[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1364-1366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-607]



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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, January 24, 1996. The hearing 
will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open 
to the public and scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. 

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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 
held at 9:45 a.m. at the same location and will include a summary of 
the Commission's recent retreat strategy, discussion of procedures 
relating to the Blue Mountain Power project and public dialogue.
    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: Lehigh County Authority - Western Lehigh 
Service Area D-92-13 CP. An application for approval of a ground water 
withdrawal project to supply up to 86.4 million gallons (mg)/30 days of 
water to the applicant's Central Division distribution system from new 
Well Nos. 17 and 18, and to increase the existing withdrawal limit of 
all wells from 188 mg/30 days to 214 mg/30 days. The project is located 
in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. This hearing 
continues that of December 6, 1995.
    2. Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corporation D-88-53 RENEWAL. An 
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal and 
decontamination project to supply up to 17.86 mg/30 days of water from 
existing Well Nos. Layne, W-9, RW6S, RW6D and RIW2. Commission approval 
on June 29, 1989 was limited to five years. The applicant requests that 
the total withdrawal limit from all wells be limited to 17.86 mg/30 
days. The project is located in Newfield Borough, Gloucester County, 
and Vineland City, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    3. Washington Township Municipal Utilities Authority D-94-26 CP. An 
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply 
up to 26 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system 
from new Well No. 18, and to increase the existing withdrawal limit of 
203 mg/30 days from all wells to 248.2 mg/30 days. The project is 
located in Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
    4. Lehigh Township Municipal Authority D-94-53 CP. A project to 
construct a 0.3 million gallons per day (mgd) sewage treatment plant 
(Danielsville STP) to serve residential and commercial development in a 
portion of Lehigh Township. The STP will provide secondary biological 
treatment and discharge to Bertsch Creek, a tributary of the Lehigh 
River. The STP will be located approximately 700 feet south of State 
Route 946 and just to the west of Bertsch Creek near the community of 
Edgemont in Lehigh Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
    5. Lehigh Township Municipal Authority D-94-54 CP. A project to 
construct a 60,000 gallons per day (gpd) sewage treatment plant 
(Pennsville STP) to treat residential and commercial development in a 
portion of Lehigh Township. The proposed STP will provide secondary 
biological treatment and discharge to Indian Creek, a tributary of 
Hokendauqua Creek in the Lehigh River Watershed. The STP will be 
located approximately 500 feet south of State Route 248 adjacent to 
Indian Creek near the community of Pennsville, Lehigh Township, 
Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
    6. Crompton & Knowles Colors, Inc. D-95-8 (Revision 1). A request 
to revise the applicant's recently approved 0.22 mgd industrial 
wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) expansion docket to increase the 
average monthly allowable copper concentration limits from 0.50 
milligrams per liter (mg/l) to 1.0 mg/l. The applicant requests the 
limit on the basis of demonstration of best practicable treatment 
provided by its IWTP that serves the applicant's dyestuff and special 
chemical manufacturing operation. The plant is located in Robeson 
Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania and will continue to discharge to 
the Schuylkill River.
    7. Timber Lake Camp West Corporation D-95-15. A project to 
construct a new 30,000 gpd STP to replace an existing 30,000 gpd 
subsurface sewage disposal system. The STP will continue to serve the 
applicant's summer camp occupied from July through August, and will 
discharge to a man-made lake on the camp property which is at the 
headwaters of Bascom Brook, a tributary of Willoemoc Creek, in the Town 
of Rockland, Sullivan County, New York.
    8. Upper Makefield Township D-95-23 CP. An application for 
inclusion of an existing 0.1 mgd capacity STP in the DRBC Comprehensive 
Plan. The STP was approved via Docket No. D-84-40 on May 1, 1985, under 
Section 3.8 of the DRBC Compact and has been acquired by Upper 
Makefield Township from the previous private owner, Heritage 
Investment, Inc. The STP will continue to serve residential development 
in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The applicant 
requests a transfer of Docket No. D-84-40 and proposes no changes from 
the existing docket other than ownership and inclusion in the 
Comprehensive Plan. The STP is located west of Taylorsville Road 
approximately one-half mile northwest of its intersection with Route 
532 in Upper Makefield Township. The STP will continue to discharge to 
the Delaware River in Water Quality Zone 1E.
    9. City of Milford D-95-44 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. 3, and 
to retain the existing withdrawal limit from all wells of 64 mg/30 
days. The project is located in the City of Milford, Kent and Sussex 
Counties, Delaware.
    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.

Public Information Notice

Delaware River Basin Commission Strategy

    On October 25, 1995 the Delaware River Basin Commission authorized 
its Executive Director to enter into an agreement with H. W. Hill & 
Associates to facilitate a retreat for the purpose of developing a 
policy level strategy to improve the performance of the Commission in 
meeting its goals and objectives. The retreat, conducted December 12-
14, 1995, sought to promote dialogue and achieve consensus among the 
Commissioners and Commission executive staff.
    Based on clear statements of purpose, scope and assumptions, the 
retreat process first identified specific problems. Next, objectives 
and action items were considered and prioritized to address each 
problem. Issues addressed included a review of Delaware River Basin 
Compact authorities and priorities, the need to assure consistent 
funding and reassessment of the Commission's drought operating plan. 
The Commissioners also focused on the need to define roles and 
responsibilities among the Commission, the parties to the 1954 U.S. 
Supreme Court Decree, the River Master, New York City, and the Delaware 
Estuary Program. Among other new initiatives, management principles and 
opportunities will be explored to improve communication among 
Commissioners and staff to enhance staff involvement. In addition, a 
communication strategy will be developed to broaden public involvement 
in Commission activities. 

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Other priority objectives include policy development on the water 
quality issues at Blue Marsh Reservoir and assessment of the use of 
Commission water charging funds and interest. Plans will be developed 
to address water supply and quality problems in high growth areas in 
the Basin and reservoir releases to sustain and improve fisheries. A 
strategic action plan will also be developed and will include an update 
of the Comprehensive Plan for the Basin. Other issues identified 
include assessing and eliminating unnecessary duplication between the 
Commission and the states, providing better opportunities for Governors 
and the Secretary of the Interior to participate in formulating policy 
and resolving major problems, reassessing relationships between the 
Commission and the federal agencies, and evaluating how to implement a 
Geographic Information System at the Commission.
    A copy of the strategy including the list of problems, the 
objectives to address the problems, and a prioritized listing of 
objectives and the problems they address--together with the action 
items believed necessary to meet each objective--is being prepared. 
That document will be available sometime after the Commission's January 
24, 1996 meeting. To obtain a copy, contact Susan M. Weisman at (609) 
883-9500 ext. 203.

    Dated: January 10, 1996.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-607 Filed 1-18-96; 8:45 am]
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