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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 19-661

NOTICES

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION

Public Hearing and Business Meeting

[49 Pa.B. 2253]
[Saturday, May 4, 2019]

 The Delaware River Basin Commission (Commission) will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at the Delaware River Basin Commission, 25 Cosey Road, West Trenton, NJ. A business meeting will be held the following month on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at the West Trenton Volunteer Fire Company, 40 West Upper Ferry Road, Ewing, NJ. The hearing and business meeting are open to the public.

 Public hearing. The public hearing on May 15, 2019, will begin at 1:30 p.m. Hearing items include draft dockets for withdrawals, discharges and other projects that could have a substantial effect on the basin's water resources, as well as resolutions to: (a) adopt the Commission's annual current expense and capital budgets for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 (July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020); and (b) apportion among the signatory parties the amounts required for the support of the current expense and capital budgets for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020.

 Written comments on matters scheduled for hearing on May 15, 2019, will be accepted through 5 p.m. on May 20, 2019. Time permitting, an opportunity for open public comment will be provided upon the conclusion of Commission business at the June 12, 2019, business meeting.

 The public is advised to check the Commission's web site periodically prior to the hearing date, as items scheduled for hearing may be postponed if additional time is needed to complete the Commission's review and items may be added up to 10 days prior to the hearing date. In reviewing docket descriptions, the public is also asked to be aware that the details of projects may change during the Commission's review, which is ongoing.

 1. Harbor Group Management Company, LLC, D-1968-092 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.069 million gallons per day (mgd) William Henry Apartments Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge to an unnamed tributary (UNT) of Ridley Creek at River Mile 84.0—20.8—0.6 (Delaware River—Ridley Creek—UNT Ridley Creek), by means of Outfall No. 001, in East Whiteland Township, Chester County, PA.

 2. Exelon Generation Company, D-1969-210 CP-15. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing Limerick Generating Station (LGS) and its related water withdrawals and discharge. Approved withdrawals include: (a) surface water withdrawals from the Schuylkill River, Perkiomen Creek, Wadesville Mine Pool and the Tamaqua Area Water Authority's Still Creek Reservoir and Owl Creek Reservoir of up to 58.2 mgd and 1,742.2 million gallons per month (mgm); and (b) groundwater withdrawals from Wells Nos. 1 and 3 of up to 3.2 mgm and 2.9 mgm, respectively. The approved discharge consists of up to 14.2 mgd of noncontact cooling water (NCCW) and treated industrial wastewater by means of Outfall No. 001. The wells are located in the Schuylkill—Sprogels Run Subbasin of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Groundwater Protected Area (GWPA). The LGS will continue to discharge NCCW and treated industrial wastewater to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.47—48.01 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River) in Limerick Township, Montgomery County, PA.

 3. Bethlehem City, D-1971-078 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the existing 20.0 mgd Bethlehem WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Lehigh River at River Mile 183.66—9.51 (Delaware River—Lehigh River), within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in the City of Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA.

 4. Berks-Montgomery Municipal Authority, D-1973-060 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing 0.32 mgd Morysville WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Ironstone Creek at River Mile 92.5—54.1—4.0—4.1 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River—Manatawny Creek—Ironstone Creek) in Colebrookdale Township, Berks County, PA.

 5. Doylestown Borough, D-1979-018 CP-6. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal with a decrease in allocation from 50.6 million gallons per 30 days (mg/30 days) to 48 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system from existing Wells Nos. 7—10 and 12. The project wells are completed in the Stockton Formation. The project is located in the Commission's Southeastern Pennsylvania GWPA in the Neshaminy Creek Watershed, Borough of Doylestown, Bucks County, PA.

 6. Blue Ridge Real Estate Company, D-1985-081-2. An application to approve a proposed revision to the docket holder's existing service area and renew the approval of the 0.4 mgd Jack Frost WWTP and its discharge. The proposed revision will include the partial removal of existing service area and the addition of area with equivalent acreage to offset and maintain the docket holder's existing total acres served. The Jack Frost WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Porter Run, upstream of the F.E. Walter Reservoir, at River Mile 183.66—82.9—1.5 (Delaware River—Lehigh River—Porter Run) by means of Outfall No. 001, within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Kidder Township, Carbon County, PA.

 7. Reading Regional Airport Authority, D-1986-038 CP-4. An application to renew the approval for the existing 0.42 mgd Reading Regional Airport Authority (RRAA) WWTP and its discharge. The RRAA WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.47—80.3 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River) by means of Outfall No. 001, in Bern Township, Berks County, PA.

 8. Monroe Energy, LLC, D-1986-041-3. An application to renew the approval of the docket holder's existing 4.3 mgd Trainer Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant (IWTP) and its discharges of treated industrial wastewater, NCCW, steam condensate and backwash. The project will continue to discharge by means of Outfall No. 001 to Marcus Hook Creek at River Mile 80.2—0.5 (Delaware River—Marcus Hook Creek) and by means of Outfall No. 002 to Stony Creek at River Mile 80.4—0.2 (Delaware River—Stony Creek). The discharges are located in the tidal portion of Water Quality Zone 4 of the Delaware River in the Borough of Trainer, Delaware County, PA. This docket also updates the Commission approval to reflect an onging project to install three cooling towers and a closed-loop cooling system to replace the existing once-through cooling system.

 9. Rohm and Haas Chemicals, LLC, D-1989-002-4. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing 3.7 mgd IWTP and its discharges of treated industrial wastewater effluent and NCCW. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated industrial wastewater to Delaware River Water Quality Zone 2 at River Mile 117.0—0.3 (Delaware River—Hog Run Creek) by means of Outfall No. 009, and NCCW to Water Quality Zone 2 at River Mile 118.9—0.4 (Delaware River—Otter Creek) by means of Outfall Nos. 003 and 008. All three outfalls are located in Bristol Township, Bucks County, PA.

 10. New Castle County Department of Special Services, D-1993-006 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the existing 2.5 mgd Middletown—Odessa—Townsend Regional WWTP and spray-irrigation facility and its discharge. When the treated effluent cannot be spray-irrigated, the WWTP will continue to discharge to a UNT of Appoquinimink River, at River Mile 50.88—6.2—0.2 (Delaware River—Appoquinimink River—UNT Appoquinimink River), in New Castle County, DE.

 11. Warrington Township, D-1999-012 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.33 mgd Tradesville WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Mill Creek at River Mile 115.6—36.4—1.5 (Delaware River—Neshaminy Creek—Mill Creek) in Warrington Township, Bucks County, PA.

 12. Northeastern Schuylkill Joint Municipal Authority, D-1999-033 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.245 mgd Northeastern Schuylkill Joint Municipal Authority WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Pine Creek at River Mile 92.47—102.1—27.6—1.2 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River—Little Schuylkill River—Pine Creek) by means of Outfall No. 001, in Rush Township, Schuylkill County, PA.

 13. Sanofi Pasteur, Inc., D-1999-071-5. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.95 mgd Sanofi Swiftwater IWTP and its discharges. The IWTP will continue to discharge treated industrial process water to land (by means of spray irrigation), and to Swiftwater Creek, at River Mile 213.0—11.4—4.4—3.5 (Delaware River—Brodhead Creek—Paradise Creek—Swiftwater Creek). The IWTP is located within the drainage area of the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Pocono Township, Monroe County, PA. The application also includes a request to continue approval of a total dissolved solids determination consisting of an average monthly effluent concentration limit of 1,200 milligrams/liter (mg/l) and a daily maximum effluent concentration limit of 1,752 mg/l.

 14. Muhlenberg Township Authority, D-2001-030 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of a groundwater withdrawal from existing Wells Nos. 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 12—15 and decrease the total combined allocation from 168.5 mg/30 days to 119.9 mgm for continued use in the docket holder's public water system. The wells are completed in the Allentown, Leithsville and Hardyston formations and the Hamburg Sequence in the Laurel Run—Schuylkill River and Willow Creek watersheds in Muhlenberg and Ontelaunee Townships and Laureldale Borough, Berks County, PA.

 15. Bedminster Municipal Authority, D-2003-014 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing 0.436 mgd Bedminster WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to a UNT of Deep Run at River Mile 157.0—6.1—3.8—1.1 (Delaware River—Tohickon Creek—Deep Run—UNT Deep Run) within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, PA.

 16. Upper Hanover Authority, D-2004-017 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.098 mgd Perkiomen WWTP and its discharge. The existing WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Perkiomen Creek at River Mile 92.5—31.2—26.5 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River—Perkiomen Creek), by means of Outfall No. 001, in Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, PA.

 17. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, D-2005-008 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.06 mgd Hickory Run State Park WWTP and its discharge. The Hickory Run WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Hickory Run at River Mile 183.7—67.3—1.7 (Delaware River—Lehigh River—Hickory Run) by means of Outfall No. 001, within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Kidder Township, Carbon County, PA.

 18. Downingtown Municipal Water Authority, D-2006-031 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of the docket holder's 2.5 mgd Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and its discharge of 0.466 mgd backwash filtrate and supernatant. The WTP will continue to discharge water filtration backwash to a UNT of the East Branch Brandywine Creek at River Mile 70.7—1.5—20.0—9.0—0.4 (Delaware River—Christina River—Brandywine Creek—East Branch Brandywine Creek—UNT East Branch Brandywine Creek) by means of Outfall No. 001, within the drainage area of Delaware River Water Quality Zone C7, in Downingtown Borough, Chester County, PA.

 19. Wallenpaupack School District, D-2009-027 CP-3. An application to renew the approval for the existing 0.01 mgd New Foundland Elemetary School WWTP and its discharge. The existing WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Wallenpaupack Creek, upstream of Lake Wallenpaupack at River Mile 277.7—15.8—1.4—12.7—7.8 (Delaware River—Lackawaxen River—Wallenpaupack Creek—Lake Wallenpaupack—Wallenpaupack Creek) by means of Outfall No. 001, in the drainage area of the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Dreher Township, Wayne County, PA.

 20. Aqua Pennsylvania Wastewater, Inc., D-2014-005 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.15 mgd Woodloch Springs WWTP and its discharge. The existing WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent for seasonal spray irrigation and to Teedyuskung Creek at River Mile 277.7—9.9—0.35 (Delaware River—Lackawaxen River—Teedyuskung Creek) by means of Outfall No. 001, within the drainage area of the main stem Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Lackawaxen Township, Pike County, PA.

 21. Concord Township, D-2014-012 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.0635 mgd Riviera at Concord WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Green Creek at River Mile 82.9—8.9—3.3—0.9 (Delaware River—Chester Creek—West Branch Chester Creek—Green Creek), by means of Outfall No. 001, in Concord Township, Delaware County, PA.

 22. Lloyd's Otto, LLC, D-2014-017 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of the 0.019 mgd recreational vehicle park WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Pohopoco Creek at River Mile 183.7—40.9—2.8 (Delaware River—Lehigh River—Pohopoco 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 the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Franklin Township, Carbon County, PA.

 23. Becker, Richard C., D-2014-021 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.05 mgd Walnutport Mobile Court WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Bertsch Creek at River Mile 183.7—30.7—0.16 (Delaware River—Lehigh River—Bertsch 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 the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Lehigh Township, Northampton County, PA.

 24. Arrowhead Sewer Company, Inc., D-2003-010-2. An application to renew and approve upgrades to the existing 0.525 mgd Arrowhead Sewer Company WWTP. The upgrades consist of adding new influent pumps and splitter boxes, improving the aeration blowers, adding new return activated sludge pumps, adding sludge holding tanks, installing a supervisory control and data acquisition alarm system, and improving chemical addition. The WWTP will remain designed for 0.525 mgd and continue to discharge treated effluent to the Lehigh River upstream of the F.E. Walter Reservoir, at River Mile 183.7—90.5 (Delaware River—Lehigh River), within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, PA.

 25. Centerport Borough Muncipal Authority, D-2018-006 CP-1. An application to approve the existing 0.06 mgd Centerport Borough Municipal Authority WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Irish Creek at River Mile 92.47—89.6—2.8 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River—Irish Creek) by means of Outfall No. 001, in Centre Township, Berks County, PA.

 26. Berkshire Country Club, D-2018-010-1. An application to approve a surface water withdrawal of up to 9.3 mgm to irrigate the applicant's golf course from Intake No. 001 located on the Schuylkill River. The project is in the Schuylkill River Watershed in Bern Township, Berks County, PA.

 27. Downe Township, D-2019-001 CP-1. An application to include the proposed 0.17 mgd Fortescue WWTP and sewage collection and conveyance system in the Commission's Comprehensive Plan. The new package plant will serve approximately 390 developed lots in Fortescue and Gandy's Beach, in Downe Township, Cumberland County, NJ. Section 3.8 Review of the project will be conducted in accordance with the 2015 Administrative Agreement between the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Commission. Treated effluent will be discharged to Fortescue Creek at River Mile 28.0—0.5 (Delaware River—Fortescue Creek) in Water Quality Zone 6.

 Public meeting. The public business meeting on June 12, 2019, will begin at 1:30 p.m. and will include: adoption of the minutes of the Commission's March 13, 2019, business meeting; announcement of upcoming meetings and events; a report on hydrologic conditions; reports by the Executive Director and the Commission's General Counsel; and consideration of any items for which a hearing has been completed or is not required. The latter may include but are not limited to resolutions for the minutes: (a) authorizing the Executive Director to retain an accounting firm to perform the Commission's annual independent audits; and (b) providing for the election of the Commission Chair, Vice Chair and Second Vice Chair for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020.

 After all scheduled business has been completed and as time allows, the business meeting will also include up to 1 hour of open public comment.

 There will be no opportunity for additional public comment for the record at the June 12, 2019, business meeting on items for which a hearing was completed on May 15, 2019, or a previous date. Commission consideration on June 12, 2019, of items for which the public hearing is closed may result in approval of the item (by docket or resolution) as proposed, approval with changes, denial or deferral. When the Commissioners defer an action, they may announce an additional period for written comment on the item, with or without an additional hearing date, or they may take additional time to consider the input they have already received without requesting further public input. Any deferred items will be considered for action at a public meeting of the Commission on a future date.

 Advance sign-up for oral comment. Individuals who wish to comment on the record during the public hearing on May 15, 2019, or to address the Commissioners informally during the open public comment portion of the meeting on June 12, 2019, as time allows, are asked to sign-up in advance through EventBrite. Links to EventBrite for the public hearing and the business meeting are available at www.drbc.gov. For assistance contact Paula Schmitt at paula.schmitt@drbc.gov.

 Submitting written comment. Written comment on items scheduled for hearing may be made through the Commission's web-based comment system, a link to which is provided at www.drbc.gov. Use of the web-based system ensures that all submissions are captured in a single location and their receipt is acknowledged. Exceptions to the use of this system are available based on need by writing to the attention of the Commission Secretary, Delaware River Basin Commission, P.O. Box 7360, 25 Cosey Road, West Trenton, NJ 08628-0360. For assistance in using the web-based comment system contact Paula Schmitt at paula.schmitt@drbc.gov.

 Accommodations for special needs. Individuals in need of an accommodation as provided for in the Americans with Disabilities Act who wish to attend the meeting orhearing 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.

 Additional information and contacts. Additional public records relating to hearing items may be examined at the Commission's offices by appointment by contacting Denise McHugh, (609) 883-9500, Ext. 240. For other questions concerning hearing items contact David Kovach, Project Review Section Manager, at (609) 883-9500, Ext. 264.

PAMELA M. BUSH, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 19-661. Filed for public inspection May 3, 2019, 9:00 a.m.]


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