Pennsylvania Code
Pennsylvania Code & Bulletin
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

• No statutes or acts will be found at this website.

The Pennsylvania Bulletin website includes the following: Rulemakings by State agencies; Proposed Rulemakings by State agencies; State agency notices; the Governor’s Proclamations and Executive Orders; Actions by the General Assembly; and Statewide and local court rules.

PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 12-1686

NOTICES

DELAWARE RIVER
BASIN COMMISSION

Meeting and Public Hearing

[42 Pa.B. 5639]
[Saturday, September 1, 2012]

 The Delaware River Basin Commission (Commission) will hold an informal conference followed by a public hearing on Wednesday, September 12, 2012. The hearing will be part of the Commission's regularly scheduled business meeting. The conference session and business meeting both are open to the public and will be held at the Commission's office building located at 25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, NJ.

 The morning conference session will begin at 11 a.m. and will include updates by the Commission staff on the Nutrient Strategy for the Delaware Estuary and Implementation of the Basin Plan.

 Items for Public Hearing. The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m. business meeting on September 12, 2012, include draft dockets for the projects described as follows. Draft dockets also will be posted on the Commission's web site at www.drbc.net 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. Mount Holly Municipal Utilities Authority, D-1970-133 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 6.0 million gallons per day (mgd) Mount Holly MUA wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the North Branch Rancocas Creek, located in Water Quality Zone 2, at River Mile 111.06—8.64—4.1 (Delaware River—Rancocas Creek—North Branch Rancocas Creek), by means of Outfall No. 1, in Mount Holly Township, Burlington County, NJ.

 2. Middle Smithfield Township, D-1973-209 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 0.05 mgd Winona Lakes WWTP. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Bushkill Creek at River Mile 226.5—5.5 (Delaware River—Bushkill Creek) by means of Outfall No. 001, within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, PA.

 3. Myerstown Borough, D-1974-176 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 2.0 mgd Myerstown Borough WWTP. The WWTP was previously approved by the Commission by means of Docket No. D-1974-176 CP-2 on February 28, 2007; however, the applicant submitted a docket renewal application after the expiration date of the docket (February 28, 2012). The applicant does not propose any modifications to the existing WWTP. The WWTP will continue to discharge to the Tulpehocken Creek, a tributary to the Schuylkill River, at River Mile 92.47—76.8—34 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River—Tulpehocken Creek), in Jackson Township, Lebanon County, PA.

 4. Chester County Department of Facilities Management, D-1983-015 CP-4. An application to approve an existing discharge from the Pocopson Home and Prison WWTP. The WWTP was previously approved by the Commission by means of Docket No. D-1983-015 CP-3 on December 12, 2007; however, the docket holder submitted a docket renewal application after the expiration date of the docket (December 12, 2011). This docket also approves the increase in annual average design flow of the WWTP from 0.13676 mgd to 0.2 mgd that was conditionally approved in the previous docket (D-1983-015 CP-3). The WWTP treats domestic wastewater through the use of a sewage treament lagoon and spray irrigation. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to three existing spray irrigation fields located in the Pocopson Creek Watershed, in Pocopson Township, Chester County, PA.

 5. Pennsylvania American Water Company, D-1986-059 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal (GWD) of up to 6.696 million gallons per month (mgm) to supply the applicant's public water supply system from existing Well No. EP-1 completed in Graphitic Gneiss. The Pennsylvania American Water Company Merlin Hills system serves customers in portions of East Pikeland Township and East Vincent Township. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The well is located in the French Creek Watershed in East Pikeland Township, Chester County, PA.

 6. Panther Creek Power Operating, LLC, D-1987-066-6. An application for the transfer of ownership and to renew the approval of an existing allocation of up to 69.2 mgm of groundwater from the Lausanne Tunnel mine pool overflow and a subsidiary allocation of up to 37.2 mgm of surface water purchased from Nesquehoning Borough Authority for use at the applicant's 84-megawatt waste coal fired thermal electric Panther Creek Energy Facility. Ownership of the facility was transferred from Panther Creek Partners to Panther Creek Power Operating, LLC on August 2, 2012. No changes to the facility operations or water allocations are proposed. The docket will also include two existing electric transmission line stream crossings that were previously approved by Docket Nos. D-88-46 and D-91-52. The project, including the associated withdrawal, is located within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County, PA.

 7. Middle Smithfield Township, D-1990-080 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 1.0 mgd Fernwood WWTP. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Bush Kill at River Mile 226.9—2.3 (Delaware River—Bush Kill) by means of Outfall No. 001, within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, PA.

 8. Ravensclaw Investors LP, D-2001-008-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing GWD of up to 6.70 mgm to irrigate the Raven's Claw Golf Club from existing Wells Nos. TW-1 and TW-2 completed in the Brunswick Formation. The project is located in the Hartenstine Watershed, in Limerick and Lower Pottsgrove Townships, Montgomery County, PA, within the Southeastern Pennsylvania Groundwater Protected Area.

 9. Little Washington Wastewater Company, D-2006-032 CP-2. An application to approve the construction and operation of the 0.077 mgd Honeycroft Village WWTP. The WWTP will apply the treated effluent to a 14-acre spray field located near River Mile 70.7—1.5—20.0—10.1—2.2—8.1 (Delaware River—Christina River—Brandywine Creek—West Branch Brandywine Creek—Buck Run—Doe Run), in Londonderry Township, Chester County, PA.

 10. River Road Utilities, Inc., D-2006-038-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 0.066 mgd Tuscarora WWTP. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Water Quality Zone 1D of the Delaware River at River Mile 204, within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, PA.

 11. Pennsylvania American Water Company, D-2008-002 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing filter backwash discharge from the 0.402 mgd Yardley water filtration plant (WFP). The WFP will continue to discharge to an unnamed tributary of Brock Creek at River Mile 138.0—0.54—1.6 (Delaware River—Buck Creek—Brock Creek) by means of Outfalls Nos. 001 and 002, within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Yardley Borough, Bucks County, PA.

 12. Morrisville Municipal Authority, D-2008-006 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 0.15 mgd WFP. The WFP will continue to discharge to Water Quality Zone 1E of the Delaware River at River Mile 134.6 (Delaware River), within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Lower Makefield Towsnhip, Bucks County, PA.

 13. Tuthill Corporation & Aquashicola-Little Gap, Inc., D-2008-023-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 0.06 mgd Blue Mountain Ski Area WWTP. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Aquashicola Creek at River Mile 183.66—36.32—5.73 (Delaware River—Lehigh River—Aquashicola Creek) by means of Outfall No. 001, within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon County, PA.

 14. Ferro Corporation, D-1968-143-2. An application to approve a modification to the existing 2.0 mgd Ferro industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP). The proposed modification consists of the construction and installation of an outfall pipe extension with multi-port diffuser at the end of the existing IWTP outfall. No other modifications to the IWTP facilities are proposed. This docket also includes the approval of a Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) determination consisting of a maximum instantaneous TDS effluent concentration limit of 30,000 mg/l. The IWTP will continue to discharge to Water Quality Zone 4 of the Delaware River at River Mile 79.0, in Logan Township, Gloucester County, NJ.

 15. Cambridge-Lee Industries, LLC, D-1970-120-2. An application to approve modifications to the industrial process water discharges associated with Plants Nos. 2—4 of the existing Cambridge-Lee copper tubing manufacturing facility. The applicant proposes to expand operations at Plant No. 4 to include the following: add 11 new cooling towers to the 3 existing cooling towers; add 3 industrial pretreatment processes (water softening, mixed media filter and reverse osmosis); and reestablish an average discharge of 0.0112 mgd of cooling tower blowdown and industrial wastewater pretreatment system backwash to the Schuylkill River by means of existing Outfall 001. The applicant also proposes to reduce the average discharges to the Schuylkill River from existing Outfall No. 002 from 0.929 mgd to 0.76 mgd. Discharges from Outfall No. 002 include noncontact cooling water and cooling tower blowdown discharge associated with the existing Plant Nos. 2 and 3 industrial process operations. The applicant is also requesting a total dissolved solids determination of 15,200 mg/l for the proposed discharge from existing Outfall No. 001. Plant Nos. 2—4 will continue to send sanitary wastewater, cooling tower blowdown and industrial process wastewater off-site to the Leesport Borough Authority WWTP (by means of the Ontelaunee Township Municipal Authority sanitary sewer system) for treatment and discharge to the Schuylkill River. The onsite project surface water discharges to the Schuylkill River (Outfall Nos. 001 and 002) are located at approximately River Mile 92.5—86.5 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River), in Ontelaunee Township, Berks County, PA.

 16. Warren County—Pequest River Municipal Utilities Authority, D-1971-096 CP-5. An application for approval of the upgrades to the existing 0.5 mgd Warren County MUA Oxford WWTP. Upgrades to the treatment facilities include replacing the existing conventional activated sludge treatment system with a Ludzack-Ettinger process incorporating mixed media filtration. This docket also continues a TDS determination consisting of an effluent limit of 7,000 pounds per day (lbs/day) from the previous docket approval (D-1971-096 CP-4). The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Pequest River at River Mile 197.8—7.2 (Delaware River—Pequest River), within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Oxford Township, Warren County, NJ.

 17. Spring City Borough, D-1974-061 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 0.6 mgd Borough of Spring City WWTP. Effluent limits for the Department of Environmental Protection and the Commission will continue to be based upon an average annual flow of 0.345 mgd. The applicant has also requested approval to construct a chemical feed facility for phosphorous removal. The existing WWTP will continue to discharge to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.47—41.3 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River) by means of Outfall No. 001, in Spring City Borough, Chester County, PA.

 18. Catasauqua Borough, D-1986-032 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge from the 2.25 mgd Catasauqua WWTP and to approve modifications, including replacement of the disinfection system and parts of the primary digester, as well as the construction of a floodwall. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Lehigh River at River Mile 183.66—20.2 (Delaware River—Lehigh River) by means of Outfall No. 001, within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in the Borough of Catasauqua, Lehigh County, PA.

 19. Antietam Valley Municipal Authority, D-1987-045 CP-4. An application to rerate the hydraulic design flow of the Antietam Valley Municipal Authority WWTP from 1.225 mgd to 2.45 mgd. No physical modifications to the existing WWTP are proposed. The WWTP will continue to discharge to an unnamed tributary of the Antietam Creek, a tributary to the Schuylkill River, at River Mile 92.47—66.1—4.4 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River—Antietam Creek), in St. Lawrence Borough, Berks County, PA.

 20. Cinnaminson Sewerage Authority, D-1992-030 CP-2. An application to renew the approval an existing discharge from the 2.0 mgd Cinnaminson WWTP and to approve upgrades to the WWTP headworks. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Water Quality Zone 2 of the Delaware River at River Mile 108.82, in Cinnaminson Township, Burlington County, NJ.

 21. Evonik Degussa Corporation, D-1996-011-3. An application to approve modifications to the existing Evonik Degussa IWTP. The proposed modifications include: 1) the expansion of the IWTP from 1.15 mgd to 1.8 mgd; 2) adding new treatment facilities and equipment, including a sump, heat exchanger, static mixer with polymer injection, cyclator and neutralization tank; and 3) the construction of a new outfall that will feature a multi-port diffuser. The application also includes a request for a Whole Effluent Toxocity Alternative Mixing Zone and continues a Total Dissolved Solids Determination of a monthly average effluent concentration limit of 30,000 mg/l and daily maximum effluent concentration limit of 32,000 mg/l. The IWTP will continue to discharge treated industrial wastewater effluent to the Delaware River Water Quality Zone 4 at River Mile 82.2 in the City of Chester, Delaware County, PA.

 22. London Grove Township Municipal Authority, D-2008-033 CP-2. An application to modify the Commission approval of the Conard Pyle WWTP. The Commission Docket No. D-2008-033 CP-1, issued on December 10, 2008, approved the 0.607 mgd lagoon and spray irrigation facility referred to as the Conard Pyle WWTP. The project WWTP is being modifed to be reduced in hydraulic capacity to 0.143 mgd, The reduction in hydraulic capacity is a result of a portion of the previously approved spray irrigation facilities being removed from the project and not being constructed. The project is located in London Grove Township, Chester County, PA.

 23. Deb-El Food Products, D-2009-036-2. An application for approval to construct a 0.05 mgd IWTP that will discharge to the Neversink River at River Mile 253.64—28.7 (Delaware River—Neversink River), within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in the Town of Thompson, Sullivan County, NY.

 24. Reading Alloys, Inc., D-2011-023-1. An application to approve an existing groundwater and surface water withdrawal (SWWD) to supply up to 0.57 mgm of groundwater to the applicant's manufacturing plant from existing Wells Nos. 3 and 4 and 14.5 mgm of surface water from existing Intake No. 1 for potable water and industrial cooling purposes, respectively. Intake No. 1 withdraws water from an onsite pond. The project is located in the Spring Creek Watershed in Heidelberg and South Heidelberg Townships, Berks County, PA.

 25. Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, D-2012-009-1.
An application for approval of an existing GWD to supply up to 11.89 mgm of water to the applicant's amusement park from existing Wells Nos. 1, 4, 5, 7 and 8 for irrigation, noncontact cooling, water rides and water features. The project wells withdraw water from the Allentown Formation and are located in the Cedar Creek Watershed, within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, PA. The existing withdrawal was not previously approved by the Commission.

 26. Covanta Plymouth Renewable Energy, LP, D-2012-016 CP-1. An application to approve the existing Covanta Montgomery County Resource Recovery Facility (MCRRF), which derives energy from waste and to incorporate the facility into the Comprehensive Plan. The application also requests approval of the subsidiary water allocation for the facility of up to 22.73 mgm provided by Aqua Pennsylvania. The water is used for industrial processes, fire suppression and primarily industrial cooling purposes associated with power generation. The Covanta MCRRF is located in Conshohocken Borough, Montgomery County, PA.

 27. Philadelphia Gas Works, D-2012-017 CP-1. An application for the approval of an existing SWWD of up to 229.648 mgm from the Delaware River at the applicant's Philadelphia Gas Works—Richmond Plant. The water is used for noncontact industrial cooling and fire suppression purposes. The project intake is located approximately 4,500 feet downstream of the Frankford Creek confluence in the tidal portion of the Delaware River in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA.

 Other Agenda Items. In addition to the public hearings on draft dockets, the agenda for the 1:30 p.m. business meeting includes the standard business meeting items: adoption of the Minutes of the Commission's July 11, 2012, business meeting, announcements of upcoming meetings and events, a report on hydrologic conditions, reports by the Executive Director and the Commission's General Counsel and a public dialogue session.

 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 Commission Secretary, P. O. Box 7360, 25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, NJ 08628, fax 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 previous 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, www.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. 12-1686. Filed for public inspection August 31, 2012, 9:00 a.m.]


No part of the information on this site may be reproduced for profit or sold for profit.

This material has been drawn directly from the official Pennsylvania Bulletin full text database. Due to the limitations of HTML or differences in display capabilities of different browsers, this version may differ slightly from the official printed version.