[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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