[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 79 (Thursday, April 24, 1997)]
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[FR Doc No: 97-10629]



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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, April 30, 1997. The hearing 
will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open 
to the public and scheduled to begin at 2 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 p.m. at the same location and will include discussions of 
public hearings on proposed amendments to the Ground Water Protected 
Area Regulations for Southeastern Pennsylvania; service metering 
requirements compliance; and a status report on flow needs analysis.
    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 March 26, 1997 business 
meeting; announcements; General Counsel's report; report on Basin 
hydrologic conditions; resolutions concerning New Jersey grant 
agreements for a Maurice River water quality modeling study and high 
flow management objectives for New Jersey non-coastal waters; 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. Matamoras Municipal Authority D-81-78 CP RENEWAL 3. An 
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 11.7 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the 
applicant's distribution system from Well Nos. 3, 5, 7 and 8. 
Commission approval on March 25, 1992 was limited to five years. The 
applicant requests that the total withdrawal limit from all wells be 
increased from 9 mg/30 days to 11.7 mg/30 days. The project is located 
in Matamoras Borough, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
    2. City of Bethlehem D-95-19 CP. A project to repair the 
applicant's Penn Forest Dam by placing a Rolled Compacted Concrete 
(RCC) dam on the upstream side of the existing dam. No change in 
downstream conditions is proposed; the same spillway, withdrawal 
functions, and water elevations will be maintained and all other design 
and operating functions will remain the same. The dam is located on 
Wild Creek in Penn Forest Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania and 
will continue to provide water for the City of Bethlehem service area 
in Northampton and Lehigh Counties, Pennsylvania.
    3. Young Life Lake Champion D-95-35. A project to construct a new 
30,000 gallons per day (gpd) subsurface sewage treatment system to 
replace several existing small subsurface sewage disposal systems 
serving the applicant's camp facilities in the Town of Lumberland, 
Sullivan County, New York. The sewage disposal system will provide 
biological treatment via a septic tank and discharge to a subsurface 
disposal field in the Mill Brook watershed.
    4. City of Vineland D-95-47 CP. An applicant for approval of a 
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 5.6 mg/30 days of water 
to the applicant's distribution system from new Well No. 14, and to 
increase the existing withdrawal limit of 400 mg/30 days from all wells 
to 494.5 mg/30 days. The project is located in the City of Vineland, 
Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    5. Star Enterprise D-96-31. A project to continue use of the 
applicant's existing surface water withdrawal facilities formerly owned 
by Texaco Refining. The applicant proposes to continue withdrawal from 
the Delaware River at a maximum rate of 452 million gallons per day 
(mgd)/(13,560 mg/30 days) to supply once-through non-contact cooling 
water for its refinery operations and power plant. Discharge will 
continue to be via an existing outfall sluiceway to the Delaware River. 
The project is located just north of Delaware City, New Castle County, 
Delaware in Water Quality Zone 5.
    6. United Water Delaware D-96-50 CP. A proposal to construct an 
inflatable Neoprene dam designed to capture tidal flow in White Clay 
Creek, to be located approximately 1,500 feet downstream from the 
applicant's Stanton intake in New Castle County, Delaware. The dam, a 
Tidal Capture Structure (TCS), is proposed to improve reliability of 
the applicant's White Clay Creek public water supply source. By 
intermittently inflating the TCS at high tide during periods of low 
stream flow, the applicant plans to capture tidal water to help serve 
its customer demand, while providing an adequate passby flow via a 
specially designed sluice with multiple gates. During normal hydrologic 
weather conditions, the TCS is designed to remain deflated and is 
expected to pose no flood hazard. Fish passage is expected to be 
unimpeded for two periods every 24 hours during days when the structure 
is in operation.
    7. The McKee Group D-96-51. A project to modify an existing 0.1 mgd 
sewage treatment plant (STP) to serve development at the applicant's 
Village of Buckingham Springs retirement community in Buckingham 
Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The STP is situated approximately 
3,000 feet south of the intersection of Route 413 and Lower Mountain 
Road and will continue to provide advanced secondary treatment and 
tertiary filtration prior to discharge to an unnamed tributary of Mill 
Creek in Buckingham Township.
    8. Bayway Refining Company D-96-52. A proposal for use of existing 
water withdrawal facilities for a withdrawal of up to 151.7 mgd (4,550 
mg/30 days) from the Delaware River at the applicant's Trainer Refinery 
(formerly known as the Marcus Hook Refinery) recently acquiring from BP 
Oil Company. Bayway, a subsidiary of Tosco Refining Company, proposes 
to resume refining operations and operate the withdrawal facilities in 
substantially the same manner as the previous owner. Most of the water 
will be used for once-through cooling. The project intake is located 
approximately 1,500 feet upstream of the Marcus Hook Creek confluence 
in the Borough of Trainer, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
    9. Warwick Township Water & Sewer Authority D-96-59 CP. A project 
to upgrade and expand the applicant's Fish Creek STP from 0.6 mgd to 
0.85 mgd. The existing secondary biological treatment process/extended 
aeration will be upgraded to the advanced secondary process provided by 
sequencing batch reactors. The disinfection method will be changed from 
chlorine contact to ultraviolet light and there will be post-aeration. 
The STP will continue to serve portions of Warwick Township in Bucks 
County, Pennsylvania and discharge to Fish Creek, a tributary to the 
Neshaminy Creek, situated just to the west of York Road and north of 
Almshouse Road.
    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 at extension 217 
concerning docket-related questions. Persons wishing to testify at this 
hearing are requested to register with the Secretary prior to the 
hearing.

    Dated: April 15, 1997.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-10629 Filed 4-23-97; 8:45 am]
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