[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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