[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 191 (Monday, October 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51128-51131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23920]


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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 
Thursday, October 22, 2009. The hearing will be part of the 
Commission's regular business meeting. The conference session and 
business meeting both are open to the public and will be held at the 
Commission's office building, located at 25 State Police Drive, West 
Trenton, New Jersey.
    The conference among the commissioners and staff will begin at 
10:45 a.m. and will consist of an update on implementation of the 2004 
Water Resources Plan for the Delaware River Basin (the ``Basin Plan''); 
recommendations of the Flood Advisory Committee (FAC) on floodplain 
management; and a presentation by a Decree Party representative on New 
York City's planned temporary tunnel shutdown.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m. 
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
    1. Knoll, Inc., D-1974-162-3. An application for the renewal of a 
0.073 mgd discharge of industrial waste and non-contact cooling water 
from Knoll, Inc.'s industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP). The 
project IWTP discharges to the Perkiomen Creek, which is a tributary of 
the Schuylkill River. The project IWTP is located in Upper Hanover 
Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
    2. Doylestown Borough, D-1979-018 CP-4. An application for the 
renewal of a groundwater withdrawal project with an expired DRBC 
docket, to continue a withdrawal of up to 50.6 mg/30 days to supply the 
applicant's public water supply system from existing Wells Nos. 7, 8, 
9, 10, 11, and 12 in the Stockton Formation. The project is located in 
the Neshaminy Creek Watershed in the Borough of Doylestown, Bucks 
County, Pennsylvania, and is located in the southeastern Pennsylvania 
Ground Water Protected Area.
    3. Nestle Purina PetCare Company, D-1984-002-4. An application for 
the renewal of a groundwater withdrawal project to continue the 
withdrawal of 25.92 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's industrial 
processes from existing Wells Nos. 2, 4, 5, and 6, completed in the 
Beekmantown Formation Aquifer. The project is located in the Jordon 
Creek Watershed in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, 
Pennsylvania and 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.
    4. Leidy's, Inc., D-1993-021-2. An application for the renewal of a 
groundwater withdrawal project with an expired DRBC docket, to continue 
a withdrawal of up to 3.45 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's 
industrial manufacturing processes from existing Wells Nos. PW-1, PW-2, 
and PW-3 in the Brunswick and Lockatong Formations. The project is 
located in the Skippack Creek Watershed in Souderton Borough, 
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and is located in the southeastern 
Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    5. Deerwood Country Club, D-1994-006-3. An application for renewal 
of a groundwater and surface water withdrawal project to continue the 
withdrawal of 6.7 mg/30 days to supply the irrigation system at the 
Deerwood Country Club from existing Wells Nos. 1, and 2 and two (2) 
existing surface water intakes. The project wells are located in the 
Englishtown Formation, and all wells and intakes are located in the 
Assiscunk Creek Watershed in Westhampton Township, Burlington County, 
New Jersey, in New Jersey Critical Water Supply Area 2.
    6. Upper Hanover Authority, D-2004-017 CP-2. An application to 
approve the renewal of the Upper Hanover Authority Perkiomen WWTP. The 
WWTP will continue to discharge 0.098 mgd of treated sewage effluent to 
Perkiomen Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River. The facility is 
located in Upper

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Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
    7. City of Bethlehem, D-1971-078 CP-2. An application to update the 
docket for the City of Bethlehem's wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) to 
reflect an increase in the hydraulic design capacity of the WWTP from 
15.5 mgd to 20 mgd. The expansion occurred in 1995 without DRBC 
approval. The WWTP will continue to discharge primarily to the Lehigh 
River at River Mile 183.66-9.51 (Delaware River--Lehigh River). 
Additionally, the old discharge outfall (Outfall 006 now acts as an 
emergency outfall and is located at River Mile 183.66-9.5-0.3 (Delaware 
River--Lehigh River--Saucon Creek). The project WWTP is located within 
the drainage area to the portion of the non-tidal Delaware River known 
as the Lower Delaware, which is designated as Special Protection 
Waters, in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
    8. New Jersey American Water Company, D-1981-073 CP-4. An 
application for an existing groundwater withdrawal project to continue 
the withdrawal of 12.8 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's Homestead 
public water supply system from existing Wells Nos. 1 and 2 completed 
in the Upper Potomac/Raritan/Magothy Aquifer. The project is located in 
the Assiscunk Creek Watershed in Mansfield Township, Burlington County, 
New Jersey and is located in the New Jersey Critical Water Supply Area 
2.
    9. Stroudsburg Borough, D-1986-011 CP-2. An application for the 
approval of an expansion to the existing Stroudsburg Borough WWTP. The 
applicant proposes to expand the WWTP by adding a sequencing batch 
reactor (SBR) system, along with new headworks, equalization tanks, 
tertiary cloth media filters, UV disinfection, and a new outfall. The 
2.5 mgd WWTP will be expanded to treat an average annual daily flow 
rate of 4.5 mgd. The WWTP will continue to discharge to McMichael's 
Creek. McMichael's Creek is a tributary to the Brodhead Creek, and the 
project WWTP is located within the drainage area to the section of the 
non-tidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is 
classified as Special Protection Waters. The facility is located in the 
Borough of Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
    10. Delaware County Solid Waste Authority, D-1989-018 CP-4. An 
application for the approval of the modification and expansion of the 
Delaware County Solid Waste Authority's (DCSWA) Rolling Hills leachate 
treatment plant (LTP) from 0.08 million gallons per day (mgd) to 0.115 
mgd. Modifications include a clarifier, new ozone system, additional 
blowers, new pumps, and new boilers to ensure treatment process comply 
with permit limitations such as color, ammonia, and total dissolved 
solids (TDS). The LTP treats leachate from the Rolling Hills landfill 
and discharges to the Manatawny Creek at River Mile 92.47-54.15-12.2 
(Delaware River--Schuylkill River--Manatawny Creek) through a diffused 
outfall. The project LTP is located in Earl Township, Berks County, 
Pennsylvania.
    11. Baer Aggregates, Inc., D-1990-018-3. An application for the 
modification of an existing groundwater withdrawal project to include 
the addition of a surface water withdrawal from a groundwater-fed 
dewatering pit. The project proposes to continue withdrawal of 38.0 mg/
30 days to supply the applicant's sand and gravel washing operations 
from existing Well Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 and the proposed dewatering pit. 
The project withdrawals are located in the Kittatinny Formation in 
Pohatcong Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
    12. Gloucester County Utilities Authority, D-1990-074 CP-3. An 
application for the continued approval of a 27 mgd discharge of treated 
wastewater from the Gloucester County Utilities Authority (GCUA) WWTP. 
On May 6, 2009, the DRBC approved Docket No. D-2008-27-1 for the West 
Deptford Energy Station (WDES). WDES was approved to withdraw up to 7.5 
mgd of GCUA's effluent for cooling water purposes and to discharge 
approximately 2.0 mgd of contact cooling water (CCW) back into GCUA's 
effluent stream. As a result of the WDES approval, a TDS and thermal 
mixing zone are required for the GCUA discharge (Outfall No. DSN001A). 
This application includes a thermal mixing zone of 164 feet and a TDS 
mixing zone of 105 feet, both applicable to Outfall No. DSN001A. The 
project WWTP is located in Water Quality Zone 4 at River Mile 89.7 
(Delaware River), in West Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New 
Jersey.
    13. Evesham Municipal Utilities Authority, D-1991-015 CP-3. An 
application for approval to construct three new infiltration basins and 
the related force main required for conveyance. Docket No. D-1991-015 
CP-2 approved the discharge of treated effluent to two infiltration 
basins and a spray field for the Kings Grant WWTP. The three new 
infiltration basins will replace the spray field component of the 
treatment process. The project WWTP and appurtenant facilities are 
located adjacent to an UNT to the South Branch Rancocas Creek near 
River Mile 111.06-15.41-8.65-0.36 (Delaware River--Rancocas Creek--
South Branch Rancocas Creek--UNT). The facilities are located along 
Tomlinson Mill-Taunton Road, in Evesham Township, Burlington County, 
New Jersey.
    14. Borough of Woodstown, D-1999-004 CP-2. An application for 
approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 13 mg/30 
days of water to the applicant's public supply distribution system from 
new Well No. 6 and to increase the existing withdrawal from all wells 
from 18.1 mg/30 days to 18.843 mg/30 days. The project is located in 
the Salem River and Oldmans Creek watersheds in Woodstown Borough, 
Salem County, New Jersey.
    15. Quakertown Borough, D-2000-064 CP-2. The purpose of this 
project is to approve the addition of new Well No. 9 to the docket 
holder's distribution system and to continue to provide up to 51.1 mg/
30 days of water to the docket holder's distribution system. The 
proposed total allocation of groundwater is not an increase in 
allocation from the prior docket. New Well No. 9 will replace existing 
Well No. 7 due to declining production rates. The docket holder will 
retain Well No. 7 as a back-up source of water. The project is located 
in the Brunswick Formation in the Tohickon Creek Watershed in 
Quakertown Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and is located in the 
southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area. 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.
    16. Penn Estates Utilities, Inc., D-2003-036 CP-2. An application 
for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 1.296 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply system from 
new Well No. 8 and to increase the existing withdrawal from all wells 
from 10.80 mg/30 days to 12.025 mg/30 days. The increased allocation is 
requested in order to meet current needs in service area demand. The 
project is located in the Trimmers Rock Formation in the Brodhead Creek 
Watershed in Stroud Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The site is 
located within the drainage area to the section of the non-tidal 
Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is designated as 
Special Protection Waters.
    17. City of Bordentown, D-2004-011 CP-2. An application for the 
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a groundwater withdrawal project to increase withdrawal from 96 mg/30 
days to 118 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public water supply 
system from existing Well Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 completed in the Potomac/
Raritan/Magothy Aquifer. The increased allocation is requested in order 
to meet projected increases in service area demand. The project is 
located in the Crosswicks Creek Watershed in Hamilton Township, Mercer 
County, New Jersey.
    18. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), D-2005-32 CP-2. An 
application for approval to modify the existing spillway of the 
Prompton Dam. The project proposes to extend the existing 85-foot long 
spillway to approximately 130 feet. The project also includes the 
construction of a soil retention wall and other improvements to the 
spillway, as well as a new operations building and access bridge. The 
Prompton Dam is a flood control structure located on the West Branch 
Lackawaxen River in Prompton Borough, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. The 
dam is located within the drainage area to the section of the non-tidal 
Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware which is classified as 
Special Protection Waters.
    19. Ruscombmanor Township, D-2007-034 CP-2. An application to 
modify the hydraulic design capacity of the Golden Oaks WWTP. On March 
11, 2009 the Commission approved Docket No. D-2007-34 CP-1 providing 
for an expansion of the Golden Oaks WWTP from 0.025 mgd to 0.075 mgd. 
However, due to funding constraints, the expansion is being curtailed 
to 0.05 mgd. The WWTP is located in the Schuylkill River Watershed at 
River Mile 92.47-54.15-16.75-1.03-3.63-2.17 (Delaware River--Schuylkill 
River--Manatawny Creek--Little Manatawny Creek--Furnace Creek--UNT) in 
Ruscombmanor Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    20. Yukiguni Maitake Manufacturing Corporation of America, D-2003-
026-1. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project 
to supply up to 13.14 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's mushroom 
facility from new Well No. 001. The project is located in the Lower 
Devonian and Sulurian Formations in the Basher Kill Watershed in 
Mamakating Township, Sullivan County, New York. The site is located 
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.
    21. Gemstar Development Corporation, D-2008-018-1. An application 
for approval to construct the new 24,000 gallons per day (gpd) Heiden 
Road WWTP. The WWTP will discharge to Sheldrake Stream, a Class B 
tributary that flows into the Neversink River, a tributary to the 
section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, 
which is designated as Special Protection Waters. The project is 
located in the Town of Thompson, Sullivan County, New York.
    22. CBH20, LP, D-2008-026-1. An application for approval of a 
groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 5.71 mg/30 days of water 
to the applicant's public water supply system from existing Well No. 
PWS-4 and new Wells Nos. PWS-2 and PWS-3. The project is located in the 
Devonian-age, Long Run Member of the Catskill Formation in the Pocono 
Creek Watershed in Pocono Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The 
site is located within the drainage area to the section of the non-
tidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is designated 
as Special Protection Waters.
    23. Yukiguni Maitake Manufacturing Corporation of America, D-2008-
035-1. An application for approval of the construction of the Yukiguni 
Maitake Mushroom growing facility [pilot mushroom growing facility (1-
story, 44,100 square foot building)], with three land discharges. The 
first and second discharges are to a three-bay infiltration basin 
system. The third is a leach field discharge from an on-site septic 
tank. The three-bay infiltration basin system will accept up to 55,000 
gpd, 51,000 gpd of which will be from the geothermal system (Outfall 
No. 005) and the remaining 4,000 gpd will be from process water 
(Outfall No. 002). The leach field will discharge up to 1,000 gpd of 
sanitary wastewater (Outfall No. 001) from the on-site septic tank. The 
project is located in the Basher Kill Watershed in Mamakating 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.
    24. FiberMark, Inc., D-2009-005-1. An application for the approval 
of an existing 0.09 mgd discharge of non-contact cooling water (NCCW). 
The facility discharges NCCW to an injection well in accordance with 
Docket No. D-82-31 Renewal 3. The surface discharge related to this 
application is to be used only during the emergency conditions also 
described in Docket No. D 82-31 Renewal 3. The project will continue to 
discharge to River Mile 157.00-11.75-11.68-0.86 (Delaware River--
Tohickon Creek--Beaver Run--Unnamed Tributary (UNT)). The NCCW 
discharge is located on an UNT of Beaver Run, which is a tributary to 
the Lower Delaware Special Protection Water Area, and has been 
classified as Significant Resource Waters. The facility is located in 
Quakertown Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
    25. Fleischmanns Village, D-2009-008 CP-1. An application for 
approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 9.75 mg/30 
days of water to the applicant's public water supply from existing 
Wells Nos. 2 and 4, new Well No. 5, rehabilitated existing Well No. 3, 
and existing spring-fed surface water source (Spring Nos. 3, 4, and 5). 
The allocation is requested in order to meet existing and projected 
demands in the project service area. The project wells are located in 
the Lower Walter Formation, and all water sources are located in the 
Bush Kill Watershed in the Village of Fleischmanns, Delaware County, 
New York. The site is located within the drainage area of the section 
of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, which is 
designated as Special Protection Waters.
    26. National Gypsum Company, D-2009-009-1. An application for 
approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 5.27 mg/30 
days of water to the applicant's existing industrial processes from 
existing Well No. 2 and replacement Well No. 1R and to limit the 
existing withdrawal from each well to 2.635 mg/30 days. The applicant 
has not previously applied for a docket for its existing industrial 
process. The project is located in the Raritan Aquifer in the Delaware 
River Watershed in the City of Burlington, Burlington County, New 
Jersey.
    27. DMV International, D-2009-011-1. An application for approval of 
an existing 0.72 mgd discharge of NCCW from Outfall No. 001 to the West 
Branch Delaware River. Outfall No. 001 is located at River Mile 330.70-
52.93 (Delaware River--West Branch Delaware River) within the drainage 
area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Upper 
Delaware, which is designated as Special Protection Waters.. The 
facility is located in the Town of Delhi, Delaware County, New York.
    28. Essroc Cement Corporation, D-2009-016-1. An application for 
approval of an existing NCCW discharge of 0.264 mgd from the Essroc 
Cement Corporation Portland Cement manufacturing facility. The 
manufacturing facility is located in the Lower Special Protection 
Waters drainage area and discharges to an UNT of Shoeneck Creek that 
PADEP has classified as a Warm Water Fishery. It is located at River 
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0.15 (Delaware River--Bushkill Creek--Shoeneck Creek--UNT) in Upper 
Nazareth Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
    The business meeting also will include adoption of the Minutes of 
the Commission's July 15, 2009 business meeting; announcements of 
upcoming DRBC advisory committee meetings and other events relating to 
watershed management in the basin; a report on hydrologic conditions; a 
report by the Executive Director; a report by the Commission's General 
Counsel; and consideration by the Commission of resolutions to (a) 
approve the FY 2010-2015 Water Resources Program; (b) authorize the 
Executive Director to enter into contracts with consultants to upgrade 
the Commission's Web site; (c) authorize the Executive Director to 
establish an integral part trust and adopt the ICMA Retirement 
Corporation's VantageCare Retirement Health Savings Employer Investment 
Program for purposes of GASB 45 compliance; and (d) amend the 
Commission's Investment Policy Manual to provide guidelines for the 
investment of assets placed in an integral part trust for purposes of 
GASB 45 compliance. An opportunity for public dialogue will be provided 
at the end of the meeting.
    Draft dockets scheduled for public hearing on October 22, 2009 can 
be accessed through the Notice of Commission Meeting and Public Hearing 
on the Commission's Web site, drbc.net, ten days prior to the meeting 
date. Additional public records relating to the dockets may be examined 
at the Commission's offices. Please contact William Muszynski at 609-
883-9500, extension 221, with any docket-related questions.
    Note that conference items are subject to change and items 
scheduled for hearing are occasionally postponed to allow more time for 
the Commission to consider them. Please check the Commission's Web 
site, drbc.net, closer to the meeting for changes that may be made 
after the deadline for filing this notice.
    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: September 29, 2009.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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