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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, April 27, 1994. The hearing 
will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open 
to the public and scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. in Rooms 125 and 126 
of the meeting facilities at Penn State Great Valley, 30 E. Swedesford 
Road, Malvern, Pennsylvania.
    An informal conference among the Commissioners and staff will be 
open for public observation at 10 a.m. at the same location and will 
include briefings on the Delaware Estuary Toxics Management Program and 
the Commission's Water Conservation Advisory Committee.
    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. Hickory Water Company D-87-31 CP Renewal. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 14.5 
million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from Well Nos. 1 through 5. Commission approval on September 28, 
1988 was limited to five years. The applicant requests that the total 
withdrawal from all wells be increased from 10.58 mg/30 days to 14.5 
mg/30 days. The project is located in Delaware Township, Pike County, 
Pennsylvania.
    2. Star Enterprise D-88-25 Renewal. An application for the renewal 
of a ground water withdrawal of up to 6.48 mg/30 days of water from the 
applicant's ground water decontamination system from Well Nos. C-6, C-
7, C-10 and C-29R. Commission approval on May 25, 1988 was limited to 
five years. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all 
wells remain limited to 6.48 mg/30 days. The project is located in New 
Castle County, Delaware.
    3. Upper Deerfield Township D-93-16 CP. An application for approval 
of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 19.8 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's distribution system from new Well No. 3 and 
proposed Well No. 4, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 19.8 
mg/30 days. The project is located in Upper Deerfield Township, 
Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    4. Pennsgrove Water Supply Company, Bridgeport Division D-93-28 CP. 
An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 7.5 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from existing Well Nos. 2 and 3, and to limit the withdrawal 
from all wells to 7.5 mg/30 days. The project is located in Logan 
Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
    5. Enserv Inc. D-93-54. A proposal to provide a new sewage 
treatment plant (STP) to replace two existing STPs; one serving 
Immaculata College and permitted at 0.072 million gallons per day 
(mgd), and the other serving Camilla Hall and permitted for 0.026 mgd. 
The new secondary level STP will be operated at 0.098 mgd and handle 
the combined wastewater flow of the existing plants. The proposed STP 
will be located adjacent to the existing Camilla Hall STP just off 
Frazer Road and will discharge to an unnamed tributary of Valley Creek, 
in East Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    6. Blue Bell Country Club D-93-59. An application for approval of a 
ground and surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 0.068 mgd 
of water to the applicant's golf course irrigation system from new Well 
No. 5 and to decrease the existing withdrawal limit from all sources 
from 14.3 mg/30 days to 6.1 mg/30 days. The project is located in 
Whitpain Township, Montgomery County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania 
Ground Water Protected Area.
    7. UTI Corporation D-93-61(D) & D-93-61(G). A ground water 
remediation project consisting of the proposed withdrawal and treatment 
of up to 0.216 mgd of ground water at the applicant's metal tube 
facility located in Trappe Borough, Montgomery County, in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area. Ten on-site 
wells are described in Docket No. D-93-61(G) and the treatment 
discharge system is described in Docket No. D-93-61(D). The ground 
water will be treated via an existing air stripper, after minor 
modifications, for removal of volatile organic compounds. The discharge 
will be to a drainage swale flowing to an unnamed tributary of 
Perkiomen Creek.
    8. Mercer County Improvement Authority D-93-65 CP. An electric 
generation project that will provide electrical power through disposal 
of municipal waste by incineration. A steam turbine will generate up to 
52 megawatts of electricity for in-house use and for sale to Public 
Service Electric and Gas Company. Water will be provided by the City of 
Trenton. A new consumptive use of approximately 140,000 gpd, on 
average, is expected by the applicant. No new direct industrial 
wastewater discharge is proposed. The project waste disposal facilities 
will serve Mercer and Atlantic Counties. The project will be located on 
Duck Island adjacent to the Delaware River in Hamilton Township, Mercer 
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: April 12, 1994.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-9642 Filed 4-20-94; 8:45 am]
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