[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 73 (Friday, April 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2010-8726]


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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 5, 2010. 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 
10:30 a.m. and will consist of a presentation on the Commonwealth's 
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Strategy by a representative of the 
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and a presentation 
on the Delaware River Valley Early Warning System by a representative 
of the Philadelphia Water Department.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m. 
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
    1. Cabot Corporation, D-1970-072-4. An application for the renewal 
of an existing 0.222 million gallons per day (mgd) discharge from 
Outfalls Nos. 001 (process wastewater and non-contact cooling water 
(NCCW)), 002 (stormwater, condensate and NCCW), and 003 (process water 
treatment system wastewater). The project is located on Swamp Creek at 
River Mile 92.47--32.3--12.9--12.6 (Delaware River--Schuylkill River--
Perkiomen Creek--Swamp Creek), on the border of Douglass Township, 
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and Colebrookdale Township, Berks 
County, Pennsylvania.
    2. Gilbertsville Golf Club, D-1999-047-2. The purpose of this 
project is to continue to provide up to 12 million gallons per 30 days 
(mg/30 days) of water for golf course irrigation from existing Wells 
Nos. 2, 9, and 13, which were installed in the Brunswick Formation. The 
docket holder augments two ponds from the existing groundwater wells to 
satisfy the irrigation water demand for the docket holder's golf 
course. The project is located in the Minster Creek Watershed in the 
New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, PA and is located in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area (GWPA).
    3. Womelsdorf Sewer Authority, D-1967-084 CP-2. An application to 
approve an expansion of the existing Womelsdorf Sewer Authority 
Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The WWTP was expanded in 2000 from 
0.3 million mgd to 0.475 mgd; however this expansion was never approved 
by the Commission. The WWTP will continue to discharge to the 
Tulpehocken Creek, a tributary to the Schuylkill River. The facility is 
located in Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    4. Morysville, D-1973-060 CP-2. An application for approval to 
increase the Morysville WWTP discharge from 0.25 mgd to 0.32 mgd. The 
hydraulic design capacity of 0.38 mgd will not be modified. The project 
will continue to discharge to Ironstone Creek at River Mile 92.47--
54.15--4.0--4.1 (Delaware River--Schuylkill River--Manatawny Creek--
Ironstone Creek), in Colebrookdale Township, Berks County, 
Pennsylvania.
    5. North Wales Water Authority, D-1986-020 CP-2. An application for 
approval of a modification of the North Wales Water Authority WWTP. The 
applicant proposes to upgrade the existing 0.835 mgd WWTP to include 
the addition of an activated sludge unit and a chemical feed system. 
The project includes the transfer of ownership from North Wales Borough 
to the North Wales Water Authority. The WWTP's hydraulic design rate of 
0.835 mgd will remain unchanged. The WWTP will continue to discharge to 
an unnamed tributary of the Wissahickon Creek, which is a tributary of 
the Schuylkill River. The facility is located in Upper Gwynedd 
Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
    6. Township of Spring, D-1988-077 CP-2. An application for approval 
of the expansion of the Spring Township WWTP. A 1.0 mgd oxidation ditch 
treatment system utilizing a fixed film contact aeration (packed bed 
reactor) system is proposed to be added to the existing 1.28 mgd WWTP 
in order to expand the plant's hydraulic design capacity from 1.28 mgd 
to 2.28 mgd. The average annual flow of the expanded plant will be 2.0 
mgd. The WWTP will continue to discharge to Cacoosing Creek, a 
tributary of Tulpehocken Creek, which is a tributary of the Schuylkill 
River. The facility is located in the Township of Spring, Berks County, 
Pennsylvania.
    7. Hilltown Township Water and Sewer Authority, D-1992-020 CP-3. An 
application for the renewal of a groundwater withdrawal project to 
continue the withdrawal of 16.0 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's 
public water supply system from existing Wells Nos. 2 and 5 and new 
Well No. 1A. New Well No. 1A was drilled as a replacement well for Well 
No. 1, which was abandoned due to a casing failure. The applicant 
requests that the withdrawal from New Well No. 1A be limited to 9.60 
mg/30 days. The project is located in the Brunswick and Lockatong 
Formations in the Pleasant Spring Creek Watershed in Hilltown Township, 
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, within the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground 
Water Protected Area.
    8. Lyons Borough Municipal Authority, D-1994-080 CP-2. An 
application for approval to expand and upgrade the Lyons Borough 
Municipal Authority WWTP. The hydraulic design flow will increase from 
0.2 mgd to 0.3 mgd, and modifications will include the construction of 
two equalization tanks, a package aeration unit, three gravity filters, 
an ultra-violet (UV) light disinfection system, a post-aeration tank, a 
screw press for sludge dewatering, chemical feed systems and a 
filtration building. The project also includes a request for an 
increase from 1,000 milligrams per liter (mg/l) to 2,000 mg/l in the 
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) effluent limit for the upgraded WWTP. The 
increase in flow and TDS is anticipated as a result of proposed 
acceptance of an additional 0.10 mgd of industrial process water from 
East Penn Manufacturing Company, an industrial wastewater discharger to 
the WWTP. The WWTP will continue to discharge

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to Sacony Creek, a tributary of the Maiden Creek, which is a tributary 
of the Schuylkill River. The project is located in the Borough of Lyons 
Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    9. Lower Providence Township Municipal Authority D-1999-021 CP-2. 
An application for the renewal of a groundwater withdrawal project to 
supply up to 3.3 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's golf course 
from existing Wells Nos. 1 and 2 in the Stockton Formation. The total 
allocation of groundwater is based on actual metered data and is an 
increase from the existing allocation of 2.27 mg/30 days. The project 
is located in the Mine Run and Schuylkill River watersheds in Lower 
Providence Township, Montgomery County, PA in the Southeastern 
Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    10. Maidencreek Township Authority, D-2000-028 CP-2. An application 
for approval to increase the TDS effluent limit for the Maidencreek 
WWTP from 1,000 mg/l to 1,500 mg/l. The proposed increase in TDS is a 
result of additional industrial process water proposed to be discharged 
to the plant by James Hardie Building Products, an existing industrial 
wastewater discharger. The average annual flow of the existing WWTP 
will remain at 0.8 mgd. The plant is hydraulically designed for 1.0 
mgd. The WWTP will continue to discharge to Willow Creek, a tributary 
of Maiden Creek, which is a tributary of the Schuylkill River. The 
project is located in Ontelaunee Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    11. East Vincent Municipal Authority, D-2005-007 CP-1. An 
application to rerate a 48,800 gallons per day (gpd) sewage treatment 
plant (STP) to process a maximum monthly flow of 52,800 gpd, while 
continuing to provide tertiary treatment. The project will continue to 
serve flows from the built-out residential development known as Bartons 
Meadows in East Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The 
additional 4,000 gpd is needed to handle wet weather related flows due 
to inflow and infiltration. Following ultraviolet light disinfection, 
STP effluent will continue to be discharged to subsurface seepage beds 
in the drainage area of French Creek. The project is located in the 
DRBC Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area and the 
Schuylkill River Watershed, off of Sheeder Road just north of its 
intersection with Pughtown Road.
    12. Upper Makefield Township, D-2007-025 CP-2. An application for 
approval of expansion of the Upper Makefield Township Gray Tract WWTP, 
which was previously approved but not constructed. The applicant seeks 
approval to expand the proposed plant from the previously approved 
20,000 gallons per day (gpd) to 55,550 gpd in order to accommodate an 
additional service area consisting of the portions of the Melksy Farm 
and White Farm subdivisions located in Upper Makefield Township. The 
hydraulic design capacity of the proposed WWTP is to be 70,000 gpd. The 
WWTP is proposed to discharge to Houghs Creek rather than to the 
previously-approved location on an unnamed tributary of Houghs Creek. 
The project is to be located in the Houghs Creek Watershed in Upper 
Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and is located within 
the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known 
as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection 
Waters.
    13. Artesian Water Company, Inc. D-2007-042 CP-1. An application 
for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 25.8 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply distribution 
system from new Wells Nos. PW-1 and PW-2 in the Weatherstone Crossing 
wellfield. The project is located in the Frederica Formation in the 
Murderkill River Watershed in Kent County, Delaware.
    14. Arcelor Mittal Plate, LLC, D-2008-036-1. An application for 
approval of an existing surface water and spring water withdrawal of up 
to 105.8 mg/30 days. The Arcelor Mittal Plate industrial facility 
withdraws surface water from two intakes and one spring source (West 
Side Spring). Intake No. 1 is located on the West Branch Brandywine 
Creek and Intake No. 2 is located on Sucker Run, a tributary of the 
West Branch Brandywine Creek. The facility is located in the City of 
Coatesville in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    15. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Ship Systems 
Engineering Station, D-2009-003 CP-1. An application for approval of an 
existing surface water withdrawal of 1,080 mg/30 days. The existing 
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Ship Systems 
Engineering Station currently withdraws surface water from the 
Philadelphia Navy Reserve Basin, which is connected by a channel and 
tidally-linked to the Schuylkill River one-half mile upstream of the 
confluence of the Schuylkill River with the Delaware River. The surface 
water withdrawal is used for non-contact cooling water. The facility is 
located in the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    16. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Ship Systems 
Engineering Station, D-2009-004 CP-1. An application to approve an 
existing non-contact cooling water (NCCW) discharge to the Navy Reserve 
Basin (Outfall 001) and an existing discharge of process water directly 
to the Delaware River within Water Quality Zone 4 (Outfall 005). The 
existing discharges have not been approved by the Commission. The 
discharge of NCCW from Outfall 001 will increase from 24.0 mgd 
(existing) to 36.0 mgd as a result of the proposed P-205 Electric Test 
Drive project and Outfall No. 005 will remain at 0.60 mgd. The Navy 
Reserve Basin is connected by a channel and tidally-linked to the 
Schuylkill River one-half mile upstream of the confluence of the 
Schuylkill River with the Delaware River. The facility is located in 
the Schuylkill River Watershed in the City of Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.
    17. Village of Fleischmanns, 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 system from 
existing Wells Nos. 2 and 4, rehabilitated Well No. 3, new Well No. 5, 
and existing Springs Nos. 3, 4 & 5. The allocation is requested in 
order to meet existing and projected demands in the project service 
area. The project is located in the Lower Walter Formation 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.
    18. Elwood P. Carey, D-2009-028-1. An application for approval of 
an existing groundwater withdrawal project to supply a maximum of 10.8 
mg/30 days of water for the applicant's irrigation of approximately 86 
acres of corn, soybean, and wheat crops. The project well (Well No. 1) 
is located in the Cheswold Aquifer in the Leipsic River Watershed in 
Kent County, Delaware.
    19. State of Delaware Parks and Recreation, D-2009-034 CP-1. An 
application to approve an existing surface and groundwater withdrawal 
of up to 14.0 million gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days) of water for the 
irrigation of the docket holder's golf course from one existing surface 
water intake (Intake No. 1) located on an irrigation pond and one 
existing groundwater production well (Well No. 1). The allocation 
limits the withdrawal to 7.0 mg/30 days, with a daily restriction of 
403,000 gallons per day (gpd) for each source. The project well is 
located in the Cheswold Formation, and the surface water

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withdrawal is from a pond located on an unnamed tributary of the 
Leipsic River in Kent County, Delaware.
    20. Deb-El Food Products, D-2009-036-1. An application for approval 
to construct a 0.05 mgd industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) 
that will discharge to the Neversink River at River Mile 253.64--28.7 
(Delaware River--Neversink River) in the drainage area of the section 
of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is 
classified as Special Protection Waters. The IWTP is located in the 
Town of Thompson, Sullivan County, New York.
    21. Arcelor Mittal Plate, LLC--Conshohocken, D-2009-039-1. An 
application for approval of a groundwater and surface water withdrawal 
project to supply up to 12.96 mg/30 days of groundwater and 45 mg/30 
days of surface water to the applicant's industrial process from the 
existing Q&T Well and existing surface water intake, respectively. The 
surface water allocation is based on projected peak demands and is less 
than the requested allocation of surface water. Surface water will be 
withdrawn from the Schuylkill River in the Schuylkill-Crow Creek 
Watershed. The well is located in the Elbrook Formation in the 
Schuylkill-Crow Creek Watershed in Plymouth Township, Montgomery 
County, PA, within the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected 
Area.
    22. Village of Buckingham Springs, D-2009-040 CP-1. An application 
for approval of an existing 0.1 mgd discharge from the Village of 
Buckingham Springs (VBS) WWTP. The VBS WWTP will continue to discharge 
to Mill Creek at River Mile 115.63--23.39--4.95 (Delaware River--
Neshaminy Creek--Mill Creek). The VBS WWTP is located in Buckingham 
Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
    23. Tobyhanna Army Depot, D-2009-041 CP-1. An application for 
approval to modify the treatment process of the existing 0.802 mgd 
Tobyhanna Army Depot WWTP. The discharge is located at River Mile 
183.66--83.5--26.4--1.82 (Delaware River--Lehigh River--Tobyhanna 
Creek--UNT) within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal 
Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as 
Special Protection Waters. The WWTP is located in Coolbaugh Township, 
Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
    24. Cedar Glen Lakes Water Company, D-2009-046 CP. An application 
for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 7.8 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public supply distribution 
system from existing Well No. 2. The project is located in the 
Kirkwood-Cohansey Formation in the Rancocas Creek Watershed in 
Manchester Township, Ocean County, New Jersey.
    25. New Jersey American Water Company--New Egypt System, D-2009-050 
CP-1. An application for approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal 
project to supply up to 5.0 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's 
public water supply system from existing Wells Nos. 1A and 2, which 
were not previously reviewed by the Commission. The project wells are 
located in the Englishtown Aquifer in the Crosswicks Creek Watershed in 
Plumsted Township, Ocean County, New Jersey.
    26. Kinsley Group Family, LP--Kinsley Shopping Center, D-2010-005-
1. An application for approval to construct and operate the 20,000 gpd 
Kinsley Shopping Center (KSC) WWTP. Effluent limits for the KSC WWTP 
will be based upon a 17,770 gpd discharge, the expected 2015 year 
discharge flow. The WWTP will be located in the Lower SPW drainage area 
and will discharge to ten (five primary and five reserve) on-site 
seepage beds in the Weir Creek Watershed near River Mile 183.66--
40.88--6.30--6.51--7.40--2.40 (Delaware River--Lehigh River--Pohopoco 
Creek--Beltzville Reservoir--Pohopoco Creek--Weir Creek) in 
Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
    In addition to the standard business meeting items, including 
adoption of the Minutes of the Commission's March 3, 2010 business 
meeting; announcements of upcoming meetings and events of interest; a 
report on hydrologic conditions; a report by the Executive Director; 
and a report by the Commission's General Counsel, the business meeting 
will include public hearings and consideration by the Commission of 
resolutions approving: (a) The Commission's FY 2010-2015 Water 
Resources Program; and (b) election of the Commission Chair, Vice-Chair 
and Second-Vice Chair for FY 2011. In addition, the Commissioners will 
consider adoption of the DRBC Fiscal Year 2011 operating and capital 
budgets, on which a hearing was conducted during the December 9, 2009 
business meeting. An opportunity for public dialogue will be provided 
at the end of the meeting.
    Draft dockets scheduled for public hearing on May 5, 2010 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 date 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: April 12, 2010.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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