[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 235 (Thursday, December 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64509-64510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30979]


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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, December 11, 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 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 10:00 a.m. at the same location and will include reports on the 
Tulpehocken Creek/Blue Marsh watershed project; flood and hurricane-
related reservoir operation; the Commission's GIS and computer systems 
and proposed revisions to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water 
Protected Area Regulations.
    In addition to the subjects listed below which are scheduled for 
public hearing at the business meeting, the Commission will also 
address the following matters: Minutes of the October 23, 1996 business 
meeting; announcements; General Counsel's report; consideration of 
Wissahickon Spring Water, Inc. matter; report on Basin hydrologic 
conditions; authorization to accept funding for water quality 
assessment and modeling of the Maurice River; a resolution to continue 
the Commission's Water Quality Advisory Committee; a resolution 
approving certain budget transfers for fiscal years 1996 and 1997; 
annual salary rates of Commission employees and public dialogue.
    The subjects of the public hearing will be as follows:
    A Proposal to Adopt the 1996-1997 Water Resources Program. A 
proposal that the 1995-1996 Water Resources Program and the activities, 
programs, initiatives, concerns, projections and proposals identified 
and set forth therein be accepted and adopted and that a staff report 
of progress in completing the various elements in the 1995-1996 Water 
Resources Program be made a part thereof, in accordance with the 
requirements of Section 13.2 of the Delaware River Basin Compact.
    Applications for Approval of the Following Projects Pursuant to 
Article 10.3, Article 11 and/or Section 3.8 of the Compact: 1. 
Ramblewood Country Club D-94-41. An application for an increased 
withdrawal from the Ramblewood Country Club golf course irrigation pond 
from 3.9 million gallons (mg)/30 days (0.13 million gallons per day 
(mgd)) to 14 mg/30 days (0.47 mgd). The proposed maximum withdrawal 
rate from all sources, existing wells and the pond, is 0.47 mgd. The 
surface water withdrawal facilities are located at the pond pump house 
on the golf course property. The pond is on an unnamed tributary of 
North Branch Pennsauken Creek in Mount Laurel Township, Burlington 
County, New Jersey. Two existing Potomac-Raritan-Magothy wells (Pool 
House Well and Well No. 2) are also reallocated to restrict their 
yearly use.
    2. Degussa Corporation D-96-11. A project to modify and expand the 
applicant's existing industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) from 
0.42 mgd to 0.95 mgd. The IWTP is located adjacent to the Delaware 
River, to which it will continue to discharge, just off Front Street in 
the City of Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The expanded IWTP 
will continue to serve only the applicant's silica production 
operations. The applicant has also requested a new determination for 
the allowable total dissolved solids limits relative to the expanded 
discharge.
    3. Township of Roxbury D-96-17 CP. An application for approval of a 
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 30 mg/30 days of water 
to the applicant's distribution system from existing Well Nos. 2, 4, 9 
and 12 located within the Delaware River Basin, and to limit the 
withdrawal from all wells located within the Delaware River Basin to 30 
mg/30 days. The project is located in Roxbury Township, Morris County, 
New Jersey.
    4. Warrington Township and The Cutler Group D-96-18. An application 
to construct a new 0.26 mgd sewage treatment plant (STP) to serve 
existing and proposed residential developments

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in the northwestern area of Warrington Township, Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania. The Tradesville STP will provide advanced secondary 
biological treatment utilizing sequencing batch reactors, phosphorus 
removal and ultraviolet disinfection. The STP will be located on a site 
along the west side of Pickerton Road immediately north of Mill Creek 
Road and will discharge to Mill Creek, a tributary of Neshaminy Creek.
    5. Artesian Water Company, Inc. D-96-33 CP. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 30 mg/30 
days of water to the applicant's distribution system from new Artisans 
Village Well No. 3, and to increase the existing withdrawal limit of 
60.48 mg/30 days from all Artisans Village wells to 90.72 mg/30 days. 
The project is located in New Castle County, Delaware.
    6. City of Philadelphia, Division of Aviation D-96-36 CP. An 
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal of up to 29.7 mg/
30 days of water as part of the applicant's Western Boundary Area 
Mitigation system from new Well Nos. EW-A, EW-1, EW-2 and EW-3, and to 
limit the withdrawal from all wells to 29.7 mg/30 days. The project is 
located in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
    7. Milford-Trumbauersville Area Sewer Authority D-96-41 CP. A 
project to modify the applicant's existing 0.8 mgd STP. The existing 
STP provides secondary biological treatment via the extended aeration 
activated sludge process as well as tertiary filtration prior to 
disinfection by chlorine contact and discharge to Unami Creek, a 
tributary of the Perkiomen Creek, in Milford Township, Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania. The project entails primarily the addition of two sand 
filters along with other minor modifications. The STP will continue to 
serve Trumbauersville Borough and portions of Milford Township.
    8. Lansdale Borough D-96-45 CP. An application to expand the 
Lansdale Borough STP from the current annual average flow capacity of 
2.5 mgd to 2.6 mgd and the maximum monthly flow of 4.0 mgd to 4.5 mgd. 
The STP will also change its mode of operation so that more wet weather 
related flow will be routed through the treatment process. The STP will 
continue to serve Lansdale Borough and provide secondary biological 
treatment via the extended aeration activated sludge process, and 
tertiary treatment for nutrient removal prior to chlorine disinfection 
and discharge to an unnamed tributary of the West Branch Neshaminy 
Creek in the northern portion of Lansdale Borough, Montgomery County, 
Pennsylvania just east of the Penn Central railroad tracks.
    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 the hearing are 
requested to register with the Secretary prior to the hearing.

    Dated: November 25, 1996.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-30979 Filed 12-4-96; 8:45 am]
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