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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,
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January 19, 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
Delaware River Basin Commission’s
offices, 25 State Police Drive in West
Trenton, New Jersey.
The conference among the
commissioners and staff will begin at
9:30 a.m. Topics of discussion will
include: response to the Athos I oil
spill; staff recommendations on a
proposal to amend the Water Quality
Regulations, Water Code and
Comprehensive Plan to classify the
Lower Delaware River as Special
Protection Waters; progress report on
Stage 2 TMDLs for PCBs in the Delaware
Estuary; report on the Delaware Estuary
Science Conference of January 10–12,
2005; report on the Flow Management
Technical Advisory Committee Work
Group Meetings of November 9–10 and
December 3, 2004 and January 6 and 18,
2005; and a proposed resolution to
adopt the Commission’s annual budget
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005
and to apportion among the signatory
parties the amounts required for support
of the Commission’s annual and
operating budgets.
The subjects of the public hearing to
be held during the 1 p.m. business
meeting include the dockets listed
below:
1. Knoll, Inc. D–74–162–2. An
application to modify a wastewater
treatment plant discharge for the Knoll
Furniture Manufacturing Facility
located off Water Street, approximately
1,000 feet northeast of its intersection
with Peevy Road in Upper Hanover
Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania. No new treatment
facilities are proposed. A junction box at
the sewage treatment plant will be
repaired, and the facility will be rerated
to include an additional 3,000 gallons of
wastewater flow. Although the current
docket provides for a flow of 0.07
million gallons per day (mgd), the
wastewater treatment plant provides
advanced treatment of a total flow of
0.073 mgd from sanitary, process and
cooling water sources prior to discharge
to Perkiomen Creek in the Schuylkill
River Watershed.
2. Alcoa Extrusions, Inc. D–82–5–3.
An application for the renewal of a
ground water withdrawal project to
reduce withdrawal from 21.6 million
gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days) to 11.0
mg/30 days to supply the applicant’s
manufacturing facility from existing
Wells Nos. 1 and 2 in the West Branch
Schuylkill River Watershed. The project
is located in Cressona Borough,
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
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3. Occidental Chemical Corporation
D–83–9–2. An application to amend the
current docket, which provides for a
discharge from the 0.3 million gallons
per day (mgd) (design) industrial waste
treatment plant (IWTP) to contain and
treat mercury contaminated
groundwater at the applicant’s Delaware
City chemical manufacturing plant
located off State Route 9 in New Castle
County, Delaware. Barrier walls have
been constructed around the perimeter
of the Process Area and Waste Lake 1.
Contaminated groundwater from within
these containments will be pumped at a
maximum rate of 30 gallons per minute
(43,200 gallons per day) for treatment at
an activated carbon treatment system
before being discharged to the existing
IWTP for mercury removal. The IWTP
discharge is to the Delaware River in
Water Quality Zone 5.
4. County of Chester D–83–15 CP–2.
An application to upgrade the
applicant’s existing 0.105 mgd sewage
treatment plant (STP) from a secondary
treatment facility to tertiary treatment
with no increase in treatment capacity.
The STP will continue to serve only the
Pocopson Home and Prison. The STP is
located approximately one-half mile
north of the intersection of Route 52 and
Wawaset Road in Pocopson Township,
Chester County, Pennsylvania in the
Pocopson Creek Watershed. The
existing effluent spray field irrigation
system will also be upgraded and no
effluent discharge to surface water is
proposed. (This docket was NAR’d as
D–2004–7 CP.)
5. Waste Management Disposal
Services of Pennsylvania, Inc. D–88–54–
2. An application to modify a landfill
leachate treatment plant discharge to the
tidal Delaware River via a constructed
discharge cove in Water Quality Zone 2.
The treatment plant serves the
Tullytown and GROWS Landfills and is
located off Bordentown Road in Falls
Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
The existing 0.1 million gallons per day
leachate treatment plant utilizes the
Best Available Treatment Technology
but cannot consistently meet effluent
total dissolved solids and color limits.
The docket holder has requested
modification of its docket to allow an
increase in the average discharge
concentration of Total Dissolved Solids
to 10,000 mg/l from the current 6,560
mg/l and an increase in the maximum
effluent limit for True Color to 1,500
units from the current 750 units on a
platinum-cobalt scale. In support of its
requested modifications, the docket
holder has completed an environmental
study that indicates the changes would
result in no significant impact to the
Delaware Estuary. No increase in
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treatment plant capacity is proposed.
The docket holder also proposes to
construct two effluent storage tanks at
the GROWS leachate treatment plant to
replace an existing tank and seeks
approval to haul non-hazardous
leachate to a proposed transfer station
that will reroute flow to the Morrisville
Borough sewage treatment plant, just
upstream on the tidal Delaware River
within Water Quality Zone 2.
6. Blue Ridge Real Estate Company D–
91–46–2. An application for the renewal
of a surface water withdrawal project to
continue withdrawal of 12 million
gallons per 30 days to supply the
applicant’s proposed golf course at the
Jack Frost Ski Area from an existing
intake in the Tobyhanna Creek. The
project is located in Kidder Township,
Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
7. Borough of Sellersville D–92–84 CP
RENEWAL. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal
project to continue withdrawal of 20.54
mg/30 days to supply the applicant’s
distribution system from existing Wells
Nos. 1, 4, 5, and 6 in the Tohickon
Creek and East Branch Perkiomen Creek
Watersheds. The project is located in
West Rockhill Township and the
Borough of Sellersville, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania and is located in the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground
Water Protected Area.
8. The Premcor Refining Group, Inc.
D–93–4–3. An application to replace the
withdrawal of water from Well No. P–
9 in the applicant’s water supply
system, which has become an unreliable
source of supply. The applicant requests
withdrawal from replacement Well No.
P–9A. No change in the total
withdrawal from all wells—currently
180 million gallons per 30 days—is
proposed. The project is located in the
C&D Canal East, Dragon Run and Red
Lion Creek Watersheds in Delaware
City, New Castle County, Delaware.
9. AMETEK U.S. Gauge Division D–
93–25(G)–2. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal
project to continue withdrawal of 3.88
million gallons per 30 days to supply
the applicant’s industrial facility and
groundwater remediation project from
existing Wells Nos. RW–1 and MW–6S
and new Well No. MW–10S in the East
Branch Perkiomen Creek Watershed.
The project is located in Sellersville
Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
within the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Ground Water Protected Area.
10. United Water Delaware D–96–50
CP–2. An application for the renewal of
a surface water withdrawal project to
continue withdrawal of 30 million
gallons per day (mgd) to provide supply
to the applicant’s public water
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distribution system, originally docketed
under D–91–72 CP, and for a proposed
revision to the operating plan of the
tidal capture structure (TCS) originally
docketed under D–96–50 CP. The
applicant requests removal of the Q7–10
passby requirement when the natural
stream flow is less than 17.2 mgd or
chlorides immediately at the outlet of
the TCS bypass structure downstream of
the TCS are greater than 250 ppm.
Surface water is withdrawn from the
confluence of the White Clay Creek and
Red Clay Creek at the Stanton Intake,
and/or from the tidal backflow from the
Christina River created by the TCS, via
an intake at the TCS. The modification
of the TCS operating plan is designed to
increase water supply reliability during
low flow conditions, attenuate brackish
water impacts and maintain essential
physical habitat at the tidal/freshwater
interface controlled by the TCS. The
TCS operating plan revision includes
incremental passby flow targets in
conjunction with salinity monitoring to
protect the applicant’s water supply and
preserve depth of water downstream of
the TCS for aquatic habitat protection.
The project is located in New Castle
County, Delaware.
11. Plumstead Township D–97–33 CP–
2. An application for approval of a
ground water withdrawal project to
renew the allocation included in Docket
D–94–43 P.A. and consolidate all other
docket approvals for Plumstead
Township, retaining the existing
withdrawal from all wells of 15.31
million gallons per 30 days (mg/30
days). Docket D–97–33 CP–2
consolidates allocations approved under
D–92–76 P.A., D–94–43 P.A., D–95–18
CP and D–97–33 CP. The project is
located in the North Branch Neshaminy
Creek, Geddes Run, Cabin Run and Pine
Run Watersheds in Plumstead
Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania,
within the Southeastern Ground Water
Protected Area.
12. Green-Waltz Water Company, Inc.,
´
Nestle Waters North America Inc., D–
98–55–2. An application for approval of
a ground water withdrawal project to
supply up to 11.7 million gallons per 30
days (mg/30 days) of water for bulk
water supply to the applicant’s bottling
plant from replacement Well B–1,
screened in the unconsolidated deposits
overlying the Martinsburg Formation.
Well B–1 will replace Well 1 (also
known as W–1). Green-Waltz Water
´
Company, Inc. sold to Nestle Waters
North America Inc. (NWNA) its interests
in waters from the spring sources
located on the subject property, but
remains a co-owner of the site and
facilities. NWNA has assumed the role
of operator of the facilities, and as such,
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has responsibility for the operation and
maintenance of the withdrawal from
Well B–1. The applicant has not
requested a change in the existing
allocation of 11.7 mg/30 days. The
project is located in the Waltz Creek
Watershed in Washington Township,
Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
13. Pennsylvania American Water
Company D–99–30 CP 2. An application
for approval of a ground water
withdrawal project to supply up to 5.83
million gallons per 30 days (mg/30
days) of water to the applicant’s Glen
Alsace public water supply distribution
system from replacement Well GL–2A
in the Brunswick Formation, and to
retain the existing withdrawal from all
wells at 50 mg/30 days. Proposed
replacement Well No. GL–2A will
replace former Well No. GL–2 and is
planned to be used as a regular source
to the Glen Alsace distribution system.
The project also includes two existing
interconnections from the Reading Area
Water Authority (45 mg/30 days) and
the Mount Penn Water Authority (6 mg/
30 days). The project is located in the
Antietam Creek Watershed in Exeter
Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
14. Lower Perkiomen Valley Regional
Sewer Authority D–2001–42 CP–2. An
application to expand the Oaks Sewage
Treatment Plant (STP) from 9.5 million
gallons per day (mgd) to 14.25 mgd. The
plant will continue to provide advanced
secondary treatment via an anoxic/oxic
biological process. The Oaks STP is
located at the confluence of Perkiomen
Creek and the Schuylkill River in Upper
Providence Township, Montgomery
County, PA. The project will continue to
serve portions of Upper Providence,
Perkiomen and Skippack Townships,
plus Collegeville and Trappe Boroughs,
all in Montgomery County, PA. STP
effluent will continue to be discharged
to the Schuylkill River through the
existing outfall. (This docket was NAR’d
as D–2004–20 CP.)
15. Little Washington Wastewater
Company D–2001–54–2. An application
to expand a 0.12 million gallon per day
(mgd) sewage treatment plant (STP) to
process 0.155 mgd on a maximum
monthly basis, while maintaining
tertiary level of treatment. The plant is
located just south of Little WashingtonLyndell Road in East Brandywine
Township, Chester County,
Pennsylvania. Currently, up to 53,100
gallons per day (gpd) of STP effluent is
discharged to Culbertson Run in the
Brandywine Creek Watershed and up to
66,133 gpd to effluent disposal beds that
recharge the ground water table. The
additional effluent from the proposed
expansion will be routed back to the
proposed Hideaway Farm subdivision
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for application to new disposal beds.
The proposed expansion will enable the
applicant to serve additional residential
development in East Brandywine
Township.
16. Pennsylvania-American Water
Company D–2003–6 CP–1. An
application for approval of a ground
water withdrawal project to supply up
to 5.616 mg/30 days of water to the
applicant’s Country Club of the Poconos
at Big Ridge distribution system from
new Wells Nos. 3 and 5 in the
Mahatango Formation, and to increase
the existing withdrawal from all wells to
9.316 mg/30 days. The project is located
in the Pond Creek Watershed in Middle
Smithfield Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania in the drainage area of the
Special Protection Waters. (This docket
was NAR’d as D–2003–6 CP.)
17. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
D–2004–27–1. An application for an
existing industrial wastewater treatment
plant to process up to 0.135 million
gallons per day and to continue to
discharge to the Lehigh River through
an existing outfall. No modification of
the existing plant or increase in flow is
proposed. The applicant is a
manufacturing facility located in the
Borough of Glendon, Northampton
County, Pennsylvania, in the area
covered by the Lower Delaware River
Management Plan.
18. The Glass Group, Inc. D–2004–29–
1. An application for approval of a
ground water withdrawal project to
supply up to 30 million gallons per
thirty days (mg/30 days) of water to the
applicant’s manufacturing facility from
Wells Nos. 13, 14, 15 and 16 in the
Cohansey Formation. The project is
located in the Maurice River Watershed
in the City of Millville, Cumberland
County, New Jersey.
19. Warren Investments, LLC D–2004–
31–1. An application for approval of a
ground water withdrawal project to
supply up to 6.91 million gallons per 30
days of water for supplemental
irrigation of the applicant’s proposed
Shetland Crossing Golf Club from new
Wells WIA, WIB, WIC and WID, all in
the Lockatong Formation. In
conjunction with the ground water
withdrawal, the golf course will utilize
supplemental irrigation from
stormwater collected in four on-site
storage ponds. The project is located in
the Wickecheoke Creek Watershed in
Franklin Township, Hunterdon County,
New Jersey.
20. Bear Creek Management
Company, LLC D–2004–35–1. An
application for approval of a ground
water and surface water withdrawal
project to supply up to 11 million
gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days) of
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water to the applicant’s ski resort from
new Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and
up to 36 mg/30 days of water to the
applicant’s snowmaking operations
from 4 ponds and 1 detention basin and
to limit the withdrawal from all sources
to 36.6 mg/30 days. The project is
located in the Swabia Creek Watershed
in Longswamp Township, Berks
County, Pennsylvania.
21. Borough of Portland D–2003–9 CP.
An application to construct a 0.105
million gallon per day (mgd) wastewater
treatment plant to provide tertiary
treatment of flow from the proposed
Portland Industrial Park and from local
on-lot septic systems located in Portland
Borough, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania. The plant will be
constructed in the southeast corner of
Portland Borough and the project outfall
will discharge to the Delaware River.
This location is in DRBC Water Quality
Zone 1D and in the drainage area of the
Lower Delaware Management Plan.
In addition to the public hearing on
the dockets listed above, the
Commission’s 1 p.m. business meeting
will include a public hearing and
possible action on a resolution to amend
Resolution No. 2002–33 relating to the
operation of Lake Wallenpaupack
during drought watch, drought warning
and drought operations; a resolution to
amend the Commission’s administrative
procedure and fee schedule for renewal
of project approvals under Section 3.8
and Article 10 of the Delaware River
Basin Compact; a resolution to amend
the Water Quality Regulations, Water
Code and Comprehensive Plan to
designate the Lower Delaware River as
Special Protection Waters; a resolution
authorizing the Executive Director to
extend the Commission’s contract with
Axys Analytical Laboratories, Inc. for
analytical services in connection with
the control of toxic substances in the
Delaware Estuary; a resolution
authorizing the executive director to
engage a contractor to assist the
Commission staff with tasks to be
completed under Pennsylvania Act 220;
and a resolution to adopt the
Commission’s annual budget for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2005 and to
apportion among the signatory parties
the amounts required for support of the
Commission’s annual and operating
budgets.
In addition, the meeting will include:
adoption of the Minutes of the October
27, 2004 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
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for public hearing on January 19, 2005
will be posted on the Commission’s
Web site, https://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 ext. 221 with any docketrelated questions.
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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: December 27, 2004.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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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, January 19, 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
Delaware River Basin Commission's offices, 25 State Police Drive in
West Trenton, New Jersey.
The conference among the commissioners and staff will begin at 9:30
a.m. Topics of discussion will include: response to the Athos I oil
spill; staff recommendations on a proposal to amend the Water Quality
Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan to classify the Lower
Delaware River as Special Protection Waters; progress report on Stage 2
TMDLs for PCBs in the Delaware Estuary; report on the Delaware Estuary
Science Conference of January 10-12, 2005; report on the Flow
Management Technical Advisory Committee Work Group Meetings of November
9-10 and December 3, 2004 and January 6 and 18, 2005; and a proposed
resolution to adopt the Commission's annual budget for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2005 and to apportion among the signatory parties the
amounts required for support of the Commission's annual and operating
budgets.
The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1 p.m.
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
1. Knoll, Inc. D-74-162-2. An application to modify a wastewater
treatment plant discharge for the Knoll Furniture Manufacturing
Facility located off Water Street, approximately 1,000 feet northeast
of its intersection with Peevy Road in Upper Hanover Township,
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. No new treatment facilities are
proposed. A junction box at the sewage treatment plant will be
repaired, and the facility will be rerated to include an additional
3,000 gallons of wastewater flow. Although the current docket provides
for a flow of 0.07 million gallons per day (mgd), the wastewater
treatment plant provides advanced treatment of a total flow of 0.073
mgd from sanitary, process and cooling water sources prior to discharge
to Perkiomen Creek in the Schuylkill River Watershed.
2. Alcoa Extrusions, Inc. D-82-5-3. An application for the renewal
of a ground water withdrawal project to reduce withdrawal from 21.6
million gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days) to 11.0 mg/30 days to supply
the applicant's manufacturing facility from existing Wells Nos. 1 and 2
in the West Branch Schuylkill River Watershed. The project is located
in Cressona Borough, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
3. Occidental Chemical Corporation D-83-9-2. An application to
amend the current docket, which provides for a discharge from the 0.3
million gallons per day (mgd) (design) industrial waste treatment plant
(IWTP) to contain and treat mercury contaminated groundwater at the
applicant's Delaware City chemical manufacturing plant located off
State Route 9 in New Castle County, Delaware. Barrier walls have been
constructed around the perimeter of the Process Area and Waste Lake 1.
Contaminated groundwater from within these containments will be pumped
at a maximum rate of 30 gallons per minute (43,200 gallons per day) for
treatment at an activated carbon treatment system before being
discharged to the existing IWTP for mercury removal. The IWTP discharge
is to the Delaware River in Water Quality Zone 5.
4. County of Chester D-83-15 CP-2. An application to upgrade the
applicant's existing 0.105 mgd sewage treatment plant (STP) from a
secondary treatment facility to tertiary treatment with no increase in
treatment capacity. The STP will continue to serve only the Pocopson
Home and Prison. The STP is located approximately one-half mile north
of the intersection of Route 52 and Wawaset Road in Pocopson Township,
Chester County, Pennsylvania in the Pocopson Creek Watershed. The
existing effluent spray field irrigation system will also be upgraded
and no effluent discharge to surface water is proposed. (This docket
was NAR'd as D-2004-7 CP.)
5. Waste Management Disposal Services of Pennsylvania, Inc. D-88-
54-2. An application to modify a landfill leachate treatment plant
discharge to the tidal Delaware River via a constructed discharge cove
in Water Quality Zone 2. The treatment plant serves the Tullytown and
GROWS Landfills and is located off Bordentown Road in Falls Township,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The existing 0.1 million gallons per day
leachate treatment plant utilizes the Best Available Treatment
Technology but cannot consistently meet effluent total dissolved solids
and color limits. The docket holder has requested modification of its
docket to allow an increase in the average discharge concentration of
Total Dissolved Solids to 10,000 mg/l from the current 6,560 mg/l and
an increase in the maximum effluent limit for True Color to 1,500 units
from the current 750 units on a platinum-cobalt scale. In support of
its requested modifications, the docket holder has completed an
environmental study that indicates the changes would result in no
significant impact to the Delaware Estuary. No increase in
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treatment plant capacity is proposed. The docket holder also proposes
to construct two effluent storage tanks at the GROWS leachate treatment
plant to replace an existing tank and seeks approval to haul non-
hazardous leachate to a proposed transfer station that will reroute
flow to the Morrisville Borough sewage treatment plant, just upstream
on the tidal Delaware River within Water Quality Zone 2.
6. Blue Ridge Real Estate Company D-91-46-2. An application for the
renewal of a surface water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of
12 million gallons per 30 days to supply the applicant's proposed golf
course at the Jack Frost Ski Area from an existing intake in the
Tobyhanna Creek. The project is located in Kidder Township, Carbon
County, Pennsylvania.
7. Borough of Sellersville D-92-84 CP RENEWAL. An application for
the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal
of 20.54 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's distribution system from
existing Wells Nos. 1, 4, 5, and 6 in the Tohickon Creek and East
Branch Perkiomen Creek Watersheds. The project is located in West
Rockhill Township and the Borough of Sellersville, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania and is located in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground
Water Protected Area.
8. The Premcor Refining Group, Inc. D-93-4-3. An application to
replace the withdrawal of water from Well No. P-9 in the applicant's
water supply system, which has become an unreliable source of supply.
The applicant requests withdrawal from replacement Well No. P-9A. No
change in the total withdrawal from all wells--currently 180 million
gallons per 30 days--is proposed. The project is located in the C&D
Canal East, Dragon Run and Red Lion Creek Watersheds in Delaware City,
New Castle County, Delaware.
9. AMETEK U.S. Gauge Division D-93-25(G)-2. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of
3.88 million gallons per 30 days to supply the applicant's industrial
facility and groundwater remediation project from existing Wells Nos.
RW-1 and MW-6S and new Well No. MW-10S in the East Branch Perkiomen
Creek Watershed. The project is located in Sellersville Borough, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania within the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water
Protected Area.
10. United Water Delaware D-96-50 CP-2. An application for the
renewal of a surface water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of
30 million gallons per day (mgd) to provide supply to the applicant's
public water distribution system, originally docketed under D-91-72 CP,
and for a proposed revision to the operating plan of the tidal capture
structure (TCS) originally docketed under D-96-50 CP. The applicant
requests removal of the Q7-10 passby requirement when the
natural stream flow is less than 17.2 mgd or chlorides immediately at
the outlet of the TCS bypass structure downstream of the TCS are
greater than 250 ppm. Surface water is withdrawn from the confluence of
the White Clay Creek and Red Clay Creek at the Stanton Intake, and/or
from the tidal backflow from the Christina River created by the TCS,
via an intake at the TCS. The modification of the TCS operating plan is
designed to increase water supply reliability during low flow
conditions, attenuate brackish water impacts and maintain essential
physical habitat at the tidal/freshwater interface controlled by the
TCS. The TCS operating plan revision includes incremental passby flow
targets in conjunction with salinity monitoring to protect the
applicant's water supply and preserve depth of water downstream of the
TCS for aquatic habitat protection. The project is located in New
Castle County, Delaware.
11. Plumstead Township D-97-33 CP-2. An application for approval of
a ground water withdrawal project to renew the allocation included in
Docket D-94-43 P.A. and consolidate all other docket approvals for
Plumstead Township, retaining the existing withdrawal from all wells of
15.31 million gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days). Docket D-97-33 CP-2
consolidates allocations approved under D-92-76 P.A., D-94-43 P.A., D-
95-18 CP and D-97-33 CP. The project is located in the North Branch
Neshaminy Creek, Geddes Run, Cabin Run and Pine Run Watersheds in
Plumstead Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, within the Southeastern
Ground Water Protected Area.
12. Green-Waltz Water Company, Inc., Nestl[eacute] Waters North
America Inc., D-98-55-2. An application for approval of a ground water
withdrawal project to supply up to 11.7 million gallons per 30 days
(mg/30 days) of water for bulk water supply to the applicant's bottling
plant from replacement Well B-1, screened in the unconsolidated
deposits overlying the Martinsburg Formation. Well B-1 will replace
Well 1 (also known as W-1). Green-Waltz Water Company, Inc. sold to
Nestl[eacute] Waters North America Inc. (NWNA) its interests in waters
from the spring sources located on the subject property, but remains a
co-owner of the site and facilities. NWNA has assumed the role of
operator of the facilities, and as such, has responsibility for the
operation and maintenance of the withdrawal from Well B-1. The
applicant has not requested a change in the existing allocation of 11.7
mg/30 days. The project is located in the Waltz Creek Watershed in
Washington Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
13. Pennsylvania American Water Company D-99-30 CP 2. An
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply
up to 5.83 million gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days) of water to the
applicant's Glen Alsace public water supply distribution system from
replacement Well GL-2A in the Brunswick Formation, and to retain the
existing withdrawal from all wells at 50 mg/30 days. Proposed
replacement Well No. GL-2A will replace former Well No. GL-2 and is
planned to be used as a regular source to the Glen Alsace distribution
system. The project also includes two existing interconnections from
the Reading Area Water Authority (45 mg/30 days) and the Mount Penn
Water Authority (6 mg/30 days). The project is located in the Antietam
Creek Watershed in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
14. Lower Perkiomen Valley Regional Sewer Authority D-2001-42 CP-2.
An application to expand the Oaks Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) from 9.5
million gallons per day (mgd) to 14.25 mgd. The plant will continue to
provide advanced secondary treatment via an anoxic/oxic biological
process. The Oaks STP is located at the confluence of Perkiomen Creek
and the Schuylkill River in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery
County, PA. The project will continue to serve portions of Upper
Providence, Perkiomen and Skippack Townships, plus Collegeville and
Trappe Boroughs, all in Montgomery County, PA. STP effluent will
continue to be discharged to the Schuylkill River through the existing
outfall. (This docket was NAR'd as D-2004-20 CP.)
15. Little Washington Wastewater Company D-2001-54-2. An
application to expand a 0.12 million gallon per day (mgd) sewage
treatment plant (STP) to process 0.155 mgd on a maximum monthly basis,
while maintaining tertiary level of treatment. The plant is located
just south of Little Washington-Lyndell Road in East Brandywine
Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Currently, up to 53,100 gallons
per day (gpd) of STP effluent is discharged to Culbertson Run in the
Brandywine Creek Watershed and up to 66,133 gpd to effluent disposal
beds that recharge the ground water table. The additional effluent from
the proposed expansion will be routed back to the proposed Hideaway
Farm subdivision
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for application to new disposal beds. The proposed expansion will
enable the applicant to serve additional residential development in
East Brandywine Township.
16. Pennsylvania-American Water Company D-2003-6 CP-1. An
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply
up to 5.616 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's Country Club of the
Poconos at Big Ridge distribution system from new Wells Nos. 3 and 5 in
the Mahatango Formation, and to increase the existing withdrawal from
all wells to 9.316 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Pond Creek
Watershed in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania in
the drainage area of the Special Protection Waters. (This docket was
NAR'd as D-2003-6 CP.)
17. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. D-2004-27-1. An application
for an existing industrial wastewater treatment plant to process up to
0.135 million gallons per day and to continue to discharge to the
Lehigh River through an existing outfall. No modification of the
existing plant or increase in flow is proposed. The applicant is a
manufacturing facility located in the Borough of Glendon, Northampton
County, Pennsylvania, in the area covered by the Lower Delaware River
Management Plan.
18. The Glass Group, Inc. D-2004-29-1. An application for approval
of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 30 million gallons
per thirty days (mg/30 days) of water to the applicant's manufacturing
facility from Wells Nos. 13, 14, 15 and 16 in the Cohansey Formation.
The project is located in the Maurice River Watershed in the City of
Millville, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
19. Warren Investments, LLC D-2004-31-1. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 6.91
million gallons per 30 days of water for supplemental irrigation of the
applicant's proposed Shetland Crossing Golf Club from new Wells WIA,
WIB, WIC and WID, all in the Lockatong Formation. In conjunction with
the ground water withdrawal, the golf course will utilize supplemental
irrigation from stormwater collected in four on-site storage ponds. The
project is located in the Wickecheoke Creek Watershed in Franklin
Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
20. Bear Creek Management Company, LLC D-2004-35-1. An application
for approval of a ground water and surface water withdrawal project to
supply up to 11 million gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days) of water to
the applicant's ski resort from new Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and
up to 36 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's snowmaking operations
from 4 ponds and 1 detention basin and to limit the withdrawal from all
sources to 36.6 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Swabia Creek
Watershed in Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
21. Borough of Portland D-2003-9 CP. An application to construct a
0.105 million gallon per day (mgd) wastewater treatment plant to
provide tertiary treatment of flow from the proposed Portland
Industrial Park and from local on-lot septic systems located in
Portland Borough, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The plant will be
constructed in the southeast corner of Portland Borough and the project
outfall will discharge to the Delaware River. This location is in DRBC
Water Quality Zone 1D and in the drainage area of the Lower Delaware
Management Plan.
In addition to the public hearing on the dockets listed above, the
Commission's 1 p.m. business meeting will include a public hearing and
possible action on a resolution to amend Resolution No. 2002-33
relating to the operation of Lake Wallenpaupack during drought watch,
drought warning and drought operations; a resolution to amend the
Commission's administrative procedure and fee schedule for renewal of
project approvals under Section 3.8 and Article 10 of the Delaware
River Basin Compact; a resolution to amend the Water Quality
Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan to designate the Lower
Delaware River as Special Protection Waters; a resolution authorizing
the Executive Director to extend the Commission's contract with Axys
Analytical Laboratories, Inc. for analytical services in connection
with the control of toxic substances in the Delaware Estuary; a
resolution authorizing the executive director to engage a contractor to
assist the Commission staff with tasks to be completed under
Pennsylvania Act 220; and a resolution to adopt the Commission's annual
budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005 and to apportion among
the signatory parties the amounts required for support of the
Commission's annual and operating budgets.
In addition, the meeting will include: adoption of the Minutes of
the October 27, 2004 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 January 19, 2005 will be posted on the Commission's Web
site, https://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
ext. 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: December 27, 2004.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-28689 Filed 12-30-04; 8:45 am]
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