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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION

 

Notice of Commission Meeting and Public Hearing

    Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission 
will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, March 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 10 a.m. in the Goddard 
Conference Room of the Commission's offices at 25 State Police Drive, 
West Trenton, New Jersey.
    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. North Penn Water Authority D-92-44 CP. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 0.864 
million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system in East Rockhill Township from new Well No. ER-74, and to retain 
the existing withdrawal limit from all wells of 280 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in East Rockhill Township, Bucks County, in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    2. Limerick Township Municipal Authority D-93-42 CP. A sewage 
treatment plant (STP) expansion project that entails increasing the 
rating of an existing 1.0 million gallons per day (mgd) STP to 1.6 mgd, 
after minor modifications. The STP will continue to provide secondary 
biological treatment via extended aeration package plants and discharge 
to the Schuylkill River. The STP will continue to serve only Limerick 
Township and is located just off King Road in Limerick Township, 
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
    3. Blue Ridge Real Estate Company D-93-57. A proposal to increase 
the applicant's withdrawal from Tobyhanna Creek from 1.67 mgd 3.33 mgd 
for use in snowmaking at the applicant's Jack Frost Ski Area. The 
project intake is located in Tobyhanna Creek near its confluence with 
the Lehigh River in Kidder Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
    4. Lower Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority D-93-68 CP. A 
project to modify and improve the efficiency and reliability of the 
applicant's existing 10 mgd STP. The STP will continue to serve the 
communities of Levittown in portions of Bristol, Falls and Middletown 
Townships, and the Borough of Tullytown, all in Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania. The STP is located between the Penn-Central Railroad and 
Route 13 just east of Haines Road in Bristol Township and will continue 
to discharge to Water Quality Zone 2 of the Delaware River at the same 
permitted flow.
    5. Jersey Central Power & Light Company D-93-71. An electric power 
generation project that will entail expansion of the applicant's 
existing 533 megawatt (MW) Gilbert Station power generator capability 
to 621 MW. The project entails construction of a new simple cycle 
Combustion Turbine (CT Unit No. 9) with a 133 MW capacity along with 
decommissioning of existing steam boiler generator Unit Nos. 1 and 2 
which have a combined generating capacity of 45 MW. The new CT Unit No. 
9 will entail a new maximum month consumptive use of approximately 0.12 
mgd, while decommissioning Unit Nos. 1 and 2 will reduce once-through 
cooling water withdrawal and thermal loading to the Delaware River. The 
project is located at Gilbert Generating Station which is situated on 
the east bank of the Delaware River in Holland Township, Hunterdon 
County, New Jersey at River Mile 171.3, Water Quality Zone 1E.
    6. Shoemakersville Municipal Authority D-93-74 CP. A project to 
modify and expand the applicant's existing STP from a 0.35 mgd average 
capacity to 0.60 mgd. The STP will continue to serve the Borough of 
Shoemakersville and portions of Perry Township. It is located at the 
end of Second Street in the Borough of Shoemakersville, Berks County, 
Pennsylvania and will continue to discharge to the Schuylkill River.
    7. Pennsgrove Water Supply Company D-93-77 CP. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply water to the 
applicant's distribution system from Well Nos. RF1A, RF2B and RF3A, and 
to retain the existing withdrawal limit from all wells of 58.9 mg/30 
days. The project is located in Carneys Point Township, Salem County, 
New Jersey.
    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: March 8, 1994.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-6096 Filed 3-15-94; 8:45 am]
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