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[FR Doc No: 94-1291]
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[Federal Register: January 20, 1994]
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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
Commission Meeting and Public Hearing
Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission
will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, January 26, 1994. The hearing
will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open
to the public and scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. in the Goddard
Conference Room of the Commission's offices at 25 State Police Drive,
West Trenton, New Jersey.
An informal conference among the Commissioners and staff will be
open for public observation at 10:30 a.m. at the same location and will
include discussions concerning the Commission's Special Protection
Waters proposed non-point source regulations and funding and
Pennsylvania municipalities' compliance with Commission water
conservation plumbing fixture requirements.
The subjects of the hearing will be as follows:
Applications for Approval of the Following Projects Pursuant to Article
10.3, Article 11 and/or Section 3.8 of the Compact
1. Merrill Creek Owners Group (MCOG) D-77-110 CP (Amendment 4). A
Resolution to include an additional designated unit (Metropolitan
Edison Company's Portland Unit 5, an oil/gas fueled combustion turbine
electric generating unit) to the list of designated units which is
incorporated in the MCOG docket. Table A (Revision 4), attached to the
Resolution, replaces Table A (Revision 3).
2. Citgo Asphalt Refining Company D-91-34. A surface water
withdrawal project for provision of up to 0.183 million gallons per day
(mgd) of water for steam generation and other uses at the applicant's
asphalt refining facility. The applicant proposes to withdraw water
from Mantua Creek adjacent to the refinery located near the confluence
of Mantua Creek with the Delaware River, in West Deptford Township,
Gloucester County, New Jersey.
3. Borough of Richland D-92-1 CP. An application for approval of a
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 1.3 million gallons
(mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from
existing Well No. 5, and to retain the existing withdrawal limit from
all wells of 5.2 mg/30 days. The project is located in Millcreek
Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
4. Audubon Water Company D-92-47 CP. An application to consolidate
all wells presently owned and operated by the Audubon Water Company
(AWC) into one comprehensive docket. Well Nos. VFCC 1-4 were previously
approved under the ownership of the Valley Forge Industrial Park Water
Company by Docket Nos. D-65-136 CP and D-72-155 CP. The remaining wells
were approved under AWC ownership, Well Nos. AWC-5 and AWC-6 by Docket
No. D-71-205 CP, Well Nos. AWC-7-10 by Docket No. D-73-194 CP, and Well
Nos. AWC-11 and AWC-13 by Docket Nos. D-78-77 CP and D-80-73 CP,
respectively. The proposed total withdrawal limit of 31.5 mg/30 days is
a decrease in existing total allocation of ground water. The project is
located in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery County, in the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
5. Narrowsburg Water District D-92-81 CP. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.11 mg/
30 days of water to the Narrowsburg Water District distribution system
from new Well No. 3, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 4.11
mg/30 days. The project is located in the Town of Tusten, Sullivan
County, New York.
6. Perkiomen Township Municipal Authority D-93-11 CP. An
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply
up to 3.36 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's southern distribution
system from existing Well Nos. PW-1 and PW-2, and to limit the
withdrawal from the northern system wells (Well Nos. 2, 3 and 4) to
7.15 mg/30 days. The project is located in Perkiomen Township,
Montgomery County, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water
Protected Area.
7. Purex Industries D-93-34(G) & D-93-34(D). An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal and treatment project of up to
11.23 mg/30 days of water from the applicant's ground water remediation
system from new Well Nos. RW-1 through RW-13, and to limit the
withdrawal from all wells to 11.23 mg/30 days. Ground water will be
withdrawn by the 13 remediation wells at an average and maximum
combined rate of 130 and 200 gpm, respectively, as described in Docket
No. D-93-34(G). The water withdrawn will be treated by filtration,
ultra-violet peroxidation and air-stripping prior to return to the
ground water via large diameter recharge wells, as described in Docket
D-93-34(D). The project is located in the City of Millville, Cumberland
County, New Jersey.
8. Ashland Chemical Inc. D-93-48. An application to replace the
withdrawal of water from Well No. 3 in the applicant's water supply
system which has become an unreliable source of supply. The applicant
requests that the withdrawal from replacement Well No. 4 be limited to
3.4 mg/30 days, and that the total withdrawal from all wells remain
limited to 8.7 mg/30 days. The project is located in Glendon Borough,
Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
9. MacAndrews & Forbes Company D-93-58. An application to upgrade
and modify the applicant's existing 0.36 mgd industrial wastewater
treatment plant (IWTP) by providing a filtration unit for reducing
suspended solids in the treated effluent. The IWTP serves only the
applicant's licorice extract manufacturing operations at the plant site
located on Jefferson Avenue between 3rd Street and the Delaware River
in the City of Camden, Camden County, New Jersey. The treated effluent
will continue to discharge to the Delaware River via the existing
outfall in Water Quality Zone 3.
10. Lake Adventure Community Association D-93-62. A project to
upgrade and expand the applicant's existing 0.065 mgd secondary sewage
treatment plant (STP) and provide a 0.16 mgd capacity STP with tertiary
filtration. An existing malfunctioning seepage bed discharge system
will be discontinued. The existing spray irrigation system will
continue in use but with the addition of a seasonal alternate surface
water discharge (primarily for winter discharge) to an unnamed
tributary in the Birchy Creek Watershed in Dingman Township, Pike
County, Pennsylvania. The proposed STP will continue to serve the
applicant's residential development in Dingman Township situated
approximately one-half mile south of Interstate Route 84 and near the
western boundary of Dingman Township.
11. Sun Pipe Line Company D-93-64. A project to construct a
petroleum products pipeline which will cross the Delaware River between
Paulsboro Borough, Gloucester County, New Jersey and Tinicum Township,
Delaware County, Pennsylvania. There will also be a crossing of the
Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, just north of
Interstate Route 95 and a crossing of Raccoon Creek in Logan Township,
Gloucester County, New Jersey. All crossings will be done via
directional drilling with no excavation in the river beds. The proposed
crossings will provide interconnections for a 21-mile length of
petroleum product pipeline serving Sun Oil Company's Marcus Hook and
Philadelphia refineries.
Applications for Approval for Extension of the Expiration Dates of the Following Ground Water Dockets and Protected Area Permits
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Current Proposed
Docket numbers Docket name Municipality County State expiration expiration
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D-79-54 CP Renewal 2.......... Middletown Twp Water & Sewer Middletown Twp............... Bucks........... PA.......... 02/28/95 02/28/2000
Dept.
D-80-51 CP Renewal 2.......... Warminster Municipal Warminster Twp............... Bucks........... PA.......... 02/20/96 02/20/2001
Authority.
D-84-60 CP Renewal............ Citizens Utilities Water Co Spring Twp................... Berks........... PA.......... 06/27/95 06/27/2000
of PA.
D-85-08 CP Renewal............ Borough of Roosevelt......... Roosevelt Boro/.............. Monmouth........ NJ.......... 08/02/96 08/02/1999
D-85-26 CP Renewal............ Borough of Ambler............ Lower Gwynedd Twp............ ................ ............ .......... ..............
............................. Upper Dublin Twp............. Montgomery...... PA.......... 02/28/95 02/28/2000
D-86-07 CP.................... Telford Borough Authority.... Hilltown Twp................. Bucks........... PA.......... 09/28/93 09/28/1998
D-86-59 CP Renewal............ Citizens Utilities Home Water East Pikeland Twp............ Chester......... PA.......... 12/11/96 12/11/2001
Company.
D-87-96 CP.................... C.S. Water & Sewer Company... Lackawaxen Twp............... Pike............ PA.......... 04/26/94 04/26/1999
D-89-03 CP.................... Borough of Collingswood...... Collingswood Boro............ Camden.......... NJ.......... 06/28/94 06/28/1999
D-89-10 CP.................... Northeast Land Company....... Kidder Twp................... Carbon.......... PA.......... 04/26/94 04/26/1999
D-90-05 CP.................... Evansburg Water Company...... Lower Providence Twp/ Montgomery...... PA.......... 12/12/95 12/12/2000
Perkiomen Twp.
D-90-111 CP................... Town of Newton............... Town of Newton............... Sussex.......... NJ.......... 05/20/97 05/20/2002
D-90-12 CP.................... Collegeville-Trappe Joint Collegeville Boro/Trappe Boro Montgomery...... PA.......... 09/26/95 09/26/2000
Water System.
D-90-68 CP.................... Kiamesha Artesian Spring Town of Thompson............. Sullivan........ NY.......... 12/12/95 12/12/2000
Water Co..
D-90-87 CP.................... Walnutport Authority......... Walnutport Boro/Lehigh Twp... Northampton..... PA.......... 01/16/96 01/16/2001
D-92-63 CP.................... Grand View Hospital.......... West Rockhill Twp............ Bucks........... PA.......... 01/20/98 01/20/2003
D-84-03 CP Renewal............ Summit Hill Water Authority.. Summit Hill Boro............. Carbon.......... PA.......... 12/14/93 12/14/1988
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Documents relating to these items may be examined at the
Commission's offices. Preliminary dockets are available in single
copies upon request. Please contact George C. Elias concerning docket-
related questions. Persons wishing to testify at this hearing are
requested to register with the Secretary prior to the hearing.
Dated: January 10, 1994.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-1291 Filed 1-19-94; 8:45 am]
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