[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7138-7139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3540]


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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, February 18, 1998 rather than 
the earlier announced date of February 25. The hearing will be part of 
the Commission's regular business meeting which is open to the public 
and scheduled to begin at 1:00 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 10:00 a.m. at the same location and will include a presentation 
on GIS soils data and status report; 1998 DRBC meeting locations and 
events and discussion of the Commission's Ground Water Advisory 
Committee functions.
    In addition to the subjects listed which are scheduled for public 
hearing at the 1:00 p.m. business meeting, the Commission will also 
address the following: Minutes of the January 28, 1998, 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 concerning election 
of a Chairman at meetings of the U.S. Supreme Court Decree Parties with 
regard to DRBC drought-related resolutions; a resolution to authorize 
funding for a research study concerning rainfall frequency; a 
resolution concerning U.S. Geological Survey study of flow need issues 
in the Delaware Estuary; and public dialogue.
    The subjects of the hearing will be as follows:

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

1. Holdover: City of Bethlehem Authority  D-97-47 CP

    A proposed temporary surface water withdrawal project that entails 
installation of an emergency intake structure in the Beltzville 
Reservoir, just downstream of the confluence of Pohopoco Creek with the 
Reservoir's tailwater, in Towamensing Township, Carbon County, 
Pennsylvania. The withdrawal is planned to provide up to 15 million 
gallons per day during a three-year period while the applicant's Penn 
Forest Dam is undergoing reconstruction and refilling. The applicant's 
distribution system serves the City of Bethlehem and 11 other 
municipalities in its vicinity, in both Lehigh and Northampton 
Counties. This hearing continues that of January 28, 1998.

2. Borough of Clementon  D-87-92 CP RENEWAL

    An application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project 
to supply up to 31 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the 
applicant's distribution system from Well Nos. 9, 10 and 11. Commission 
approval on February 24, 1988 was limited to six years, subsequently 
revised to ten years, and will expire unless renewed. The applicant 
requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 31 
mg/30 days. The project is located in Clementon Borough, Camden County, 
New Jersey.

3. Borough of Alburtis  D-91-42 CP RENEWAL

    An application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project 
to supply up to 6.5 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from

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Well Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Commission approval on December 9, 1992 was 
limited to five years. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal 
from all wells remain limited to 6.5 mg/30 days. The project is located 
in Alburtis Borough, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

4. Schwenksville Borough Authority  D-92-39 CP RENEWAL

    An application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project 
to supply up to 11.8 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's 
distribution system from Well Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Commission 
approval on February 17, 1993 was limited to five years. The total 
withdrawal from all wells will be to 11.8 mg/30 days based on current 
and predicted uses. The project is located in Schwenksville Borough, 
Montgomery County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water 
Protected Area.

5. Mount Holly Water Company  D-94-8 CP

    An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 108.5 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's Mount Holly 
System from existing Well Nos. 3R, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and to retain the 
existing withdrawal limit of 108.5 mg/30 days for all Mount Holly Water 
System wells. The project is located in Westampton and Mount Holly 
Townships, Burlington County, New Jersey.
    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: February 3, 1998.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-3540 Filed 2-11-98; 8:45 am]
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