[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9498]



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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 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 10:30 a.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 9:30 a.m. at the same location and will include a discussion of 
proposed revisions to the Commission's Administrative Manual--Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, an update on management of New Jersey's 
Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Aquifer system 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: Borough of Berlin D-95-24 CP. An application 
for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 27.5 
million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from new Well No. 12, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells 
located within the Delaware River Basin to 27.5 mg/30 days. The project 
is located in Berlin Township, Camden County, New Jersey. This hearing 
continues that of March 26, 1996.
    2. National Utilities, Inc./Hamilton Division D-85-55 CP RENEWAL. 
An application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 5.5 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's Hamilton 
Division from Well Nos. 1, 3 and 4. Commission approval on August 8, 
1990 was limited to five years. The applicant requests that the total 
withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 5.5 mg/30 days. The project 
is located in Ross Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
    3. Kraft Foods, Inc. D-92-53 (Revised). A project to provide a 
ground water supply to serve the applicant's food processing plant in 
the City of Dover, Kent County, Delaware. The applicant will continue 
to use its existing Well Nos. 1 and 2 for its food processing 
operations; existing Well No. 3 and the existing cogeneration facility 
it serves will be sold to First State Power Management, Inc. (see 
Application D-96-10). The applicant requests that the total combined 
withdrawal from Well Nos. 1 and 2 be limited to 7 mg/30 days (0.23 
million gallons per day (mgd)).
    4. Monroe Municipal Utilities Authority D-93-9 CP. An application 
for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 25.92 
mg/30 days of water to that portion of the applicant's distribution 
system located within the Delaware River Basin from new Well Nos. 9 and 
10, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells located within the 
Delaware River Basin to 25.92 mg/30 days. The project is located in 
Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
    5. Florence Township Water Department D-94-82 CP. An application 
for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 21.6 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from new 
Well No. 5, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 60 mg/30 
days. The project is located in Florence Township, Burlington County, 
New Jersey.
    6. Whitehall Township Authority D-95-48 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 the new 
Huber Well, and to retain the existing withdrawal limit from all wells 
of 73 mg/30 days. The project is located in Whitehall Township, Lehigh 
County, Pennsylvania.
    7. Township of Horsham Sewer Authority D-95-64 CP. A project to 
modify and expand the applicant's 0.5 mgd Park Creek Sewage Treatment 
Plant (STP) which is located off Keith Valley Road in Horsham Township, 
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The STP will be expanded to provide 
1.0 mgd of advanced secondary treatment, including ammonia, phosphorus, 
and nitrogen removal. The STP will serve a larger area of Horsham 
Township and will continue to discharge to Park Creek.
    8. Utility Group Services Corporation D-96-8. A project to upgrade 
and expand the applicant's Little Washington Drainage Company STP 
located in East Brandywine Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The 
STP serves two residential developments in East Brandywine Township: 
Culbertson Run and The Timbers. The project entails expansion from 
53,100 gallons per day (gpd) to 93,000 gpd in two phases, and the 
advanced secondary STP will be upgraded from extended aeration to a 
suspended growth biological nitrogen removal process with tertiary 
filtration. The existing allowable discharge to Culbertson Run will 
remain at 53,100 gpd and the expanded average flow of 40,000 gpd will 
be discharged to two proposed infiltration beds for subsurface 
disposal.
    9. First State Power Management, Inc. D-96-10. A project to operate 
an existing well and cogeneration facility, both to be purchased from 
Kraft Foods, Inc. (see Application D-92-53 (Revised)). The project is 
located in the City of Dover, Kent County, Delaware. The applicant will 
operate an 18-megawatt steam cycle coal-fired cogeneration plant to 
provide power to the City of Dover's electric distribution system, and 
steam to Kraft Foods, Inc. The cogeneration plant site includes Well 
No. 3; the applicant requests the withdrawal be limited to 16 mg/30 
days (0.53 mgd).
    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 9, 1996.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-9498 Filed 4-16-96; 8:45 am]
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