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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, February 23, 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 9:30 a.m. at the same location and will 
include discussions concerning Basinwide hydrologic conditions; the 
Christina River drought management plan; Pennsylvania municipal 
compliance with DRBC water conservation plumbing fixture requirements 
and contracts to receive and expend funds in connection with the scenic 
rivers water quality monitoring program and a nonpoint source 
management study of the Musconetcong watershed.
    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. Carolyn R. Wilson D-83-4 RENEWAL. An application for the renewal 
of a ground water withdrawal project, formerly approved under the name 
of Edith Raughley, to supply up to 18.9 million gallons (mg)/30 days of 
water to the applicant's supplemental agricultural irrigation system 
from Well Nos. 1(Home Farm) and 2(Wilson Farm). Commission approval on 
June 27, 1984 was limited to nine years. The applicant requests that 
the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 18.9 mg/30 days. 
The project is located in Kent County, Delaware.
    3. Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority D-87-42 CP RENEWAL. An 
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 60.48 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from Well No. 11. Commission approval on October 26, 1988 was 
limited to five years. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal 
from all wells remain limited to 300 mg/30 days. The project is located 
in Willingboro Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
    4. City of Dover D-88-71 CP RENEWAL. An application for the renewal 
of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 300 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's distribution system from Well Nos. 1 through 
14. Commission approval on December 14, 1988 was limited to five years. 
The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain 
limited to 300 mg/30 days. The project is located in the City of Dover, 
Kent County, Delaware.
    5. Citgo Asphalt Refining Company D-91-34. A surface water 
withdrawal project for provision of up to 0.156 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.
    6. Borough of Richland D-92-1 CP. An application for approval of a 
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 1.3 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.
    7. 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 and the remaining wells were approved under AWC 
ownership. The proposed total withdrawal limit of 42 mg/30 days is not 
an increase 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.
    8. Township of Pemberton D-92-56 CP. An application for approval of 
a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 17.3 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's distribution system from new Well No. 11, and 
to retain the existing withdrawal limit from all wells of 38.75 mg/30 
days. The project is located in Pemberton Township, Burlington County, 
New Jersey.
    9. Metro Machine of Pennsylvania, Inc. D-92-65. A project to 
revitalize and rehabilitate the shipbuilding and repair operation 
formerly owned by the Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company located on the 
Delaware River in the City of Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania 
and situated approximately two miles northeast of the Commodore Barry 
Bridge. Water withdrawal from the Delaware River is proposed at a rate 
of 4.32 mgd used mostly for cooling shipboard facilities, with a 
portion used to surcharge the fire fighting system, and provide 
shipboard sanitary service. Approximately 95 percent of the water will 
be returned to the Delaware River unaltered while shipboard sanitary 
wastewater will be discharged to the Delaware County Regional Water 
Quality Control Authority's (DELCORA) sewage treatment plant. Potable 
water will be provided by the City of Chester.
    10. 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.
    11. 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.
    12. 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 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 recharge wells, as described in Docket D-93-34(D). The 
project is located in the City of Millville, Cumberland County, New 
Jersey.
    13. Peddler's View Utility Co. Inc. D-93-41. A proposed new sewage 
treatment plant (STP) project to provide a 60,000 gallons per day (gpd) 
capacity secondary level plant to serve the proposed 214-unit 
residential development of Peddler's View. The STP will be located in 
Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, south of Route 202 and 
east of Route 263. The discharge will be to an 18-acre spray irrigation 
area on the Peddler's View site to the north side of Route 202.
    14. 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 
8.7 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.
    15. Sechler Foods, Inc. D-93-49. An application for an increased 
withdrawal of ground water from existing Well Nos. 2 and 3, previously 
approved under the ownership of United Poultry Processing Plant, Inc. 
The applicant requests that the withdrawal from existing Well Nos. 2 
and 3 be limited to 9 mg/30 days and that the total withdrawal from all 
wells be increased from 4.5 to 9 mg/30 days. The project is located in 
Franklin Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
    16. MAFCO Worldwide Corporation 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.
    17. 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.
    18. 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.
    19. Upper Dublin Township D-93-76 CP. A project to modify the 
applicant's existing 0.85 mgd capacity secondary treatment plant 
(formerly operated by Delaware Valley Industrial Sewage Company) which 
will continue to serve a portion of Upper Dublin Township and discharge 
to Pine Run, a tributary of the Wissahickon Creek, in Montgomery 
County, Pennsylvania. The modification will provide additional 0.25 mgd 
capacity secondary treatment facilities to improve effluent quality and 
to allow for a future rerating.
    20. Mobile Estates of Southampton D-93-79. A project to upgrade and 
modify the applicant's existing 0.06 mgd sewage treatment plant (STP) 
and relocate the surface water discharge from a small unnamed tributary 
of the North Branch Rancocas Creek to a new point discharging directly 
to the North Branch Rancocas Creek. The STP will provide tertiary 
treatment facilities and continue to serve only the Mobile Estates of 
Southampton mobile home development located in Southampton Township, 
Burlington County, New Jersey.

    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 No.          Docket name        Municipality          County         State    expiration   expiration
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D-79-54 CP Renewal  Middletown Twp      Middletown Twp...  Bucks............  PA           02/28/95   02/28/2000
 2.                  Water Sewer Dept.                                                                          
D-80-51 CP Renewal  Warminster          Warminster Twp...  Bucks............  PA           02/20/96   02/20/2201
 2.                  Municipal                                                                                  
                     Authority.                                                                                 
D-84-03 CP Renewal  Summit Hill Water   Summit Hill Boro.  Carbon...........  PA           12/14/93   12/14/1998
                     Authority.                                                                                 
D-84-60 CP Renewal  Citizens Utilities  Spring Twp.......  Berks............  PA           06/27/95   06/27/2000
                     Water Co of PA.                                                                            
D-85-08 CP Renewal  Borough of          Roosevelt Boro/..  Monmouth.........  NJ           08/02/96   08/02/1999
                     Roosevelt.                                                                                 
D-85-26 CP Renewal  Borough of Ambler.  Lower Gwynedd      Montgomery.......  PA           02/28/95   02/28/2000
                                         Twp; Upper                                                             
                                         Dublin Twp.                                                            
D-86-07 CP........  Telford Borough     Hilltown Twp.....  Bucks............  PA           09/28/93   09/28/1998
                     Authority.                                                                                 
D-86-59 CP Renewal  Citizens Utilities  East Pikeland Twp  Chester..........  PA           12/11/96   12/11/2001
                     Home Water                                                                                 
                     Company.                                                                                   
D-87-61 CP Renewal  Bedminster          Bedminster Twp...  Bucks............  PA           06/24/97   06/24/2002
                     Municipal                                                                                  
                     Authority.                                                                                 
D-87-96 CP........  C.S. Water Sewer    Lackawaxen Twp...  Pike.............  PA           04/26/94   04/26/1999
                     Company.                                                                                   
D-89-03 CP........  Borough of          Collingswood Boro  Camden...........  NJ           06/28/94   06/28/1999
                     Collingswood.                                                                              
D-89-10 CP........  Northeast Land      Kidder Twp.......  Carbon...........  PA           04/26/94   04/26/1999
                     Company.                                                                                   
D-90-05 CP........  Evansburg Water     Lower Providence   Montgomery.......  PA           12/12/95   12/12/2000
                     Company.            Twp/Perkiomen                                                          
                                         Twp.                                                                   
D-90-12 CP........  Collegeville-       Collegeville Boro/ Montgomery.......  PA           09/26/95   09/26/2000
                     Trappe Joint        Trappe Boro.                                                           
                     Water System.                                                                              
D-90-57 CP........  Township of         Medford Twp......  Burlington.......  NJ           12/12/95   12/12/2000
                     Medford.                                                                                   
D-90-68 CP........  Kiamesha Artesian   Town of Thompson.  Sullivan.........  NY           12/12/95   12/12/2000
                     Spring Water Co.                                                                           
D-90-87 CP........  Walnutport          Walnutport Boro/   Northampton......  PA           01/16/96   01/16/2001
                     Authority.          Lehigh Twp.                                                            
D-90-111 CP.......  Town of Newton....  Town of Newton...  Sussex...........  NJ           05/20/97   05/20/2002
D-92-63 CP........  Grand View          West Rockhill Twp  Bucks............  PA           01/20/98   01/20/2003
                     Hospital.                                                                                  
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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: February 8, 1994.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-3656 Filed 2-16-94; 8:45 am]
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