[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13370-13371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7082]


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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, March 26, 1997. The hearing 
will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open 
to the public and scheduled to begin at 1:30 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 1:00 p.m. at the same location and will feature a presentation 
on the Delaware River Sojourn. This conference is also open to the 
public.
    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 February 26, 1997 
business meeting; announcements; General Counsel's Report; report on 
Basin hydrologic conditions and public dialogue.
    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. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control 
(DNREC) D-84-10 CP (Supplement No. 3)

    An application to supplement Docket No. D-84-10 CP Water Supply 
Facility Plan for Northern New Castle County, Delaware to increase the 
interstate transfer of water from the Chester Water Authority (CWA) in 
New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania to Artesian Water 
Company (AWC) in New Castle County, Delaware. Currently, the interstate 
transfer is 120 million gallons (mg)/30 days (approved via Docket No. 
D-84-10 CP (Supplement No. 2)). DNREC has requested DRBC to approve an 
increase to 180 mg/30 days and an extension of the interstate agreement 
to December 31, 2021. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental 
Protection has approved the project transfer by CWA.

2. Village of Deposit D-86-29 CP RENEWAL 2

    An application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project 
to supply up to 30 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from Well Nos. 1 through 4. Commission approval on December 11, 
1991 was limited to five years. The applicant requests that the total 
withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 30 mg/30 days. The project 
is located in the Village of Deposit, Broome and Delaware Counties, New 
York.

3. Moyer Packing Company D-96-21

    A project to expand the applicant's industrial wastewater treatment 
plant (IWTP) average monthly capacity from 0.50 million gallons/day 
(mgd) to 0.705 mgd. The IWTP will continue to serve only the 
applicant's rendering and meat packing facilities in Franconia 
Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The IWTP will continue to 
provide tertiary filtration after secondary biological treatment via 
the extended aeration activated sludge process. The IWTP will continue 
to discharge to Skippack Creek, approximately 1,000 feet west of the 
plant, which is situated just west of Allentown Road near Souder Road 
in Franconia Township.

4. Thornbury Township D-96-47 CP

    A project to construct a 103,000 gallons/day (gpd) sewage treatment 
plant (STP) to provide advanced secondary biological treatment (via the 
sequencing batch reactor/activated sludge process) and tertiary 
filtration. Depending upon weather conditions, discharge will be to 
Radley Run, a tributary of Brandywine Creek, and/or to a 10-acre spray 
irrigation disposal field. The project will be constructed in two 
phases: In Phase I, the project spray irrigation disposal field will 
provide capacity for 77,250 gpd; Phase II will provide an additional 
3.3 acres for the 103,000 gpd total capacity. The spray irrigation 
field will be located west of Radley Run and the STP will be located 
just east of Radley Run, on the proposed Bridlewood Farm residential 
development in Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. All 
facilities are just south of Street Road and west of Route 202 in 
Thornbury Township.

5. Citizens Utilities Water Company of Pennsylvania, Amity District D-
96-53 CP

    An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 8.4 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from new Well No. DG-11, and to increase the existing withdrawal 
limit of 12.1 mg/30 days from all wells to 21 mg/30 days. The project 
is located in Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

6. New Garden Township Sewer Authority D-96-64 CP

    A project to construct a 0.3 mgd lagoon treatment/spray irrigation 
system to be known as the East End Wastewater Treatment Plant in New 
Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Currently, sewage 
generated in the East End of New Garden Township is pumped to the 
Borough of Kennett Square treatment plant. The proposed project is 
being built to meet the present and future

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wastewater needs of the East End since conveyance to Kennett Square's 
plant is proposed to end in the near future. The facilities are 
designed for construction in two phases: an initial 200,000 gpd phase 
and two additional 50,000 gpd phases as needed. There will be no 
discharge to surface water.

7. North Coventry Municipal Authority D-97-1 CP

    A project to modify and expand the applicant's existing trickling 
filter STP from an average monthly flow of 0.7 mgd to 1.5 mgd. The 
expanded STP will provide secondary biological treatment via an 
oxidation ditch activated sludge process The STP will continue to serve 
existing and proposed development in North Coventry Township, Chester 
County, Pennsylvania. The STP is located in the northeastern corner of 
North Coventry Township and is situated on the south bank of the 
Schuylkill River to which it will continue to discharge, just 
downstream from the U.S. Route 442 bridge.
    Documents relating to these items may be examined at the 
Commission's offices. Preliminary dockets are available in single 
copies upon request. Please contact Thomas L. Brand concerning docket-
related questions. Persons wishing to testify at this hearing are 
requested to register with the Secretary prior to the hearing.

    Dated: March 11, 1997
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-7082 Filed 3-19-97; 8:45 am]
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