[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6978-6979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4094]



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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, February 28, 1996. 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 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 11:00 a.m. at the same location and will include a presentation 
on the Neshaminy Creek Basin Study and management options, discussion 
of proposed DRBC computer system and GIS, the Commission's 1996 meeting 
schedule 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: Crompton & Knowles Colors Incorporated, D-95-8 
(Revised). A request to revise the applicant's recently approved 0.22 
million gallons per day (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. 
This hearing continues that of January 24, 1996.
    2. Merrill Creek Owners Group (MCOG) D-77-110 CP (Amendment 9). An 
application for inclusion of the Grays Ferry Cogeneration Partnership's 
173 megawatt cogeneration plant (an oil/natural gas fueled combustion 
turbine approved by Docket No. D-95-32 on June 28, 1995) 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 of the plant during drought periods. The MCOG 
expects the Grays Ferry Cogeneration plant to have a maximum monthly 
consumptive water use of 267,840 gallons per day (gpd) during winter 
and 60,480 gpd during summer. The plant is situated on the site of an 
existing cogeneration facility which was formerly part of the PECO 
Energy Company's Schuylkill Generating Station, in the City of 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Merrill Creek Reservoir is located in 
Harmony Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
    3. Borough of Doylestown D-79-18 CP RENEWAL 3. An application for 
the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 50 
million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from Well Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13. Commission approval on 
March 27, 1991 was limited to five years and will expire unless 
renewed. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all 
wells remain limited to 50 mg/30 days. The project is located in the 
Borough of Doylestown, Bucks County, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania 
Ground Water Protected Area.
    4. Evesham Municipal Utilities Authority D-93-12 CP RENEWAL. An 
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply 
up to 23 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system 
from new Well No. 12 screened in the PRM Aquifer, and to retain the 
existing withdrawal limit of 136 mg/30 days from all wells. The project 
is located in Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
    5. Village of Wurtsboro D-94-25 CP. An application for approval of 
a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 2.5 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's distribution system from new Well Nos. 2 and 
3, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 6.0 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in the Village of Wurtsboro, Sullivan County, New 
York.
    6. Warminster Township Municipal Authority D-94-40 CP. An 
application for the approval of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 18 mg/30 days to the applicant's distribution system from 
new Well Nos. 43, 44 and 45; and to increase the existing withdrawal 
limit from all wells from 98.46 mg/30 days to 114 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in Warminster Township, Bucks County, in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    7. Old York Country Club D-95-3. An application for approval of a 
ground water and surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 8 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's golf course irrigation system from 
new Well Nos. 1 and 2, and to limit the withdrawal from the man-made 
storage reservoirs to 8 mg/30 days. The project is located in 

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Chesterfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
    8. Delaware Avenue Enterprises, Inc. D-95-61. A project to 
construct a multi-purpose marine terminal on the Delaware River which 
will entail removal of existing deteriorated pier structures, 
construction of approximately 1,750 linear feet of new bulkheading, 
filling approximately 2.3 acres of open water, and dredging 
approximately 197,760 cubic yards. The project is located immediately 
upstream of the Walt Whitman Bridge (encompassing Piers 103 through 
108) in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 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: February 13, 1996.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-4094 Filed 2-22-96; 8:45 am]
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