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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, May 25, 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 University of 
Delaware's Goodstay Center, 2600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilmington, 
Delaware.
    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. Holdover Project: 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. This hearing continues that of 
April 27, 1994.
    2. Fawn Lake Forest Water Company D-81-61 CP RENEWAL 2. Revision of 
the ground water withdrawal renewal docket with respect to water 
conservation requirements. The project is located in Lackawaxen 
Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
    3. Villa Roma Country Club D-88-7. An application to expand a 0.045 
million gallons per day (mgd) sewage treatment plant to provide high 
quality secondary and tertiary treatment of 0.145 mgd. The plant is 
located in the Town of Delaware, Sullivan County, New York. The project 
is necessary to serve the applicant's additional dwelling units. Sewage 
treatment plant effluent will continue to be discharged to Jones Brook 
about one mile above its confluence with East Branch Callicoon Creek.
    4. Town of Thompson D-89-11 CP. An application to expand the 
existing 1.0 mgd Kiamesha Sewage Treatment Plant to provide tertiary 
treatment of 2.0 mgd to the Town of Thompson, which encompasses the 
Hamlet of Kiamesha Lake and surrounding residential and commercial 
areas in Sullivan County, New York. Treated effluent will continue to 
be discharged to an unnamed tributary of Kiamesha Creek.
    5. PECO Energy Company (formerly Philadelphia Electric Company) D-
92-66. A project to modify the applicant's Eddystone Generation Station 
industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) 3.7 mgd discharge (outfall 
011) by rerouting the effluent to join the main cooling water discharge 
tunnels for Units 1 and 2 and Units 3 and 4 (outfalls 007 and 008). All 
proposed discharges are to the Delaware River, and the existing IWTP 
discharge will be discontinued. The project is proposed in order to 
reduce the concentration of total dissolved solids in the Eddystone 
Station discharge. The project is located south of the confluence of 
Crum Creek and the Delaware River in the Borough of Eddystone, Delaware 
County, Pennsylvania.
    6. Town of Smyrna D-93-72 CP. An application for approval of a 
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 33.99 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's distribution system from new Well No. 1A, and 
to retain the existing withdrawal limit from all wells of 33.99 mg/30 
days. The project is located in the Town of Smyrna, Kent County, 
Delaware.
    7. Borough of Chalfont D-93-83 CP. An application for approval of a 
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 8.64 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's distribution system from new Well No. 14 and 
to retain the existing withdrawal limit from all wells of 39.0 mg/30 
days. The project is located in Chalfont Borough, Bucks County in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    8. Richland Township D-94-7 CP. A ground water withdrawal project 
to serve as a standby source of supply for the applicant's distribution 
system. The applicant requests that the withdrawal from standby Well 
No. RTW-2 be limited to 4.0 mg/30 days, and that the total withdrawal 
from all wells remain limited to 7.67 mg/30 days. The project is 
located in Richland Township, Bucks County in the Southeastern 
Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    9. City of Bethlehem D-94-10 CP. An application for approval of a 
ground water project to withdraw up to 5.2 mg/30 days of water from 12 
new wells as part of the Groundwater Abatement Program of the City of 
Bethlehem Landfill and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 5.2 
mg/30 days. The project is located in Lower Saucon Township, 
Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
    10. Transit America, Inc. D-94-13. An application for approval of a 
ground water withdrawal of up to 6.6 mg/30 days of water as part of the 
applicant's ground water remediation system from 18 new wells, and to 
limit the total withdrawal from all wells to 6.6 mg/30 days. The 
project is situated in Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County, and 
the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Four of 
the proposed wells are located in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground 
Water Protected Area.
    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: May 10, 1994.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-12222 Filed 5-18-94; 8:45 am]
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