[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 76 (Friday, April 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19887-19890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7505]


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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, May 10, 2007. The hearing will be part of the Commission's 
regular business meeting. Both the conference session and business 
meeting are open to the public and will be held at the Commission's 
office building, located at 25 State Police Drive in West Trenton, New 
Jersey.
    The conference among the commissioners and staff will begin at 
10:15 a.m. Topics include a presentation on the status of the Flood 
Mitigation Task Force report and recommendations; a presentation on a 
revised proposal for a Flexible Flow Management Plan (FFMP) for the New 
York City Delaware Basin Reservoirs for potential consideration by the 
Commission at its meeting in July; a presentation on PCB Trackdown for 
the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority; and a presentation on 
proposed modifications to the Commission's office building to improve 
energy efficiency and reduce cost.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m. 
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
    1. Pen Argyl Municipal Authority D-75-28 CP-2. An application for 
approval to upgrade the Pen Argyl Municipal Authority WWTP. The WWTP 
design capacity will remain at 0.95 mgd. The project involves 
replacement of the existing contact aeration/trickling filter processes 
with a sequencing batch reactor process. The treatment process change 
is needed to improve nutrient removal. The WWTP will continue to 
discharge to an un-named tributary of Waltz Creek in the Martins Creek 
Watershed, which is located within the drainage area to a section of 
the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is 
classified as Special Protection Waters. The WWTP serves the Borough of 
Pen Argyl and portions of Plainfield and Washington Townships, all 
located within Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
    2. Mt. Airy #1, LLC D-77-58-3. An application to modify an existing 
wastewater treatment plant to replace aged equipment and provide more 
reliable operation of the treatment facility. The modifications include 
installation of new fine screening equipment to replace the comminutor; 
replacement of the existing air supply system, including the blowers 
and air diffusers in the aeration basins; installation of new alum, 
polymer, alkalinity and sodium hypochlorite systems for process control 
and disinfection; construction of a new sludge holding tank; and 
miscellaneous improvements to controls, power supply and alarms 
throughout the treatment facility. No change is proposed to the 
existing effluent limits or design capacity of 0.220 million gallons 
per day. The project effluent discharges to Forest Hills Run in the 
drainage area of DRBC Special Protection Waters. The project is located 
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Airy Lodge property in Paradise Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. 
In addition to serving a proposed hotel and casino, the project will 
continue to serve the adjacent golf course clubhouse and Our Lady of 
the Poconos Convent, also in Paradise Township.
    3. West Deptford Township D-79-82 CP-4. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 
108.5 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public water supply 
distribution system from existing Wells Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in the 
Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Formation. The project is located in the Mantua 
Creek and Woodbury Creek watersheds in West Deptford Township, 
Gloucester County, New Jersey.
    4. Lake Wynonah Municipal Authority D-91-20 CP-3. An application 
for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.32 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply distribution 
system from new Well No. 8 and to retain the existing withdrawal from 
all wells of 12 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Long Run 
Member of the Catskill Formation in the Plum Creek Watershed in Wayne 
and South Manheim Townships, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
    5. City of Philadelphia--Division of Aviation D-96-36 CP-2. An 
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to 
continue the withdrawal of 29.7 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's 
western boundary area mitigation system from existing Wells Nos. EW-A, 
EW-1, EW-2 and EW-3 in the Pleistocene Sand and Gravel Formation. The 
project is located in the Delaware River Watershed in the City of 
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
    6. Buckingham Township D-2003-13 CP-4. An application for approval 
of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 3.24 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's public water supply distribution system from 
new Well No. CS-5 and to retain the existing total withdrawal 
allocation from all wells of 42 mg/30 days. The project is located in 
the Stockton, Brunswick and Lockatong formations in the Pine Creek, 
Neshaminy Creek and Robin Run watersheds in Buckingham Township, Bucks 
County, PA and is located in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water 
Protected Area. (This project was originally noticed on 8/18/2005 as 
part of Docket D-2003-13 CP-2.)
    7. Borough of Bridgeport D-70-81 CP-2. An application for approval 
to rerate a 0.77 million gallons per day (mgd) wastewater treatment 
plant (WWTP) to operate at its design capacity of 0.9 mgd. The project 
is located off River Road just south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in 
the Schuylkill River Watershed in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery 
County, Pennsylvania. The WWTP will continue to serve Bridgeport 
Borough and discharge to the Schuylkill River through the existing 
outfall. The project is located in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground 
Water Protected Area.
    8. Mount Holly Municipal Utilities Authority D-70-133 CP-3. An 
application for approval to expand a 5 mgd WWTP to treat 6 mgd. The 
project is located in the Rancocas Creek Watershed in Mount Holly 
Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. The expanded WWTP will 
continue to serve Mount Holly Township and portions of Eastampton, 
Mount Laurel, Hainesport, Lumberton, Moorestown, and Westampton 
Townships, all within Burlington County. The existing powdered 
activated carbon treatment system will be replaced by a conventional 
activated sludge process. Following chlorine disinfection, the WWTP 
effluent will be aerated and discharged to North Branch Rancocas Creek 
within the tidal reach of DRBC Water Quality Zone 2.
    9. Borough of National Park D-77-18 CP-2. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 12 
million gallons per thirty days (mg/30 days) of water to the 
applicant's public supply distribution system from new Well No. 6 and 
existing Well No. 5, formerly known as Well No. 4. The requested 
allocation of 12 mg/30 days constitutes a decrease from the existing 
allocation of 22.5 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Potomac-
Raritan-Magothy Formation in the Woodbury Creek Watershed in National 
Park Borough, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
    10. Waste Management Disposal Services of Pennsylvania, Inc. D-91-
47 PA-3. An application for renewal of a ground water withdrawal 
project at Pottstown Landfill to continue withdrawal of up to 0.6 mg/30 
days of water to the docket holder's contaminant extraction system from 
new recovery well RW-7 and from six existing recovery wells (RW-1 
through RW-6). The docket holder seeks to retain the existing 
withdrawal limit from all wells of 0.6 mg/30 days, notwithstanding that 
its current need is less than 10,000 gpd. The project is located in the 
Brunswick and Lockatong Formations in the Manatawny Creek Watershed in 
West Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and is 
located in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area. 
(This was NAR'd as D-97-47 PA-3.)
    11. Pennsylvania American Water Company D-98-16 CP-2. An 
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to 
increase withdrawal from 36 mg/30 days to 61.5 mg/30 days. The 
requested allocation includes the existing allocation of 36 mg/30 days 
from Wells PCP No. 2, PCP No. 3, PCP No. 4, PFE No. 2, PFE No. 4, Pine 
Hill, Summit Point, PMIPA, and Coolbaugh No. 1, all approved by Docket 
No. D-98-16 CP, in addition to the existing allocation of 15.75 mg/30 
days for Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the Pocono Farms Water 
Company, approved by Docket No. D-94-65 CP-2, which was recently 
acquired by the applicant. The applicant is also seeking approval for a 
new well, which is designated as the Mt. Pocono Field Office well. The 
wells are located in the Polar Gap and Catskill Formations in the 
Tobyhanna Creek, East Branch Tobyhanna Creek, Devils Hole Creek, Red 
Run, and Indian Run Watersheds in Coolbaugh Township and Mt. Pocono 
Borough, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. 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.
    12. Downingtown Area Regional Authority D-98-33 CP-2. An 
application for approval of the rerate of the existing Downingtown Area 
Regional Authority's WWTP. The discharge from the applicant's WWTP will 
increase from an average annual flow of 7.134 mgd to 7.5 mgd and will 
continue to be discharged to the East Branch Brandywine Creek. 
Additional solids handling improvements are also included in the 
project. The facility is located in East Caln Township, Chester County, 
Pennsylvania.
    13. Dow Reichhold Specialty Latex LLC D-99-32-2. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 5.4 mg/30 
days of water to the applicant's reverse osmosis facility from new Well 
No. 18 and to increase the existing withdrawal from all wells from 17 
mg/30 days to 22.4 mg/30 days. The water will be used to create 
distilled water for the applicant's latex manufacturing facility. The 
project is located in the Magothy Aquifer in the Fork Branch Watershed 
in Kent County, Delaware.
    14. Lonza, Inc. D-99-38-2. An application requesting approval for 
an increase in the average monthly and maximum daily TDS limit for the 
docket holder's industrial waste treatment plant (IWTP) discharge. The 
request is to increase the average monthly limit

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from 17,500 mg/l to 20,000 mg/l and to increase the maximum daily limit 
from 35,000 mg/l to 40,000 mg/l. The docket holder has requested that 
the average monthly and maximum daily mass loading rates for TDS be 
increased to 13,344 lb/day and 26,688 lb/day, respectively. The docket 
holder's IWTP treats effluent from the production of pharmaceutical 
products. The IWTP discharges to the Schuylkill River. The facility is 
located in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA.
     15. Upper Saucon Township D-2000-51 CP-2. An application for 
approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 32.16 
million gallons per thirty days (mg/30 days) of water to the docket 
holder's public supply distribution system through one new well (Well 
No. CC2) and two existing wells (Wells Nos. CC1 and Abandoned Mine 
Shaft). The individual allocation for the Abandoned Mine Shaft Well is 
a reduction from the previous allocation of 30 mg/30 days to 3 mg/30 
days; however, the proposed total allocation for all sources is an 
increase from the previous total allocation for all sources of 30 mg/30 
days. The project is located in the Brunswick Formation in the Saucon 
Creek Watershed in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
    16. Upper Bern Township D-2001-2 CP-2. An application for approval 
to expand a 0.055 mgd WWTP to treat 0.155 mgd. The project will 
continue to serve only a portion of Upper Bern Township, Berks County, 
Pennsylvania. The project is needed to serve future growth in the 
township and to connect some on-lot septic systems to the WWTP. The 
existing sequencing batch reactor plant will be supplemented by a 0.1 
mgd biologically engineered single sludge treatment system, which is a 
modification of the conventional activated sludge process. The existing 
chlorine disinfection system will be replaced by an ultraviolet light 
system and the existing headworks will be replaced by a new Rotomat 
unit. The project is located off the intersection of Main Street and 
Wolf Creek Road in Upper Bern Township upstream from Blue Marsh 
Reservoir in the Tulpehocken Creek Watershed. The WWTP will continue to 
discharge to Wolf Creek, a tributary of Northkill Creek.
    17. The Upper Hanover Authority D-2002-10 CP-2. An application for 
the renewal of a groundwater withdrawal project to increase the total 
system withdrawal from 32.12 mg/30 days to 43.113 mg/30 days to supply 
the applicant's public water supply distribution system from existing 
Wells Nos. RH-1, RH-2, RH-3, TUHA-1, TUHA-2, TUHA-3, TUHA-4 and 
Kemmerer Spring in the Brunswick, Leithsville and Hardyston Quartzite 
formations. The increased allocation is requested in order to meet 
projected increases in service area demand. The project is located in 
the Perkiomen and Macoby Creek watersheds in Upper Hanover Township, 
Montgomery County and Hereford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania and 
within the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    18. Blair Academy D-76-89. An application for approval of the 
existing Blair Academy WWTP. The WWTP is permitted to discharge 50,000 
gallons per day (gpd) to Blair Creek, a tributary of the Paulins Kill 
River. The facility is located in Blairstown Township, Warren County, 
New Jersey, within the drainage area to a section of the non-tidal 
Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as 
Special Protection Waters.
    19. Mirant NY-Gen, LLC D-2001-38 CP-1. An application for approval 
of the continued operation and remediated control measures of the 
applicant's Mongaup hydropower and reservoir system. The project is 
located in the Mongaup River Watershed in Orange and Sullivan Counties, 
New York in the drainage area of the Upper Delaware portion of DRBC's 
Special Protection Waters. The project facilities include the Toronto, 
Cliff Lake and Swinging Bridge Reservoirs, the latter of which provides 
hydroelectric power and receives flows from the former. In addition, 
the applicant makes releases from and generates hydroelectric power via 
its Mongaup Falls and Rio Reservoir facilities, also in the Mongaup 
River Basin. This application modifies an application originally 
noticed on August 20, 2001, which requested approval of an operating 
plan for the applicant's Mongaup hydropower and reservoir system. 
Mirant's Swinging Bridge Reservoir has two powerhouses (Units No. 1 and 
2). The modified application includes eliminating the use of Unit No. 1 
by filling the gate tower, penstock and tunnel with lightweight 
concrete. As a result, Unit No. 2 operating time is proposed to be 
increased from 13% to 30% and to use approximately 97% of the available 
inflow to the site, with only minor losses of power generation 
capability. Remedial control measures, including sinkhole back-filling, 
filter installation to stabilize material movement, and the conduit-
related grouting, are being undertaken with the approval of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to provide structural repair at the 
dam, which had undergone subsidence. Mirant determined that complete 
filling of the conduit would further assure that future subsidence 
would not recur. Mirant applied for an Emergency Certificate from DRBC 
to implement the Swinging Bridge Dam modification project in an 
expeditious manner. The Emergency Certificate was approved by the DRBC 
on February 13, 2007. The project will not change reservoir volumes or 
affect reservoir level maintenance, and will not change the regulated 
flow from the Mongaup River System to the Delaware River.
    20. Pocono Manor Investors, LP. D-2006-26-1. An application for 
approval of the existing Pocono Manor Resort WWTP discharge of 0.140 
mgd. The WWTP will continue to discharge to Swiftwater Creek, which is 
a tributary to the Brodhead Creek. The Brodhead Creek is a tributary to 
the Middle Delaware River Special Protection Waters. The facility is 
located in Pocono Township, and currently serves Pocono Manor Village 
and the Pocono Manor Inn. The facility was built to service the 3,000 
acre Pocono Manor property that is located in Pocono Township, Mount 
Pocono Borough and Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
    21. Alcan Global Pharmaceutical Packing, Inc. D-2006-30-1. An 
application for the approval of the existing discharge from the 
applicant's Millville Tube Drawing facility. The facility discharges 
84,500 gpd of contact and non-contact cooling water to Petticoat 
Stream, which is a tributary of the Maurice River. The facility 
manufactures pressed and blown glassware, and cooling water is used to 
cool the glass furnace and compressors. The facility is located in 
Millville City, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    22. Hudson Valley Foie Gras, LLC D-2006-37-1. An application for 
approval to increase an existing discharge from the applicant's WWTP 
from 4,000 gpd to 20,000 gpd. The WWTP will continue to discharge to 
the Middle Mongaup River, which is a tributary of the Mongaup River. 
The Mongaup River is a tributary to the Upper Delaware River which is 
designated as Special Protection Waters. The facility is located in 
Ferndale, Sullivan County, New York.
    23. Joshmor, Inc. D-2007-5-1. An application for approval to 
construct a 0.047 mgd WWTP to serve 207 single family homes in the 
proposed Emerson Chase Development. The project is located in the 
McMichael Creek Watershed in Jackson and Chestnuthill Townships, Monroe 
County, Pennsylvania. Following treatment in a

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3-cell lagoon and a filter system, disinfected effluent will be spray 
applied to approximately 13 acres of adjacent woodland in the drainage 
area of the Middle Delaware portion of DRBC's Special Protection 
Waters. Because the proposed lagoon will be lined with synthetic 
material and will provide up to 177 days of storage, no discharge to 
McMichael Creek is proposed.
    24. Golden Pheasant Golf Course D-2007-9-1. An application for 
approval of a surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 15.4 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's golf course irrigation system from 
4 surface water intakes. The project is located in the South Branch 
Rancocas Creek Watershed in Lumberton and Medford Townships, Burlington 
County, New Jersey.
    25. Unimin Corporation D-2007-14-1. An application for approval to 
discharge up to 2.275 mgd to Dividing Creek from a hydraulic dredging 
operation. After neutralization and sedimentation, wash water from 
sorted dredge material (slurry sand) along with scalping screen 
separator water, stormwater, and infiltration groundwater is discharged 
to Outfall 001A. The applicant also discharges to Cub Swamp, a 
tributary of Dividing Creek, through Outfall 002A during 10-year storm 
events. The facility is located in the tidal Delaware Bay Watershed in 
Commercial and Downe townships, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    In addition to the public hearing on the dockets listed above, the 
Commission's 1:30 p.m. business meeting will include: A public hearing 
and consideration of a resolution regarding an interim releases program 
for the New York City Delaware Basin Reservoirs pending notice and 
comment rulemaking on a revised proposal for a Flexible Flow Management 
Plan (FFMP); a resolution authorizing the executive director to engage 
the U.S. Geological Survey as prime contractor, in collaboration with 
NOAA/National Weather Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 
DRBC, for development of a model for evaluating the potential for 
Delaware Basin Reservoirs to be used to mitigate flooding; a resolution 
reauthorizing the Toxics Advisory Committee; a resolution authorizing 
the executive director to engage contractors to design building 
modifications to improve energy efficiency and reduce cost, and to 
develop RFPs for construction; a resolution authorizing the executive 
director to solicit bids for building modifications in association with 
development of the Ruth Patrick River Garden; a resolution providing 
for election of the Commission Chair, Vice Chair and Second Vice Chair 
for the year commencing July 1, 2007; and a resolution for the minutes 
providing for annual salary rates of Commission employees for fiscal 
year 2008.
    The meeting will also include: adoption of the Minutes of the 
Commission's February 28, 2007 business meeting; announcements of 
upcoming advisory committee meetings and other events; a report by the 
Executive Director; a report by the Commission's General Counsel; and 
an opportunity for public dialogue.
    Draft dockets scheduled for public hearing on May 10, 2007 will be 
posted on the Commission's Web site, http://www.drbc.net, where they 
can be accessed through the Notice of Commission Meeting and Public 
Hearing. Additional documents relating to the dockets and other items 
may be examined at the Commission's offices. Please contact William 
Muszynski at 609-883-9500, extension 221, with any docket-related 
questions.
    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 13, 2007.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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