[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52997-52999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17587]


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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 
Monday, September 26, 2005. 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 
10:30 a.m. Topics of discussion will include presentations on Basin 
Plan implementation activities to date, sedimentology of the Delaware 
River Estuary, the water supply plan for the State of Delaware, and 
coordinated response to a coal ash spill to the Delaware River from a 
settling basin at PPL's Martins Creek power plant.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m. 
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
    1. Town of Middletown D-78-64 CP-2. An application for approval of 
a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 24 million gallons 
per thirty days (mg/30 days) of water to the applicant's public water 
supply system from new Wells Nos. 4 and 6 and to increase the existing 
withdrawal from all wells to 51 mg/30 days. The project is located in 
the Magothy Aquifer in the Town of Middletown, New Castle County, 
Delaware.
    2. Hercules Incorporated Research Center D-84-28-3. An application 
for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to reduce 
withdrawal from 10 mg/30 days to 5 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's 
research facility from existing Wells Nos. 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 18, 
19, 20, 21 and 23. The project is located in the Red Clay Creek 
Watershed in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.
    3. Town of Middletown D-2003-30 CP. An application for approval of 
a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 6.48 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's golf course irrigation system from new Well 
No. FH 1 in the Magothy Formation. The project is located in the 
Appoquinimink River Watershed in the Town of Middletown, New Castle 
County, Delaware.
    4. Ralph Franceschini D-81-49-3. An application for the renewal of 
a ground water withdrawal project to increase withdrawal from 5.83 mg/
30 days to 21.3 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's field crops from 
existing Wells Nos. 1 and 3. The project is located in the Manantico 
Creek Watershed in the City of Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    5. Mount Laurel Municipal Utilities Authority D-85-9 CP-3. An 
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to 
continue withdrawal of 120 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public 
supply distribution system from existing Wells Nos. 3, 4 and 6 and to 
convert existing Well No. 7 to an Aquifer Storage and Recovery Well. 
The project is located in the North Branch Pennsauken Creek Watershed 
in Mount Laurel Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
    6. Alcan Packaging D-92-14-2. An application for the renewal of two 
of the applicant's existing Wells Nos. 5A and 11; Wells Nos. 13, 14, 15 
and 16 have been transferred to The Glass Group, Inc. and Wells Nos. 1 
and 12 have been abandoned and sealed. The total combined allocation of 
65.3 mg/30 days for the existing wells has been reduced to 30.0 mg/30 
days. The wells will continue to supply the applicant's manufacturing 
facility in the Maurice River Watershed. The project is located in the 
city of Millville, Cumberland County, New Jersey. (This was NAR'd as 
Lawson Mardon Wheaton, Inc. D-92-14 Renewal.)
    7. Newton Country Club D-92-25-2. An application for renewal of a 
ground water and surface water withdrawal project to continue to supply 
up to 6.167 mg/30 days of water for supplemental irrigation of the 
applicant's golf course from existing Wells Nos. 1 and 2 in the 
Martinsburg Shale Formation and existing surface water Intakes Nos. 1 
and 2. The project is located in the Paulins Kill Watershed in Andover 
Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
    8. Upper Deerfield Township D-93-16 CP-2. An application for 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue to supply up 
to 19.8 mg/30 days to the applicant's public water supply distribution 
system from existing Wells Nos. 3 and 4, located in the Cohansey 
Formation within the Cohansey River Watershed in Upper Deerfield 
Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    9. Magnesium Elektron, Inc. D-94-73. An application for approval of 
a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 9.8 mg/30 days of 
water as part of the applicant's ground water remediation system and 
industrial supply from Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and S2. The 
project is located in the Wickecheoke Creek Watershed in Kingwood 
Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
    10. Township of Medford D-95-55 CP-2. An application to replace the 
withdrawal of water from Well No. 4 in the applicant's water supply 
system that

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has become an unreliable source of supply and to retain the withdrawal 
limit of 77 mg/30 days from all wells combined. The project is located 
in the South Branch Rancocas Creek Watershed in Medford Township, 
Burlington County, New Jersey.
    11. Six Flags Great Adventure D-96-6. A revised application for a 
surface water withdrawal for irrigation of the applicant's Safari Park. 
The proposed project withdrawal is from two existing intakes on Lahaway 
Creek, a tributary of Crosswicks Creek, and to be operated in 
conjunction with water imported from Well No. IR-1 located in the 
Atlantic Basin as well as 18 existing wells for washing animals and 
structures. The total combined withdrawal from all sources is limited 
to 11.59 mg/30 days. The project is located in Jackson Township, Ocean 
County, New Jersey.
    12. New Jersey-American Water Company D-2001-3 CP. An application 
for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.1 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water distribution system 
from recently acquired Well No. 1. The project well is located in the 
Mt. Laurel-Wenonah Aquifer in the North Branch Rancocas Creek Watershed 
in Pemberton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey and will continue 
to serve Sunbury Village.
    13. Citgo Asphalt Refining Company D-2001-27. An application for an 
increase in surface water withdrawal from 4.69 mg/30 days to 7.79 mg/30 
days for the applicant's asphalt manufacturing process. The water is 
used as industrial non-contact process water for the purpose of steam 
production to heat storage tanks and pipelines in the petroleum 
refining process. The increase in surface water is intended to offset 
the previous use of ground water from the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy 
Aquifer from two wells which are now abandoned. Following 10 percent 
consumptive loss in the asphalt refining process, wastewater generated 
from the facility is routed to the Gloucester County Utility Authority 
Sewage Treatment Plant for treatment and discharge to the Delaware 
River. The applicant will continue to withdraw water from the tidal 
portion of Mantua Creek adjacent to the facility, approximately 3,000 
feet from the Delaware River in West Deptford Township, Gloucester 
County, New Jersey.
    14. Narrowsburg Water District D-92-81 CP-2. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 
4.11 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public water supply system. 
The renewal continues the use of Well Nos. 2 and 3 as sources, and 
includes a request to approve the use of replacement Well No. 1, TTW-
1R, which replaces old Well No. 1, TTW-1. Old Well No. 1, TTW-1, was 
taken out of service in 1994 due to potential contamination. The 
project is located in the Glacial Outwash and Honesdale Formations in 
the Town of Tusten, Sullivan County, New York.
    15. Borough of Kutztown D-83-23 CP-3. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 
60 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public water supply 
distribution system from existing Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3A, 4 and 5 in the 
Epler and Ontelaunee Formations. The project is located in the Sacony 
Creek Watershed in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    16. Reliant Energy Mid Atlantic Power Holdings, LLC D-87-26-2. An 
application to modify an industrial wastewater and stormwater discharge 
to the Schuylkill River from the Titus Generating Station. The coal-
fired 225 megawatt electric generating station is located in Cumru 
Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The docket holder is currently 
permitted to discharge an average monthly total dissolved solids (TDS) 
concentration of 2,500 milligrams per liter (mg/l) from Outfall 004, 
which is used only on an intermittent basis. The Pennsylvania 
Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) has based its NPDES 
permit limits for this outfall on a flow of 1.007 million gallons per 
day (mgd). The docket holder has requested modification of its docket 
to allow an increase in its average monthly discharge concentration of 
TDS to 3,500 mg/l, which equals the existing daily maximum limit. In 
support of its requested modification, the docket holder has completed 
an environmental study that indicates the proposed change would result 
in no significant adverse impact on the Schuylkill River. No increase 
in industrial waste treatment plant capacity or modification of the 
facilities is proposed. No increase in cooling water supply or approved 
discharge amounts from the docket holder's other outfalls is proposed. 
The project discharges to the Schuylkill River in an area that is 
conditionally designated ``Modified Recreational'' in DRBC's 
Comprehensive Plan.
    17. Alpine Mountain Ski Area D-90-8-2. An application for the 
renewal of a surface water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 
15 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's snow making operations from two 
surface water intakes in the Brodhead Creek. The project is located in 
Price Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
    18. Upper Gwynedd Township D-91-88 CP-2. An application to modify a 
4.5 mgd sewage treatment plant (STP) to process up to 7 mgd during wet 
weather periods, without increasing the annual average flow. The 
proposed modifications will enable the STP to continue to provide 
advanced treatment and meet NPDES permit limitations. STP effluent will 
continue to be discharged to Wissahickon Creek in the Schuylkill River 
Watershed. The STP is located just north of Township Line Road and east 
of North Wales Road in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, 
Pennsylvania and will continue to serve portions of Whitpain and Upper 
Gwynedd Townships in Montgomery County.
    19. North Penn Water Authority D-92-44 CP-2. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 
280 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public water supply 
distribution system from 27 existing production wells, 11 emergency 
wells and 1 test well. The project is located in the East Branch 
Perkiomen, Perkiomen, Indian, Skippack, West Branch Skippack, 
Zacharias, Towamencin, Wissahickon, Three Mile Run, North Branch 
Neshaminy, West Branch Neshaminy and Pine Run watersheds in Franconia 
Township, Skippack Township, Lower Salford Township, Souderton Borough, 
Towamencin Township, Worcester Township, Lansdale Borough, Montgomery 
Township, Upper Gwynedd Township, East Rockhill Township, New Britain 
Township, Hatfield Township, Hilltown Township and New Britain Borough 
in Bucks and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania and is located in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    20. Pennsylvania American Water Company D-99-30 CP-3. An 
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal and water supply 
interconnection project to transfer up to 1.548 mgd from the 
applicant's Glen Alsace public water supply distribution system in 
Exeter Township, Pennsylvania to the applicant's Douglasville public 
water supply distribution system in Amity Township, Pennsylvania. The 
applicant intends to transfer water derived from existing ground water 
sources in the Glen Alsace distribution system, and supplement demand 
in the Glen Alsace distribution system from existing interconnections 
with the Reading Area Water Authority (45 mg/30 days) and the Mount 
Penn Water Authority (6 mg/30 days). The

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applicant requests to retain its existing withdrawal of 50 mg/30 days 
from all wells in the Glen Alsace distribution system. The project is 
located in the Antietam Creek Watershed in Exeter Township, Berks 
County, Pennsylvania.
    21. Buckingham Township D-2003-13 CP-2. An application for approval 
of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 3.5 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's public water supply distribution system from 
new Wells Nos. F-6 and F-7 in the Lockatong Formation. The requested 
allocation represents an increase from 37.5 mg/30 days to 41 mg/30 
days. The project is located in the Neshaminy and Pine Creek watersheds 
in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania 
Ground Water Protected Area.
    22. Upper Hanover Authority D-2004-17 CP. An application to expand 
a 0.06 mgd STP to process 0.098 mgd, while improving upon secondary 
treatment via chemical addition for phosphorus removal. The plant is 
located on North State Street just outside the northwest border of East 
Greenville Borough in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, 
Pennsylvania. The Perkiomen STP was formerly owned by TTT Realty, Inc. 
and Pillsbury, Inc. The plant will continue to treat wastewater from 
the processing of pierogies, but the additional capacity is needed to 
serve proposed residential development in Upper Hanover Township. 
Treatment plant effluent will continue to be discharged to Perkiomen 
Creek in the Schuylkill River Watershed via the existing outfall.
    23. Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority D-2004-39 CP-1. An 
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply 
up to 0.9 mg/30 days from Well No. 2C, 2.4 mg/30 days from Well No. 3B, 
3.4 mg/30 days from the Morrissey B Well, 0.9 mg/30 days from the 
Morrissey C Well, 5.2 mg/30 days from the New Hope Manor C Well and 1.5 
mg/30 days from the Delaware River intake at the Waterworks Treatment 
Plant to the applicant's public supply distribution system and to limit 
the existing withdrawal from all sources to 14.3 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in the Rabbit Run and Delaware River Watersheds in 
New Hope Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
    In addition to the public hearing on the dockets listed above, the 
Commission's 1:30 p.m. business meeting will include public hearings on 
a resolution extending temporary designation of the Lower Delaware 
River as Special Protection Waters and a resolution to approve the 
Water Resources Program for 2006-2011, as well as consideration of a 
resolution renaming the Flow Management Technical Advisory Committee 
and modifying its membership and a resolution authorizing the executive 
director to enter into memoranda of agreement with partners in 
accordance with a U.S. EPA grant for the development of tools for 
sustainable watershed management based upon hydrologic relationships in 
the Pocono Creek Watershed.
    The meeting will also include: adoption of the Minutes of the July 
20, 2005 business meeting; announcements; a report on basin hydrologic 
conditions; a report by the executive director; a report by the 
Commission's general counsel; and an opportunity for public dialogue. 
Draft dockets and the resolutions scheduled for public hearing on 
September 26, 2005 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 may accommodate your needs.

    Dated: August 29, 2005.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-17587 Filed 9-2-05; 8:45 am]
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