Upcoming Commission Meetings
Second Quarter 2024

Public Hearing

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)'s second-quarter public hearing will be held on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. The public hearing is open to the public and will be held virtually via Zoom Webinar.

Business Meeting

The DRBC will hold its second-quarter business meeting on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. The business meeting is open to the public and will be held at the Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge Street, Narrowsburg, N.Y. View on Google Maps.
Public Hearing: Wednesday, May 8, 1:30 P.M.

The 2Q public hearing via Zoom Webinar will take place on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, commencing at 1:30 p.m.

Items to be heard include five resolutions and 34 draft dockets for withdrawals, discharges and other projects that could have a substantial effect on the Basin's water resources, all of which are listed below.

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 ten 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.

To Attend the Public Hearing +/- Provide Oral Testimony:

Please Note:

  • To provide testimony on public hearing items, you must register for the Zoom Webinar & note in your registration that you wish to testify (you cannot provide testimony if watching on YouTube).

  • To ensure an opportunity to provide testimony, please register by 5 p.m. on May 7, 2024.

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To Provide Written Comment on the Public Hearing Items:

  • Written comment on items scheduled for hearing should be made through the Commission's web-based comment system, SmartComment: https://dockets.drbc.commentinput.com/.

  • Written comments on matters scheduled for hearing on Wednesday, May 8 will be accepted through 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 13, 2024.

  • 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, DRBC, P.O. Box 7360, 25 Cosey Road, West Trenton, NJ 08628-0360.

Items to be Heard May 8, 2024

Resolutions:

  • A RESOLUTION to adopt the Commission's annual current expense and capital budgets for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 (July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025)

  • A RESOLUTION to 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, 2025 (July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025)

  • A RESOLUTION directing staff to develop a Climate Resilience Plan that includes elements related to planning, consultation, outreach, education, and rulemaking concerning climate change. 

  • A RESOLUTION to adopt the Water Resources Program FY 2025-2027

  • A RESOLUTION establishing a subcommittee on Source Water Protection (SSWP) of the Delaware River Basin Commission's Water Management Advisory Committee (WMAC).

Draft Dockets:

  1. Town of Rockland, D-1963-004 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 5.0 million gallons per month (mgm) from Wells 1 and 2 for public water supply in the Roscoe-Rockland Water District and up to 12.0 mgm of groundwater from Wells 1 and 2 for public water supply in the Livingston Manor Water District. The requested allocations are reductions in the previously approved allocations of 8.928 mgm and 21.39 mgm for the Roscoe-Rockland Water District and the Livingston Manor Water District, respectively. The existing wells are screened in glacial outwash deposits that overly the Upper Walton Formation in the Beaver Kill and Little Beaver Kill Watersheds, within the drainage area of the Upper Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in the Town of Rockland, Sullivan County, New York.
  1. Forest Park Water, D-1965-076 CP-13. An application to renew the approval of an existing discharge of up to 1.987 mgd of filter backwash from the Forest Park Water Filtration Plant (WFP). The WFP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Pine Run through Outfall Nos. 1 and 2 at River Mile 115.63 - 40.0 - 0.1 (Delaware River - Neshaminy Creek - Pine Run) and River Mile 115.63 - 40.0 - 0.2 (Delaware River - Neshaminy Creek - Pine Run) in Chalfont Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Minersville Sewer Authority, D-1970-201 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing 1.0 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The existing WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the West Branch Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.47 - 119.7 - 7.1 (Delaware River - Schuylkill River - West Branch Schuylkill River), via 4 combined sewer outfalls (CSOs), located in Minersville Borough, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Berks-Montgomery Municipal Authority, D-1973-060 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of an 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) via Outfall No. 001 in Colebrookdale Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  1. PA Fish and Boat Commission, D-1980-032 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 21.39 mgm and an existing surface water withdrawal with an increase in allocation from 43.92 mgm to 60.0 mgm to supply the Pleasant Mount Fish Cultural Station from existing Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3 and an intake on the West Branch Lackawaxen River. The project wells are completed in the Catskill Formation. The project is located in the West Branch Lackawaxen River Watershed in Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania,  within the drainage area of the main stem Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.
  1. Melody Lakes Management, LLC., D-1980-079 CP-7. An application to renew the existing 0.072 mgd WWTP and its related discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to an unnamed tributary of Tohickon Creek at River Mile 157.0 - 11.8 - 6.38 - 9.08 - 0.1 (Delaware River - Tohickon Creek - Lake Nockamixon - Tohickon Creek - UNT) via Outfall No. 001,  located within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in the Borough of Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Reading City, D-1986-028 CP-5. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing 20.5 mgd WWTP and its discharges. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated industrial and municipal effluent to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.47 - 72.8 (Delaware River - Schuylkill River), in Reading City, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Monroe Energy, LLC, D-1986-041-4. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) and its 4.3 mgd discharge. The IWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent and NCCW via Outfall No. 001 to the tidal portion of Marcus Hook Creek at River Mile 80.2 - 0.5 (Delaware River - Marcus Hook Creek). The IWTP will continue to discharge steam condensate and heat exchanger cooling water back wash via Outfall No. 002 to the tidal portion of Stoney Creek at River Mile 80.4 - 0.2 (Delaware River - Stoney Creek). The Trainer facility and IWTP are located in Marcus Hook Borough and Trainer Borough, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Stanley Black and Decker, D-1987-032-5. An application for the renewal and approval of the decrease in withdrawal, treatment and discharge from 14.663 mgm to 14.19 mgm of groundwater from the applicant's existing groundwater remediation system from existing recovery wells PW-5 and PW-6. The wells are completed in the Buffalo Springs Formation in the Schuylkill River Watershed. The groundwater is treated by air stripping before it is discharged via an existing stormwater outfall to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.47 - 75.0 (Delaware River -Schuylkill River), in the City of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Blue Ridge Real Estate Company, D-1991-046-4. An application to renew the approval of an existing surface water withdrawal of up to 12.4 mgm from an existing intake on Tobyhanna Creek for golf course irrigation. The surface water intake is located in the Tobyhanna Creek Watershed in Kidder Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania within the drainage area to a section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.
  1. East Stroudsburg Borough, D-1992-072 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of a groundwater withdrawal of up to 58.28 million gallons per month from existing Wells 1, 2, 3 and 4 for public water supply. The wells are completed in the Buttermilk Falls Formation and Pleistocene Sand and Gravel Aquifer and are located in the Brodhead Creek watershed within the drainage area to the Middle Delaware, which the Commission has designated as Special Protection Waters, in the Borough of East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
  1. JFBB Ski Areas, Inc., D-1993-053-4. An application to renew the approval of an existing surface water withdrawal of up to 12.4 mgm for snowmaking purposes at the applicant's Big Boulder Ski Area resort from an existing surface water intake on Tobyhanna Creek. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The surface water intake is located in the Tobyhanna Creek Watershed in Kidder Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania within the drainage area to section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.
  1. Lansford-Coaldale Joint Water Authority, D-1995-013 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of a groundwater withdrawal of up to 29.3 mgm from eight existing wells for public water supply. The project wells are completed in the Mauch Chunk Formation in the Nesquehoning Creek watershed, within the drainage area to the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
  1. The Pines at West Penn, LLC., D-1999-025-4. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.060 mgd The Pines at West Penn WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to an unnamed tributary (UNT) of Lizard Creek at River Mile 183.7 - 38.2 - 15.2 (Delaware River - Lizard Creek - UNT Lizard Creek), via 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 West Penn Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Northeastern Schuylkill Joint Municipal Authority, D-1999-033 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.245 mgd Northeastern Schuylkill Joint Municipal Authority (NESJMA) 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) via Outfall No. 001, in Rush Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Leesport Borough, D-2001-012 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of a groundwater withdrawal of up to 16.37 million gallons per month from Wells 3, 4 and 5 for public water supply. The project wells are completed in the Hamburg Sequence and Ontelaunee Formation in the Schuylkill River Watershed in Leesport Borough and Ontelaunee Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  1. SR Water, LLC, D-2001-056 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 14.467 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system and to irrigate their golf course from existing Wells Nos. 1, 2, and 3. The project wells are completed in the Poplar Gap Member of the Catskill Formation. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The project is located in the Tunkhannock Creek Watershed in Kidder Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania within the drainage area to a section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.

  2. Upper Makefield Township, D-2002-017 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing 0.173 mgd Heritage Hills WWTP and its discharge to surface water and land via underground recharge basins. The docket holder has requested to allow full capacity (0.173 mgd) to be discharged to surface water (Delaware River) at all times due to problems with recharge basins and draining. The WWTP surface water discharge is to Water Quality Zone 1E of the Delaware River at River Mile 141.9, which is located in the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Slatington Borough, D-2003-015 CP-4. An application to renew the approval for the applicant's existing 1.5 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to the Lehigh River at River Mile 183.67 - 33.7 (Delaware River - Lehigh River), in Slatington Borough, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, within the drainage area to the classified Lower Delaware Special Protection Waters (SPW).
  1. Delaware Valley Fish Company, D-2004-008-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal with a decrease in allocation from 5.89 mgm to 4.464 mgm to supply the applicant's fish holding facility from existing Well No. DV-1. The project well is completed in the Stockton Formation. The project is located in the Commission's designated Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area (SEPA GWPA) in the Stony Creek Watershed, in Norristown Borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Warminster Municipal Authority, D-2004-021 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's existing 3.0 mgd WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge to an unnamed tributary (UNT) to Little Neshaminy Creek at River Mile 115.6 - 23.6 - 3.3 - 1.4 (Delaware River - Neshaminy Creek - Little Neshaminy Creek - UNT to Little Neshaminy Creek) via Outfall No. 001, in Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Refresco North America, D-2007-006-4. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.08 mgd IWTP and its discharge. The IWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to an unnamed tributary to West Branch Chester Creek, at River Mile 82.93 - 8.37 - 6.30- 0.1 (Delaware River - Chester Creek - West Branch Chester Creek- UNT West Branch Chester Creek) via Outfall No. 001, in Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Constellation Energy, D-2008-038 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of an existing surface water withdrawal of up to 25,892 million gallons per month (mgm) from Intake 2 on the Delaware River for industrial processes and cooling at the Eddystone Generating Station. The surface water withdrawal is located in Water Quality Zone 4 of the Delaware River in the Borough of Eddystone, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC, D-2009-016-4. An application to renew the approval of the existing Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC 0.35 mgd discharge of non-contact cooling water (NCCW) and stormwater. The NCCW and stormwater will continue to be discharged to the unnamed tributary (UNT) of Shoeneck Creek at River Mile 184.03 - 5.9 - 3.5 - 0.6 (Delaware River - Bushkill Creek - Shoeneck Creek - UNT Shoeneck Creek), via Outfall No. 002, within the drainage area of the section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Lower Nazareth Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Lehighton Water Authority, D-2014-006 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of the applicant's 1.6 mgd Lehighton Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and its discharge of up to 0.023 mgd. The WTP will continue to discharge process wastewater and filter backwash to Long Run at river mile 183.67 - 44.0 -  0 (Delaware River - Lehigh River - Long Run), located in Franklin Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, within the drainage area to a section of the main stem Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.
  1. Concord Township, D-2014-012 CP-3. 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), via Outfall No. 001, in Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Becker, Richard. C., D-2014-021 CP-3. 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) via Outfall No. 001, within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters, in Lehigh Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Upper Makefield Township, D-2016-006 CP-3. An application to renew the approval of the existing 0.0202 mgd Dutchess Farms WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to land via a constructed wetland and discharge to an Unnamed Tributary (UNT) to Jericho Creek at River Mile 143.2 - 3.7 - 0.85 (Delaware River - Jericho Creek - UNT Jericho Creek) via Outfall No. 001, within the drainage area to the portion of the Delaware River classified as Lower Delaware SPW, in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Brodhead Creek Regional Authority, D-1986-011 CP-6. An application to renew the approval of the existing 4.5 million gallons per day (mgd) Brodhead Creek Regional Authority (BCRA) WWTP and its discharge. The docket holder is also seeking to expand the service area to include certain additional areas within Pocono Township, Stroud Township, and Paradise Township. The docket holder is also seeking approval for a process change amendment to retrofit the existing two aerobic digestion tanks and to replace the existing jet aeration mixing system with a coarse bubble mixing/ aeration system. The BCRA WWTP will continue to discharge to McMichael Creek at River Mile 213.0 - 4.0 - 0.2 (Delaware River - Brodhead Creek - McMichael Creek) and is located within the drainage area to the Middle Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in the Borough of Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Pennsylvania American Water Company, D-1990-027 CP-2. An application to renew the approval of an existing surface water withdrawal with an increase in allocation from 5.0 mgd (155 mgm) to 6.6 mgd (204.6 mgm) to supply the applicant's Royersford public water supply distribution system from an existing surface water intake on the Schuylkill River. The applicant is also planning to construct the Lock 57 water treatment plant (WTP) and a new intake at the facility to replace their Shady Lane WTP and intake at that location. The surface water intake is located in East Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Tamaqua Borough Authority, D-1990-060 CP-2. An application to approve the applicant's WWTP and its proposed construction improvements. The proposed project includes the construction of a new headworks building and system, replacement of primary and secondary mechanisms, replacement of water, return, and waste sludge pumps, a new disinfection system, new aeration blowers and diffusers, conversion of two aeration tanks to flow equalization tanks, and other associated upgrades. The WWTP will continue to discharge up to 2.6 mgd of treated effluent to the Little Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.47 - 102.1 - 23.3 (Delaware River - Schuylkill River - Little Schuylkill River), in Walker Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
  1. BlueTriton Brands, Inc., D-1998-055-7. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal of up to 13.21 million gallons per month (mgm) from Borehole B-1, up to 3.84 mgm from Borehole B-2 and approve the withdrawal of up to 13.21 mgm from new Borehole B-3 for use at the docket holder’s bottled water facility. The total combined groundwater allocation from all sources will remain at the previously approved rate of 17.05 mgm. Additionally, borehole B-3 is to be used in conjunction with boreholes B-1 and B-2 and the previously approved maximum combined pumping rate of 439 gpm will not increase because of this project. The boreholes are completed in the Martinsburg Formation and glacial outwash overlying the Martinsburg Formation. The project is located in the Waltz Creek Watershed in Washington Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania within the drainage area to the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.
  1. Northampton Bucks County Municipal Authority, D-2001-013 CP-4. An application to renew the approval of an existing groundwater withdrawal with an increase in system allocation from 68.2 mgm to 86.692 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system from Well Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16 and 17. The project wells are completed in the Stockton Formation.  he project is located in the Commission's designated Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area (SEPA GWPA) in the Neshaminy Creek and Ironworks Creek Watersheds in Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  1. Avondale Borough, D-2023-003 CP-1. An application to approve a groundwater withdrawal of up to 6.0 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply distribution system from existing Wells South Well 1, North Well 2, PW-1 and PW-2.  The project wells are completed in the Cockeysville Marble Formation.  The project is located in the White Clay Creek Watershed, in the  Borough of Avondale, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Business Meeting: Wednesday, June 5, 10:30 a.m.

The 2Q public business meeting will take place at the Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge Street, Narrowsburg, N.Y. on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, commencing at 10:30 a.m. Details for participation in the business meeting and open public comment will be available at least 10 days before the business meeting.

The June 5, 2024, Business Meeting will include the following:

  • Adoption of the Minutes of the Commission's March 6, 2024, 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 agenda is expected to include consideration of the resolutions and draft dockets for withdrawals, discharges, and other projects that are subjects of the public hearing on May 8, 2024. There will be no opportunity for additional public comment for the record at the June 5 Business Meeting on items for which a hearing was completed on May 8 or a previous date. Commission consideration on June 5 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.

After all scheduled business has been completed and as time allows, the Business Meeting may be followed by up to one hour of Open Public Comment. This is an opportunity to address the Commission on any topic concerning management of the Basin's water resources outside the context of a duly noticed, on-the-record public hearing.

To Attend the Business Meeting +/- Provide Open Public Comment:

  • Attend in-person at the Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge Street, Narrowsburg, N.Y.

  • Additional details regarding participation in the business meeting and open public comment will be available at least 10 days before the business meeting.
Contacts for Public Hearing & Business Meeting

For Additional Info & Questions:

  • Additional public records relating to hearing items may be examined at the Commission's offices by appointment by contacting Donna Woolf, 609-477-7222.

  • For other questions concerning hearing items, please contact David Kovach, Project Review Section Manager, at 609-477-7264.

  • For general questions on how to participate in the public hearing and/or business meeting, or for questions related to the DRBC process, please email contact@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 609-477-7203 or through the Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) at 711, to discuss how we can accommodate your needs.

  • Those with limited internet access may listen and speak at virtual public meetings of the DRBC using any of several toll-free phone numbers that will be provided to all virtual meeting registrants.

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