[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 Water will be withdrawn via the Hibernia Pump 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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