[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 117 (Wednesday, June 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33058-33059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15971]


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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Notice of Commission Meeting and Public Hearings

    Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission 
will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 25, 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 10:30 a.m. at the same location and will include a presentation 
on New Jersey's statewide watershed management implementation strategy, 
a Natural Resources Conservation Service presentation on Basinwide 
digitization of soils data, and a status report on the Commission's GIS 
program.
    In addition to the subjects listed below which are scheduled for 
public hearing at the business meeting, the Commission will also 
address the following: Minutes of the May 28, 1997 business meeting; 
announcements; General Counsel's report; report on Basin hydrologic 
conditions; a resolution concerning FY '97 budget adjustments; a 
resolution providing for the election of the Commission offices of 
Chair, Vice Chair and Second Vice Chair and public dialogue.
    The subjects of the hearing will be as follows:
    Current Expense and Capital Budgets. A proposed current expense 
budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, in the aggregate 
amount of $3,445,500 and a capital budget reflecting revenues of 
$2,187,500 and expenditures of $2,074,500. Copies of the current 
expense and capital budgets are available from the Commission on 
request by contacting Richard C. Gore. This hearing was deferred at the 
January 22, 1997 business meeting.

Applications for Approval of the Following Projects Pursuant to 
Article 10.3, Article 11 and/or Section 3.8 of the Compact

1. Chester County Water Resources Authority D-73-87 CP Revision 3

    A project to modify the outlet structure of the applicant's 
existing Barneston Flood Control Project (Pennsylvania Dam 432) on the 
East Branch Brandywine Creek in Wallace Township, Chester County, 
Pennsylvania. The facility is a dry dam serving Chester County 
providing flood control by reducing the rate of flood water flow in the 
East Branch Brandywine Creek via a single-stage riser and a concrete 
conduit. A new conduit will be installed to replace the existing 
deteriorating riser/conduit outlet, and no change in the dam's 
functions or operation is proposed. The

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new conduit will continue to allow the passage of fish.

2. Fawn Lake Forest Water Company D-81-61 CP Renewal 3

    An application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project 
to supply up to 4.5 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the 
applicant's distribution system from Well Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. 
Commission approval on May 20, 1992 was limited to five years. The 
applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain 
limited to 4.5 mg/30 days. The project is located in Lackawaxen 
Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania.

3. Borough of Allentown D-89-32 CP Renewal

    An application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project 
to supply up to 9 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from Well Nos. 1 and 2. Commission approval on June 28, 1989 was 
limited to seven years. The applicant requests that the total 
withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 9 mg/30 days. The project 
is located in Allentown Borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

4. Elastimold, Inc. D-95-54

    An application for approval of an increase in ground water 
withdrawal to supply up to 5.83 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's 
industrial facility from existing Well No. 3, and to limit the 
withdrawal to 5.83 mg/30 days. The project is located in Washington 
Township, Morris County, New Jersey.

5. Jefferson Township Sewer Authority D-97-6 CP

    A project to construct a 410,000 gallons per day (gpd) sewage 
treatment plant (STP) to serve communities throughout Jefferson 
Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; including Mount Cobb, Moosic 
Lakes and Lake Spangenberg, and the residential developments of Happy 
Acres, Belair Acres, Floral Estates, Jefferson Heights and High View 
Terrace. The STP will provide tertiary treatment prior to discharge to 
an unnamed tributary of the West Branch Lake Wallenpaupack Creek. The 
STP will be situated approximately 1,000 feet south of State Route 348 
and just east of Mount Cobb in Jefferson Township. An importation of 
wastewater of approximately 21,000 gpd is projected from the Happy 
Acres service area which is located in the Susquehanna River Basin.
    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.

Other Scheduled Hearings

    By earlier notice, the Commission announced its schedule of public 
hearings on proposed amendments to its Ground Water Protected Area 
Regulations for Southeastern Pennsylvania concerning the establishment 
of numerical ground water withdrawal limits for subbasins in the 
protected area. The proposed limits, based upon hydrologic budget 
analyses, would initially be specified for the 14 subbasins in the 
Neshaminy Creek Basin. Limits for the remaining 52 subbasins within the 
protected area would be developed upon completion of additional 
hydrologic budget analyses scheduled to be completed late in 1997.
    The public hearings are scheduled as follows:
    June 24, 1997 beginning at 3:00 p.m. and continuing until 5:00 
p.m., as long as there are people present wishing to testify. The 
hearing will resume at 7:00 p.m. and continue until 9:00 p.m., as long 
as there are people present wishing to testify. The hearings will be 
held in the Goddard Conference Room of the Commission's offices at 25 
State Police Drive, West Trenton, New Jersey.
    Copies of the full text of the proposed amendments as well as the 
Commission's Ground Water Protected Area Regulations for Southeastern 
Pennsylvania may be obtained by contacting Susan M. Weisman, Commission 
Secretary, at (609) 883-9500 ext. 203.
    Persons wishing to testify are requested to notify the Secretary in 
advance. Written comments on the proposed amendments should be 
submitted to the Secretary at the Delaware River Basin Commission, P.O. 
Box 7360, West Trenton, New Jersey 08628.

    Dated: June 10, 1997.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-15971 Filed 6-17-97; 8:45 am]
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