[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39077-39079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16716]


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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, July 13, 2011. The hearing will be part of the Commission's 
regularly scheduled 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 morning conference session will begin at 11 a.m. and will 
consist of a presentation by Professor Gerald F. Kauffman of the 
University of Delaware on the economic value of the Delaware River and 
Bay and a presentation by Bethany Bearmore of the National Marine 
Fisheries Service on the natural resource damages settlement in the 
matter of the Athos I oil spill of November 26, 2004.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m. 
business meeting include the dockets listed below.
    1. Spring City Borough, D-1974-061 CP-3. An application to renew 
the approval to discharge up to 0.345 million gallons per day (mgd) of 
treated effluent through existing Outfall No. 001 from the 0.6 mgd 
Spring City Borough Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The existing 
WWTP will continue to discharge to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 
92.47--41.3 (Delaware River--Schuylkill River) in Spring City Borough, 
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    2. Ambler Borough, D-1975-016 CP-3. An application to renew the 
approval to discharge up to 8.0 mgd (monthly maximum flow) and up to 
6.5 mgd (annual average flow) of treated effluent from the Ambler 
Borough WWTP. The existing WWTP will continue to discharge to the 
Wissahickon Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River. The facility is 
located in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
    3. Robeson Township, D-1983-034 CP-2. An application to update the 
approval of the existing 0.30 mgd Robeson Township WWTP. An NAR for 
this application was published under docket number D-2010-031 CP-1 on 
November 3, 2010. The Commission originally approved the WWTP by Docket 
No. D-1983-034 CP-1 issued on September 25, 1984. Docket D-1983-034 CP-
2 would update that approval. No modification to the Robeson Township 
WWTP is proposed. The Robeson Township WWTP will continue to discharge 
treated wastewater effluent to the Schuylkill River. The facility is 
located in Robeson Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    4. Buck Hill Falls Company, D-2009-001 CP-2. An application to 
renew the discharge of up to 0.20 mgd of treated effluent from existing 
Outfall No. 001 at the Buck Hill Falls WWTP. The existing WWTP 
discharges to Buck Hill Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River, at 
River Mile 213.00--21.11--0.50 (Delaware River--Brodhead Creek--Buck 
Hill Creek) within the drainage area of the portion of the non-tidal 
Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is classified as 
Special Protection Waters. The project WWTP is located in Barrett 
Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
    5. SPS Technologies, D-1979-088-5. An application for the renewal 
of a groundwater withdrawal (GWD) project to continue the withdrawal of 
8.89 million gallons per month (mgm) to supply the applicant's 
manufacturing plant from existing Well No. 7 completed in the 
Wissahickon Formation. The project is located in the Upper Reach 
Frankfort Creek Watershed in Abington Township, Montgomery County, 
Pennsylvania within the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water 
Protected Area.
    6. Big Boulder Corporation, D-1985-025-2. An application for the 
expansion of the Big Boulder Ski Area WWTP from 0.225 mgd to 0.265 mgd. 
The project WWTP will discharge 0.04 mgd to absorption beds located on-
site and will continue to discharge 0.225 mgd directly to an unnamed 
tributary of Tunkhannock Creek at River Mile 183.66--83.5--5.6--2.5--
0.64 (Delaware River--Lehigh River--Tobyhanna Creek--Tunkhannock 
Creek--Unnamed Tributary) in Kidder Township, Carbon County, 
Pennsylvania. The project WWTP is located in the drainage area of the 
section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, 
which is classified as Special Protection Waters.
    7. Morrisville Borough, D-1987-008 CP-2. An application for 
approval to renew a discharge of 7.1 mgd from the existing Morrisville 
Borough Municipal Authority (MBMA) WWTP. MBMA also

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has requested approval to accept and treat up to 0.2 mgd of pre-treated 
landfill leachate from Waste Management Inc.'s (WMI's) GROWS/Tullytown 
landfills. The DRBC approved a pilot program in 2005 (Docket No. D-
1988-54-2) that allowed WMI to send up to 0.025 mgd of pre-treated 
leachate to be treated and discharged from the MBMA WWTP. The pilot 
program was expanded to 0.07 mgd on May 18, 2007. Additionally, MBMA 
has requested an increase in its wasteload allocation for 
CBOD20 from 2,418 lbs/day to 3,831 lbs/day and a 
determination to allow discharge at an effluent color limit greater 
than the Commission's standard of 100 units on the platinum cobalt 
scale. The WWTP is located in Morrisville Borough, Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania and discharges to the tidal Delaware River in Water 
Quality Zone 2 at River Mile 133.0.
    8. Lansdale Borough, D-1996-045 CP-2. An application to approve an 
expansion of the service area of the existing Borough of Lansdale WWTP. 
The project also proposes to increase the permitted annual average flow 
rate from 2.6 to 3.2 mgd. The service area modification includes the 
acceptance of up to 1,000,000 gpd of pre-treated industrial wastewater, 
not to exceed a monthly average flow of 750,000 gpd, from the Merck 
West Point pharmaceutical facility located in Upper Gwynedd Township, 
Pennsylvania. No modification of the treatment facilities or increase 
in hydraulic design flow is proposed. The WWTP will continue to 
discharge to an unnamed tributary of the West Branch Neshaminy Creek, 
which is a tributary of the Neshaminy Creek. The project is located in 
Upper Gwynedd Township and the Borough of Lansdale in Montgomery 
County, Pennsylvania.
    9. Pennsylvania American Water Company--Lexington Woods, D-1998-016 
CP-3. An application for approval of a GWD project to supply up to 2.23 
mgm of water to the applicant's Pocono District public water supply 
system from existing Lexington Well No. 2 for emergency and back-up 
water supply. The total GWD allocation from all 17 system wells will 
remain limited to 63.55 mgm. Lexington Well No. 2 is completed in the 
Catskill Formation and is located in the Clear Run Watershed in 
Coolbaugh Township, Monroe 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.
    10. CB Mid-Atlantic Golf Club, LLC, D-1999-036-2. An application 
for the renewal of a GWD project and to increase from 2.95 mgm to 4.75 
mgm the withdrawal from existing Wells Nos. IW-1 and IW-2 in the 
Cockeysville Marble Formation for irrigation of the applicant's golf 
course. The increased groundwater allocation is requested in order to 
avoid the need for water purchases or use of approved surface water 
withdrawals from Broad Run Creek. The project is located in the West 
Branch Brandywine-Broad Run Watershed in West Bradford Township, 
Chester County, Pennsylvania, within the Southeastern Pennsylvania 
Ground Water Protected Area.
    11. Borough of Dublin, D-2000-011 CP-2. An application for the 
renewal of a GWD project to continue a withdrawal of up to 6.9 million 
gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days) to supply the applicant's public water 
supply from existing Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 5 in the Lockatong 
Formation and Brunswick Group. The project is located in the East 
Branch Perkiomen--Morris Run and Tohickon Deep Run watersheds in the 
Borough of Dublin, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, within the Southeastern 
Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    12. Blue Mountain Ski Area/Tuthill Corporation & Acquashicola-
Little Gap, D-2010-026-1. An application for approval of a surface 
water withdrawal (SWWD) and GWD project to withdraw up to 300 million 
gallons of water annually from November through March from two existing 
surface water intakes located on Aquashicola Creek for the purpose of 
snow-making. Additionally, this project approves the allocation of 1.49 
mgm from Wells Nos. 1 and 2 to supply the ski area with potable water. 
The existing project withdrawals were not previously approved by the 
Commission. The project is located in the Aquashicola Creek Watershed 
in Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon 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.
    13. Lakeview Estates Homeowners Association, D-2010-032 CP-1. An 
application for approval of the existing Lakeview Estates WWTP, for 
which the Commission has not previously issued a docket. The WWTP will 
continue to discharge up to 54,000 gallons per day (gpd) of treated 
sewage effluent to an unnamed tributary of the Lehigh River. The 
facility is located in Lehigh Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania 
within the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower 
Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters.
    14. Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., D-2010-042 CP-1. An application for 
approval of a GWD project to supply up to 6.95 mgm of water to the 
applicant's public water supply system from new Well No. 1A and 
existing Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3A, 3B and 8. The project wells are completed 
in the Catskill Formation and are located in the Kleinhans and 
Wallenpaupack creeks watersheds in Palmyra Township, Pike County, 
Pennsylvania. The project is located within the drainage area of the 
section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, 
which is classified as Special Protection Waters.
    15. Bethany Children's Home, D-2010-043-1. An application for 
approval of a GWD and exportation project to supply up to 6.0 mgm of 
water for bottled water operations from new Wells Nos. PW-A and PW-B. 
Withdrawn water will be exported from the Delaware River Basin to the 
DS Waters bottling facility in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, within the 
Susquehanna River Basin. The project wells are completed in the Epler 
Formation and are located in the Tulpehocken Watershed in Heidelberg 
Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    16. Covanta Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility, D-2011-003 
CP-1. An application to approve Covanta Delaware Valley, LP's Delaware 
Valley Resource Recovery Facility (DVRRF), which derives energy from 
waste, and the subsidiary water allocation for the facility of up to 
62.372 mgm from the Chester Water Authority (CWA). Additionally, the 
applicant seeks approval to construct an influent pipeline and related 
polishing treatment facility that will accept up to 62.372 mgm of 
treated wastewater effluent from the Delaware County Regional Water 
Quality Control Authority (DELCORA) WWTP located nearby, in order to 
provide a new source of water for the DVRRF. The applicant is seeking 
approval to continue to use a combined total of 62.372 mgm from the two 
sources. The water is used for cooling purposes associated with power 
generation. The DVRRF is located in Chester City, Delaware County, 
Pennsylvania.
    17. Upper Gwynedd Township, D-2011-011 CP-1. An application for 
approval to construct a pump station and associated sewerage 
interceptor and force main, to be owned and operated by Upper Gwynedd 
Township, for the purpose of conveying wastewater from the Merck West 
Point pharmaceutical facility located in Upper Gwynedd Township to the 
Lansdale Borough WWTP. The applicant proposes to construct a pump 
station, 3,260 linear foot gravity sewer interceptor, and 8-inch 
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pump station and associated interceptor and force main will be designed 
to convey up to 1,000,000 gpd of pre-treated industrial wastewater, not 
to exceed a monthly average flow of 750,000 gpd, from the Merck West 
Point pharmaceutical facility (also located in Upper Gwynedd Township) 
to the Lansdale Borough WWTP for treatment and discharge to the West 
Branch Neshaminy Creek, a tributary of the Neshaminy Creek. A separate 
application has been filed concurrently by the Borough of Lansdale (see 
DRBC Application No. D-1996-045 CP-2) for approval to revise its 
service area and to accept the additional flow. The proposed facilities 
are to be located in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, 
Pennsylvania.
    In addition to the standard business meeting items, consisting of 
adoption of the Minutes of the Commission's May 11, 2011 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 a public hearing on a proposed resolution amending 
Resolution No. 2010-11 to increase the authorized amount of the 
Commission's contract for management of comments received on a proposed 
rulemaking concerning natural gas development.
    The Commission will NOT consider action during its July 13, 2011 
meeting on draft Docket No. D-2010-022-1, a proposed surface water 
withdrawal from Oquaga Creek in Sanford, Broome County, New York by XTO 
Energy for natural gas exploration and development projects. Public 
hearings on this item took place on May 11, 2011 in West Trenton, New 
Jersey and June 1, 2011 in Deposit, New York. The Commissioners and 
staff currently are reviewing the written and oral comments submitted 
on the draft docket by members of the public.
    Draft dockets scheduled for public hearing on July 13, 2011 can be 
accessed through the Notice of Commission Meeting and Public Hearing on 
the Commission's Web site, http://www.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, http://www.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: June 28, 2011.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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