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Availability
A copy of the Navy’s application may
be obtained by writing to the address
specified above (See ADDRESSES),
telephoning the contact listed above (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), or
visiting the internet at: https://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental.htm. The Navy’s Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
for AFAST was made available to the
public on Feb 15th, 2008, and may be
viewed at https://afasteis.gcsaic.com.
Because NMFS is participating as a
cooperating agency in the development
of the Navy’s DEIS for AFAST, NMFS
staff will be present at the associated
public meetings and prepared to discuss
NMFS’ participation in the development
of the EIS as well as the MMPA process
for the issuance of incidental take
authorizations. The dates and times of
the public meetings may be viewed at:
https://afasteis.gcsaic.com.
Background
In the case of military readiness
activities, sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D)
of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.)
direct the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) to allow, upon request, the
incidental, but not intentional taking of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) if certain findings
are made and regulations are issued or,
if the taking is limited to harassment,
notice of a proposed authorization is
provided to the public for review.
Authorization for incidental takings
may be granted if NMFS finds that the
taking will have no more than a
negligible impact on the species or
stock(s), will not have an unmitigable
adverse impact on the availability of the
species or stock(s) for subsistence uses,
and that the permissible methods of
taking and requirements pertaining to
the mitigation, monitoring and reporting
of such taking are set forth.
NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as:
an impact resulting from the specified
activity that cannot be reasonably expected
to, and is not reasonably likely to, adversely
affect the species or stock through effects on
annual rates of recruitment or survival.
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With respect to military readiness
activities, the MMPA defines
‘‘harassment’’ as:
(i) any act that injures or has the significant
potential to injure a marine mammal or
marine mammal stock in the wild [Level A
Harassment]; or (ii) any act that disturbs or
is likely to disturb a marine mammal or
marine mammal stock in the wild by causing
disruption of natural behavioral patterns,
including, but not limited to, migration,
surfacing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or
sheltering, to a point where such behavioral
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patterns are abandoned or significantly
altered [Level B Harassment].
effective regulations governing the
issuance of letters of authorization.
Summary of Request
On February 1, 2008, NMFS received
an application from the Navy requesting
authorization for the take of 29 species
of marine mammals incidental to
upcoming AFAST activities to be
conducted off the Atlantic coast and in
the Gulf of Mexico, over the course of
5 years. These training activities are
classified as military readiness
activities. The Navy states that these
training activities may expose some of
the marine mammals present in the area
to sound from various mid-frequency
and high-frequency active tactical sonar
sources or to underwater detonations
from the Improved Extended Echoranging (IEER) system. The Navy
requests authorization to take
individuals of 29 species of marine
mammals by Level B Harassment.
Further, the Navy requests authorization
to take 10 individual beaked whales per
year by serious injury or mortality (any
combination of the following species:
Cuvier’s beaked whales, northern
beaked whales, True’s beaked whales,
Gervais’ beaked whales, Blainsville’s
beaked whales, and Sowerby’s beaked
whales).
Dated: February 28, 2008.
Helen M. Golde,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8–4261 Filed 3–4–08; 8:45 am]
Specified Activities
In the application submitted to
NMFS, the Navy requests authorization
for take of marine mammals incidental
to conducting operations utilizing midand high frequency active sonar sources
and IEER, which consists of an
explosive source sonobuoy and an air
deployable active receiver. These sonar
and explosive sources will be utilized
during Independent Unit Level Training
(single unit), Coordinated Unit Level
Training and Strike Group Training
(multi-unit operations), maintenance
activities, and research, development,
testing and evaluation (RDT&E)
activities. Table 1–1 in the application
lists the activity types, the equipment
and platforms involved, and the
duration and potential locations of the
activities.
Information Solicited
Interested persons may submit
information, suggestions, and comments
concerning the Navy’s request (see
ADDRESSES). All information,
suggestions, and comments related to
the Navy’s AFAST request and NMFS’
potential development and
implementation of regulations
governing the incidental taking of
marine mammals by the Navy’s AFAST
activities will be considered by NMFS
in developing, if appropriate, the most
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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 a public hearing on Wednesday,
March 12, 2008. The hearing will be
part of the Commission’s regular
business meeting. The business meeting
is 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. No morning
conference session is scheduled for this
meeting.
Please note that commission action on
the Proposed Amendments to the Water
Quality Regulations, Water Code and
Comprehensive Plan to Classify the
Lower Delaware River as Special
Protection Waters (SPW) will not take
place at this meeting. The earliest
commission meeting date when action
could be taken is May 14, 2008.
The subjects of the public hearing to
be held during the 1:30 p.m. business
meeting include the dockets listed
below:
1. Freeland Borough Municipal
Authority D–94–63 CP–2. An
application for the renewal of a ground
water withdrawal project to continue
withdrawal of 17.2 million gallons per
thirty days (mg/30 days) to supply the
applicant’s public water supply
distribution system from existing Wells
Nos. 9, 12 and 14 in the Buck Mountain
Mauch Chunk Formation. The project is
located in the Pond Creek Watershed in
Freeland Borough, Luzerne County,
Pennsylvania, within the drainage area
to the section of the non-tidal Delaware
River known as the Lower Delaware,
which is designated as Special
Protection Waters.
2. Township of Roxbury D–96–17 CP–
2. An application for the renewal of a
ground water withdrawal project to
supply up to 19.8 mg/30 days from
existing Wells Nos. 2, 4, 9 and 12. The
project is located in the Stratified Drifts
Aquifer in the Musconetcong River
Watershed in Roxbury Township,
Morris County, New Jersey, within the
drainage area to the section of the non-
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tidal Delaware River known as the
Lower Delaware, which is designated as
Special Protection Waters.
3. Smithfield Beef Group (MOPAC) D–
96–21–3. An application for approval of
an upgrade of the existing 0.75 million
gallon per day (mgd) industrial
wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) in
accordance with a Consent Order and
Agreement issued by PADEP. The
upgrade includes a new anaerobic
lagoon, a new tertiary filtration system
and a new ultraviolet light (UV)
disinfection system. The IWTP will
continue to discharge to the Skippack
Creek. The IWTP is located in Franconia
Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania.
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4. Nestle Waters North America, Inc.
D–98–27–3. An application for the
renewal of a spring water withdrawal
project to continue withdrawal of 9 mg/
30 days to supply the applicant’s bottled
water operations from existing Hoffman
Springs Nos. 1, 2 and 3 to supply up to
1.95 mg/30 days from the new Mattos
Catchment No. 1 to supplement flow in
Ontelaunee Creek. The project is located
in the Ontelaunee Creek Watershed in
Lynn Township, Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania.
5. Fifer Orchards, Inc. D–2002–20–2.
A combined ground and surface water
withdrawal project to continue to
supply a maximum of 543 mg/30 days
of water to the applicant’s irrigation of
approximately 2,285 acres of fruit and
vegetables through two new wells, nine
existing wells and nine existing intakes.
The wells are located in the Columbia
Formation in the St. Jones River
Watershed in the City of Wyoming, Kent
County, Delaware. Surface water will be
withdrawn from a series of on-site
ponds in the St. Jones River Watershed.
6. Ambler Borough D–75–16 CP–2. An
application for approval of a rerate of
the Ambler Borough wastewater
treatment plant (WWTP) to 8.0 mgd as
a maximum monthly value. The
WWTP’s existing 6.5 mgd annual
average flow will remain unchanged.
The WWTP will continue to discharge
to the Wissahickon Creek, a tributary to
the Schuylkill River. The facility is
located in Ambler Borough,
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
7. The Premcor Refining Group, Inc.
D–93–4–6. An application to replace the
withdrawal of water from Wells Nos. P–
3A and P–4A in the applicant’s water
supply system that have become
unreliable sources of supply and to
increase the applicant’s surface water
withdrawal from the Delaware River
and Red Lion Creek. Premcor requests
that its combined withdrawal from
replacement Wells Nos. P–3B and P–4B
and seven existing wells remain limited
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to 180 mg/30 days; that its withdrawal
from the Delaware River intake remain
at 13,560 mg/30 days; that the docket
authorize withdrawals of 38.9 mg/30
days from the Red Lion Creek intake
and up to 56.2 mg/30 days from the
Dragon Run intake, and that Premcor’s
combined withdrawal from all sources
be limited to 13,655.1 mg/30 days. The
proposed allocation represents no
increase in groundwater withdrawals,
no increase from the Delaware River
intake and the inclusion in a DRBC
docket of previously un-docketed preCompact DNREC allocations from
Dragon Run and Red Lion Creek. The
project is located in the Potomac
Formation in the C&D Canal East,
Dragon Run Creek, Red Lion Creek and
Delaware River watersheds in Delaware
City, New Castle County, Delaware.
8. Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. D–97–3–2.
An application to use Wells Nos. 1 and
2 at the former Simpson Paper Company
to serve the applicant’s potable water
supply system. The applicant seeks a
maximum withdrawal of 42 mg/30 days
from Wells Nos. 1 and 2, representing
no change from the maximum combined
withdrawal from the wells. The project
is located in the Conestoga Formation in
the Schuylkill River Watershed in
Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania and is located in
the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground
Water Protected Area.
9. Town of Felton D–99–26 CP–2. An
application for the renewal of a ground
water withdrawal project and to
decrease the maximum withdrawal from
5.7 mg/30 days to 5.328 mg/30 days to
supply the applicant’s public water
supply distribution from existing Wells
Nos. 2, 3 and 4 in the Frederica and
Piney Point formations. The project is
located in the Fan Branch Watershed in
the Town of Felton, Kent County,
Delaware.
10. Upper Hanover Authority D–2001–
61 CP–2. An application for approval of
a WWTP expansion project that will
increase treatment capacity from 0.15
mgd to 0.40 mgd, while maintaining
existing effluent quality via the addition
of sequencing batch reactor and tertiary
filtration processes. The existing WWTP
has reached its design capacity and the
expansion project is needed to serve
new development in Upper Hanover
Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania. Following ultraviolet
light disinfection, the WWTP effluent
will be discharged to Macoby Creek, a
tributary of Perkiomen Creek, within the
Schuylkill River Watershed. The project
is located in the Southeastern
Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected
Area.
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11. Mountain Hill Cottages D–2005–2–
1. An application to upgrade the septic
system that serves the Mountain Hill
Cottages development located off Cold
Spring Road approximately 2,000 feet
north of its intersection with Cantrell
Road in the Town of Thompson,
Sullivan County, New York. An
additional septic system will be
constructed to treat 5,250 gallons of
flow. The effluent from the proposed
septic system will be routed to a 14,000
gallon per day sand filter, which
recharges the groundwater. No
expansion of the sand filter is required,
but a new chlorine contact tank will be
provided. The project is in the Bush Kill
Watershed, upstream from its
confluence with the Neversink River in
the drainage area of DRBC Special
Protection Waters.
12. Valleybrook Golf Club D–2006–21–
1. An application for approval of a
surface water withdrawal project to
supply up to 7 mg/30 days of water to
the applicant’s golf course irrigation
system from three surface water intakes
from a series of one lake and retention
ponds on Pines Run. The project is
located in the Pines Run Watershed in
Gloucester Township, Camden County,
New Jersey.
13. Pocono Manor Investors Pt. 1, L.P.
D–2006–43–1. A revised application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal
project to supply up to 15.984 mg/30
days of water to the applicant’s Pocono
Manor site from new Wells Nos. 1, 2
and 3 and to limit the existing
withdrawal from all wells to 15.984 mg/
30 days. The wells will serve Phases I,
II–A, III & II–B of the docket holder’s
revised residential and commercial
development plans. The project is
located in the Catskill Formation in the
Brodhead/Swiftwater Creek Watershed
in Pocono Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. The location is also
within the drainage area to the section
of the non-tidal Delaware River known
as the Middle Delaware, which is
classified as Special Protection Waters.
14. Wayne Economic Development
Corporation D–2007–18–1. An
application for the approval of the new
Sterling Business Park WWTP. The new
35,000 gpd WWTP will service the 252acre Sterling Business Park of the
Wayne County Economic Development
Corporation (WEDCO). The Sterling
Business Park will consist of up to 23
commercial building sites, ranging in
size from 3 to 30 acres. The project
includes a 7,000 gpd non-potable water
reuse system for restrooms and
landscape irrigation. The applicant’s
WWTP will discharge to the West
Branch Wallenpaupack Creek, within
the section of the non-tidal Delaware
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River known as the Upper Delaware,
which is classified as Special Protection
Waters. The facility is located on State
Route 0191, approximately one mile
north of the S.R.0191/Newfoundland
exit off I–84 in Sterling Township,
Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
15. Upper Makefield Township D–
2007–24 CP–1. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal
project to supply up to 8.43 mg/30 days
of water to the applicant’s public water
supply distribution system from new
Wells HH1, HH2, HH4, GTW1 and
GTW2. The project is located in the
Brunswick and Lockatong formations in
the Houghs Creek and Delaware River
watersheds in Upper Makefield
Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
The site is located within the drainage
area to the section of the non-tidal
Delaware River known as the Lower
Delaware, which is designated as
Special Protection Waters.
16. Upper Makefield Township D–
2007–25 CP–1. An application for the
approval of the new 20,000 gpd Gray
Tract WWTP. The WWTP will serve
approximately 96 age-restricted
dwellings and 14 existing homes and is
proposed to discharge to an unnamed
tributary of Hough’s Creek, which is
tributary to the Delaware River. The
facility is located in Upper Makefield
Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania,
within the drainage area to the section
of the non-tidal Delaware River known
as the Lower Delaware, which is
designated as Special Protection Waters.
17. Congoleum Corporation D–2007–
35–1. An application to discharge an
average of 122,000 gallons per day of
non-contact cooling and storm water
from the applicant’s tile floor
manufacturing facility. The discharge is
to a Hamilton Township municipal
storm sewer, which discharges to
Hamilton Ditch and Miry Run,
tributaries to the Delaware River. The
facility is located in Hamilton
Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
18. U.S. Silica—Port Elizabeth Mine
D–2007–37–1. An application for
approval of a surface water withdrawal
project to supply up to 288 mg/30 days
of water from surface water Intake No.
1 for sand and gravel processing and up
to 0.778 mg/30 days from one well used
for sanitary supply at the facility. The
project is located in the Maurice River
Watershed in Mauricetown Township,
Cumberland County, New Jersey.
19. Franconia Sewer Authority D–
2007–41 CP–1. An application for
approval of the construction of a new
0.15 mgd Franconia Sewer Authority
WWTP, pump station and
appurtenances. The new WWTP will
serve the new Souderton Area High
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School and sanitary waste from
Smithfield Beef Group (formerly Moyer
Packing Company). The WWTP will
discharge to the Skippack Creek, a
tributary to the Perkiomen Creek, which
is a tributary to the Schuylkill River.
The facility will be located in Franconia
Township, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania.
20. Pocono Manor Investors, L.P. D–
2007–44–1. An application for approval
of a surface water withdrawal project to
supply up to 0.72 mg/30 days of water
to the applicant’s irrigation system from
Intake No. 1 and to limit the existing
withdrawal from all intakes to 0.72 mg/
30 days. The project is located on Indian
Run, a tributary to Pocono Creek in
Pocono Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania, within the drainage area
to the section of the non-tidal Delaware
River known as the Upper Delaware,
which is designated as Special
Protection Waters.
21. Congoleum Corporation, D–2005–
25–2. Approval is requested for
corrections to the effluent table in
section A.4.d. of Docket D–2005–25–1
issued on March 1, 2006 for an
industrial discharge of non-contact
cooling water and stormwater from
Congoleum Plant No. 2. The effluent
table incorrectly listed limits for four
parameters for which DRBC lacked
applicable requirements:
Bromodichlorormethane, Chloroform,
Chlorine Produced Oxidants and
Chronic Toxicity. The Executive
Director subsequently issued corrected
Docket D–2005–25–2, in which the state
limits are listed for these parameters,
pending ratification by the Commission.
The discharge is made to the Hamilton
Township storm sewer, which
discharges to Pond Run, a tributary of
the Assunpink Creek. The facility is
located in Hamilton Township, Mercer
County, New Jersey.
22. Borough of South Coatesville, D–
74–39 CP–2. Approval is requested for
corrections to the effluent table in
section A.4.d. of Docket D–74–39-CP–2
issued on July 18, 2007 for the rerate of
the South Coatesville Wastewater
Treatment Plant. The effluent table
incorrectly listed a Commission limit for
Dissolved Oxygen that is inapplicable to
the South Coatesville Borough facility.
The Executive Director subsequently
issued corrected Docket D–74–39 CP–2,
in which the applicable state limit is
listed for this parameter, pending
ratification by the Commission. The
facility is located on the border between
South Coatesville Borough and Modena
Borough in Chester County,
Pennsylvania. The discharge is to the
West Brandywine Creek.
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In addition, the Commission’s 1:30
p.m. business meeting will include
adoption of the Minutes of the
Commission’s December 12, 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;
consideration of a resolution for the
minutes authorizing the Executive
Director to engage an engineering firm
to oversee lighting and HVAC
improvements to the Commission’s
West Trenton office building; a
resolution to adopt the Commission’s
annual budget for the Fiscal Year ending
2009 (July 1, 2008 through June 30,
2009); and an opportunity for public
dialogue. The hearing on the proposed
budget took place on December 12,
2007.
Draft dockets scheduled for public
hearing on March 12, 2008 are 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, 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: February 28, 2008.
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 a public hearing on Wednesday, March 12, 2008. The hearing
will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting. The business
meeting is 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. No morning conference session is scheduled for this meeting.
Please note that commission action on the Proposed Amendments to
the Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan to
Classify the Lower Delaware River as Special Protection Waters (SPW)
will not take place at this meeting. The earliest commission meeting
date when action could be taken is May 14, 2008.
The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m.
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
1. Freeland Borough Municipal Authority D-94-63 CP-2. An
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to
continue withdrawal of 17.2 million gallons per thirty days (mg/30
days) to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system
from existing Wells Nos. 9, 12 and 14 in the Buck Mountain Mauch Chunk
Formation. The project is located in the Pond Creek Watershed in
Freeland Borough, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, within the drainage
area to the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower
Delaware, which is designated as Special Protection Waters.
2. Township of Roxbury D-96-17 CP-2. An application for the renewal
of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 19.8 mg/30 days
from existing Wells Nos. 2, 4, 9 and 12. The project is located in the
Stratified Drifts Aquifer in the Musconetcong River Watershed in
Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey, within the drainage area
to the section of the non-
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tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is designated
as Special Protection Waters.
3. Smithfield Beef Group (MOPAC) D-96-21-3. An application for
approval of an upgrade of the existing 0.75 million gallon per day
(mgd) industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) in accordance with a
Consent Order and Agreement issued by PADEP. The upgrade includes a new
anaerobic lagoon, a new tertiary filtration system and a new
ultraviolet light (UV) disinfection system. The IWTP will continue to
discharge to the Skippack Creek. The IWTP is located in Franconia
Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
4. Nestl[eacute] Waters North America, Inc. D-98-27-3. An
application for the renewal of a spring water withdrawal project to
continue withdrawal of 9 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's bottled
water operations from existing Hoffman Springs Nos. 1, 2 and 3 to
supply up to 1.95 mg/30 days from the new Mattos Catchment No. 1 to
supplement flow in Ontelaunee Creek. The project is located in the
Ontelaunee Creek Watershed in Lynn Township, Lehigh County,
Pennsylvania.
5. Fifer Orchards, Inc. D-2002-20-2. A combined ground and surface
water withdrawal project to continue to supply a maximum of 543 mg/30
days of water to the applicant's irrigation of approximately 2,285
acres of fruit and vegetables through two new wells, nine existing
wells and nine existing intakes. The wells are located in the Columbia
Formation in the St. Jones River Watershed in the City of Wyoming, Kent
County, Delaware. Surface water will be withdrawn from a series of on-
site ponds in the St. Jones River Watershed.
6. Ambler Borough D-75-16 CP-2. An application for approval of a
rerate of the Ambler Borough wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) to 8.0
mgd as a maximum monthly value. The WWTP's existing 6.5 mgd annual
average flow will remain unchanged. The WWTP will continue to discharge
to the Wissahickon Creek, a tributary to the Schuylkill River. The
facility is located in Ambler Borough, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
7. The Premcor Refining Group, Inc. D-93-4-6. An application to
replace the withdrawal of water from Wells Nos. P-3A and P-4A in the
applicant's water supply system that have become unreliable sources of
supply and to increase the applicant's surface water withdrawal from
the Delaware River and Red Lion Creek. Premcor requests that its
combined withdrawal from replacement Wells Nos. P-3B and P-4B and seven
existing wells remain limited to 180 mg/30 days; that its withdrawal
from the Delaware River intake remain at 13,560 mg/30 days; that the
docket authorize withdrawals of 38.9 mg/30 days from the Red Lion Creek
intake and up to 56.2 mg/30 days from the Dragon Run intake, and that
Premcor's combined withdrawal from all sources be limited to 13,655.1
mg/30 days. The proposed allocation represents no increase in
groundwater withdrawals, no increase from the Delaware River intake and
the inclusion in a DRBC docket of previously un-docketed pre-Compact
DNREC allocations from Dragon Run and Red Lion Creek. The project is
located in the Potomac Formation in the C&D Canal East, Dragon Run
Creek, Red Lion Creek and Delaware River watersheds in Delaware City,
New Castle County, Delaware.
8. Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. D-97-3-2. An application to use Wells
Nos. 1 and 2 at the former Simpson Paper Company to serve the
applicant's potable water supply system. The applicant seeks a maximum
withdrawal of 42 mg/30 days from Wells Nos. 1 and 2, representing no
change from the maximum combined withdrawal from the wells. The project
is located in the Conestoga Formation in the Schuylkill River Watershed
in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and is located
in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
9. Town of Felton D-99-26 CP-2. An application for the renewal of a
ground water withdrawal project and to decrease the maximum withdrawal
from 5.7 mg/30 days to 5.328 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's
public water supply distribution from existing Wells Nos. 2, 3 and 4 in
the Frederica and Piney Point formations. The project is located in the
Fan Branch Watershed in the Town of Felton, Kent County, Delaware.
10. Upper Hanover Authority D-2001-61 CP-2. An application for
approval of a WWTP expansion project that will increase treatment
capacity from 0.15 mgd to 0.40 mgd, while maintaining existing effluent
quality via the addition of sequencing batch reactor and tertiary
filtration processes. The existing WWTP has reached its design capacity
and the expansion project is needed to serve new development in Upper
Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Following
ultraviolet light disinfection, the WWTP effluent will be discharged to
Macoby Creek, a tributary of Perkiomen Creek, within the Schuylkill
River Watershed. The project is located in the Southeastern
Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
11. Mountain Hill Cottages D-2005-2-1. An application to upgrade
the septic system that serves the Mountain Hill Cottages development
located off Cold Spring Road approximately 2,000 feet north of its
intersection with Cantrell Road in the Town of Thompson, Sullivan
County, New York. An additional septic system will be constructed to
treat 5,250 gallons of flow. The effluent from the proposed septic
system will be routed to a 14,000 gallon per day sand filter, which
recharges the groundwater. No expansion of the sand filter is required,
but a new chlorine contact tank will be provided. The project is in the
Bush Kill Watershed, upstream from its confluence with the Neversink
River in the drainage area of DRBC Special Protection Waters.
12. Valleybrook Golf Club D-2006-21-1. An application for approval
of a surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 7 mg/30 days of
water to the applicant's golf course irrigation system from three
surface water intakes from a series of one lake and retention ponds on
Pines Run. The project is located in the Pines Run Watershed in
Gloucester Township, Camden County, New Jersey.
13. Pocono Manor Investors Pt. 1, L.P. D-2006-43-1. A revised
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply
up to 15.984 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's Pocono Manor site
from new Wells Nos. 1, 2 and 3 and to limit the existing withdrawal
from all wells to 15.984 mg/30 days. The wells will serve Phases I, II-
A, III & II-B of the docket holder's revised residential and commercial
development plans. The project is located in the Catskill Formation in
the Brodhead/Swiftwater Creek Watershed in Pocono Township, Monroe
County, Pennsylvania. The location is also within the drainage area to
the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Middle
Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters.
14. Wayne Economic Development Corporation D-2007-18-1. An
application for the approval of the new Sterling Business Park WWTP.
The new 35,000 gpd WWTP will service the 252-acre Sterling Business
Park of the Wayne County Economic Development Corporation (WEDCO). The
Sterling Business Park will consist of up to 23 commercial building
sites, ranging in size from 3 to 30 acres. The project includes a 7,000
gpd non-potable water reuse system for restrooms and landscape
irrigation. The applicant's WWTP will discharge to the West Branch
Wallenpaupack Creek, within the section of the non-tidal Delaware
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River known as the Upper Delaware, which is classified as Special
Protection Waters. The facility is located on State Route 0191,
approximately one mile north of the S.R.0191/Newfoundland exit off I-84
in Sterling Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
15. Upper Makefield Township D-2007-24 CP-1. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 8.43 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's public water supply distribution
system from new Wells HH1, HH2, HH4, GTW1 and GTW2. The project is
located in the Brunswick and Lockatong formations in the Houghs Creek
and Delaware River watersheds in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania. The site is located within the drainage area to
the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower
Delaware, which is designated as Special Protection Waters.
16. Upper Makefield Township D-2007-25 CP-1. An application for the
approval of the new 20,000 gpd Gray Tract WWTP. The WWTP will serve
approximately 96 age-restricted dwellings and 14 existing homes and is
proposed to discharge to an unnamed tributary of Hough's Creek, which
is tributary to the Delaware River. The facility is located in Upper
Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, within the drainage
area to the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower
Delaware, which is designated as Special Protection Waters.
17. Congoleum Corporation D-2007-35-1. An application to discharge
an average of 122,000 gallons per day of non-contact cooling and storm
water from the applicant's tile floor manufacturing facility. The
discharge is to a Hamilton Township municipal storm sewer, which
discharges to Hamilton Ditch and Miry Run, tributaries to the Delaware
River. The facility is located in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New
Jersey.
18. U.S. Silica--Port Elizabeth Mine D-2007-37-1. An application
for approval of a surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 288
mg/30 days of water from surface water Intake No. 1 for sand and gravel
processing and up to 0.778 mg/30 days from one well used for sanitary
supply at the facility. The project is located in the Maurice River
Watershed in Mauricetown Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
19. Franconia Sewer Authority D-2007-41 CP-1. An application for
approval of the construction of a new 0.15 mgd Franconia Sewer
Authority WWTP, pump station and appurtenances. The new WWTP will serve
the new Souderton Area High School and sanitary waste from Smithfield
Beef Group (formerly Moyer Packing Company). The WWTP will discharge to
the Skippack Creek, a tributary to the Perkiomen Creek, which is a
tributary to the Schuylkill River. The facility will be located in
Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
20. Pocono Manor Investors, L.P. D-2007-44-1. An application for
approval of a surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 0.72 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's irrigation system from Intake No. 1
and to limit the existing withdrawal from all intakes to 0.72 mg/30
days. The project is located on Indian Run, a tributary to Pocono Creek
in Pocono Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, within the drainage
area to the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Upper
Delaware, which is designated as Special Protection Waters.
21. Congoleum Corporation, D-2005-25-2. Approval is requested for
corrections to the effluent table in section A.4.d. of Docket D-2005-
25-1 issued on March 1, 2006 for an industrial discharge of non-contact
cooling water and stormwater from Congoleum Plant No. 2. The effluent
table incorrectly listed limits for four parameters for which DRBC
lacked applicable requirements: Bromodichlorormethane, Chloroform,
Chlorine Produced Oxidants and Chronic Toxicity. The Executive Director
subsequently issued corrected Docket D-2005-25-2, in which the state
limits are listed for these parameters, pending ratification by the
Commission. The discharge is made to the Hamilton Township storm sewer,
which discharges to Pond Run, a tributary of the Assunpink Creek. The
facility is located in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
22. Borough of South Coatesville, D-74-39 CP-2. Approval is
requested for corrections to the effluent table in section A.4.d. of
Docket D-74-39-CP-2 issued on July 18, 2007 for the rerate of the South
Coatesville Wastewater Treatment Plant. The effluent table incorrectly
listed a Commission limit for Dissolved Oxygen that is inapplicable to
the South Coatesville Borough facility. The Executive Director
subsequently issued corrected Docket D-74-39 CP-2, in which the
applicable state limit is listed for this parameter, pending
ratification by the Commission. The facility is located on the border
between South Coatesville Borough and Modena Borough in Chester County,
Pennsylvania. The discharge is to the West Brandywine Creek.
In addition, the Commission's 1:30 p.m. business meeting will
include adoption of the Minutes of the Commission's December 12, 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; consideration of a resolution for the
minutes authorizing the Executive Director to engage an engineering
firm to oversee lighting and HVAC improvements to the Commission's West
Trenton office building; a resolution to adopt the Commission's annual
budget for the Fiscal Year ending 2009 (July 1, 2008 through June 30,
2009); and an opportunity for public dialogue. The hearing on the
proposed budget took place on December 12, 2007.
Draft dockets scheduled for public hearing on March 12, 2008 are
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, 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: February 28, 2008.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
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