[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48826-48827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24655]


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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, September 24, 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 9:30 a.m. at the same location and will open with a 
presentation and discussion of the results of the Commission's recently 
completed Delaware River Basin Commission Survey to Assess its 
Management of the Basin's Water Resources. The survey results are also 
available by calling (609) 883-9500 ext. 215 and leaving your name and 
address, or may be downloaded from the Commission's web site at: http:/
/www.state.nj.us/drbc/drbc.htm. The conference will also include a 
presentation on the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment 
Plan's cross-acceptance process and a discussion of depletive water use 
above Commission reservoirs.
    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. Town of Middletown-Arkville Water District  D-86-77 CP RENEWAL 
2. 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. 3 and 4. Commission 
approval on August 12, 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 the Town of Middletown, Delaware 
County, New York.
    2. Playtex Family Products Corporation  D-90-106 RENEWAL. An 
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to12 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's product 
processing facility from Well Nos. 1-NE and 2-SE. Commission approval 
on May 20, 1992 was limited to five years. The applicant requests that 
the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 12 mg/30 days. 
The project is located in the City of Dover, Kent County, Delaware.
    3. Montague Water Company  D-91-75 CP RENEWAL. An application for 
the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 8.0 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from Well 
Nos. 1 through 5. Commission approval on March 25, 1992 was limited to 
five years. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all 
wells remain limited to 8.0 mg/30 days. The project is located in 
Montague Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
    4. Hewlett-Packard Company  D-97-15 (D). An application for the 
discharge of wastewater resulting from a ground

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water remediation project. An average 0.144 million gallons per day 
(mgd) of contaminated ground water will be treated and discharged to an 
unnamed tributary of Egypt Run, a tributary of East Branch White Clay 
Creek, in New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Five 
recovery wells will collect ground water for treatment for removal of 
volatile organic compounds via an air stripper and filtration units. 
The project will serve only the site of the applicant's former 
electronic instrumentation operations located at Route 41 and Starr 
Road in New Garden Township.
    5. Hewlett-Packard Company  D-97-15 (G). An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to withdraw up to 2.27 
mg/30 days of water as part of the applicant's ground water remediation 
system from new Well Nos. MW-32, MW-33, MW-34, MW-37, RW-4, RW-5, P-2, 
P-3 and P-4; and to limit the withdrawal from all remediation wells to 
4.43 mg/30 days. The project is located in New Garden Township, Chester 
County, Pennsylvania.
    6. The Upper Hanover Authority  D-97-17 CP. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.5 mg/30 
days of water to the applicant's distribution system from new Well No. 
RH-3, and to retain the existing withdrawal limit from all wells of 
22.4 mg/30 days. The project is located in Upper Hanover Township, 
Montgomery County and Hereford Township, Berks County, in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    7. Township of Worcester  D-97-22 CP. An application to expand the 
applicant's Berwick Place sewage treatment plant (STP) average monthly 
capacity from 0.06 mgd to 0.15 mgd. The STP will continue to provide 
tertiary treatment to serve residential development in a portion of 
Worcester Township and discharge via the existing outfall to an unnamed 
tributary of Skippack Creek. The STP is located just south of 
Germantown Pike and east of East Mount Kirk Avenue in Worcester 
Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
    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 (609) 883-9500 
ext. 221 concerning docket-related questions. Persons wishing to 
testify at this hearing are requested to register with the Secretary at 
(609) 883-9500 ext. 203 prior to the hearing.

    Dated: September 9, 1997.
Anne M. Zamonski,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-24655 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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