[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37887-37890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15398]
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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 11, 2012. 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
include a presentation by representatives from the Schuylkill River
Heritage Area on activities of the Schuylkill River Restoration Fund;
and a resolution recognizing the valuable service of
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former Pennsylvania Alternate Commissioner John T. Hines.
Items for Public Hearing. The subjects of the public hearing to be
held during the 1:30 p.m. business meeting on July 11, 2012 include
draft dockets for the projects described below. Draft dockets also will
be posted on the Commission's Web site at 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.
1. Phoenixville Borough, D-1967-080 CP-3. An application to renew
the approval of an existing discharge from the 4.0 million gallons per
day (mgd) Borough of Phoenixville wastewater treatment plant (WWTP).
The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Schuylkill
River at River Mile 92.47--35.0 (Delaware River--Schuylkill River) via
Outfall No. 001. The WWTP is located within the Commission's
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area (GWPA) in the
Borough of Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
2. Mount Holly Municipal Utilities Authority, D-1970-133 CP-4. An
application to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 6.0
mgd Mount Holly MUA WWTP. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated
effluent, via Outfall No. 1, to the North Branch Rancocas Creek,
located in Water Quality Zone 2, at River Mile 111.06--8.64--4.1
(Delaware River--Rancocas Creek--North Branch Rancocas Creek) in Mount
Holly Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
3. Pen Argyl Municipal Authority, D-1975-028 CP-3. An application
to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 0.95 mgd
(hydraulic design flow) Pen Argyl Municipal Authority WWTP. No
modifications to the Pen Argyl Municipal Authority WWTP are proposed.
The facility 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. The WWTP will continue to
discharge to an unnamed tributary of Waltz Creek, a tributary of
Martins Creek, at River Mile 190.6--4.4--3.2--0.7 (Delaware River--
Martins Creek--Waltz Creek--UNT to Waltz Creek) in the Borough of Pen
Argyl, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
4. Hatfield Township Municipal Authority, D-1985-036 CP-2. An
application to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the
8.37 mgd Hatfield Township Municipal Authority WWTP. The WWTP will
continue to discharge treated effluent to the West Branch Neshaminy
Creek at River Mile 115.63--40.01--4.0 (Delaware River--Neshaminy
Creek--West Branch Neshaminy Creek) via Outfall No. 001, within the
Southeastern Pennsylvania GWPA, in Hatfield Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania.
5. Pennsylvania American Water Company, D-1992-064 CP-3. An
application to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 7.0
mgd Coatesville WWTP. The project WWTP will continue to discharge
treated sewage effluent to the West Brach Brandywine Creek, a tributary
of the Brandywine Creek, which is a tributary of the Christina River,
at River Mile 70.7--1.5--20.0--15.5 (Delaware River--Christina River--
Brandywine Creek--West Branch Brandywine Creek) in the Borough of South
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
6. Veolia Energy, D-1995-010 CP-2. An application to renew the
approval of the Tri-Gen Energy Generating Facility (TGEGF) and its
subsidiary water allocation of up to 217 million gallons per month
(mgm), supplied by Exelon's Schuylkill Generating Station (SGS) Intake
No. 1. The water is used for cooling associated with power generation.
The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous
allocation. The TGEGF is located on the former PECO--Schuylkill site
adjacent to the Exelon SGS and Veolia's GFCF in the City of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
7. Paradise Stream Resort, D-2006-020-2. An application to renew
the approval of an existing discharge from the 0.05 mgd Paradise Stream
Resort WWTP. The discharge is 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 WWTP will continue to
discharge treated effluent to Yankee Run, a tributary of Paradise
Creek, which is a tributary of the Brodhead Creek at River Mile 213--
13.7--6.0--1.0 (Delaware River--Brodhead Creek--Paradise Creek--Yankee
Run) in Paradise Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
8. Royersford Borough, D-2006-045 CP-2. An application to renew the
approval of an existing discharge from the 1.0 mgd Royersford Borough
WWTP. No modifications to the Royersford Borough WWTP are proposed. The
WWTP will continue to discharge to the Schuylkill River via existing
Outfall No. 001 at River Mile 92.47--41.03 (Delaware River--Schuylkill
River), in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
9. Laurel Pipeline Company, LP, D-2007-040-2. An application to
renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 70,000 gallons per
day (gpd) Booth Station industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP).
The IWTP treats groundwater from three (3) remediation wells through
the use of an air stripper treatment system. The IWTP will continue to
discharge to the Green Creek at River Mile 82.9--8.5--2.4--2.4
(Delaware River--Chester Creek--West Branch Chester Creek--Green Creek)
in Bethel Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
10. Ferro Corporation, D-1968-143-2. An application to approve a
modification of the existing 2.0 mgd Ferro IWTP. The proposed
modification consists of the construction and installation of an
outfall pipe extension with multi-port diffuser at the end of the
existing IWTP outfall. No other modifications to the IWTP facilities
are proposed. The IWTP will continue to discharge to Water Quality Zone
4 of the Delaware River at River Mile 79.0 in Logan Township,
Gloucester County, New Jersey.
11. Sunoco, Inc., D-1969-115-3. An application to renew approval of
the existing 10 mgd Girard Point Refinery (GPR) IWTP (Outfall No. 015)
and two non-contact cooling water (NCCW) outfalls (Outfalls Nos. 004
and 011). The PADEP and DRBC have based effluent limits for each
discharge at the GPR on flows of 6.22 mgd, 1.3 mgd, and 1.2 mgd,
respectively. The project will continue to discharge to Water Quality
Zone 4 of the Delaware River at or near River Mile 92.47--2.27
(Delaware River--Schuylkill River), in the City of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
12. Lambertville Municipal Utilities Authority, D-1969-150 CP-2. An
application to approve work on the existing 1.5 mgd Lambertville
Municipal Utilities Authority WWTP that was performed in the years 2010
and 2011. The LMUA WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to
the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower
Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, at River
Mile 148.4 (Delaware River) in the City of Lambertville, Hunterdon
County, New Jersey.
13. Warren County--Pequest River Municipal Utilities Authority, D-
1971-096 CP-5. An application for approval of upgrades to the existing
0.5 mgd Warren County MUA Oxford WWTP. Upgrades to the treatment
facilities include replacing the existing conventional activated sludge
treatment system with a modified ludzak process incorporating mixed
media filtration. The discharge is located within the
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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 will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Pequest
River at River Mile 197.8--7.2 (Delaware River--Pequest River), in
Oxford Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
14. Deposit Village, D-1974-057 CP-3. An application to approve an
existing discharge from the 0.7 mgd Village of Deposit WWTP. The WWTP
was previously approved by the DRBC via Docket No. D-1974-057 CP-2 on
December 12, 2006; however, the applicant submitted a docket renewal
application after the expiration date of the docket (December 12,
2011). The applicant does not propose any modifications to the existing
WWTP. The WWTP will continue to discharge to the West Branch Delaware
River at River Mile 330.71--14.5 (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 classified as
Special Protection Waters. The facility is located in the Village of
Deposit, Broome County, New York.
15. Kent County Levy Court, D-1977-087 CP-3. An application to
approve the existing 16.3 mgd Kent County Levy Court WWTP. The WWTP
treats domestic wastewater through the use of a biological nutrient
removal (BNR) treatment system. The WWTP was previously approved by the
DRBC via Docket No. D-1977-087 CP-2 on July 18, 2007; however, the
docket holder submitted a docket renewal application after the
expiration date of the docket (November 1, 2011). No modifications to
the existing WWTP are proposed. The WWTP will continue to discharge to
``The Gut,'' a tidal tributary to the Murderkill River, which is a
tidal tributary of the Delaware Estuary (Water Quality Zone 6) at River
Mile 23.0--6.4--0.8 (Delaware River--Murderkill River--The Gut), in
Milford Township, Kent County, Delaware.
16. ArcelorMittal Plate, LLC, D-1979-026-2. An application to
modify the DRBC approval of the existing ArcelorMittal Conshohocken
IWTP, including updating the approval to reflect the current facility
operations and annual average flow of 1.2 mgd. No modifications to the
IWTP are proposed. The IWTP will continue to discharge to the
Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.47--21.5 (Delaware River- Schuylkill
River) in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
17. Grand Central Sanitary Landfill, Inc., D-1988-052-3. An
application to approve an existing discharge from the 0.1 mgd Grand
Central Sanitary Landfill IWTP. The IWTP will continue to discharge
treated leachate to the Little Bushkill Creek, a tributary of the
Bushkill Creek, at River Mile 184.1--8.5--8.6 (Delaware River--Bushkill
Creek--Little Bushkill Creek). The IWTP discharge was most recently
approved by the DRBC via Docket No. D-1988-052 CP-2 on July 30, 2005;
however, the docket holder submitted a docket renewal application after
the expiration date of the docket (April 30, 2009). The IWTP 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, in Plainfield Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
18. East Stroudsburg Borough, D-1992-072 CP-2. An application to
renew the approval of a groundwater withdrawal (GWD) and surface water
withdrawal (SWWD) allocation to continue to withdraw up to 58.26 mgm of
groundwater from existing Wells Nos. PW-1, PW-2, PW-3, and PW-4 and up
to 62 mgm of surface water from Sambo Creek. Total water supply system
allocation will remain at 77.5 mgm. The docket also approves an
allocation of up to 77.5 mgm from the Michael Creek surface water
diversion. All water diverted from Michael Creek is directed to the
headwater of the Sambo Creek watershed to augment the supply of water
available in the Sambo Creek reservoirs operated by the Borough. The
allocation is requested in order to meet projected increases in service
area demand and to provide water for emergency interconnections and
bulk water sales interconnections with neighboring municipalities. The
withdrawal wells are located in the Borough of East Stroudsburg in the
Brodhead Creek Watershed and are completed in the Buttermilk Falls
Formation and Pleistocene Sand and Gravel Aquifer. The project surface
water withdrawals are located in the Michael Creek and Sambo Creek
watersheds in Smithfield and Middle Smithfield Townships, Monroe
County, Pennsylvania. All withdrawals/diversions are 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.
19. Delaware Water Gap Borough, D-1997-032 CP-2. An application to
renew the approval of an existing GWD of up to 11.0 mgm to supply the
applicant's public water supply system from existing Wells Nos. 4, 6,
and 7 in the Poxono Island and Bloomsburg Formations. The allocation is
a decrease from the previous allocation of 15.5 mgm. The wells are
located in the Delaware River and Cherry Creek Watersheds 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,
in Delaware Water Gap Borough, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
20. Chalfont-New Britain Township Joint Sewage Authority, D-1999-
063 CP-2. An application to upgrade and expand the existing Chalfont-
New Britain Township Joint Sewage Authority (CNBTJSA) WWTP. The project
includes expanding the average annual design flow from 4.0 mgd to 4.625
mgd and modifying the influent pumping, grease/grit facility,
equalizations basins, and oxidation ditch treatment process. The WWTP
will remain at a hydraulic design capacity of 6 mgd and continue to
discharge treated domestic effluent to the Neshaminy Creek at River
Mile 115.63--37.4 (Delaware River--Neshaminy Creek) in Doylestown
Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
21. Audubon Water Company, D-2004-004 CP-3. An application to renew
the approval of a GWD of up to 1.395 mgm to supply the applicant's
public water supply system from new Well No. TP-4 and to retain the
existing total system allocation of 51.45 mgm from 18 additional
existing wells. The new well is located in the Stockton Formation in
the Schuylkill River Watershed, within the Southeastern Pennsylvania
GWPA, in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
22. Thompson Town, D-1985-075 CP-2. An application to approve an
existing discharge from the 0.5 mgd Sackett Lake WWTP. The WWTP will
continue to discharge treated effluent to Sackett Creek at River Mile
261.1--4.6--3.37--1.29--3.82--2.17 (Delaware River--Mongaup River--Rio
Reservoir--Mongaup River--Mongaup Falls Reservoir--Sackett Creek) via
Outfall No. 001. The discharge is in the drainage area of the section
of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, which is
classified as Special Protection Waters, in the Town of Thompson,
Sullivan County, New York.
23. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC, D-2011-022-1. An
application to approve a SWWD to supply a temporary withdrawal of up to
5.946 mgm of water for the applicant's natural gas transmission
pipeline upgrade project from two sources located on the Lackawaxen and
Delaware Rivers. The allocation is requested to conduct horizontal
directional drilling and
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hydrostatic testing associated with the pipeline upgrade. The project
also approves the discharge of hydrostatic testing water in three
locations to the land surface after completion of hydrostatic testing.
The project is located in Berlin, Texas, and Palmyra Townships in Wayne
County, Pennsylvania, Westfall and Milford Townships in Pike County,
Pennsylvania, and Montague Township in Sussex County, New Jersey.
Portions of the project are located within the drainage area of
sections of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Upper and Middle
Delaware, which are classified as Special Protection Waters.
24. Reading Alloys, Inc., D-2011- 023-1. An application to approve
an existing GWD and SWWD project to supply up to 0.57 mgm of
groundwater to the applicant's manufacturing plant from existing Wells
Nos. 3 and 4 and 14.5 mgm of surface water from existing Intake No. 1,
for potable water and industrial cooling purposes, respectively. Intake
No. 1 withdraws water from an on-site pond. The project is located in
the Spring Creek Watershed in Heidelberg and South Heidelberg
Townships, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
25. Thompson Town, D-2011-025 CP-1. An application to approve an
existing discharge from the 0.038 mgd Melody Lakes WWTP. The WWTP will
continue to discharge to Turner Brook at River Mile 253.64--14.52--
7.05--2.27 (Delaware River--Neversink River--Bush Kill--Turner Brook)
via Outfall No. 001. The WWTP 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, in the Town
of Thompson, Sullivan County, New York.
26. Lower Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority, D-2012-001 CP-1.
An application to approve the discharge of up to 0.7 mgd of filter
backwash from the existing Lower Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority
(LBCJMA) Water Filtration Plant (WFP). The WFP will continue to
discharge treated effluent to Water Quality Zone 2 of the tidal
Delaware River at River Mile 122.3 (Delaware River) via Outfall No.
003, in Tullytown Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
27. PECO Energy, D-2012-015-1. An application to approve the
withdrawal and discharge of up to 0.288 mgd (8.928 mgm) of groundwater
and occasional stormwater captured by dewatering operations during the
remediation of subsurface soils at the former PECO Energy Norristown
Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) site. Water captured during the excavation
and removal of MGP impacted soils will be treated with a temporary on-
site water treatment system and discharged to either the Norristown
Municipal Waste Authority WWTP or the Schuylkill River at River Mile
92.47--23.5 (Delaware River--Schuylkill River). The project is located
within the Southeastern Pennsylvania GWPA in Norristown Borough,
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Other Agenda Items. In addition to the hearings on draft dockets,
during the 1:30 p.m. business meeting the Commissioners will consider a
resolution authorizing the Executive Director to renew an agreement
with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University for the
analysis of ambient water and wastewater samples from the non-tidal
Delaware River. The agenda also includes the standard business meeting
items: Adoption of the Minutes of the Commission's May 10, 2012
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 a public dialogue session.
Opportunities to Comment. 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. Written comment on items scheduled for hearing may be
submitted in advance of the meeting date to: Commission Secretary, P.O.
Box 7360, 25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, NJ 08628; by fax to
Commission Secretary, DRBC at 609-883-9522 or by email to
[email protected]. Written comment on dockets should also
be furnished directly to the Project Review Section at the above
address or fax number or by email to
[email protected].
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 we can
accommodate your needs.
Agenda Updates. 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, www.drbc.net, closer to the meeting date for
changes that may be made after the deadline for filing this notice.
Dated: June 19, 2012.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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