted effluent 
TDS limitation of 9,864 pounds per day. DRBC criteria allow for a 
variance from a TDS effluent limit where the variance would not result 
in an instream TDS concentration in excess of 500 mg/L or an increase 
in the instream TDS concentrations of more than 33%. The Pequest is a 
tributary of the Lower Delaware River, which DRBC has designated on an 
interim basis as Special Protection Waters with a classification of 
Significant Resource Waters. The facility is located in Oxford 
Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
    8. County of Chester Department of Facilities Management D-83-15 
CP-3. An application for approval to expand a 0.105 mgd WWTP to treat 
an average flow of 0.13676 mgd. The WWTP will continue to serve only 
the Pocopson Home and Prison, located in Pocopson Township, Chester 
County, Pennsylvania. Following advanced treatment, the WWTP effluent 
will be applied to expanded adjacent spray fields, which are located in 
the Pocopson Creek Watershed. A new aerated lagoon will be constructed 
to provide sufficient supplemental effluent storage, so that a WWTP 
discharge to a stream will not be needed.
    9. The Premcor Refining Group, Inc. D-93-4-6. An application to 
replace the withdrawal of water from Wells Nos. P-3A and P-4A in the 
applicant's water supply system that have become unreliable sources of 
supply and to increase the applicant's surface water withdrawal from 
the Delaware River and Red Lion Creek. Premcor requests that its 
combined withdrawal from replacement Wells Nos. P-3B and P-4B and seven 
existing wells remain limited to 180 million gallons per thirty days 
(mg/30 days); that its withdrawal from the Delaware River intake remain 
13,560 mg/30 days; that the docket authorize withdrawals of 38.9 mg/30 
days from the Red Lion Creek intake and up to 56.2 mg/30 days from the 
Dragon Run intake, and that Premcor's combined withdrawal from all 
sources be limited to 13,835.1 mg/30 days. The proposed allocation 
represents no increase in groundwater withdrawals and no increase from 
the Delaware River intake. The docket is proposed to include previously 
un-docketed pre-Compact DNREC allocations from Dragon Run and Red Lion 
Creek. The project is located in the Potomac Formation in the C&D Canal 
East, Dragon Run Creek, Red Lion Creek and Delaware River watersheds in 
Delaware City, New Castle County, Delaware.
    10. Valero Paulsboro Refinery D-2006-28-1. An application for 
approval of a surface water withdrawal project to

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supply up to 10.8 mgd (324 mg/30 days) of water to the applicant's 
petroleum refinery from an existing surface water intake. The project 
is located in the Delaware Watershed in Greenwich Township, Gloucester 
County, New Jersey, in New Jersey Critical Water Supply Area 2.
    11. Exelon Power D-2006-44-1. An application for approval of an 
existing surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 9,975 mg/30 
days of water to the applicant's Cromby Generating Station from the 
Schuylkill River and to limit the existing withdrawal from all intakes 
to 9,975 mg/30 days. No increase in withdrawals is requested. The 
project is located in the Schuylkill River Watershed in East Pikeland 
Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania and is located in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    12. To-Jo Mushrooms Inc. D-2007-3-1. An application for approval of 
the rerate of the existing To-Jo Mushroom IWTP from 0.03 mgd to 0.049 
mgd and for approval of the existing 0.035 mgd discharge of contact 
cooling water. The applicant's IWTP serves a mushroom canning facility. 
The IWTP and contact cooling water will continue to be discharged to 
Trout Run, a tributary of the White Clay Creek. The facility is located 
in New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    13. The Asbury Graphite Mills, Inc. D-2007-26-1. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 5.65 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's manufacturing facility from Intakes 
Nos. 1, 2A, 2B and 2C in the Musconetcong River and to supply up to 
1.43 mg/30 days from Wells Nos. 1 and 2 completed in the Allentown 
Dolomite Formation in the Musconetcong River Watershed, for a total 
allocation of 7.08 mg/30 days. The project is located in Bethlehem 
Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, within the drainage area to the 
section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, 
which is designated as Special Protection Waters.
    14. Woodbourne Correctional Facility D-2007-28 CP-1. An application 
for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 7.20 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's domestic water supply from Wells 
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and to limit the existing withdrawal from 
all wells to 7.20 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Valley Fill 
Aquifer in the Middle Delaware Watershed in Woodbourne Township, 
Sullivan County, New York, within the drainage area to the section of 
the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, which is 
designated as Special Protection Waters.
    In addition, the Commission's 1:30 p.m. business meeting will 
include a public hearing on the proposed Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Current 
Expense and Capital Budgets.
    The business meeting also will include adoption of the Minutes of 
the Commission's September 26, 2007 business meeting; announcements of 
upcoming advisory committee meetings and other events; a report by the 
Executive Director; a report by the Commission's General Counsel; and 
an opportunity for public dialogue.
    Draft dockets scheduled for public hearing on December 12, 2007 
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.

    November 19, 2007.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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