[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14274-14275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6447]



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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 22, 1995. The hearing 
will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open 
to the public and scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.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 9:00 a.m. at the same location and will 
include a discussion of the Delaware Estuary management plan and DRBC 
commitments for consideration.
    The subjects of the hearing will be as follows:
    Application for Approval of the Following Projects Pursuant to 
Article 10.3, Article 11 and/or Section 3.8 of the Compact:
    1. Holdover Project: Concord Mobile Home Park D-92-68. A sewage 
treatment plant (STP) project that entails construction of a 63,500 
gallons per day (gpd) capacity secondary level extended aeration plant 
to serve a proposed 254-lot mobile home park in Concord Township, 
Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The STP will discharge to Green Creek, a 
tributary of West Branch Chester Creek, at a point just north of 
Concord Road. This hearing continues that of February 22, 1995.
    2. Merrill Creek Owners Group (MCOG) D-77-110 CP (Amendment 6). An 
application for inclusion of the Keystone Energy Service Company L.P. 
Facility (approved by Docket D-90-48 on September 25, 1991) as an 
additional Designated Unit to Table A (Revised) of the Merrill Creek 
Reservoir Project, to enable releases from the reservoir to make up for 
consumptive water use during drought periods. The Keystone Cogeneration 
Facility is expected to average approximately 2.7 million gallons per 
day (mgd) in consumptive use and is located west of Route 130, adjacent 
to the Delaware River in Logan Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey; 
Merrill Creek Reservoir is located in Harmony Township, Warren County, 
New Jersey.
    3. Hercules Incorporated D-84-28 RENEWAL. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 10 million 
gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's Hercules Research 
Center from 14 existing wells. Commission approval on August 15, 1984 
was limited to 10 years. The applicant requests that the total 
withdrawal from all wells be decreased from 14 mg/30 days to 10 mg/30 
days. The project is located in New Castle County, Delaware.
    4. Borough of Elmer D-85-24 CP RENEWAL-2. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 10 mg/30 
days of water to the applicant's distribution system from Well Nos. 6 
and 8. Commission approval on September 27, 1989 was limited to five 
years and will expire unless renewed. The applicant requests that the 
total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 10 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in Elmer Borough, Salem County, New Jersey.
    5. Town of Liberty D-89-58 CP RENEWAL. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal [[Page 14275]] project to supply 
up to 4.0 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's Ferndale Water 
District from Well Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Commission approval on February 28, 
1990 was limited to five years. The applicant requests that the total 
withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 4.0 mg/30 days. The project 
is located in the Town of Liberty, Sullivan County, New York.
    6. Township of Greenwich D-94-51 CP. An application for approval of 
a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 43.2 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's distribution system from new Well No. 4A, and 
to retain the existing withdrawal limit from all wells of 46.8 mg/30 
days. The project is located in Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, 
New Jersey.
    7. Harcros Pigments, Inc. D-94-75. A project to upgrade the 
applicant's existing 1.29 mgd industrial wastewater treatment plant 
(IWTP) by the installation of a mechanical draft cooling tower, which 
is designed to enable the IWTP effluent to meet revised temperature 
limits. Consumptive water loss will increase slightly to a maximum of 
7,200 gpd due to the effluent cooling process. The IWTP will continue 
to serve only the applicant's pigment manufacturing operations and 
discharge to the Bushkill Creek at the City of Easton, approximately 
2.5 miles upstream of its confluence with the Delaware River in 
Northampton County, Pennsylvania. No increased water withdrawal is 
proposed.
    8. Integrated Health Services at Penn, Inc. D-95-4. A project to 
modify the applicant's existing 12,500 gpd sewage treatment plant (STP) 
by improving the treatment processes and facilities, including the 
tertiary filtration system; ultraviolet disinfection is also proposed. 
The STP serves the applicant's nursing home and is located in Lake 
Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania just northeast of Lake Ariel and 
south of Route 191. With no increase in permitted flow, the discharge 
will continue to an unnamed tributary of Ariel Creek which flows to 
Lake Wallenpaupack.
    9. Holman Enterprises-RMP Facility D-95-5. A ground water 
remediation project which entails withdrawal and treatment of 
approximately 74,000 gpd of contaminated ground water for discharge to 
South Branch Pennsauken Creek in Pennsauken Township, Camden County, 
New Jersey. The project treatment facility will be located at the 
applicant's engine rebuilding plant site just east of Haddonfield Road 
and south of Route 73 in Pennsauken Township, Camden County, New 
Jersey.
    10. Valley Forge Sewer Authority D-95-6 CP. A project to expand the 
applicant's existing 8.0 mgd secondary sewage treatment plant (STP) to 
8.99 mgd by rerating the existing facilities after minor modifications. 
The STP service area will continue to include East Pikeland, 
Schuylkill, and Charleston Townships; the Borough of Malvern; and 
portions of Easttown, Tredyffrin, East Whiteland, and Willistown 
Townships, all in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The STP will continue 
to discharge treated effluent to the Schuylkill River in Schuylkill 
Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    Documents related 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 7, 1995.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-6447 Filed 3-15-95; 8:45 am]
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