DELAWARE RIVER
BASIN COMMISSIONCommission Meeting and Public Hearing [26 Pa.B. 5889] The Delaware River Basin Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, December 11, 1996. The hearing will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open to the public and scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. in the Goddard Conference Room of the Commission's offices at 25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, New Jersey.
An informal conference among the Commissioners and staff will be held at 10 a.m. at the same location and will include reports on the Tulpehocken Creek/Blue Marsh watershed project; flood and hurricane-related reservoir operation; the Commission's GIS and computer systems and proposed revisions to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area Regulations.
In addition to the subjects listed below which are scheduled for public hearing at the business meeting, the Commission will also address the following matters: Minutes of the October 23, 1996 business meeting; announcements; General Counsel's report; consideration of Wissahickon Spring Water, Inc. matter; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; authorization to accept funding for water quality assessment and modeling of the Maurice River; a resolution to continue the Commission's Water Quality Advisory Committee; a resolution approving certain budget transfers for fiscal years 1996 and 1997; annual salary rates of Commission employes and public dialogue.
The subjects of the public hearing will be as follows:
A Proposal to Adopt the 1996-1997 Water Resources Program. A proposal that the 1995-1996 Water Resources Program and the activities, programs, initiatives, concerns, projections and proposals identified and set forth therein be accepted and adopted and that a staff report of progress in completing the various elements in the 1995-1996 Water Resources Program be made a part thereof, in accordance with the requirements of section 13.2 of the Delaware River Basin Compact.
Applications for Approval of the Following Projects Under Article 10.3. Article 11 and/or Section 3.8 of the Compact:
1. Ramblewood Country Club D-94-41. An application for an increased withdrawal from the Ramblewood County Club golf course irrigation pond from 3.9 million gallons (mg)/30 days (0.13 million gallons per day (mgd)) to 14 mg/30 days (0.47 mgd). The proposed maximum withdrawal rate from all sources, existing wells and the pond, is 0.47 mgd. The surface water withdrawal facilities are located at the pond pump house on the golf course property. The pond is on an unnamed tributary of North Branch Pennsauken Creek in Mount Laurel Township, Burlington County, NJ. Two existing Potomac-Raritan-Magothy wells (Pool House Well and Well No. 2) are also reallocated to restrict their yearly use.
2. Degussa Corporation D-96-11. A project to modify and expand the applicant's existing industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) from 0.42 mgd to 0.95 mgd. The IWTP is located adjacent to the Delaware River, to which it will continue to discharge, just off Front Street in the City of Chester, Delaware County, PA. The expanded IWTP will continue to serve only the applicant's silica production operations. The applicant has also requested a new determination for the allowable total dissolved solids limits relative to the expanded discharge.
3. Township of Roxbury D-96-17 CP. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 30 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from existing well nos. 2, 4, 9 and 12 located within the Delaware River Basin, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells located within the Delaware River Basin to 30 mg/30 days. The project is located in Roxbury Township, Morris County, NJ.
4. Warrington Township and The Cutler Group D-96-18. An application to construct a new 0.26 mgd sewage treatment plant (STP) to serve existing and proposed residential developments in the northwestern area of Warrington Township, Bucks County, PA. The Tradesville STP will provide advanced secondary biological treatment utilizing sequencing batch reactors, phosphorus removal and ultraviolet disinfection. The STP will be located on a site along the west side of Pickerton Road immediately north of Mill Creek Road and will discharge to Mill Creek, a tributary of Neshaminy Creek.
5. Artesian Water Company, Inc. D-96-33 CP. An application for approval of groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 30 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from new Artisans Village Well No. 3, and to increase the existing withdrawal limit of 60.48 mg/30 days from all Artisans Village wells to 90.72 mg/30 days. The project is located in New Castle County, DE.
6. City of Philadelphia, Division of Aviation D-96-36 CP. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal of up to 29.7 mg/30 days of water as part of the applicant's Western Boundary Area Mitigation system from new well nos. EW-A, EW-1, EW-2 and EW-3, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 29.7 mg/30 days. The project is located in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA.
7. Milford-Trumbauersville Area Sewer Authority D-96-41 CP. A project to modify the applicant's existing 0.8 mgd STP. The existing STP provides secondary biological treatment via the extended aeration activated sludge process as well as tertiary filtration prior to disinfection by chlorine contact and discharge to Unami Creek, a tributary of the Perkiomen Creek, in Milford Township, Bucks County, PA. The project entails primarily the addition of two sand filters along with other minor modifications. The STP will continue to serve Trumbauersville Borough and portions of Milford Township.
8. Lansdale Borough D-96-45 CP. An application to expand the Lansdale Borough STP from the current annual average flow capacity of 2.5 mgd to 2.6 mgd and the maximum monthly flow of 4.0 mgd to 4.5 mgd. The STP will also change its mode of operation so that more wet weather related flow will be routed through the treatment process. The STP will continue to serve Lansdale Borough and provide secondary biological treatment via the extended aeration activated sludge process, and tertiary treatment for nutrient removal prior to chlorine disinfection and discharge to an unnamed tributary of the West Branch Neshaminy Creek in the northern portion of Lansdale Borough, Montgomery County, PA just east of the Penn Central railroad tracks.
Documents relating to these items may be examined at the Commission's offices. Preliminary dockets are available in single copies upon request. Please contact George C. Elias concerning docket-related questions. Persons wishing to testify at the hearing are requested to register with the Secretary prior to the hearing.
SUSAN M. WEISMAN,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-2058. Filed for public inspection December 6, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]
