NOTICES Drawal of up to 10.02 Mgm to Supply the Applicant’S DELAWARE RIVER Public Water Supply Distribution System from Existing BASIN COMMISSION Well No
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4627 NOTICES drawal of up to 10.02 mgm to supply the applicant’s DELAWARE RIVER public water supply distribution system from existing BASIN COMMISSION Well No. 4. The project well is completed in the Leithsville Formation. The requested allocation is not an Public Hearing and Business Meeting increase from the previous allocation. The project is located in the Borough of Bally, Berks County, PA. The Delaware River Basin Commission (Commission) 5. Upper Merion Township (Matsunk), D-1987-013 will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, August 15, CP-3. An application to renew the approval of the existing 2018, at the West Trenton Volunteer Fire Company 6.88 mgd Matsunk WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP Ballroom, 40 West Upper Ferry Road, West Trenton, NJ. will continue to discharge treated wastewater effluent to A business meeting will be held the following month on Frog Run, which is a tributary of the Schuylkill River at Thursday, September 13, 2018, at the RiverWinds Com- River Mile 92.47—21.6—0.3 (Delaware River—Schuylkill munity Center, 1000 RiverWinds Drive, Thorofare, NJ. River—Frog Run) in Upper Merion Township, Montgom- The hearing and business meeting are open to the public. ery County, PA. Public hearing. The public hearing on August 15, 2018, 6. Valley Township, D-1988-031 CP-4. An application to will begin at 1:30 p.m. Hearing items subject to the renew the approval of an existing groundwater with- Commission’s review include draft dockets for withdraw- drawal of up to 4.5 mgm to supply the applicant’s public als, discharges and other projects that could have a water supply distribution system from existing Wells Nos. substantial effect on the basin’s water resources. V1, V2 and V4. The project wells are completed in Written comments on matters scheduled for hearing on Pre-Cambrian gabbroic gneiss. The requested allocation is August 15, 2018, will be accepted through 5 p.m. on not an increase from the previous allocation. The project August 20, 2018. Time permitting, an opportunity for is located in the Brandywine-Christina Watershed in open public comment will be provided upon the conclusion Valley Township, Chester County, PA. of Commission business at the September 13, 2018, 7. Upper Merion Township (Trout Run), D-1992-051 business meeting. CP-3. An application to renew the approval of the existing The public is advised to check the Commission’s web 6.0 mgd Trout Run WWTP and its discharge. The WWTP site periodically prior to the hearing date, as items will continue to discharge treated wastewater effluent to scheduled for hearing may be postponed if additional time the Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.47—27.5 (Delaware is deemed necessary to complete the Commission’s review River—Schuylkill River) in Upper Merion Township, and items may be added up to 10 days prior to the Montgomery County, PA. hearing date. In reviewing docket descriptions, the public 8. Pennsylvania American Water Company (Coates- is also asked to be aware that project details commonly ville), D-1992-064 CP-4. An application to renew the change in the course of the Commission’s review, which is approval of the existing 7.0 mgd Coatesville WWTP and ongoing. its discharge. The WWTP will continue to discharge 1. Minersville Sewer Authority, D-1970-201 CP-3. An treated sewage effluent to West Branch Brandywine application to renew the approval of the existing 1.0 Creek at River Mile 70.7—1.5—20.0—15.5 (Delaware million gallons per day (mgd) Minersville Sewer Wastewa- River—Christina River—Brandywine Creek—West ter Treatment Plant (WWTP) and its discharge. The Branch Brandywine Creek), in the Borough of South WWTP will continue to discharge the treated effluent to Coatesville, Chester County, PA. the West Branch Schuylkill River at River Mile 92.47— 9. Narrowsburg Water District, D-1992-081 CP-3. An 120.4—7.5 (Delaware River—Schuylkill River—West application to renew the approval of an existing ground- Branch Schuylkill River), by means of Outfall No. 001, in water withdrawal of up to 4.24 mgm from existing Wells Minersville Borough, Schuylkill County, PA. Nos. 1 (TTW-1R), 2 and 3 for use in the docket holder’s 2. Margaretville Village, D-1974-157 CP-3. An applica- public water system. Wells Nos. 1 and 2 are screened in tion to renew the approval of a groundwater withdrawal unconsolidated alluvium and Well No. 3 is completed in of up to 4.0 million gallons per month (mgm) from the the Honesdale Formation in the Peggy Run and Delaware Ball Park Well and the Fair Street Well for public water River watersheds within the drainage area of the section supply. The requested allocation is a reduction from the of the nontidal Delaware River known as the Upper docket holder’s previously approved total allocation of Delaware, which the Commission has classified as Special 18.529 million gallons per 30 days. The wells are screened Protection Waters in the Town of Tusten, Sullivan County, in unconsolidated sand and gravel in the East Branch NY. Delaware River Watershed within the drainage area of 10. Helix Ironwood, LLC, D-1997-045-3. An application the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the to renew the approval of an existing surface water Upper Delaware, which the Commission has classified as withdrawal of up to 72.54 mgm to supply water to the Special Protection Waters, in the Village of Margaretville, applicant’s electric generation facility from an existing Delaware County, NY. intake on Pennsy Supply Quarry No. SG-2. The docket 3. Lehigh County Authority, D-1977-041 CP-4. An ap- will also continue the approval of an existing importation plication to renew approval of the docket holder’s existing of up to 4.5 mgd of treated effluent from the 0.16 mgd Lynn Township WWTP and its discharge. The Susquehanna River Basin and a consumptive use of up to WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to 2.34 mgd from the source in the Delaware River Basin. Ontelaunee Creek at River Mile 92.47—86.7—21.5—8.7 The requested allocation is not an increase from the (Delaware River—Schuylkill River—Maiden Creek— previous allocation. The project is located in the Ontelaunee Creek) by means of Outfall No. 001, in Lynn Tuplehocken Creek Watershed in South Lebanon Town- Township, Lehigh County, PA. ship, Lebanon County, PA. 4. Borough of Bally, D-1978-019 CP-3. An application 11. Aqua Pennsylvania Wastewater, Inc. (Lake Har- to renew the approval of an existing groundwater with- mony), D-2002-006 CP-4. An application to renew the PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 48, NO. 31, AUGUST 4, 2018 4628 NOTICES approval of the existing 0.40 mgd Lake Harmony WWTP, PA, within the drainage area of the section of the its discharge and proposed construction modifications. nontidal Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, The proposed upgrades to the WWTP will consist of the which the Commission has classified as Special Protection following: (a) the installation of a new headworks building Waters. with system and pumping equipment upgrades; (b) the 17. Lehighton Water Authority, D-2014-006 CP-2. An installation of an additional Sequencing Batch Reactor application to renew the approval of the existing unit; and (c) the addition of a new disc cloth filtration Lehighton Water Authority Water Filtration Plant (WFP) unit. The hydraulic design capacity of the WWTP is and its discharge. The WFP will continue to treat up to proposed to increase from 0.40 mgd to 0.50 mgd. The 1.6 mgd and discharge a monthly average of 0.023 mgd average monthly discharge will remain at 0.40 mgd and treated and filtered backwash to Long Run at River Mile continue to discharge treated effluent to Shingle Mill 183.7—44.0—2 (Delaware River—Lehigh River—Long Run, a tributary within the drainage area of the F.E. Run) by means of Outfall No. 001, located within the Walter Reservoir, at River Mile 183.66—83.5—4.9—0.6 drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware (Delaware River—Lehigh River—Tobyhanna Creek— River known as the Lower Delaware, which the Commis- Shingle Mill Run) by means of Outfall No. 001, in Kidder sion has classified as Special Protection Waters in Frank- Township, Carbon County, PA. The discharge is located lin Township, Carbon County, PA. within the drainage area of the section of the nontidal 18. Green Lane—Marlborough Joint Authority, D-1966- Delaware River known as the Lower Delaware, which the 002 CP-2. An application to renew the approval and Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters. upgrade of the existing 0.20 mgd Green Lane— 12. Slatington Borough, D-2003-015 CP-3. An applica- Marlborough Joint Authority WWTP. The upgrade con- tion to renew the approval of the existing 1.5 mgd sists of the installation of a new influent splitter box and Slatington Borough WWTP, its discharge and to approve ultraviolet (UV) light disinfection. The WWTP will remain modification to the facility. The proposed modification will designed for a flow of 0.2 mgd and will continue to convert an existing anaerobic digester unit into an aero- discharge treated effluent to Perkiomen Creek at River bic digester with appurtenant improvements. The WWTP Mile 92.47—32.3—19.5 (Delaware River—Schuylkill will continue to discharge at a rate of 1.5 mgd to the River—Perkiomen Creek) in Green Lane Borough, Mont- Lehigh River at River Mile (183.66—33.7) by means of gomery County, PA.