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Wellhead Protection Committee

 

Meeting Minutes

 

January 18, 2005    April 19, 2006   July 19, 2006    October 18, 2006

 

 

January 18, 2005

        Present:    Brian Sanford (City of Titusville), Mary Ann Nau (Secretary to Wellhead Committee),  D. DelGrande (DPW, City of Titusville), Roger G. Patterson (Cherrytree Twp.)

        Absent:     Harold Reynolds (Hydetown Borough), Richard Motter (Weyerhauser), Donald Kerr (OC Twp.), Tim Clark (WWTP, Titusville), Christopher Coat (UPT), Brian Pilarcik (Crawford County Soil Conservation), John Reagle (TASD), Alison McKechie (Northern Allegheny Project), Spencer Sines (WW, City of Titusville), Etienne Ozorak (Crawford County Solid Waste),  Joel Jordan (Rural Water Association), Harold R. Jackson (Pleasantville).

 

I.                    Meeting called to order by B. Sanford at 3:05 PM.  Roll call via sign-up sheet.

 

II.                 Minutes of October 19, 05. Motion to adopt minutes made by R. Patterson and seconded by Wm. DelGrande.  All in favor, no one opposed.   

 

III.               Public Participation Pertaining to Agenda Items

None

       IV.      Old Business

A.                 Development Issues

§         Quarterly 2005 Report/ Letterle & Assoc. (D. DelGrande)

      D. DelGrande reported that according to the test results of the water being tested parameters all met Pennsylvania and Federal         Safe Drinking Water Requirements. Fecal coliform numbers are down as is water level but could be attributed to testing during   peak demand.

§         De-Icing Plan- Wal-Mart Parking Lot

      D. DelGrande reported that he was contacted by DEP/ Karl Gross. K Gross had advised contractor to contact City regarding the use of potassium acetate solution for use for winter maintenance.  D. DelGrande said solution meets requirements as being safe.  The solution decomposes eventually and becomes CO2 and water. This solution is similar to that used on potato chips.  Winter Weather Services is the contractor.  D. DelGrande said this would be a same concern fir the bio-retention ponds.

B.                 Wellhead Protection Plan

§         Regional Comp Plan (B. Sanford)

       B. Sanford reported there has been a lot of conversation but nothing yet specific to wellhead protection.  He said the Committee needs to actively push on the zoning ordinance.   

C.                 Management Plan Implementation

§         Grants and Funding

§         Wren – M. Nau reported that grant applications for 2006-07 are due April 4, 2006.  She said she would contact John Reagle at the TASD regarding and see if anyone there would be interested. 

§   Public Information/ Education

§         CCR

    Del Grande reported that the CCR report shows all the analyses either as non-detectable (below required limits) or concentrations that are all less than the Safe Water Drinking Act.  The City was required to monitor and sample for VOC’s and failed to do that and a statement is included in the CCR noting that.  A separate notice was mailed out in the fall as required by DEP.

§         2006 Community Events

      1.         Arbor Day- Brian Sanford volunteered to present for the WPC.

      2.         Earthday- need representative from Committee to set up display for April 22 from 11AM- 2:00 PM.

      3.         Oil Festival- need representative from Committee to set up display for Saturday, August 12th.

      4.         Fall Fest- need representative from Committee to set up display.

D.  Correspondence

      B. Sanford reviewed with Committee.

V.                 New Business

None

VI.              Comments

R. Patterson asked about haz-mat training for fire and public works employees as it relates to “meth” production.  M. Nau said City employees were going to receive training through Joe Crotty and Roger should have Cherrytree contact Joe regarding joining our training.

Next Meeting – Meeting is schedule for 4/19/06 at 3:00 PM.

VII.            Adjournment

Motion was made by D. DelGrande and seconded by R. Patterson to adjourn meeting at 4:15 PM.  All in favor, no one opposed.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Mary Ann Nau, Recording Secretary, WC

 

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April 19,2006

 

 

        Present:         Brian Sanford (City of Titusville), Mary Ann Nau (Secretary to Wellhead Committee), Randy Nebel (DPW, City of Titusville), Roger G. Patterson (Cherrytree Twp.), Robert Morris(OC Twp.), Don Worden (Hydetown),WM. Lupher (Municipal Authority)  

        Absent:        Richard Motter (Weyerhauser), Tim Clark (WWTP, Titusville), Christopher Coat (UPT), Brian Pilarcik (Crawford County Soil Conservation), John Reagle (TASD), Alison McKechie (Northern Allegheny Project), Spencer Sines (WW, City of Titusville), Etienne Ozorak (Crawford County Solid Waste), Joel Jordan (Rural Water Association), Harold R. Jackson (Pleasantville).

 

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER- Brian Sanford at 3:00 PM

 

MINUTES (01/19/06) Correction to minutes to show Wm. Lupher absent. All in favor, no one opposed. 

 

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PERTAINING TO AGENDA ITEMS

                None

 

OLD BUSINESS

Development Issues

§         Hasbrouck Mining Operations

R. Nebel provided his report of the review of Quarterly Report from T. Kier of Letterle & Assoc., LLC.  The report shows constant monitoring of the wells during the period and specifically showed well #10 as un-operable.  He followed up with T. Kier asking about the status of MW-10 and its inoperability over the past year. A letter addressing monitoring wells MW-10 was received by R. Nebel from T. Kier and distributed to Committee.  T. Kier reported the well pump had been damaged.  B. Sanford asked how the damage was occurring.  R. Nebel reported that there had been continual problems with pumps however they continued to test but by hand bailing the wells. Pump is now being replaced.       

 

B. Sanford reviewed agenda item of letter from resident requesting status of MW-10 from Don Worden. D. Worden, filling in for Harold Reynolds, responded that he had a copy of letter from Letterle and that R. Nebel’s report had covered his concerns.

 

 

Wellhead Protection Plan

§         B. Sanford responded to progress of Regional Comp Plan and noted that H. Reynolds (also involved) was not present.  Regional Comp Plan is progressing slowly with Hydetown, Oil Creek, & Titusville.  Many land use and shared land use issues being worked out. B. Morris reported that Oil Creek twp. voted once and were deciding as to whether it needed to be an ordinance or resolution. 

§         R. Nebel reported that annual wellhead update letter to Oil Creek had not been sent yet.  He was unaware that he had to contact OC Twp. and has been researching the past practice.  M. Nau explained that the process of gathering had been done with HMM but last year brought the project in-house to save money.  R. Nebel reported that the City had received a letter from K. Gross of DEP re: the Walmart’s winter weather.  There should not be a problem with the process the contractor has outlined for treatment.

 

Management Plan Implementation

§         Annual water supply report procedures have changed per DEP requirements according to R. Nebel.  He reported in the past that all ten wells were reported as one.  This year each and every well has been identified separately and are now numbered 1- 10 accordingly. Everything in the Annual Water Supply report was in compliance.

§         2006 Community Events

1.        Arbor Day (April 19) - B. Sanford reported that he had been out all day representing the WPC at the event.  He said the students are just fascinated with the water model and the way water flows through the ground. 

2.        Earth Day (April 22) - B. Sanford asked if there were any persons interested from the Committee to represent at the Earth Day event.  R. Patterson asked what time the event was being held.  M. Nau said all the materials could be delivered to the site if R.Patterson was able to represent.  M. Nau said she represented the Committee the last three years and would not be able to do it this year. She had not filled out the form because she did not know if anyone from the Committee would be able to represent.  The flyer comes in January and this is the first quarterly meeting where this can be discussed.  B. Sanford stated that Representatives will also be need for the other community events such as Oil Festival (August 12) and Fall Fest (October).  B. Sanford noted that he has done Fall Festival before and he would do again.

 

Correspondence

              B. Sanford said that we had a nice letter from D. Hess former Director of DEP. M. Nau noted the letter sent to Pleasantville.  R. Nebel said        regarding the letter to Pleasantville that is the predecessor of the CCR. Due to our arrangement of Peasantville buying water from the City and                  then redistributing the City is required to provide such a report for their use. R. Nebel said items in spreadsheet are the items that should be included in        their CCR to their customers. M. Nau noted email that had been sent to J. Reagle as discussed at the last meeting of WPC.  Last item according to M. Nau was the Spring Issue of the Keystone Source from the PA Rural Water Association. 

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

                B. Sanford discussed the Draft By-Laws for the Wellhead Protection Committee. B. Sanford said currently the Board works under a lose set of Committee rules and in order to perpetuate continuity there should be a set of by-laws.  As we move toward the future we should have some sort of community group who will protect our water resource.  He suggested Committee look through them, digest them and if you have any suggestions for additions,   deletions etc. please bring them forward at the next meeting.   

 

COMMENTS

                R. Patterson reported on Cherrytree Twp. 537 Plan and the area covered by the Plan. Feasibility Study and sewage survey is already done.  Very expensive project that he wished had been done years ago. R. Nebel asked about public reaction regarding.  R. Patterson said when sewage survey was done they talked with residents and most know there is need for the project.  Failing septics are creating the biggest concern and ends up flowing into the nearby streams which eventually enter Oil Creek.  So far no one’s well has been contaminated yet.   Cherrytree is working to get everything in place so they are ready for funding cycle.  Zoning Ordinance and maps are on disk he will get one for us.   M. Nau suggested that R. Patterson should get their zoning officer and Tim Lorenz (City Officer) introduced.

 

NEXT MEETING – July 19, 2006 at 3:00 p.m.

 

ADJOURNMENT

                Motion made by Wm. Lupher and seconded by R. Morris.  All in favor, no one opposed.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

  

Mary Ann Nau, Secretary to WPC

 

 

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 July 19, 2006

 

Brian Sanford (City of Titusville), Mary Ann Nau (Secretary to Wellhead

Committee), Randy (DPW), City of Titusville), WM. Lupher

(Municipal Authority), Rich Motter (Weyerhaeuser)

Tim Clark (WWTP, Titusville), Christopher Coat (UPT), Brian

(Crawford County Soil Conservation), John Reagle (TASD), Spencer Sines

(WW, City of Titusville), Joel Jordan (Rural Water Association), HM

R. Jackson (Pleasantvil1 Roger Patterson, (Cherrytree Twp.), Harold

Reynolds (Hydetown)

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER- Brian Sanford at 3:00 PM

MINUTES (04/19/06) Motion by Wm Lupher to accept the minutes and seconded by R. Motter. All in favor, no one opposed.

Present:

Absent:

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PERTAINING TO AGENDA ITEMS None

OLD BUSINESS

Development Issues

• Hasbrouck Mining Operations

R. Nebel provided his report of the review of Quarterly Report from T. Kier of Letterle & Assoc., LLC and re: a letter addressing specifically well #10 as inoperable. R. Nebel reported that a letter addressing monitoring wells MW- 10 was received by him from T. Kier and he distributed such to the Committee. The pump in question had been repaired June 2006. Results from the Quarterly Report seem to be within acceptable parameters with only the results of the gauging event giving him any pause for concern. The readings are lower by two feet from that of December 2005. The Report also indicates that their wells have evidence of recharge from Oil Creek. M. Nau asked if water levels at the City’s wells also indicated a drop. R. Nebel said that is a good question and he would check with Mr. Sines regarding. He also shared a recent event at Universal Stainless where USAP had switched over from their wells to City water without notification to the City. The incident resulted in the PW crew spending an entire day looking for what they believed to be a huge water line break. Pleasantville Borough was also notified in the event that their supply would have to be interrupted in order to repair a break. Due to this incident a hang tag system on the City valve has been added with instructions for user to notify the City should they need to turn water on again. Follow up with other entities in town with their own water wells and the City as back up have also been notified and a hang tag placed on the City valve. The amount of water utilized by USAP from June 18 till June 30 was 2 millions gallons more then the Borough of Pleasantville utilized in the entire last year.

Wellhead Protection Plan

• B. Sanford said that Oil Creek Twp. And Hydetown are putting their zoning in place with no particular attention to wellhead protection. He added, if we now know that the water can drop in those wells by two feet over the last year then our water supply is not bullet proof as we have always thought.

• R. Nebel reported that annual wellhead update letter to Oil Creek had been sent and that Ms. Davidson of OC Twp. had responded. On July 13 R. Nebel forwarded our WP Plan update to DEP and it had been received according to the certified mail receipt. R. Nebel reviewed update information contained on the form with the Committee (see attached).

• Draft by-laws were discussed. Due to small number of persons in

attendance no action was taken. R. Motter thought quorum number was adequate. M. Nau thought action that the Committee should take would be to request participation from missing entities (i.e. Regional Planning Commission, OC Twp. Venango, Crawford County Emergency Management, Chamber of Commerce, UPT, Board of Health). Motion was made by Wm. Lupher and seconded by R. Motter to send letters to those organizations who either are no longer attending and/or have not yet been invited to join via a letter and application form. All were in favor and no one opposed to the Secretary of the WPC sending out letters.

Management Plan Implementation

• B. Sanford said the 2005 CCR is extremely nice. R. Nebel said that everything in the Annual Water Supply report was in compliance. M. Nau said that there should be some type of competition that could be entered because the City does a wonderful job of making the information both attractive and informative. B. Sanford said that an alternate well site should be selected and wells drilled should be a top priority once there is a quorum of the WPC. There certainly isn’t enough water in Oil Creek to keep the City supplied so that would not be an alternative if the City wells were impacted. R. Nebel also added that in referring to the Quarterly Report from Letterle, please note fecal coli form in Oil Creek is very high.

•           2006 Community Events

>          Arbor Day (April 19) - B. Sanford reported that he had been

out both days representing the WPC at the event and he

received a card from the elementary students.

>          Oil Festival- B. Sanford thought R. Patterson may be

interested and M. Nau would contact R. Patterson to see if

he would be able to represent.

Fall festival- B. Sanford said he would represent if no one

else was available.

Correspondence

PA Rural Water / Update of Info from the Committee

2. Invitation to Crawford County Conservation District Pymatuning Water Festival- M. Nau will represent the Committee on Saturday, Sept. 16 and Sunday Sept. 17 from 9:00 AM till 4:30 PM.

3. Penn State Water Resources Survey- M. Nau completed and filed on behalf of the Committee.

NEW BUSINESS

None

COMMENTS

B. Sanford asked that WPC members email suggestions for By-Laws to M. Nau. B. Sanford thanked those present for coming to the meeting.

NEXT MEETING — January 17, 2007 at 3:00 p.m.

ADJOURNMENT

Motion made by R. Nebel and seconded by Wm. Lupher. All in favor, no one opposed.

Respectfully Submitted,

Mary Ann Nau, Secretary to WPC

 

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October 18, 2006

 

 

Present:            Brian Sanford (City of Titusville), Mary Ann Nau (Secretary to Wellhead Committee), Christopher Coat (UPT), Karen Jez (TASD), Roger Patterson, (Cherrytree Twp.), Lynn Cochran (Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce

Absent:             Tim Clark (WWTP, Titusville), Randy Nebel (DPW, City of Titusville), Brian Pilarcik (Crawford County Soil Conservation), Spencer Sines (WW, City of Titusville), Joel Jordan (Rural Water Association), Harold Reynolds (Hydetown), WM. Lupher (Municipal Authority), Richard Motter (Weyerhauser), Terry Kerr (Board of Health), Declined Representation (Pleasantville and Oil Creek, Venango)

Also Present:    Doug Bolton (Homerwood)

 

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER- Brian Sanford at 3:00 PM

 

MINUTES (07/19/06) Motion by R. Patterson to accept the minutes and seconded by C. Coat.  All in favor, no one opposed. 

 

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PERTAINING TO AGENDA ITEMS

     Doug Bolton (Homerwood Project)

 

OLD BUSINESS

Development Issues

§         Hasbrouck Mining Operations

R. Nebel provided written review of 2nd Quarter Report/ Letterle & Associates (see attached). M. Nau said she has asked that R. Nebel provide a written review of the Letterle report which will make it easier for the preparation of the minutes and will give you advance notice of the discussion item. R. Patterson asked who pays for the monitoring.  M. Nau responded that this is a part of the Agreement the City has with Hasbrouck’s however the City also pays to monitor some other wells located in the vicinity as a precaution.  C. Coat asked about the ethylene glycol that appears on this report and do we know where it is coming from?  B. Sanford offered his recollection is that no machinery was to be filled on the site and this detection is probably coming from that type of an operation.  However, there does not appear to be any teeth in this stipulation.  This portion of the Agreement was DEP’s requirement and should be providing enforcement through their inspection of the site.  L. Cochran asked if wells #14 and #15 are in close proximity of one another.  M. Nau drew the Committee’s attention to the following sentence in R. Nebel’s review letter, “Additional attention and tests will be utilized in the third quarter to verify the existence or non-existence of ethylene glycol”.  She said she would follow-up with R. Nebel regarding and get back to the Committee with clarification.  R. Patterson asked if this was the first time for such reporting or did the last report also show evidence of such.  M. Nau said it could be the result of a spill and this is something that needs to be followed up.  B. Sanford said it takes 2 ½ days for evidence to show up at the City’s water wells.  B. Sanford said the other area of interest in the Report is the groundwater levels.  Motion to accept the Quarterly Report made by R. Patterson and seconded by K. Jez.  All in favor.  No one opposed.

§         B. Sanford thanked D. Bolton for coming to the meeting.  A presentation of the Homerwood Expansion project was provided by Doug Bolton.  D. Bolton gave an overview of the Homerwood operations going from 15 employees at its inception to 78 full time employees.  April of last year they were bought out by Armstrong.  Flooring industry has changed with the building trade and pre-finished flooring is the industry standard.  Eighty percent 80% of Homerwood’s flooring was sent to Alabama by truck to be finished and spent one-half millions dollars in trucking costs.  Armstrong was going to expand an existing plant in W. Virginia to accommodate.  Knowing this, D. Bolton then contacted Congressman Peterson to try and keep the Titusville location here.  Pennsylvania will be providing incentives to keep the plant here in Titusville.  So the long and short of it they will be building a pre-finishing plant here in Titusville.  D. Bolton provided an explanation and demonstration of how the plant will function. The process is 100% UV cured every 7 feet.  No time is there time for finish to emit into the air or spill to the ground.  At the end of the process the wood flooring is about 180 degrees and so the last step is the air-conditioning room to cool it down.  Without UV light the finish will not activate. There will be no floor drains to allow for seepage into the ground or run-off to the outside.  D. Bolton reviewed the site location and plan for the expansion with the Committee.  Formal storm water management plans will be developed and reviewed by the City for the site. HRG will provide the expertise to develop the plan.  Elevations are needed and R. Nebel is to provide mapping.  M. Nau asked about the air conditioning units and any spills that could occur.  Units will be placed on a curved pad that will contain any leakage.  C. Coat asked about the lack of floor drains and how spills will be cleaned up.  D. Bolton said the maximum amount of finishing materials on the site will be 5 gallons and spills will be mopped up immediately.  Also, an emergency response plan will be in place as well as employee training to deal with any spills that might occur. Armstrong has 41 plants and they are very sensitive to following environmental standards. Finishes are made by PPG and they too have strict environmental regulations/standards that they are following. DEP is also reviewing the operations to make sure all environmental standards are being followed for both air and water quality.  M. Nau said it appears we are getting a very good corporate citizen in Armstrong.  All employees will be sent to West Virginia for training the month before they open and then some of the W. Virginia employees will come up here the week they open to work along side of the Titusville work force. Various discussions regarding the storm water management ordinance and the development of their plan took place.  D. Bolton invited the Committee to the grand opening in April 2007.             

 

Wellhead Protection Plan

§         B. Sanford noted that Harold Reynolds is not here.  Chris Coat had heard that Harold was stepping down from everything in Hydetown.  B. Sanford said that this is a Regional Plan.  R. Patterson asked about the Plan that Tom Graney did years ago for the nine areas of the Titusville Area School District.  B. Sanford explained that this is a land use plan for the three communities of Oil Creek Twp., Titusville and Hydetown.  R. Paterson will get the City of Titusville a copy of their zoning plan for Cherrytree completed by the EADS Group. B. Sanford said they are getting close to adoption of Regional Comp Plan and the Plan was drawn with some wellhead protection in place.  However he feels the WPC will need to be ever vigilant in order to protect the water supply.  More progressive leadership is needed in order to understand and protect the water resources through land use planning.  You can’t change the Plan each time as a prospective project comes to the table.  

§         M. Nau reported that R. Nebel has submitted and we are up to date.

§         A motion to accept the applications of Jez, Kerr, Cochran, and Coat was made by R. Patterson and seconded by Chris Coat.  All in favor, no one opposed.  B. Sanford extended a welcome and congratulations.

§         Draft by-laws were discussed. Motion was made by C. Coat and seconded by R. Patterson to table the by-laws under the January meeting when there may be more participants in attendance.  B. Sanford said that in order to perpetuate the Committee there needs to be some formal structure to keep it going as participants change. Some revisions to the WPC By-Laws need to be made by the Secretary now that we know that some communities do not wish to participate.  It was the consensus of the group that their needs to be an adjustment to the size of the quorum also.  C. Coat thought there should be some of the positions combined such as Secretary/ Treasurer or Vice-Chair/Treasurer. Treasurer will be needed for grants.  Combining sections (duties under section five and seven) will eliminate sections of the by-laws.  Members present thought it was important to have the three meeting rule.  Need to impress on the membership that members need to be here. Each member should get one vote. B. Sanford was surprised that Pleasantville does not wish to participate since they purchase their water from Titusville.  R. Patterson said that through the COG they are trying to get Pleasantville’s participation in a feasibility study for the formation of a joint water and sewer authority to serve the region and they are not interested in even that. R. Patterson says getting funding for improvements is getting harder and harder.  B. Sanford said stand lone places where they do not have the possibility of regionalization get funds but in places where there can be cooperation you need to combine forces and expand existing facilities.   

§         Motion was made by B. Sanford and seconded by C. Coat to adopt the Application Form as presented.  All in favor, no one opposed.

 

Management Plan Implementation

§         Grants and Funding- M. Nau said WREN grants get awarded in April.  Applications need to be completed in February.  If anyone has any ideas they should get them to M. Nau.

§         Pymatuning Water Festival- M. Nau gave a report. She felt we need a water shed association and announced that NAP is officially dissolved. C. Coat gave some details of the dissolution and said the remaining projects were handed over to the French Creek Project.    

§         Fall Festival- follow-up report was given by Chris Coat.  Everything was inside due to weather but turnout was low. Groundwater model was not used.  B. Sanford said he doesn’t use the video as much as the groundwater model.  M. Nau said that there needs to be more students from the TASD and Pitt involved in these presentations and thought that K. Jez could get this going for us.

§         2007 Community Events- Public Education schedule set.  Need chairs and then M. Nau will work to get students to assist.  Motion made by R. Patterson and seconded by C. Coat to adopt the schedule.  All in favor, no one opposed.

Ø      Arbor Day (April 19) - B. Sanford

Ø      Earth Day- (April)- Wm. Lupher

Ø      Oil Festival- (August) - no chair identified.

Ø      Fall Festival- (October)- C. Coat

Ø      150th Celebration – August 2008- December 2009)

 

Correspondence

Motion was made by R. Patterson and seconded by C. Coat to accept the correspondence as presented. All in favor.  No one opposed.

    

COMMENTS

     Thank you all for coming. 

 

NEXT MEETING – April 18, 2007 at 3:00 p.m.

 

 

ADJOURNMENT

     Motion made by C. Coat and seconded by R. Patterson.      All in favor, no one opposed.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Mary Ann Nau

 

Mary Ann Nau, Secretary to WPC

 

October 16, 2006

 

Wellhead Protection Committee

City of Titusville, PA

Attn: Brian Sanford

 

Mr. Sanford,

 

My review of the second quarter monitoring report conducted by Letterle & Associates LLC, consultants for Hasbrouck Sand and Gravel Inc., is completed and the following points should be noted by the committee.

 

·        June 5th 2006, Letterle gauged and collected groundwater samples from MW#9 through MW#16. The samples were submitted to Pace for analysis. Ethylene glycol was found to exceed the parameters threshold at MW#14 and MW #15. Concentrations in all other wells were not detected above the permitted thresholds. Seven of the nine remaining samples tested high at the laboratory due to an adjustment in the laboratory method limits (MDL). On July 12th 2006 Pace had reported “laboratory interference” with the test samples, and given all samples showed levels beyond the parameters, the results are suspect. Ethylene glycol has historically, never been detected at the site, it is unlikely the concentrations at monitoring wells #14 and #15 are representative of the groundwater conditions. Additional attention and tests will be utilized in the third quarter to verify the existence or non-existence of ethylene glycol, and will be reported to the committee for review.

·        As was discussed last quarter the groundwater levels appeared to be approximately one foot below the previous quarter. Monitoring well #10 received a new 3 inch grundflos submersible pump, and the level there was 94.47 feet below top of casing. The Water Works staff has been monitoring levels at the plant weekly, and has recorded no major fluctuations. We will continue this weekly check infinitum.

·        Groundwater at the Hasbrouck site continues to meet PA. State-wide health standards, and does not exceed any potential contaminant parameters.

 

Homerwood Expansion Project:

 

·        HRG has been retained by Homerwood to design the storm-water retention plan as required by the City of Titusville for their plant expansion project within the well-head area. We have met several times on site to discuss a plan of action with Doug Bolton, Project Manager. As soon as we have the information in house we will be able to make the necessary comments and/or corrections.

 

·        Doug is scheduled to be in attendance at this meeting, and can provide additional details regarding containment issues with the product to be utilized for the new finish line. My review of the plans as presented has accounted for our needs to be met; we would consider 200% containment standard and necessary.

 

Finally, the Annual Wellhead Protection Plan Update was completed and submitted on July 13th 2006. Copies of the completed form were forwarded at that time however; a fresh copy has been included for your convenience.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Randall J. Nebel

Director, Public Works

 

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