[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11387-11388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6610]



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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Commission Meeting and Public Hearing

    Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission 
will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, March 26, 1996. 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.
    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. Hanover Foods Corporation D-85-70 RENEWAL. An application for 
the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 75 
million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's food 
processing facility from Well Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6. Commission approval 
on November 26, 1985 was limited to ten years. The applicant requests 
that the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 75 mg/30 
days. The project is located near the Town of Clayton, Kent County, 
Delaware.
    2. Town of Frederica D-89-73 CP RENEWAL. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 3.9 mg/30 
days of water to the applicant's distribution system from Well Nos. 3 
and 4. Commission approval on January 12, 1990 was limited to five 
years. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all wells 
remain limited to 3.9 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Town of 
Frederica, Kent County, Delaware.
    3. Honey Brook Borough Authority D-91-99 CP. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.32 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 12 
mg/30 days. The project is located in Honey Brook Township, Chester 
County, Pennsylvania.
    4. Heidelberg Heights Sewage Company D-94-9. A project to upgrade 
and expand the applicant's existing 35,000 gallons per day (gpd) sewage 
treatment facility by providing a new advanced secondary biological 
treatment system capable of providing 60,000 gpd of treatment. The 
project is located just south of Heidelberg Heights Road in Heidelberg 
Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Treated effluent will continue 
to discharge to an unnamed tributary of Mill Creek, which is a 
tributary of Jordan Creek.
    5. Lansford-Coaldale Joint Water Authority D-95-13 CP. An 
application for approval of a ground water

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withdrawal project to supply water to the applicant's distribution 
system from existing Well Nos. 1 and 2; from new Well Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 
A, B, C, D and F; and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 33 mg/
30 days. The project is located in Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County, 
Pennsylvania.
    6. Borough of Berlin D-95-24 CP. An application for approval of a 
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 40 mg/30 days of water 
to the applicant's distribution system from new Well Nos. 12 and 14, 
and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 92.3 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in Berlin Borough and Berlin Township, Camden 
County, New Jersey.
    7. B & B Poultry Company D-95-33. An application for approval of a 
ground water withdrawal project to continue to supply water to the 
applicant's poultry processing facility from new Well No. 7 and 
existing Well Nos. 4, 5 and 6, and to increase the existing withdrawal 
limit from all wells of 9.3 mg/30 days to 14.19 mg/30 days. The project 
is located in Pittsgrove Township, Salem County, New Jersey.
    8. City of Vineland D-95-47 CP. An application for approval of a 
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 5.6 mg/30 days of water 
to the applicant's distribution system from new Well No. 14, and to 
increase the existing withdrawal limit of 400 mg/30 days from all wells 
to 494.5 mg/30 days. The project is located in the City of Vineland, 
Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    9. Texaco Refining & Marketing, Inc. D-96-2. A project to construct 
a ground water remediation treatment plant with the capacity to treat 
up to 47,520 gpd of ground water recovered from two extraction Well 
Nos. RW-1 and MW-5. The applicant will provide an air stripper for 
removal of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), a particle filter to 
remove suspended solids, and a liquid phase granular-activated carbon 
filtration system for final polishing prior to discharge to the 
Westfall Town shopping center storm drainage system which outfalls to 
the Delaware River in the Special Protection Waters designated as 
Significant Resource Waters. The remediation system will serve only the 
applicant's former Texaco Service Station site (now a Mobil gas 
station) at Route 209/6 and Kokolias Lane in Westfall Township, 
approximately one mile downstream of Matamoras Borough, Pike 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: March 11, 1996.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-6610 Filed 3-19-96; 8:45 am]
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