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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 20-603

NOTICES

DELAWARE RIVER
BASIN COMMISSION

Public Hearing and Business Meeting

[50 Pa.B. 2280]
[Saturday, May 2, 2020]

 The Delaware River Basin Commission (Commission) will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, by telephone at (866) 342-8588, passcode is 3722. A business meeting will be held the following month on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Because the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) mitigation measures in effect in June may compel the Commission to conduct the business meeting remotely, check the Commission's web site, www.drbc.gov, on or after May 27, 2020, for details about the June meeting location or remote format. Whether in-person or remote, the hearing and business meetings are open to the public.

 Public hearing. The telephonic public hearing on May 13, 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.

 Written comments on matters scheduled for hearing on May 13, 2020, will be accepted through 5 p.m. on May 18, 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. Talen Energy Corporation, D-1970-025 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of the existing Martins Creek Electric Generating Station, including a surface water withdrawal of up to 785.54 million gallons per month (mgm) from an existing intake on the Delaware River. Water is used for makeup water and cooling at the Martins Creek Facility and also supplies the Lower Mount Bethel Energy Facility located on an adjacent property. 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. New Castle County Department of Special Services, D-1972-210 CP-3. An application to renew approval of the existing 0.57 million gallons per day (mgd) Delaware City Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) (also referred to as the Governor Bacon Health Center WWTP) and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Delaware River Water Quality Zone 5 at River Mile 60.6 in Delaware City, New Castle County, DE.

 3. United States Steel Real Estate, D-1978-068-5. An application to renew approval of the applicant's existing WWTP, existing Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant (IWTP) and combined discharge from the WWTP and IWTP by means of existing Outfall No. 003. The applicant's facility also discharges noncontact cooling water by means of existing Outfall No. 002. The WWTP and IWTP will continue to discharge 0.163 mgd and 3.75 mgd, respectively, to Water Quality Zone 2 of the Delaware River at River Mile 127.0 in Falls Township, Bucks County, PA.

 4. 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.

 5. Amity Township, D-1990-078 CP-5. An application to renew approval of the applicant's existing 2.2 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.5—58.4 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River) in Amity Township, Berks County, PA.

 6. Waste Management Disposal Services of Pennsylvania, Inc., D-1991-090-3. An application to renew the approval to withdraw up to 6.0 mgm of surface water from an existing intake on Manor Lake for dust control at the applicant's TRRF, GROWS, GROWS North and Fairless landfills. The withdrawal is located in the Van Sciver Lake—Delaware River Watershed in Falls Township and Tullytown Borough, Bucks County, PA.

 7. Leidys, Inc., D-1993-021-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 3.45 mgm to supply the applicant's pork processing plant from existing Wells Nos. PW-1—PW-3. The project wells are completed in the mixed zone of the Brunswick and Lockatong formations. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The facility is located in the Commission's designated Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area (SEPA GWPA) within the Skippack Creek Watershed in Souderton Borough, Montgomery County, PA.

 8. Shoemakersville Municipal Authority, D-1993-074 CP-5. An application to renew approval of the applicant's existing 0.75 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.5—92.3 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River) in the Borough of Shoemakersville, Berks County, PA.

 9. Lower Perkiomen Valley Regional Sewer Authority, D-2001-042 CP-6. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing 14.25 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.5—32.4 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River) by means of Outfall No. 001, in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, PA.

 10. East Vincent Township, D-2005-007 CP-3. An application to renew approval of the applicant's existing 0.053 mgd Bartons Meadows WWTP and its discharge to land by means of subsurface infiltration beds. The WWTP discharge to land is located in the drainage area of French Creek in East Vincent Township, Chester County, PA.

 11. White Manor Country Club, D-2009-022-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater and surface water withdrawal of up to 7.016 mgm to irrigate the applicant's golf course from existing Well 1 and existing surface water Intakes 1 and 2. Well 1 is completed in Felsic Gneiss. The project is located in the Commission's SEPA GWPA in the Crum Creek Watershed in Willistown Township, Chester County, PA.

 12. Tuscan Lehigh Dairies—Montgomery County, D-2009-043-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 8.7 mgm to supply the applicant's facility from existing Wells Nos. 3—5. The project wells are completed in the Brunswick Formation. The facility is located in the Commission's SEPA GWPA within the Towamencin Creek Watershed in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, PA.

 13. Schuylkill Valley Sewer Authority, D-2012-029 CP-3. An application to renew approval of the applicant's existing 0.55 mgd Schuylkill Valley Sewer Authority WWTP and its discharge, and to approve a modification to the service area of the WWTP. The modification consists of the addition of wastewater from the Blythe Township Recycling and Demolition Landfill. The WWTP will remain designed for 0.55 mgd and continue to discharge treated effluent to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.47—127.6 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River) in Blythe Township, Schuylkill County, PA.

 14. Indian Head Camp, D-2015-008 CP-2. An application to renew approval of the applicant's existing 0.045 mgd WWTP and its discharge to land by means of spray irrigation. The existing WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to spray fields located in Manchester Township, Wayne County, PA within 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.

 15. Aqua Pennsylvania Wastewater, Inc., D-2016-011-2. An application to approve the renewal of the docket holder's existing 0.07 mgd Thornhurst WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to an unnamed tributary to Pond Creek, upstream of F.E. Walter Reservoir at River Mile 183.7—88.8—2.5 (Delaware River—Lehigh River—Pond Creek) by means of Outfall No. 001, in Thornhurst Township, Lackawanna 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.

 16. The Boeing Company, D-1994-030-3. An application to renew approval of the applicant's existing 0.05 mgd IWTP and its discharge of treated industrial wastewater and cooling tower blowdown. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the tidal portion of Crum Creek, which is located in Delaware River Water Quality Zone 4, at River Mile 85.3—0.5 (Delaware River—Crum Creek) in Ridley Township, Delaware County, PA. The applicant also requested a total dissolved solids determination for the discharge, consisting of an average monthly effluent concentration limit of 2,000 milligrams/liters (mg/l) and a daily maximum effluent concentration limit of 2,500 mg/l.

 Public meeting. The public business meeting on June 10, 2020, will begin at 10:30 a.m. and will include: adoption of the minutes of the Commission's March 11, 2020, business meeting, announcement of upcoming meetings and events, a report on hydrologic conditions, a resolution for the minutes providing for election of the Commission Chair, Vice Chair and Second Vice Chair for the year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021; 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.

 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 10, 2020, business meeting on items for which a hearing was completed on May 13, 2020, or a previous date. Commission consideration on June 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 May 13, 2020, or to address the Commissioners informally during the open public comment portion of the meeting on June 10, 2020, 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 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. 20-603. Filed for public inspection May 1, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]


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