[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71094-71095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29366]


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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, December 8, 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 
West Trenton Volunteer Fire Company, located at 40 West Upper Ferry 
Road, West Trenton, New Jersey.
    The conference among the commissioners and staff will begin at 
10:30 a.m. and will consist of: A report by a representative of the 
National Weather Service (NOAA-NWS) on inundation mapping available on 
the web pages of the NWS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service; and a 
report by staff on historical and ongoing efforts to restore dissolved 
oxygen in 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. Pennsylvania Utility Company, D-1975-093 CP-4. An application 
for renewal of the Tamiment Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The 
existing 0.25 million gallons per day (mgd) WWTP will continue to spray 
irrigate treated effluent at the Tamiment Golf Course. Treated effluent 
that is not spray irrigated discharges to an unnamed tributary to 
Little Bush Kill, a tributary of the Delaware River. The facility is 
located in Lehman Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania and is located 
within 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 project discharge is located at River Mile 226.9-0.8-1.5-
1.85. The project outfall is located in the Bush Kill Watershed.
    2. Pilgrim's Pride--Franconia, D-1989-065-3. An application to 
renew the discharge of up to 0.3 mgd of treated effluent from Outfall 
No. 001 at the Franconia Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant (IWTP). 
The IWTP will continue to discharge to an unnamed tributary of Indian 
Creek at River Mile 92.47-32.3-11.3-5.5-3.4-0.8 (Delaware River--
Schuylkill River--Perkiomen Creek--East Branch Perkiomen Creek--Indian 
Creek--UNT), in Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
    3. Amity Township, D-1990-078 CP-3. An application to renew the 
approval of the existing 4.0 mgd Amity WWTP. Effluent limits required 
by PADEP and the DRBC are based upon an average monthly discharge flow 
of up to 2.2 mgd. Treated effluent will continue to discharge to the 
Schuylkill River via existing Outfall No. 001 at River Mile 92.47-58.35 
(Delaware River--Schuylkill River), in Amity Township, Berks County, 
Pennsylvania.
    4. Shoemakersville Borough Authority, D-1993-074 CP-3. An 
application to renew the discharge of up to 0.75 mgd of treated 
effluent from existing Outfall No. 001 at the Shoemakersville WWTP. The 
WWTP discharges to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.47-92.3 
(Delaware River--Schuylkill River), in the Borough of Shoemakersville, 
Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    5. Exelon Generation Company, LLC--Fairless Hills Generating 
Station, D-1996-063 CP-2. An application to renew approval of the 
Fairless Hills Generating Station (FHGS), which includes a subsidiary 
water allocation of 4,795.7 million gallons per month (mgm), provided 
by U.S. Steel Real Estate (U.S. Steel) to the Exelon FHGS. The water is 
used for cooling purposes associated with power generation. The FHGS is 
located within the U.S. Steel complex in Falls Township, Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania.
    6. Dominion Energy Company--Fairless Hills Generation Energy 
Generating Facility, D-2001-028 CP-2. An application to renew approval 
of the Fairless Hills Generation Energy Generating Facility (FHG-EGF) 
and the subsidiary water allocation of 356.5 mgm provided by U.S. Steel 
Real Estate (U.S. Steel) to the Dominion FHG-EGF. The water is used for 
cooling purposes associated with power generation. The FHG-EGF is 
located within the U.S. Steel complex in Falls Township, Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania.
    7. Penns Grove Sewerage Authority, D-2005-029 CP-2. An application 
for approval to continue discharging 0.75 mgd of treated effluent from 
the Penns Grove WWTP. The Penns Grove WWTP will continue to discharge 
to Water Quality Zone 5 at River Mile 72.0 (Delaware River). The Penns 
Grove WWTP is located in Penns Grove Borough, Salem County, New Jersey.
    8. Exide Technologies, D-1976-097-2. Exide Technologies (Exide) 
applied to the Commission on February 27, 2007 for renewed approval of 
the discharge of up to 0.325 mgd of treated wastewater from the 
existing 0.7 mgd IWTP via Outfall No. 101, and the continuance of its 
current limits for Total Dissolved Solids (TDS). Exide proposes to 
reduce its average discharge from Outfall No. 101 from 0.325 mgd to 
0.25 mgd, while maintaining its current approved monthly and daily 
average TDS effluent concentration limits of 6,000 mg/l and 7,500 mg/l. 
Additionally, Exide has requested approval to construct a 1.1 mgd 
stormwater treatment plant (SWTP). The SWTP is designed to remove lead 
and other heavy metals from contaminated stormwater runoff. The SWTP 
will discharge an average monthly flow of 0.4 mgd of treated stormwater 
via Outfall No. 201. The existing IWTP and proposed SWTP will discharge 
to a stormwater conveyance system that discharges to the Schuylkill 
River at River Mile 92.47-78.29 (Delaware River--Schuylkill River), in 
Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    9. Valley Forge Sewer Authority, D-1995-006 CP-3. An application 
for approval of the expansion of the Valley Forge Sewer Authority WWTP. 
The hydraulic design capacity of the existing WWTP is proposed to be 
expanded from 9.2 mgd to 11.75 mgd. The expansion includes the addition 
of a second aeration tank and a fourth final clarifier and upgrading 
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clarifier system, secondary treatment system, sludge handling, and 
operations facilities of the existing WWTP. The WWTP will continue to 
discharge to the Schuylkill River. The facility is located in 
Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    10. Portland Borough Authority, D-1997-029 CP-2. Application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal (GWD) project to supply up to 
4.32 mgm of water to the applicant's public water supply system from 
new Well No. 4 and to increase the existing withdrawal from all wells 
from 5.7 million gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days) to 12.4 mgm. The 
increased allocation is requested in order to meet projected increases 
in service area demand and to replace lost yield from Well No. 3. The 
project well is completed in the Martinsburg Formation and is located 
in the Slateford Creek Watershed in Upper Mount Bethel Township, 
Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The site 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.
    11. United States Steel, LLC, D-2009-006-1. An application for 
approval of an existing surface water withdrawal project (SWWD) to 
continue to supply up to 15,772.43 mgm of water to the applicant's U.S. 
Steel Real Estate Complex. The complex houses four existing users and 
one new user, which are supplied from two existing intakes. The project 
SWWD is located in Water Quality Zone 2 of the Delaware River at River 
Mile 127.0, in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
    12. Deb-El Foods, D-2009-036-1. An application for approval to 
construct a 0.05 mgd 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 designated as Special Protection Waters. 
The IWTP is located in the Town of Thompson, Sullivan County, New York.
    13. Frenchtown Borough, D-2010-021 CP-1. An application for 
approval of the upgrade and expansion of the existing Frenchtown 
Borough WWTP. The proposed upgrade to the WWTP consists of replacing 
the existing trickling filter treatment system with a new oxidation 
ditch treatment system. The hydraulic design capacity of the upgraded 
WWTP is also being expanded from 0.15 mgd to 0.26 mgd; however, the 
WWTP does not have planning approval to expand beyond 0.15 mgd, and 
therefore the WWTP will remain at a permitted flow of 0.15 mgd. The 
project WWTP was not previously approved by the DRBC. The WWTP will 
continue to discharge to the section of the non-tidal Delaware River 
known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection 
Waters, at River Mile 164.5 in Delaware River Water Quality Zone 1E. 
The facility is located in Frenchtown Borough, Hunterdon County, New 
Jersey.
    14. Exelon Generation Company, LLC--Fairless Hills, D-2010-036 CP-
1. An application for the approval of an existing discharge of up to 
37.4 mgd of Power Plant Condenser Cooling Water (PPCCW), non-contact 
cooling water (NCCW) and stormwater from the Fairless Hills Generating 
Station (FHGS) via Outfall No. 001. Outfall No. 001 discharges to Water 
Quality Zone 2 of the Delaware River at River Mile 126.85. The FHGS is 
located within the U.S. Steel complex in Falls Township, Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania.
    In addition to the standard business meeting items, consisting of 
adoption of the Minutes of the Commission's September 15, 2010 business 
meeting, announcements of upcoming meetings and events, a report on 
hydrologic conditions, reports by the Executive Director and the 
Commission's General Counsel, and public dialogue, the business meeting 
also will include public hearings: (a) On a resolution extending Docket 
No. D-69-210 CP Final (Revision 12) for the Exelon Limerick Generating 
Station Water Supply Modification Demonstration Project and Wadesville 
Mine Pool Withdrawal and Streamflow Augmentation Demonstration Project; 
(b) on a resolution authorizing the Executive Director to enter into an 
agreement for the management of comments received on a proposed 
rulemaking; (c) for Lambertville Municipal Utility Authority (LMUA) to 
show cause why its wastewater treatment plant improvements should not 
be subject to review in accordance with Section 3.8 of the Delaware 
River Basin Compact and DRBC Regulations; (d) on a resolution 
authorizing the Executive Director to enter into an agreement for the 
analysis of periphyton samples from the non-tidal Delaware River; and 
(e) on a resolution to adopt the Commission's operating and capital 
budgets for fiscal year 2012. Consideration by the Commission also will 
be given to a resolution amending the Water Quality Regulations, Water 
Code and Comprehensive Plan to update water quality criteria for toxic 
pollutants in the Delaware Estuary and extend these criteria to 
Delaware Bay (a proposal on which a public hearing was conducted on 
September 23, 2010), and a resolution to correct a technical error in 
the September 15, 2010 amendment of the water charging rates.
    Draft dockets scheduled for public hearing on September 15, 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 website, 
drbc.net, closer to the meeting date for changes that may be made after 
the deadline for filing this notice.
    Individuals who wish to comment for the record on a hearing item or 
to address the Commissioners informally during the public dialogue 
portion of the meeting are asked to sign up in advance by contacting 
Ms. Paula Schmitt of the Commission staff, at 
[email protected] or by phoning Ms. Schmitt at 609-883-
9500 ext. 224.
    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: November 16, 2010.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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