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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 20-1035

NOTICES

DELAWARE RIVER
BASIN COMMISSION

Public Hearing and Business Meeting

[50 Pa.B. 3900]
[Saturday, August 1, 2020]

 The Delaware River Basin Commission (Commission) will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. A business meeting will be held the following month on Thursday, September 10, 2020. Both the hearing and the business meeting are open to the public. In light of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) mitigation measures in effect for Commission member states, however, both meetings will be conducted remotely. Check the Commission's web site at www.drbc.gov, on or after July 29, 2020, for details about the meeting formats and how to attend.

 Public hearing. The telephonic public hearing on August 12, 2020, will begin at 1:30 p.m. The hearing items include the draft dockets listed as follows 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 current expense and capital budgets for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021; 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, 2021.

 Written comments on matters scheduled for hearing on August 12, 2020, will be accepted through 5 p.m. on August 17, 2020.

 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. Martins Creek, LLC/Talen Energy, D-1970-025 CP-2. An application to renew Commission Docket No. D-1970-025 CP, which approved the construction of additional electric generating facilities, a surface water withdrawal and discharge of cooling water, and consumptive use at the Martins Creek Generating Station. The application was submitted as required by Section VIII.B. of Resolution No. 2018-5, adopted by the Commission on June 13, 2018. The applicant requested a total allocation of 785.54 million gallons per month (mgm) of surface water from the Delaware River for industrial cooling of the electric generating facilities known as Martins Creek and Lower Mount Bethel Energy. The project is located in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, PA within the drainage area of the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.

 2. Birdsboro Municipal Authority, D-1974-126 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing 1.35 million gallons per day (mgd) wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Hay Creek at River Mile 92.5—63.1—0.3 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River—Hay Creek) in the Borough of Birdsboro, Berks County, PA.

 3. West Grove Borough Authority, D-1987-024 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the docket holder's existing 0.25 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The existing WWTP will continue to discharge to Middle Branch White Clay Creek at River Mile 70.2—10.0—15.9—9.5 (Delaware River—Christina River—White Clay Creek—Middle Branch White Clay Creek) by means of Outfall No. 001, in London Grove Township, Chester County, PA.

 4. Mount Airy # 1, LCC, D-1989-037-4. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 9.82 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system from existing Wells Nos. 1 and 2 and to renew the approval of an existing surface water withdrawal of up to 14.47 mgm to irrigate the applicant's golf course from an existing intake in Mount Airy Lake. The requested allocations are not an increase from the previous allocations. The project wells are completed in the Long Run Member of the Catskill Formation. The project is located in the Forest Hills Run Watershed in Paradise Township, Monroe County, PA 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.

 5. Manwalamink Water Co., D-1989-050 CP-6. An application to renew the approval to withdraw up to 15.0 mgm of groundwater from existing Wells Nos. 1—3, 5 and 6 for continued use in the docket holder's public water system. Wells Nos. 1 and 2 are screened in sand and gravel and Wells Nos. 3, 5 and 6 are completed in the Ridgeley-Coeymans Formation in the Shawnee Creek and Delaware River watersheds, 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 Smithfield Township, Monroe County, PA.

 6. Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., D-1993-083 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 40.3 mgm to supply the applicant's Chalfont public water supply distribution system from existing Wells Nos. 8A and 11—14. The project wells are completed in the Stockton Formation. The project is located in the Commission's Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area (SEPA GWPA) within the North Branch Neshaminy Creek, Pine Run and Neshaminy Creek Watersheds in the Borough of Chalfont, Bucks County, PA.

 7. JBS Souderton, Inc., D-1996-021-5. An application to renew approval of the applicant's existing 1.0 mgd industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) and its discharge. The IWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Skippack Creek at River Mile 92.5—32.3—3.0—12.8 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River—Perkiomen Creek—Skippack Creek) in Franconia Township, Montgomery County, PA.

 8. Sunnybrook Golf Club, D-1997-007-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 4.65 mgm to irrigate the applicant's golf course from existing Wells Nos. 1 and 2. The project wells are completed in the Ledger Dolomite Formation. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project is located in the Commission's SEPA GWPA in the Wissahickon Creek Watershed in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, PA.

 9. Northampton Generating Company, D-1998-040-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing surface water withdrawal of up to 77.5 mgm to supply the applicant's 112 megawatt cogeneration facility from an existing intake on the Lehigh River. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project is located in the Lehigh River Watershed in Northampton Borough and Allen Township, both in Northampton County, PA within the drainage area of the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.

 10. New Hanover Township Authority, D-1999-040 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing 1.925 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Swamp Creek at River Mile 92.5—32.3—12.9—4.8 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River—Perkiomen Creek—Swamp Creek) in New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, PA.

 11. Fairless Energy, LLC, D-2001-028 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of the existing Fairless Energy Electric Generating Station and its use of up to 356.5 mgm of surface water from the United States Steel Delaware River Intake. The electric generating station is located adjacent to Delaware River Water Quality Zone 2 in Falls Township, Bucks County, PA.

 12. Bedminster Municipal Authority, D-2006-010 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing 0.06 mgd Pennland Farms WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated wastewater effluent to an unnamed tributary (UNT) of Deep Run Creek at River Mile 157.0—4.7—7.1—0.1 (Delaware River—Tohickon Creek—Deep Run Creek—UNT) by means of Outfall No. 001, within the drainage area of the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, PA.

 13. East Brandywine Township Municipal Authority, D-2007-002 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.3 mgd Applecross WWTP and its discharges to land and to surface water. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to land by means of spray irrigation and drip disposal and to Beaver Creek at River Mile 70.7—1.7—20.2—8.8—6.1 (Delaware River—Christina River—Brandywine Creek—East Brandywine Creek—Beaver Creek) in East Brandywine Township, Chester County, PA.

 14. Franconia Sewer Authority, D-2007-041 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing 0.15 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Skippack Creek at River Mile 92.5—32.3—3.0—12.5 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River—Perkiomen Creek—Skippack Creek) in Franconia Township, Montgomery County, PA.

 15. United States Steel Real Estate, D-2009-006-2. An application to renew the approval of a total allocation of 7,288.1 mgm of surface water from two intakes for industrial processes, cooling, fire suppression and potable water supply at the docket holder's industrial park facility. The surface water withdraw is located in Water Quality Zone 2 of the Delaware River at River Mile 127.0 in Falls Township, Bucks County, PA.

 16. Pineville Facility Company, LLC, D-2009-031-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal with a total system allocation of 4.4 mgm for nursey stock irrigation from existing Wells Nos. 1—6. The project wells are completed in the Brunswick Formation. The wells are located in the Commission's designated SEPA GWPA in the Pidcock and Mill Creek Watersheds in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, PA.

 17. Beaver Lake Estates, D-2009-038 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.14 mgd Beaver Lake Estates WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge to a UNT of Barnum Brook at River Mile 253.6—25.2—2.0—1.1 (Delaware River—Neversink River—Barnum Brook—UNT) 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 the Town of Thompson, Sullivan County, NY.

 18. Reading Area Water Authority, D-2010-009 CP-3. An application to renew approval of the applicant's existing 35 mgd Maiden Creek water filtration plant (WFP) and its discharge of 3.26 mgd of filter backwash and process water. The WFP will continue to discharge from two existing outfalls to Maiden Creek at River Mile 92.5—85.6—0.2 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River—Maiden Creek) in Ontelaunee Township, Berks County, PA.

 19. RALHAL Corp. and Concord Estates Condominiums, LLC, D-2012-019 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing 0.137 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Sheldrake Stream at River Mile 253.6—27.3—2.7 (Delaware River—Neversink River—Sheldrake Stream) within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in the Town of Fallsburg, Sullivan County, NY.

 20. MHC Lil Wolf, LP, D-2015-005 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.07 mgd Lil Wolf Mobile Home Park WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to an unnamed tributary to Coplay Creek at River Mile 183.7—21.1—9.9—0.6 (Delaware River—Lehigh River—Coplay Creek—UNT) and is located in the drainage area of the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Comission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, PA.

 21. Pechiney Plastic Packaging, Inc., D-2015-013-2. An application to renew the approval of a 0.72 mgd groundwater remediation IWTP and its discharge to groundwater by means of injection wells. The IWTP will continue to treat groundwater from the Pohatcong Valley Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site utilizing airstripping, after which the treated groundwater will be reinjected into the regional groundwater aquifer. The project IWTP and its discharge are located in the Pohatcong Creek Watershed within the drainage area of the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Washington Township, Warren County, NJ. Wells Nos. 1 and 2 are screened in sand and gravel, and Wells Nos. 3, 5 and 6 are completed in the Ridgeley-Coeymans Formation in the Shawnee Creek and Delaware River watersheds, 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 Smithfield Township, Monroe County, PA.

 22. Pottstown Borough Water Authority, D-1989-055 CP-4. An application to renew approval of the applicant's existing 12.85 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.5—51.3 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River) in the Borough of Pottstown, Montgomery County, PA. The application also includes a request to renew a total dissolved solids determination consisting of effluent limits of 3,000 milligrams per liter (mg/l) when the WWTP flow is less than or equal to 8.935 mgd and 2,238 mg/l when flow is greater than 8.935 mgd.

 23. Municipal Authority of the Borough of Milford, D-1965-168 CP-2. An application to approve a surface water withdrawal of up to 6.0 mgm to supply water to the applicant's public water supply distribution system from existing Springs 1 and 2. The springs are located in the drainage area of Vantine Brook within the Sawkill Creek Watershed in the Borough of Milford, Pike County, PA within the drainage area of the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which the Commission has designated as Special Protection Waters.

 24. Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., D-2019-007 CP-1. An application to approve an existing discharge from the 0.220 mgd Aqua Pennsylvania Ingram's Mill Water Filtration Plant. Filtered backwash will continue to discharge to the East Branch Brandywine Creek at River Mile 70.6—1.8—20.0—3.9 (Delaware River—Christina River—Brandywine Creek—East Branch Brandywine Creek) in West Chester Borough, Chester County, PA.

 Public meeting. The public business meeting on September 10, 2020, will begin at 10:30 a.m. and will include: adoption of the minutes of the Commission's June 10, 2020, business meeting; announcement of upcoming meetings and events; a report on hydrologic conditions; resolutions to: (a) adopt the Commission's annual current expense and capital budgets for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021; 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, 2021; and consideration of any items for which a hearing has been completed or is not required.

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

 There will be no opportunity for additional public comment for the record at the September 10, 2020, business meeting on items for which a hearing was completed on August 12, 2020, or a previous date. Commission consideration on September 10, 2020, 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 August 12, 2020, or to address the Commissioners informally during the open public comment portion of the meeting on September 10, 2020, are asked to sign-up in advance through EventBrite. Links to EventBrite for the public hearing and the business meeting will be available at www.drbc.gov at least 10 days before the public hearing. For assistance contact Patricia Hausler at patricia.hausler@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 Patricia Hausler at patricia.hausler@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 or hearing 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. 20-1035. Filed for public inspection July 31, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]


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