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STP & IWTP Docket DOCKET NO. D-2002-006 CP-2 DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION Discharge to a Tributary of Special Protection Waters Little Washington Wastewater Company Lake Harmony Wastewater Treatment Plant Kidder Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania PROCEEDINGS This docket is issued in response to an Application submitted to the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC or Commission) by Little Washington Wastewater Company (LWWC or docket holder) on May 3, 2013 (Application), for transfer and renewal of the existing Lake Harmony wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and its related discharge. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit No. PA0061204 for this project was approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) on October 6, 2008. Renewal of the NPDES Permit is expected shortly. The Application was reviewed for continuation of the project in the Comprehensive Plan and approval under Section 3.8 of the Delaware River Basin Compact. The Carbon County Planning Commission has been notified of pending action. A public hearing on this project was held by the DRBC on September 11, 2013. A. DESCRIPTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this docket is to renew approval of the docket holder’s existing 0.4 million gallons per day (mgd) WWTP and approve the ownership transfer of the facility from Kidder Township to the docket holder. 2. Location. The WWTP will continue to discharge treated effluent to Shingle Mill Run at River Mile 183.66 – 83.5 – 4.9 – 0.6 (Delaware River – Lehigh River – Tobyhanna Creek – Shingle Mill Run) via Outfall No. 001, within the drainage area to the Lower Delaware Special Protection Waters (SPW), in the Kidder Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania as follows: OUTFALL NO. LATITUDE (N) LONGITUDE (W) 001 41° 04’ 37” 75° 36’ 49” D-2002-006 CP-2 (LWWC – Lake Harmony Wastewater Treatment Plant) 2 3. Area Served. The docket holder’s WWTP will continue to service the area around Lake Harmony, which is located in Kidder Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. For the purpose of defining the Area Served, Section B (Type of Discharge) and D (Service Area) of the docket holder’s Application are incorporated herein by reference, to the extent consistent with all other conditions contained in the DECISION Section of this docket. 4. Physical Features. a. Design Criteria. The docket holder will continue to operate the existing 0.4 mgd WWTP. In addition to the stream discharge the docket holder periodically discharges treated effluent to Summit Management and Utilities, Inc.’s irrigation system for golf course management when the weather permits as approved by the PADEP. b. Facilities. The existing WWTP consists of a grinder system, three (3) equalization tanks, two (2) sequencing batch reactors (SBRs), a chemical feed tank, a sand filter, three (3) aerobic digesters, two (2) post aeration tanks, and an ultraviolet (UV) disinfection unit. The docket holder’s wastewater treatment facility discharges to waters classified as SPW and is required to have available emergency power. The existing WWTP has a generator installed capable of providing emergency power. The docket holder’s wastewater treatment facility is not staffed 24 hours per day, and shall have a remote alarm system that continuously monitors plant operations. The existing WWTP has a remote alarm system installed that continuously monitors plant operations. The docket holder’s existing wastewater treatment facility has not prepared and implemented an emergency management plan (EMP) in accordance with Commission requirements. The docket holder is required as part of this docket approval to prepare and implement an EMP within 6 months of approval of this docket (See DECISION Condition II.t.). The project facilities are not located in the 100-year floodplain. Wasted sludge will continue to be hauled off-site by a licensed hauler for disposal at a (State-approved) facility. c. Water withdrawals. The potable water supply in the project service area is supplied by individual on-lot wells or the Split Rock Lodge Resort system. No system withdrawals more than 100,000 gallons per day as a 30-day average and therefore none are required to have a docket approval from the Commission. d. NPDES Permit / DRBC Docket. NPDES Permit No. PA0061204 was approved by the PADEP on October 6, 2008 and includes final effluent limitations for the project discharge of 0.4 mgd to surface waters classified by the PADEP as a high quality, cold water fishery (HQ-CWF). Renewal of the NPDES Permit is expected shortly. The following average D-2002-006 CP-2 (LWWC – Lake Harmony Wastewater Treatment Plant) 3 monthly effluent limits are among those listed in the NPDES Permit and meet or are more stringent than the effluent requirements of the DRBC. EFFLUENT TABLE A-1: DRBC Parameters Included in NPDES Permit OUTFALL 001 (WWTP) PARAMETER LIMIT MONITORING pH (Standard Units) 6 to 9 at all times As required by NPDES Permit Total Suspended Solids 18 mg/l As required by NPDES Permit Dissolved Oxygen 7.0 mg/l (minimum at all times) As required by NPDES Permit CBOD (5-Day at 20o C) 10 mg/l (85% minimum removal*) As required by NPDES Permit Ammonia Nitrogen (5-1 to 10-31) 2.1 mg/l As required by NPDES Permit (11-1 to 4-30) 6.3 mg/l Fecal Coliform (5-1 to 9-30) 200 colonies per 100 ml as a geo. As required by NPDES Permit avg. (10-1 to 4-30) 2000 colonies per 100 ml as a geo. avg. Phosphorus 1.0 mg/l As required by NPDES Permit * DRBC Requirement EFFLUENT TABLE A-2: DRBC Parameters Not Included in NPDES Permit that the DRBC have requested PADEP to include in the renewed Permit OUTFALL 001 (WWTP) PARAMETER LIMIT MONITORING Total Dissolved Solids* Monitor & Report * Quarterly ** Nitrate as N* Monitor & Report * Monthly * Total Nitrogen* Monitor & Report * Monthly * * DRBC Requirement ** See DECISION Condition II.r. e. Cost. There are no construction costs associated with this renewal and transfer. f. Relationship to the Comprehensive Plan. The 0.4 mgd Lake Harmony WWTP was added to the Comprehensive Plan upon approval of Docket No. D-2002-6 CP on May 31, 2002. Issuance of this docket will continue approval of the WWTP in the Comprehensive Plan (See DECISION Condition I.c.). B. FINDINGS The purpose of this docket is to renew approval of the docket holder’s existing 0.4 mgd WWTP and approve the ownership transfer of the facility from Kidder Township to the docket holder. On July 16, 2008, the DRBC approved amendments to its Water Quality Regulations (WQR) that provide increased protection for waters that the Commission classifies as SPW. The D-2002-006 CP-2 (LWWC – Lake Harmony Wastewater Treatment Plant) 4 portion of the Delaware River and its tributaries within the boundary of the Lower Delaware River Management Plan Area was approved for SPW designation. Article 3.10.3A.2.e.1). and 2). of the Commission’s WQR states that projects subject to review under Section 3.8 of the Compact that are located in the drainage area of SPW must submit for approval a Non-Point Source Pollution Control Plan (NPSPCP) that controls the new or increased non-point source loads generated within the portion of the docket holder’s service area which is also located within the drainage area of SPW. The service area of the docket holder is located within in the drainage area to the SPW. Since this project does not entail additional construction and expansion of facilities/service area (i.e., there are not any new or increased non-point source loads associated with this approval), the NPSPCP requirement is not applicable at this time (See DECISION Conditions II.n. and II.u. of this docket). At the project site, Shingle Mill Run has an estimated seven-day low flow with a recurrence interval of ten years of 0.1 mgd (0.15 cfs). The ratio of this low flow to the hydraulic design wastewater discharge from the 0.4 mgd WWTP is 1 to 4. The nearest surface water intake of record for public water supply is located approximately 64 river miles downstream of the project discharge on the Lehigh River and is operated by the Northampton Borough Municipal Authority. The project does not conflict with the Comprehensive Plan and is designed to prevent substantial adverse impact on the water resources related environment, while sustaining the current and future water uses and development of the water resources of the Basin. The limits in the NPDES Permit are in compliance with Commission effluent quality requirements, where applicable. The project is designed to produce a discharge meeting the effluent requirements as set forth in the Commission’s WQR. C. DECISION I. Effective on the approval date for Docket No. D-2002-006 CP-2 below: a. The project described in Docket No. D-2002-6 CP is removed from the Comprehensive Plan to the extent that it is not included in Docket No. D-2002-006 CP-2; and b. Docket No. D-2002-6 CP is terminated and replaced by Docket No. D- 2002-006 CP-2; and c. The project and the appurtenant facilities described in Section A “Physical Features” of this docket shall be added to the Comprehensive Plan. D-2002-006 CP-2 (LWWC – Lake Harmony Wastewater Treatment Plant) 5 II. The project and appurtenant facilities as described in Section A “Physical Features” of this docket are approved pursuant to Section 3.8 of the Compact, subject to the following conditions: a. Docket approval is subject to all conditions, requirements, and limitations imposed by the PADEP in its NPDES Permit, and such conditions, requirements, and limitations are incorporated herein, unless they are less stringent than the Commission’s.
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