[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12102]



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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, May 22, 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 First Floor 
Meeting Room of the Rachel Carson State Office Building at 400 Market 
Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
    A briefing of the Delaware River Basin's Pennsylvania legislators 
will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the same location.
    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 Borough, Camden County, New Jersey. This hearing 
continues those of March 26, 1996 and April 24, 1996.
    2. A request by C S Water & Sewer Associates to extend the deadline 
completion and operation date in Condition ``g.'' of Docket No. D-76-21 
(Revised) from May 1 to June 30, 1996. Delay in securing funding 
postponed the construction start until April 23, 1996. No other changes 
are requested.
    3. Birmingham Township Sewer Authority D-95-52 CP. A project to 
expand a 40,000 gallons per day (gpd) sewage treatment plant (STP) to 
ultimately treat an average monthly flow of 80,000 gallons per day 
(gpd) which will serve the residential developments of the Ridings of 
Chadds Ford and the Ridings II, both located approximately one-half 
mile west of U.S. Route 202 in Birmingham Township, Delaware County, 
Pennsylvania. The STP will provide advanced secondary biological 
treatment utilizing the activated sludge process and tertiary 
filtration. After disinfection, treated effluent will be discharged to 
an unnamed tributary of Harvey Run.
    4. Borough of Fleetwood D-95-58 CP. An application for approval of 
a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 17.3 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's distribution system from new Well No. 13, and 
to limit the existing withdrawal limit from all sources to 27.5 mg/30 
days. The project is located in Fleetwood Borough, Berks County, 
Pennsylvania.
    5. Lower Salford Township Authority D-95-63 CP. A project to 
construct a 0.90 million gallons per day (mgd) average monthly capacity 
STP to serve the eastern drainage area of Lower Salford Township, 
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The STP will provide secondary 
biological treatment utilizing an orbal oxidation ditch and will also 
provide tertiary filtration and ultraviolet disinfection. The STP will 
treat excess hydraulic overload at a maximum monthly average of 1.976 
mgd. The STP will be located approximately 1,000 feet north of State 
Route 63 and just west of Skippack Creek, to which it will discharge, 
in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
    6. Pennsylvania-American Water Company D-96-12. A project to treat 
up to 72,000 gpd of water captured from dewatering operations during 
construction of the applicant's new water treatment plant located in 
the Borough of Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and 
situated just downstream of the Danne Hower Bridge on the north bank of 
the Schuylkill River. The dewatering facilities will convey water 
contaminated with Diesel Range Organics (DROs) and oil and grease to 
the applicant's proposed treatment facilities including Particle Bay 
Filters and carbon adsorption units.
    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: May 7, 1996.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-12102 Filed 5-14-96; 8:45 am]
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