[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 237 (Wednesday, December 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65070-65071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32319]


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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 17, 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 11:00 a.m. at the same location and will include discussion of 
proposed amendments to the Commission's Ground Water Protected Area 
Regulations for Southeastern Pennsylvania and response document 
distribution and the 1998 Commission meeting schedule.
    In addition to the subjects listed which are scheduled for public 
hearing at the business meeting, the Commission will also address the 
following: Minutes of the November 19, 1997 business meeting; 
announcements; General Counsel's Report; report on Basin hydrologic 
conditions; a resolution to adopt the current expense and capital 
budgets for Fiscal Year 1999; a resolution to adopt a Commission vision 
and mission statement entitled Charting the Future 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. Mount Holly Water Company D-95-46 CP

    An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 88.7 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the 
applicant's Mansfield Water Supply Facility from new Well Nos. 1, 2, 3 
and 4, and to limit the withdrawal from all Mansfield and Mount Holly 
water systems wells to 184 mg/30 days. The project is located in 
Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.

2. New Jersey Turnpike Authority D-96-55 CP

    An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 3.6 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's Service Area 1N 
from new Well No. 1N-3, and to limit the existing withdrawal from all 
wells to 3.6 mg/30 days. The project is located in Oldmans Township, 
Salem County, New Jersey.

3. Perkasie Borough Authority D-97-12 CP

    An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 21.6 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from new Well No. 12, and to retain the existing withdrawal 
limit from all wells of 34.2 mg/30 days. The project is located in East 
Rockhill Township and Perkasie Borough, Bucks County, in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.

4. Horsham Water Authority D-97-16 CP

    An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 14.4 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from new Well No. 40, and to retain the existing withdrawal 
limit from all wells of 83.36 mg/30 days. The project is located in 
Horsham Township, Montgomery County, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania 
Ground Water Protected Area.

5. Milford Township Water Authority D-97-24 CP

    An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 3.46 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from new Well No. 2, and to increase the existing withdrawal 
limit from all wells from 5.58 mg/30 days to 9.04 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in Milford Township, Bucks County, in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.

6. Superior Water Company D-97-26 CP

    An application to replace the withdrawal of ground water from Well 
No. 3 in the applicant's water supply system which has become an 
unreliable source of supply. The applicant requests that the withdrawal 
from replacement Well No. 10 be limited to 3.88 mg/30 days, and that 
the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 15 mg/30 days. 
The project is located in Douglass and New Hanover Townships, 
Montgomery County, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water 
Protected Area.

7. Borough of Delaware Water Gap D-97-32 CP

    An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 9.15 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from new Well Nos. 6 and 7, and to limit the withdrawal from all 
wells to 15 mg/30 days. The project is located in Delaware Water Gap 
Borough, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.

8. Borough of Quakertown D-97-36 CP

    An application to replace the withdrawal of water from Well No. 15 
in the applicant's water supply system which has become an unreliable 
source of supply, with new Well No. 15A. The applicant requests that 
the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 51.1 mg/30 days. 
The project is located in the Borough of

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Quakertown, Bucks County, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water 
Protected Area.

9. Moyer Packing Company D-97-44

    An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 3.0 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's beef processing 
facility from new Well Nos. 7 and 8, and to increase the existing 
withdrawal limit from all wells from 6.4 mg/30 days to 11.5 mg/30 days. 
The project is located in Franconia Township, Montgomery County, in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    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: December 2, 1997.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-32319 Filed 12-9-97; 8:45 am]
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