[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54177-54178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26619]
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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, October 23, 1996. The hearing
will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open
to the public and scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. in the Joint Finance
Committee Room on the first floor of Legislative Hall on Legislative
Avenue in Dover, Delaware.
A briefing of the Delaware River Basin's Delaware legislators will
be held at 10:00 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: Evesham Municipal Utilities Authority (D-93-38
CP). An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project
to supply up to 29 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the
applicant's distribution system from new Well No. 13 screened in the
Mount Laurel Aquifer, and to increase the existing withdrawal limit of
136 mg/30 days from all wells to 149 mg/30 days. The project is located
in Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. This hearing
continues that of September 19, 1996.
2. Resorts USA, Inc. D-96-15 CP. An application for approval of a
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 2.42 mg/30 days of
water to the applicant's Saw Creek Estates development from new Well
No. 12, and to retain the existing withdrawal limit from all wells of
22.8 mg/30 days. The project is located in Lehman Township, Pike
County, Pennsylvania.
3. City of Coatesville Authority D-96-16 CP. A project to withdraw
a maximum of 4.0 million gallons per day (mgd) from the West Branch
Brandywine Creek to serve the City of Coatesville and portions of its
existing inter-basin system including nine adjacent municipalities in
Chester County, Pennsylvania, most of which are within the Delaware
River Basin, and portions of six townships in Lancaster County in the
Susquehanna River Basin. Water will be withdrawn via the Hibernia Pump
Station located approximately 2,000 feet downstream of the Hiberna Dam
in West Caln Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Public water
supply storage has been provided in Hibernia Reservoir and water will
be released to Birch Run, a tributary of West Branch Brandywine Creek
on which Hibernia Dam is located, to compensate for the project
withdrawal during periods of low flow.
4. Schnecksville North Sewer Company D-96-25. A project to expand
an existing sewage treatment plant (STP) from 48,000 gallons per day
(gpd) to 75,000 gpd to serve the Schnecksville North residential and
commercial development located on Schneck Road, North Whitehall
Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The STP is situated
approximately 2,000 feet west of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension
and just off Schneck Road in North Whitehall Township. The STP will
discharge to an unnamed tributary of Coplay Creek in the Lehigh River
watershed after providing advanced secondary biological treatment with
a modified extended aeration activated sludge process followed by
tertiary filtration and disinfection by chlorine contact.
5. Pine Valley Golf Club D-96-34. A project to increase the surface
water withdrawal at two on-site ponds (Intake No. 1 at Pond 3 and
Intake No. 2 at Pond 5) and existing Well Nos. 2 and 3, from 12.5 mg/30
days to 32 mg/30 days.
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Withdrawal from the wells will continue to be limited to 3 mg/30 days.
Surface water is used for irrigation and the increase will serve
expanded operations of the applicant's facility, including a ten-hole
short course, turf nurseries and several practice areas. The golf
course is situated along the headwaters of the North Branch of Big
Timber Creek in Pine Valley Borough, Camden County, New Jersey.
6. Connaught Laboratories, Inc. D-96-38. An application for a new
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) determination for the applicant's existing
0.15 mgd wastewater treatment plant discharge to Swiftwater Creek, a
tributary of Paradise Creek, in Pocono Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. The plant will continue to serve only the wastewaters
generated by the vaccine production operations of Connaught
Laboratories, Inc. and the adjacent Salk Institute, both in Pocono
Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. As a result of continuing
instream monitoring for background levels and the effects of TDS, and
in order to meet future vaccine production demands, the applicant
requests an allowable mass load increase from the 838 pounds/day
monthly average to 2,250 pounds/day monthly average (from 670 mg/l to
1,800 mg/l).
7. Schleicher Trailer Park D-96-39. A project to construct a
100,000 gpd STP in two 50,000 gpd phases, to serve a 96-unit mobile
home park in East Penn Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. The STP
will provide secondary biological treatment utilizing the extended
aeration activated sludge process, chlorine disinfection and
dechlorination prior to discharge to an unnamed tributary of Lizard
Creek, a tributary of the Lehigh River, approximately 1,000 feet south
of Route 895 in East Penn Township, Carbon 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: October 7, 1996.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-26619 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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