[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 81 (Friday, April 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22344-22347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9112]


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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 14, 2008. 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 Independence 
Seaport Museum at Penn's Landing, 211 South Columbus Boulevard and 
Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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    The conference among the commissioners and staff will begin at 
10:30 a.m. Topics of discussion will include: Update on a request for 
proposal for the Reassessment Study to be undertaken in accordance with 
the Decree Parties' Agreement of September 26, 2007; and presentation 
by Lori Dillard Rech, President of the Independence Seaport Museum. 
Because of the large number of dockets scheduled for public hearing on 
May 14, in a departure from the customary schedule, the portion of the 
business meeting consisting of the hearing on Project Review 
applications will be held at approximately 11:15 a.m., immediately 
following the morning conference session. At the conclusion of the 
hearing on Project Review applications, there will be a break for 
lunch. The business meeting will resume at 1:30 p.m.
    1. Valley Township D-88-31 CP-3. An application for the renewal of 
a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 4.5 million 
gallons per thirty days (mg/30 days) to supply the applicant's public 
water supply distribution system from existing Wells Nos. V1, V2 and 
V4. The project is located in the Precambrian Gabbroic Gneiss Formation 
in the Brandywine Creek Watershed in Valley Township, Chester County, 
Pennsylvania.
    2. Monroe Township Municipal Utilities Authority D-93-9 CP-2. An 
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to 
continue withdrawal of 25.92 mg/30 days from existing Wells Nos. 9 and 
10 to supply the portion of the applicant's public water supply 
distribution system that is located in the Delaware River Basin. The 
project is located in the Kirkwood Cohansey Aquifer in the Scotland Run 
Watershed in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, in New 
Jersey Critical Water Supply Area 2.
    3. Borough of Milford D-68-100 CP-2. An application to upgrade the 
applicant's wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) to provide improved 
nutrient removal. No increase in the approved 0.4 mgd WWTP capacity is 
proposed. The project is located off Carpenter Street in Milford 
Borough, Hunterdon County, New Jersey and discharges to Spring Mills 
Creek, approximately 0.1 mile upstream from its confluence with Lower 
Delaware River Special Protection Waters. The project is also within 
the Lower Delaware River Management Plan area. The WWTP will continue 
to serve a portion of Holland Township and Milford Borough, both in 
Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
    4. Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics D-70-86-2. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to increase withdrawal 
from 8.64 mg/30 days to 12.08 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's 
manufacturing facility from existing Well No. 4 and to decrease the 
total system allocation from 15.12 mg/30 days to 12.1 mg/30 days in the 
Columbia Formation. The project is located in the C & D Canal and the 
Red Lion Creek watersheds in the City of Newark, New Castle County, 
Delaware.
    5. Aqua New Jersey, Inc. D-77-49-2. An application for approval of 
a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 8.6 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's Warren Glen, Riegel Ridge and Fox Hollow 
distribution systems from new Wells Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7, which 
represents an increase in the existing withdrawal 5.6 mg/30 days to 8.6 
mg/30 days. The increased allocation is requested in order to meet 
projected increases in service area demand. The project is located in 
the Leithsville Formation in the Musconetcong and Delaware River 
Watersheds in Holland Township, Hunterdon County and Pohatcong 
Township, Warren County, New Jersey. This withdrawal project is located 
within the drainage area to the section of the non-tidal Delaware River 
known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection 
Waters.
    6. Upper Gwynedd Township D-91-88 CP-4. An application for approval 
of the addition of an effluent filter on the Upper Gwynedd Township 
WWTP. The WWTP's average annual flow of 5.7 mgd will not change. The 
WWTP will continue to discharge to the Wissahickon Creek, a tributary 
of the Schuylkill River. The facility is located in Upper Gwynedd 
Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
    7. Township of Pemberton D-92-56 CP-3. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to increase withdrawal 
from 38.75 mg/30 days to 58 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public 
water supply distribution system from existing Wells Nos. 4, 6, 7, 8A 
and 11 and new Wells Nos. 1, 2 and 13 in the Mt. Laurel/Wenonah and 
Englishtown Formations. The increased allocation is requested in order 
to meet projected increases in service area demand. The project is 
located in the Rancocas Creek Watershed in Pemberton Township, 
Burlington County, New Jersey.
    8. 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 mg/30 days; that its withdrawal 
from the Delaware River intake remain at 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, no increase from the Delaware River intake and 
the inclusion in a DRBC docket of 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.
    9. AES Ironwood, LLC D-97-45-2. An application for the renewal of a 
surface water withdrawal project to increase the applicant's withdrawal 
from 64.8 mg/30 days to 70.2 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's power 
generation facility. The withdrawal is made via the diversion of a 
portion of an existing quarry discharge to Tulpehocken Creek within the 
Schuylkill River Watershed, and the diversion of a portion of the City 
of Lebanon sewage treatment plant wastewater discharge to Quittapahila 
Creek, which is located in the Susquehanna River Basin. The portion of 
the withdrawal diverted from the City of Lebanon treatment plant 
discharge constitutes an inter-basin transfer. The project is located 
in South Lebanon Township in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
    10. Milford Valley Convalescent Home D-98-51-2. An application to 
modify an existing 0.015 mgd WWTP with the addition of a prefabricated 
equalization tank. The WWTP will continue to serve the Milford Valley 
Convalescent Home, located in Westfall Township, Pike County, 
Pennsylvania. The WWTP discharges to the section of the non-tidal 
Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is designated as 
Special Protection Waters.
    11. Penn Estate Utilities D-99-20-2. An application for approval of 
the addition of a denitrification filter on the Penn Estates Utilities 
WWTP. The existing design flow of 0.56 mgd will not change as a result 
of this project. The WWTP will continue to discharge to Cranberry 
Creek, a tributary of the Brodhead Creek, which is a tributary of the 
section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware.

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The Middle Delaware is designated as Special Protection Waters. The 
facility is located in Stroud Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
    12. Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority D-2006-6 CP-2. An 
application requesting approval for an increase in the average monthly 
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) effluent limit for the docket holder's 
Hampton Commons WWTP. The request is to increase the average monthly 
limit from 1,000 milligrams per liter (mg/l) to 1,500 mg/l. The 50,000 
gallons per day (gpd) Hampton Commons WWTP discharges to Marsh's Farm 
Creek, a tributary to the Paulins Kill River. The facility is located 
in Hampton Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, within the drainage 
area of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which 
is designated as Special Protection Waters.
    13. Whitemarsh Township D-93-37 CP-2. An application for the 
approval of modifications to an existing but previously undocketed WWTP 
that will continue to serve a portion of Whitemarsh Township. The 
project involves replacing the original process equipment with new 
equipment. The 2.0 mgd WWTP will continue to provide secondary 
biological treatment via the trickling filter process and will continue 
to discharge to an unnamed tributary of the Schuylkill River. The 
facility is located in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, 
Pennsylvania.
    14. Valero Paulsboro Refinery D-2006-28-1. An application for 
approval of an existing surface water withdrawal project to supply up 
to 414 mg/30 days (~13.8 mgd) 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.
    15. Rock Tenn Company D-2006- 41-1. An application for approval of 
the Rock Tenn Company's existing non-contact cooling water (NCCW) and 
IWTP discharge from the company's Stroudsburg paper mill. The combined 
discharge of 0.295 mgd of NCCW and IWTP effluent will continue to be 
discharged to the Brodhead Creek. The Brodhead Creek is tributary to 
the Middle Delaware Special Protection Waters. The facility is located 
in Delaware Water Gap Borough, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
    16. Skyview Golf Course, Inc. D-2007-19-1. An application for 
approval of a ground and surface water withdrawal project to supply 
less than 3.1 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's golf course 
irrigation system from new Wells Nos. 2 and 11 and Intake No. 1 and to 
limit the withdrawal from all sources to less than 3.1 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in the Hypersthere-Quartz-Oligoclase Gneiss 
Formation in the Paulins Kill Watershed in Sparta Township, Sussex 
County, New Jersey, 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.
    17. City of Easton D-2007-31 CP-1. An application for the approval 
of the existing Easton water treatment plant's (WTP) 0.75 mgd backwash 
discharge. The WTP discharges filter backwash and sludge filter press 
filtrate to the section of the Delaware River known as the Lower 
Delaware Special Protection Waters. The facility is located in the City 
of Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
    18. Empire Golf Management d/b/a Pine Hill Golf Club D-2007-33-1. 
An application for approval of a ground and surface water withdrawal 
project to supply up to 12 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's golf 
course irrigation system from new Wells TW1, PW1, PW2, PW5B and PW6B 
and a pond intake. The project is located in the Kirkwood-Cohansey 
Formation in the Big Timber Creek Watershed in Pine Hill Borough, 
Camden County, New Jersey.
    19. East Stroudsburg Borough D-2007-39 CP-1. An application for 
approval of the existing East Stroudsburg Borough Water Filtration 
Plant's (WFP) 0.09 mgd backwash discharge. The East Stroudsburg WFP 
discharges filter backwash to Sambo Creek, as do the plant's sludge 
decanting basins. Sambo Creek is a tributary to the Brodhead Creek, 
which is a tributary to the section of the non-tidal Delaware River 
known as the Middle Delaware, which is designated as Special Protection 
Waters. The facility is located in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, 
Pennsylvania.
    20. Laurel Pipe Line Company D-2007-40-1. An application for the 
approval of the existing Laurel Pipe Line Company's groundwater 
remediation discharge of 0.070 mgd. The applicant's groundwater 
remediation system will continue to discharge to an unnamed tributary 
of Green Creek, a tributary of Chester Creek. The facility is located 
in Bethel Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
    21. East Brandywine Township Municipal Authority D-2007-43 CP-1. An 
application for the approval of the construction of the new 61,400 gpd 
Hillendale WWTP and the associated pump stations, collection system, 
and drip irrigation disposal facility. The Hillendale WWTP will serve 
the 140 acre Pine Hill Subdivision. The WWTP will discharge treated 
effluent to approximately 9.3 acres of spray irrigation fields. The 
subdivision and associated facilities are located adjacent to the East 
Branch Brandywine Creek. The facilities will be located in East 
Brandywine Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    22. Tidewater Utilities, Inc. D-2008-3 CP-1. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 5.7 mg/30 
days of water to the applicant's Chimney Hill/Hillside/Woodbury 
district public water supply distribution system from new Wells Nos. 
159102, 190503 and 209110. The project is located in the Frederica and 
Federalsburg formations in the Murderkill River Watershed in Kent 
County, Delaware.
    23. Warwick Township D-2008-4 CP-1. An application for the approval 
of the construction of the new 63,050 gpd St. Peters Village WWTP and 
the associated pump station and 12.67 acre spray irrigation disposal 
facility. The St. Peters Village WWTP will serve existing and proposed 
development within the St. Peters Village and Knauertown areas. The 
WWTP will discharge treated effluent to approximately 12.67 acres of 
spray irrigation fields. The treatment facilities are located adjacent 
to French Creek. The facilities will be located near Knauertown, in 
Warwick Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    24. Pleasant Valley School District D-2008-5 CP-1. An application 
for the approval of the expansion of the Pleasant Valley School 
District (PVSD) Brodheadsville Campus WWTP and spray irrigation system. 
The PVSD WWTP will be expanded from 10,200 gpd to 30,000 gpd and the 
spray irrigation system will have two new storage lagoons (Nos. 3 and 
4) and 7 new spray fields equal to a combined area of approximately 16 
acres. The PVSD Brodheadsville WWTP will be expanded to serve the 
Middle School, High School, J.C. Mills School, Chestnuthill Elementary 
School and Bus Transportation Facility. Previously, the High School and 
Chestnuthill Elementary School discharged to their own individual on-
lot septic systems, and the J.C. Mills School had its own WWTP. The 
treatment facilities are located adjacent to an unnamed tributary to 
Weir Creek, a tributary to the Pohopoco Creek, which is a tributary to 
the Lehigh River. The facilities are located near Brodheadsville, in 
Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

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    25. Morrisville Borough Municipal Authority D-2008-6 CP-1. An 
application for approval of the existing Morrisville Borough Municipal 
Authority's Water Filtration Plant backwash discharge. The 150,000 gpd 
backwash discharge is to the portion of the non-tidal Delaware River 
known as the Lower Delaware, which is designated as Special Protection 
Waters. The facilities are located in Morrisville Borough, Bucks 
County, Pennsylvania.
    26. Keystone Mobile Home Park D-2008-7-1. An application for 
approval of the reconstruction of the Keystone Mobile Home Park (KMHP) 
WWTP. The KMHP WWTP will continue to discharge 40,000 gpd to the Lehigh 
River, which is a tributary to the section of the non-tidal Delaware 
River known as the Lower Delaware, which is designated as Special 
Protection Waters. The KMHP WWTP is located near Laurys Station, North 
Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
    27. Green Walk Trout Hatchery, Inc. D-2008-8-1. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 13.824 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's trout hatchery facility from 
Wells Nos. 1 and 2. Although not previously approved by the Commission, 
this project has been in operation since 1971. The project is located 
in the Martinsburg Formation in the Jacoby Creek Watershed in Upper 
Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 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.
    28. Joseph Wick Nurseries, Ltd. D-2008-10-1. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 11.6 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's nursery from new Wells Nos. 1 and 
2. The project is located in the Federalsburg Formation in the St. 
Jones River Watershed in the City of Dover, Kent County, Delaware.
    29. Evergreen Community Power D-2008-11-1. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 51.84 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's steam turbine power plant from new 
Wells Nos. PW2 and PW3. The project is located in the Cambrian 
Carbonate Formation in the Schuylkill River Watershed in the City of 
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    30. White Haven Borough D-2008-12 CP-1. An application for approval 
of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.189 mg/30 days 
of water to the applicant's bottled water operations from existing 
Wells Nos. 1 and 2. The project is located in the Mauch Chunk Formation 
in the Linesville Creek Watershed in Foster Township, Luzerne County, 
Pennsylvania, 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.
    At the conclusion of the hearing on Project Review applications the 
business meeting will adjourn for lunch. The meeting will resume at 
1:30 p.m. with consideration of the draft Minutes from the March 12, 
2008 business meeting, announcements of upcoming events, including 
meetings of Commission advisory committees; a hydrologic report; a 
report by the Executive Director; and a report by the Commission's 
General Counsel.
    The Commission will then consider a series of resolutions, among 
which the following will include public hearings: a resolution 
approving the 2008-2013 Water Resources Program; a resolution to amend 
the composition of the Monitoring Advisory Committee by the addition of 
a representative from the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary; a 
resolution authorizing the executive director to enter into contracts 
for the analysis of ambient water samples to characterize the nature 
and extent of chronic toxicity in the Delaware Estuary; a resolution 
authorizing the executive director to accept funds from the 
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for development of 
an integrated Water Resources Program for the Schuylkill River 
Watershed; a resolution authorizing the executive director to accept 
funds from NOAA-NWS for flood warning improvements and flood warning 
outreach initiatives recommended by the Interstate Flood Mitigation 
Task Force Report of July 2007; and a resolution providing for election 
of the Commission Chair, Vice Chair and Second Vice Chair for the year 
2008-2009, commencing July 1, 2008.
    The business meeting also will include consideration of a 
resolution amending the Water Quality Regulations and Comprehensive 
Plan to permanently designate the Lower Delaware River as a Special 
Protection Water and clarify certain aspects of the rule. A public 
hearing on this item was conducted on December 4, 2007 and the comment 
period closed on December 6, 2007.
    Draft dockets scheduled for public hearing on May 14, 2008 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 21, 2008.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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