DELAWARE RIVER
BASIN COMMISSIONMeeting and Public Hearing [42 Pa.B. 1051]
[Saturday, February 25, 2012]The Delaware River Basin Commission (Commission) will hold an informal conference followed by a public hearing on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at the West Trenton Volunteer Fire Company hall, 40 West Upper Ferry Road, West Trenton, NJ. The hearing will be part of the Commission's regularly scheduled business meeting. The conference session and business meeting are both open to the public.
The morning conference session will begin at 10:30 a.m. and will consist of presentations on: (a) the Final Report: Delaware River Priority Conservation Areas and Recommended Conservation Strategies, prepared by The Nature Conservancy under a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; (b) the Christina River Basin water protection area ordinance and mapping project; and (c) the Commission's new web site.
Items for Public Hearing. The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m. business meeting on March 7, 2012, include draft dockets for the projects described as follows. Draft dockets also will be posted on the Commission's web site at www.nj.gov/drbc 10 days prior to the meeting date. Additional public records relating to the dockets may be examined at the Commission's offices. Contact William Muszynski at (609) 883-9500, Ext. 221, with any docket-related questions.
1. Philadelphia Gas Works, D-1976-055 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge of up to 6.67 million gallons per day (mgd) of noncontact cooling water (NCCW) from the Philadelphia Gas Works process compressors and heat exchangers by means of Outfall No. 004. Outfall No. 004 will continue to discharge to Water Quality Zone 3 of the Delaware River at River Mile 106.5, in the City of Philadelphia, PA.
2. NGK Metals Corp. (NGK), D-1989-053-2. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.36 mgd NGK groundwater treatment plant (GTP) and its related discharge, as well as the withdrawal of up to 6.479 million gallons per month (mgm) of groundwater from the three existing onsite remediation wells (Wells Nos. DW-12, DW-13, and DW-32). The GTP has been out of operation for several years, however the Environmental Protection Agency has required the facility to reopen and resume operation. The existing project wells are located at NGK's former metal production site in Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, PA, and are completed in the Allentown Formation. The existing NGK GTP will discharge to Laurel Run by means of Outfall No. 002 at River Mile 92.47—80.4—2.3 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River—Laurel Run), in Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, PA.
3. Warrington Township, D-1990-019 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal (GWD) of up to 45.14 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply system from existing Wells Nos. 1—6, 8, 9 and 11 completed in the Stockton Formation. The Warrington Township Municipal Authority serves customers in Warrington Township, Bucks County. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The wells are located within the Commission's designated ground water protected area (GWPA) in Little Neshaminy Creek Watershed in Warrington Township, Bucks County, PA.
4. JBS Souderton, Inc., D-1996-021-4. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 1.5 mgd JBS Souderton, Inc. industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP). The IWTP will continue to discharge at River Mile 92.47—32.3—3.0—12.8 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River—Perkiomen Creek—Skippack Creek), in Franconia Township, Montgomery County, PA.
5. Warminster Township Municipal Authority, D-2000-019 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing GWD of up to 128.52 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply system from existing Wells Nos. 1—7, 9, 10, 13—15, 24, 26, 36, 37, 39, 43—45 and NATC-10 completed in the Stockton Formation. The Warminster Municipal Authority serves customers in Warminster Township, Ivyland Borough and a portion of Warwick Township in Bucks County. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project is located within the Commission's designated GWPA in Little Neshaminy and Pennypack Creek Watersheds in Warminster Township, Bucks County, PA.
6. Crayola, LLC, D-2000-033-2. An application to approve the renewal of a GWD and injection project, to continue to withdraw 16.53 mgm from Wells Nos. 1 and 4. The withdrawal and injection support industrial processes, geothermal cooling and replenishment of an onsite landscape pond. The project wells are located in the Epler Formation in the Bushkill Creek Watershed in Forks Township, Northampton County, PA within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters (SPW).
7. The ACE Center, D-2001-057-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing GWD of up to 13.12 mgm to supply the applicant's golf course from existing Wells Nos. 1 and 4 completed in the Wissahickon Formation. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The wells are located within the Southeastern Pennsylvania GWPA in the Schuylkill River Watershed in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, PA.
8. Town of Bethel, D-2005-019 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 0.035 mgd Town of Bethel leachate treatment plant (LTP). The discharge is within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, which is classified as SPW. The LTP will continue to discharge to an unnamed tributary (UNT) of the West Branch Mongaup River at River Mile 261.1—19.7—3.1—0.1 (Delaware River—Mongaup River—West Branch Mongaup River—UNT), in the Town of Bethel, Sullivan County, NY.
9. TO-JO Mushrooms, Inc., D-2007-003-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge of up to 0.049 mgd of treated industrial wastewater and 0.035 mgd of contact cooling water (CCW) from Outfalls Nos. 001 and 002, respectively. The existing discharges will continue to a UNT of Trout Run at River Mile 70.7—18.5—5.2—7.4—0.8—0.1 (Delaware River—Christina River—White Clay Creek—East Branch White Clay Creek—Trout Run—UNT), in New Garden Township, Chester County, PA.
10. East Stroudsburg Borough, D-2007-039 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge of up to 0.09 mgd of filter backwash from the 2.1 mgd East Stroudsburg Borough Water Filtration Plant (WFP). The WFP is located within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is classified as SPW. The WFP will continue to discharge to the Delaware River at River Mile 213.5—5.2—3.5 (Delaware River—Brodhead Creek—Sambo Creek), in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, PA.
11. Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority (CCMUA), D-1971-009 CP-10. An application to approve an expansion to the service area of the existing CCMUA Delaware No. 1 Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) to accept an additional 5.3 mgd of out-of-basin municipal wastewater from portions of Chesilhurst Borough and Waterford and Winslow Townships in Camden County, NJ, located in the Atlantic Ocean Basin. The project, referred to as the Atlantic Basin Interceptor Project and located in Chesilhurst Borough and Gloucester, Waterford and Winslow Townships in Camden County, includes the installation of approximately 127,000 linear feet of gravity and force main sewer, the construction of two pump stations, and the upgrade of three existing pump stations. CCMUA's existing 80 mgd WPCF has the hydraulic design capacity to accept the additional flow without modifications to the treatment processes. The WPCF is located in the City of Camden, Camden County, NJ and will continue to discharge to Water Quality Zone 3 of the Delaware River at River Mile 98.0. The Commission approved an emergency certificate for this project on December 14, 2011.
12. New Castle County Department of Special Services, D-1972-210 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge and to approve the expansion of the 0.57 mgd Delaware City wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) (also referred to as the Governor Bacon Health Center WWTP) to 0.6 mgd. The upgrade and expansion includes replacing the existing activated sludge treatment system featuring extended aeration and sand filters with an activated sludge treatment system incorporating membrane filtration. The project also includes replacing the existing chlorine contact disinfection system with UV disinfection. The WWTP will continue to discharge to Delaware River Water Quality Zone 5 at River Mile 60.6, in Delaware City, New Castle County, DE.
13. PSEG, D-1978-057 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge of treated wastewater from the 2.88 mgd Mercer Generating Station IWTP onsite by means of Outfall No. DSNWTPA, as well as a total discharge of up to 699.56 mgd of CCW, NCCW, boiler blowdown, reject water and stormwater from five other onsite outfalls (Outfalls Nos. DSN441B, DSN441C, DSN441D, DSN441E and DSN443A). The NJDEP has designated two additional monitoring locations at the end of the discharge canal and recirculation canal and has labeled them Outfalls Nos. DSN441A and DSN442A, respectively. The discharge from all sources totals up to 702.44 mgd. The eight NJDEP-designated outfalls will continue to discharge CCW, NCCW, boiler blowdown, reject water, stormwater and treated industrial wastewater to Water Quality Zone 2 of the Delaware River at or near River Mile 130.16 in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, NJ, either directly or by means of a discharge canal or recirculation canal.
14. Bath Borough, D-1988-051 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing 1.02 mgd Bath Borough Authority (BBA) WWTP and to approve the replacement of that facility with a new 2.0 mgd WWTP constructed on the same parcel, adjacent to the existing WWTP. The site of the existing and proposed WWTPs is located within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as SPW. Treated effluent from the existing BBA WWTP will continue to discharge to Monocacy Creek at River Mile 183.66—11.5—13.2 (Delaware River—Lehigh River—Monocacy Creek) by means of Outfall No. 001, in Bath Borough, Northampton County, PA.
15. Upper Gwynedd Township, D-1991-088 CP-7. An application to modify the service area of the existing Upper Gwynedd WWTP to accept an annual average flow of 0.43 mgd from the service area of the existing North Wales Water Authority (North Wales) WWTP, which is proposed to be abandoned as part of the project. The Upper Gwynedd WWTP treatment facilities will not be modified as a result of the project because the 6.5 mgd Upper Gwynedd WWTP has the capacity to treat the additional 0.43 mgd of flow from the North Wales WWTP service area without modification to the treatment facilities, however the project does include the construction of appurtenant facilities for the interconnection, including gravity sewers and redundant and emergency pumping at the Upper Gwynedd WWTP. The Upper Gwynedd WWTP will continue to discharge to the Wissahickon Creek, a tributary of the Schuylkill River, at River Mile 92.5—12.8—12.7 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River—Wissahickon Creek) in North Wales Borough and Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, PA.
16. Bridgeport Disposal, LLC, D-1993-063-3. An application to renew and update the approval of the existing Bridgeport Disposal IWTP approved by the Commission on July 19, 2006, D-1993-063-2, which expired on September 30, 2010. The update includes modifying the Commission approval to reflect the current projected long-term average flow of 0.61 mgd. No modifications to the IWTP facilities are proposed. The former commercial hazardous waste treatment facility currently includes an onsite biological treatment system and a groundwater and leachate treatment system. The facility discharges through a subsurface diffuser to Raccoon Creek, a tidal tributary of Water Quality Zone 4 of the Delaware River, in Logan Township, Gloucester County, NJ.
17. Delaware Water Gap Borough, D-1997-032 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing GWD of up to 11.0 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply system from existing Wells Nos. 4, 6 and 7 in the Poxono Island and Bloomsburg Formations. The proposed allocation is smaller than the previous allocation of 15.5 mgm. The wells are located in the Delaware River and Cherry Creek Watersheds within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is classified as SPW, in Delaware Water Gap Borough, Monroe County, PA.
18. Deposit Village, D-1999-064 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 15.5 mgm of water to the applicant's public water supply system from Wells Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5. Project wells (Wells Nos. 1, 2 and 4) are screened in glacial outwash deposits and Well No. 5 is cased into the Devonian-age Upper Walton Formation. The wells are located in the West Branch Delaware River Watershed in the Village of Deposit, Broome and Delaware Counties, NY, within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, which is classified as SPW.
19. Collegeville-Trappe Joint Public Works Department, D-2000-057 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing GWD and to increase the withdrawal allocation from 31 mgm to 33.7 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply from existing Wells Nos. CT-1, CT-3—CT-5, CT-6A, CT-7—CT-12, CT-14 and CT-15, completed in the Brunswick Formation. The Collegeville-Trappe Joint Public Works Department serves customers in the Boroughs of Collegeville and Trappe in Montgomery County. The project is located within the Commission's designated GWPA in Little Perkiomen Creek Watersheds in Collegeville and Trappe Boroughs, Montgomery County, PA.
20. Westfall Township Municipal Authority, D-2002-023 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 0.374 mgd Westfall Township Municipal Authority WWTP and to approve the replacement of the six existing equalization tanks at the head of the current treatment train with a dual chamber equalization tank of equivalent capacity and to demolish the existing extended aeration tanks removed from service several years ago. The existing WWTP is located within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is classified as SPW. The existing WWTP will continue to discharge to the Delaware River in Water Quality Zone 1C at River Mile 252.5 in Westfall Township, Pike County, PA. The Commission approved an emergency certifcate for this project on December 19, 2011.
21. Nestle Waters North America, Inc., D-2002-045-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing GWD of up to 7.23 mgm to supply the applicant's bottled water facility from Well No. PW-1 and to include the importation of 23.219 mgm of water from three additional water sources located in the Susquehanna and Potomac River Basins. The bottled water facility and project well are located in the Iron Run Watershed within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as SPW in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, PA.
22. Riverton Borough, D-2004-014 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 0.22 mgd Riverton Borough WWTP. The applicant does not propose any modifications to the existing WWTP, however the Commission's approval by Docket No. D-2004-014 CP expired on May 27, 2009. The WWTP will continue to discharge to Water Quality Zone 3 at River Mile 108.76—0.1 (Delaware River—Pompeston Creek), in the Borough of Riverton, Burlington County, NJ.
23. Cott Beverages, Inc., D-2007-006-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge and to approve the expansion of the 0.037 mgd Cott IWTP to 0.08 mgd and to eliminate the separate NCCW discharge. Treated effluent will continue to discharge to the West Branch Chester Creek at River Mile 82.93—8.37—6.30 (Delaware River—Chester Creek—West Branch Chester Creek) by means of Outfall No. 001, in Concord Township, Delaware County, PA.
24. Mount Laurel Municipal Authority, D-2006-027 CP-1. An application to approve a surface water withdrawal (SWWD) and treatment plant project to supply up to 186 mgm of water to the applicant's public water treatment plant and supply distribution system from new Intake No. 1 on a tidal portion of Rancocas Creek. The project is located in the North Branch Pennsauken and Rancocas Creeks watersheds in Mount Laurel Township, Burlington County, NJ.
25. PSC Environmental Services, (PA), LLC (PSC), D-2011-009-1. An application to approve an existing discharge from the 0.1 mgd PSC IWTP. The PSC IWTP pretreats wastewater that is conveyed to the Hatfield Township Municipal Authority WWTP for ultimate discharge to the West Branch of the Neshaminy Creek, in Hatfield Township, Montgomery County, PA.
26. Callicoon Water Company, Inc., D-2011-012 CP-1. An application to approve a GWD and SWWD of up to 8.46 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply system from existing Wells Nos. Well-1 and Well-2 and existing Springs Nos. SP-1 and SP-2. The project is an existing withdrawal that was not previously reviewed and approved by the Commission. The project wells and springs are located in the Hamlet of Callicoon, Sullivan County, NY in the Callicoon Creek and Delaware River Watersheds within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, which is classified as SPW.
27. PSEG Nuclear, LLC, D-2011-017 CP-1. An application to modify the outfall for the existing PSEG Nuclear, LLC Salem Generating Station Cooling Water Intake Screen backwash discharge, including the construction of an approximately 650-foot long 48-inch diameter high density polyethylene outfall pipe extending along the bottom of the Delaware River to a point 600 feet offshore and appurtenant structures. No modifications are proposed to the existing NCCW outfall for the generating station, which is approved by a separate Commission docket. The existing facility will continue to discharge to Water Quality Zone 5 of the Delaware River at River Mile 50, in Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, NJ. The Commission approved an emergency certificate for this project on December 22, 2011.
28. Meadowlands Country Club, D-2011-024-1. An application to approve a GWD of up to 4.0 mgm to supply the applicant's golf course irrigation system from existing Well No. 10, Pump House Well and Maintenance Well completed in the Brunswick Formation. The wells are located within the Commission's designated GWPA in the Stony Creek Watershed in Whitpain Township, Montgomery County, PA.
In addition to the hearings on draft dockets, a public hearing also will be held during the 1:30 p.m. business meeting on a resolution authorizing the Executive Director to extend the Commission's agreements with Axys Analytical Services, Ltd. for the analysis of ambient water, wastewater and sediment samples (agreement of July 2010) and fish tissue samples (agreement of September 2006) in connection with the control of certain toxic substances in the Delaware Estuary.
Other Agenda Items. Other agenda items consist of the standard business meeting items: adoption of the Minutes of the Commission's December 8, 2011 business meeting; announcements of upcoming meetings and events; a report on hydrologic conditions; and reports by the Executive Director and the Commission's General Counsel.
Opportunities to Comment. Individuals who wish to comment for the record on a hearing item or to address the Commissioners informally during the public dialogue portion of the meeting are asked to sign up in advance by contacting Paula Schmitt of the Commission staff, at paula.schmitt@drbc.state.nj.us or (609) 883-9500, Ext. 224. Written comment on items scheduled for hearing may be submitted in advance of the meeting date to the Commission Secretary, P. O. Box 7360, 25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, NJ 08628, faxed to Commission Secretary, DRBC at (609) 883-9522 or paula.schmitt@ drbc.state.nj.us. Written comment on dockets should also be furnished directly to the Project Review Section at the previously listed address or fax number or william. muszynski@drbc.state.nj.us.
Individuals in need of an accommodation as provided for in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 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 their needs.
Agenda Updates. Note that conference items are subject to change and items scheduled for hearing are occasionally postponed to allow more time for the Commission to consider them. Check the Commission's web site drbc.net, closer to the meeting date for changes that may be made after the deadline for filing this notice.
PAMELA M. BUSH, Esq.,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 12-332. Filed for public inspection February 24, 2012, 9:00 a.m.]
