[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 76 (Thursday, April 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19729-19730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9797]
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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, April 26, 1995. The hearing
will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open
to the public and scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. in the Third Floor
Conference Room of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission's offices at
1721 N. Front Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
An informal conference among the Commissioners and staff will be
open for public observation at 10:00 a.m. at the same location and will
include a briefing on proposed amendments to Commission regulations
concerning water quality criteria for toxic pollutants and policies and
procedures to establish wasteload allocations and effluent limitations
for point source discharges to the tidal Delaware River.
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 6). An
application for inclusion of the Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L)
Unit No. 9 CT (an oil/natural gas-fueled combustion turbine approved by
Docket No. D-93-71 on March 23, 1994) as a 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. In addition, Unit Nos. 1 and 2, which will be decommissioned
on completion of Unit No. 9 CT, are to be removed as Designated Units.
The JCP&L Unit No. 9 CT is expected to have a maximum monthly
consumptive water use of 120,000 gallons per day (gpd) and a power
output of 141 megawatts. All project units are located at JCP&L's
Gilbert Generating Station in Holland Township, Hunterdon County, New
Jersey. Merrill Creek Reservoir is located in Harmony Township, Warren
County, New Jersey.
2. Artesian Water Company D-79-58 RENEWAL 2. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 530.42
million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution
system from 38 existing wells. Commission approval on June 28, 1989 was
limited to five years. [[Page 19730]] The applicant requests that the
total withdrawal from all wells be increased from 502.05 mg/30 days to
530.42 mg/30 days. The project is located in New Castle County,
Delaware.
3. North Heidelberg Sewer Co. Inc. D-94-1. A project to upgrade and
expand the applicant's existing 0.025 million gallons per day (mgd)
sewage treatment plant (STP) to provide 0.050 mgd of sewage treatment
capacity to serve growth in the Heidelberg Investment Associates'
planned community which is situated in both Jefferson and North
Heidelberg Townships in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The upgraded STP
will continue to provide secondary treatment via the activated sludge
process and will also have tertiary filtration. The STP project is
located just north of Tulpehocken Creek and west of Bernville in
Jefferson Township. The treated effluent will continue to discharge via
an existing outfall to an unnamed tributary of Tulpehocken Creek.
4. Merck & Co., Inc. D-94-24. An application for approval of a
ground water withdrawal associated with a ground water decontamination
project to supply up to 8.6 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's West
Point facility from new Well Nos. PW-12 and PW-13, and to increase the
existing withdrawal limit of 25 mg/30 days from all wells to 40 mg/30
days. Site remediation efforts are proceeding under an Administrative
Consent Order with the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The project is located in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County,
and is located in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected
Area.
5. Borough of Bally Municipal Authority D-94-44 CP. A project to
modify and expand the applicant's existing 0.2 mgd municipal STP to
provide 0.5 mgd secondary treatment capacity and serve growth of
industrial, commercial and residential customers in the Borough of
Bally and portions of Washington Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
The STP system will be modified to provide more reliable and consistent
treatment and to handle hydraulic overload. Treated effluent, after
disinfection, will continue to discharge to Northwest Branch Perkiomen
Creek approximately 500 feet west of the Berks County border with
Montgomery County in Washington Township, Berks County.
6. Meter Services Company D-94-49 CP. An application for approval
of an increased ground water withdrawal to supply up to 3.6 mg/30 days
of water to the applicant's distribution system from existing Well Nos.
1 and 2. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all
wells be increased from 1.8 mg/30 days to 3.6 mg/30 days. The project
is located in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, in the Southeastern
Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
7. Estaugh Corporation (Trading as Medford Leas) D-94-56. A project
to withdraw up to 7.2 mg/30 days (0.24 mgd) from a proposed intake on
the South Branch Rancocas Creek to serve the applicant's health care
facility located between Route 70 and New Freedom Road just northeast
of the Borough of Medford in Medford Township, Burlington County, New
Jersey. The withdrawal will be used for irrigation of the grounds and
the intake will be located on the applicant's property which is
bordered on the east side by the South Branch Rancocas Creek. The
project is proposed as a means to reduce usage of the applicant's
existing permitted wells.
8. Deptford Township Municipal Utilities Authority D-94-68 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. 8, and to retain the existing withdrawal limit from
all wells of 123 mg/30 days. The project is located in Deptford
Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
9. New York City Department of Environmental Protection--
Margaretville STP D-94-78 CP. A project to upgrade the Margaretville-
Arkville STP located in the southwestern corner of the Village of
Margaretville in the Town of Middletown, Delaware County, New York. The
existing 0.4 mgd capacity STP serves approximately half of the area of
the Village of Margaretville and portions of the hamlet of Arkville,
all in the Town of Middletown. The existing secondary treatment
facilities will be replaced by a new advanced secondary STP with
tertiary filtration. The upgraded STP is designed for the same flow and
will continue to discharge to the East Branch Delaware River.
10. New Jersey Foreign Trade Zone D-94-83. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 12 mg/30
days of water to the applicant's office and industrial complex from
Well Nos. BR-3 and BR-4, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to
12 mg/30 days. The project is located in Mount Olive Township, Morris
County, New Jersey.
11. Wissahickon Spring Water, Inc. D-95-11. 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 bulk water loading facility from
new Well No. 1, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 8.64 mg/
30 days. The project is located in Pike Township, Berks County,
Pennsylvania.
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 11, 1995.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-9797 Filed 4-19-95; 8:45 am]
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