The Commission recently received an application from the sponsor of the following project for approval pursuant to Section 3.8, Article 11, and/or Article 10.3 of the Delaware River Basin Compact. This project currently is under review by the Commission staff in consultation with other public agencies. Individuals or organizations having a special interest in any projects or information relating to a project's impact on water and related land resources of the Delaware River Basin are invited to submit written comments to William Muszynski of the Water Resources Management Branch. Please refer to the appropriate docket number, listed below, on all correspondence. Such public hearing as may be required for this project will be announced at a later date in accordance with the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. Please refer to the Commission's website to track the status of these projects.

1. Brodhead Creek Regional Authority, D-1991-001 CP-3. An application for the renewal of a water supply project to continue to withdraw up to a combined total of 240.94 mg/30 days of surface water and groundwater for use in the applicant's existing public water supply system. The groundwater sources include existing groundwater Wells Nos. PW1 and PW2, completed in unconsolidated glacial deposits, and Well No. 3, completed in the Buttermilk Falls Formation. Surface water sources include the Brodhead Creek and Stokes Mill Spring intakes. The applicant also has a bulk water purchase agreement with the Borough of East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The requested total system allocation represents a slight increase in the allocation previously approved in Docket No. D-1991-001 CP-2. The applicant has also requested a modification of its service area to include: (a) the properties located in Tobyhanna Township comprised of the planned Kalahari Resort, a portion of the Pocono Manor Development, and within the permanent right-of-way of the waterline; (b) to expand the service area into additional areas in Smithfield Township; and (c) to expand the system into Jackson Township through a proposed acquisition of the Pocono Jackson Joint Water Authority. The existing project withdrawals are located in the Brodhead Creek and McMichael Creek watersheds in Stroud Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters.

William J. Muszynski, P.E.
Manager, Water Resources Management Branch
June 7, 2013

Contact: William Muszynski
(609) 883-9500, ext. 221

The Commission recently received applications from the sponsors of the following projects for approval pursuant to Section 3.8, Article 11, and/or Article 10.3 of the Delaware River Basin Compact. These projects currently are under review by the Commission staff in consultation with other public agencies. Individuals or organizations having a special interest in any projects or information relating to a project's impacts on water and related land resources of the Delaware River Basin are invited to submit written comments to William Muszynski of the Water Resources Management Branch. Please refer to the appropriate docket number, listed below, on all correspondence. Such public hearings as may be required for these projects will be announced at a later date in accordance with the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. Please refer to the Commission's website to track the status of these projects.

1. Coaldale-Lansford-Summit Hill Sewer Authority, D-1964-027 CP-2. An application for the renewal of an existing discharge from the 1.65 million gallons per day (mgd) Coaldale-Lansford-Summit Hill Sewer Authority wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The WWTP will continue to discharge to Panther Creek, which is a tributary of the Little Schuylkill River, which is a tributary of the Schuykill River, at River Mile 92.5– 99.0 – 22.0 – 2.4 (Delaware River – Schuylkill River – Little Schuylkill River – Panther Creek), in the Borough of Coaldale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

2. Bridgeport Borough, D-1970-081 CP-3. An application for the renewal of an existing discharge from the 0.9 mgd Bridgeport Borough WWTP. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated wastewater effluent to the non-tidal portion of the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.47 - 22.6 (Delaware River - Schuylkill River), in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

3. Glenn Springs Holdings, Inc., D-1976-017-3. An application for the renewal of the withdrawal, treatment and discharge of up to 15.5 million gallons per month (mgm) (0.5 mgd) of groundwater from the docket holder’s existing groundwater remediation system. Groundwater is withdrawn from 11 recovery wells which are completed in the Brunswick Formation in the Schuylkill River watershed. Water is treated by carbon absorption and air stripping before it is discharged via an existing stormwater outfall to the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.47 – 50.9 (Delaware River – Schuylkill River), in Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. No increase in the previously approved groundwater allocation or treatment capacity is proposed. The groundwater remediation project is located within the Commission's designated Ground Water Protected Area (GWPA), in Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

4. Fiber Mark, Inc., D-1982-031-5. An application for the renewal of an existing groundwater withdrawal (GWD) and discharge and to increase the withdrawal from 2.85 mg/30 days to 3.64 mgm to use as a source of cooling water for the applicant's paper manufacturing facility from existing Well No. 1 and the discharge of non-contact cooling water to groundwater through injection Well No. 2. Wells Nos. 1 and 2 are completed in the Brunswick Formation. The wells are located within the Commission's designated GWPA in the Tohickon Creek Watershed in Quakertown Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

5. Boyertown Foundry Company, D-1985-080-4. An application for the renewal of an existing GWD of up to 3.54 mgm to supply the applicant's industrial cooling system from existing Well No. 1A completed in Leithsville Dolomite. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The well is located in the Swamp Creek Watershed in Boyertown Borough, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

6. Phillipsburg Town, D-1988-024 CP-2. An application for the renewal of the existing 3.5 mgd Phillipsburg WWTP and to approve modifications to the WWTP. Modifications include the addition of a flow equalization tank and ultraviolet light disinfection, and adding mixers, a BioMag treatment process, and return activated sludge pumps to the existing sequencing batch reactor. In addition, the existing WWTP outfall will be located 300 feet downstream. The current outfall location is on the Lopatcong Creek approximately 600 feet upstream of its confluence of the Delaware River; the proposed location will be 300 feet upstream of the confluence. The existing WWTP will remain at a hydraulic design capacity of 3.5 mgd, and will continue to discharge to the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in the Town of Phillipsburg, Warren County, New Jersey.

7. Pike County Environmental, Inc., D-1989-082-2. An application for the renewal of an existing discharge from the applicant's 0.1 mgd WWTP. Treated effluent will continue to discharge to the Delaware River at River Mile 256.5, within the drainage area to the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Westfall Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.

8. South Whitehall Township Authority, D-1991-082 CP-3. An application for the renewal of an existing GWD of up to 62.0 mgm to supply the applicant's public water supply system from ten existing wells (Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14) completed in the Beekmantown Group and Allentown Formation. The wells are located in the Cedar Creek and Jordan Creek Watersheds within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is designated as Special Protection Waters, in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

9. Orwigsburg Borough, D-1992-005 CP-3. An application for the renewal of an existing GWD of up to 12.0 mgm to supply the applicant’s public water system from existing Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, which are completed in the Hamilton Group. The requested allocation is not an increase from the previous allocation. The wells are located in the Manhannon Creek watershed in Orwigsburg Borough, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

10. Northeastern Power Company, D-1998-039-2. An application for the renewal of a surface water withdrawal (SWWD) project to continue to withdraw up to 6.2 mgm of surface water from the Silverbrook Deep Mine Pool overflow for use in its 50 megawatt cogeneration plant operations and fly-ash particulate control. The applicant also requested up to 1.86 mgm of groundwater from five existing wells which are used primarily for potable water needs and greenhouse irrigation. The wells are completed in the Pottsville Formation. The project is located within the drainage area of Little Schuylkill River in the Schuylkill River Watershed in Kline Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

11. Lehigh County Authority, D-1999-011 CP-2. An application for the renewal of an existing discharge from the 0.06 mgd Heidelberg Heights WWTP. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to an unnamed tributay of Mill Creek, which is a tributary of Jordan Creek, which is tributary of the Lehigh River, at River Mile 183.7 - 16.0 - 18.8 - 3.3 - 0.2 (Delaware River - Lehigh River - Jordan Creek - Mill Creek - UNT Mill Creek), and is 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 Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

12. Wernersville Municipal Authority, D-2001-017 CP-2. An application for the renewal of a public water supply project to continue the approval of a subsidiary water allocation of up to 0.409 mgd (12.679 mgm) of water transferred from Western Berks Water Authority and the water withdrawals from the docket holder’s 8 existing wells and 11 spring sources. The docket holder is not requesting an increase in the previously approved total system allocation of 29.87 mg/30 days (30.866 mgm), which includes the wells, spring sources and the subsidiary allocation. The docket holder’s wells are competed in the Hardyston Formation, Richland Formation and granitic gneiss within the drainage area of Spring Creek in the Tulpehocken Creek Watershed in South Heidelberg Township and Wernersville Borough, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

13. Creek Road Development, LP, D-2004-018-2. An application for the renewal of an existing GWD of up to 8.6 mgm to irrigate the applicant's golf course from existing Well Ramex No. 1, completed in the Stockton Formation. The golf course will also have access of up to 3.82 mgm of treated effluent to supplement irrigation once the pump station is constructed. The applicant will construct the pump station and bring the treated effluent online for irrigation prior to the construction and grow-in of the remaining golf holes. The well is located within the Commission's designated GWPA in the Little Neshaminy Creek Watershed in Warwick Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

14. Warminster Township Municipal Authority, D-2004-021 CP-2. An application for the renewal of an existing discharge from the 1.2 mgd Warminster Municipal Authority WWTP. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated wastewater effluent to an unnamed tributary of the 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), in Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

15. Bear Creek Mountain Resort and Conference Center, D-2005-016-2. An application for the renewal of an existing discharge from the 0.045 mgd Bear Creek WWTP. Treated effluent is currently discharged to a drip irrigation field year round. The applicant is proposing to make modifications to the WWTP in order to reuse treated effluent for snow-making purposes in the winter. Treated effluent will continue to be land applied adjacent to Swabia Creek near River Mile 183.66 - 17.0 - 11.4 - 7.2 (Delaware River - Lehigh River - Little Lehigh River - Swabia Creek), 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 Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

16. Brookdale Resort Propco LLC, D-2006-019-3. An application for the renewal of an existing discharge from the 0.084 mgd Brookdale Resorts Propco LLC WWTP. The WWTP will continue to discharge to Brookdale Lake at River Mile 213.0 – 3.9 – 0.9 - 11.4 - 2.85 - 0.15 (Delaware River - Brodhead Creek - McMichael Creek - Pocono Creek - Scot Run - Brookdale Lake), within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Pocono Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

17. Downingtown Municipal Water Authority, D-2006-031 CP-2. An application for the renewal and modification of an existing discharge of filter and clarifier backwash and filtrate from the sludge drying beds from the Downingtown Municipal Water Authority Water Filtration Plant. DRBC Docket No. D-2006-31 CP approved an average and maximum discharge of 0.05 mgd and 0.10 mgd, respectively. No modifications to the existing treatment facilities are proposed. Currently, the facility discharges an average of 0.26 mgd of filter and clarifier backwash and filtrate from the sludge drying beds to an unnamed tributary (UNT) of Beaver Creek at River Mile 70.73 – 1.5 – 20.0 – 8.9 – 0.02 – 0.5 (Delaware River – Christina River – Brandywine Creek – East Branch Brandywine Creek – Beaver Creek – UNT) via Outfall No. 001, in Downingtown Borough, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

18. Wallenpaupack School District, D-2009-027 CP-2. An application for the renewal of an existing discharge from the 0.01 mgd Newfoundland Elementary School WWTP. The WWTP will continue to discharge to Wallenpaupack Creek upstream of Lake Wallenpaupack, which is a tributary of the Lackawaxen River, at River Mile 277.7– 15.8 – 1.4 – 12.7 – 7.8 (Delaware River – Lackawaxen River – Wallenpaupack Creek – Lake Wallenpaupack – Wallenpaupack Creek). The project discharge is located within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Upper Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Dreher Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

19. Tobyhanna Army Depot, D-2009-041 CP-2. An application for the renewal and modification of an existing discharge from the 0.802 mgd Tobyhanna Army Depot WWTP. The applicant has also requested a variance to the Commission's 1,000 mg/l basin-wide TDS effluent limit. Treated effluent will continue to discharge to an unnamed tributary of Tobyhanna Creek at River Mile 183.66 - 83.5 - 26.4 - 1.82 (Delaware River - Lehigh River - Tobyhanna Creek - UNT) via Outfall No. 001, within the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

20. Lakeview Estates Homeowner's Association, D-2010-032 CP-2. An application for the renewal of an existing discharge from the 0.054 mgd Lakeview Estates WWTP. The WWTP will continue to discharge to an unnamed tributary of the Lehigh River, which is a tributary of the Lehigh River, at River Mile 183.7 - 101.3 - 1.2 (Delaware River - Lehigh River - UNT Lehigh River), and is 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 Lehigh Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

21. Wenonah Borough, D-2013-003 CP-1. An application for approval of an existing GWD of up to 15.5 mgm to supply the applicant’s public water supply system from existing Wells Nos. 1 and 2. The project wells are completed in the Potomac/Raritan/Magothy Aquifer and located in the Mantua Creek Watershed in the Borough of Wenonah, Gloucester County, New Jersey. The project will be incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan. Future activities for the project will be regulated by NJDEP in accordance with the Administrative Agreement, Section IV.C.4.

22. Pearl Sewer Transportation Corporation, D-2013-005 CP-1. An application for approval of the construction and operation of the new 0.07 mgd Camp Ohr Shalom WWTP. The applicant proposes to discharge treated effluent to an UNT of the Neversink River at River Mile 253.64 - 35.56 - 3.32 (Delaware River - Neversink River - UNT) via Outfall No. 001A, within the drainage area of the section of the non-tidal Delaware River known as the Middle Delaware, which is classified as Special Protection Waters, in the Town of Fallsburg, Sullivan County, New York.

William J. Muszynski, P.E.
Manager, Water Resources Management Branch
May 23, 2013

Contact:  William Muszynski
(609) 883-9500, ext. 221