[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33360-33361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16223]


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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, June 24, 1998. 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 include a presentation 
on loadings of PCBs from tributaries and point sources to the tidal 
Delaware River; discussion of DRBC advisory committee functions and 
1998 DRBC meeting schedule and locations.
    In addition to the subjects listed below which are scheduled for 
public hearing, the Commission will also address the following: Minutes 
of the May 27, 1998 business meeting; announcements; General Counsel's 
report; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; consideration of request 
for hearing re Glen Mills School Docket No. D-97-39; a resolution 
concerning funding to support the position of Delaware Estuary Program 
Coordinator; 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:

Applications for Approval of the Following Projects Pursuant to Article 
10.3, Article 11 and/or Section 2.8 of the Compact

    1. Evansburg Water Company D-96-57 CP. A ground water withdrawal 
project to supply water to the applicant's Perkiomen Division 
distribution system from existing Well Nos. 201, 203, 204, and from new 
Well No. 202, and to increase the combined allocation of ground water 
from 5.5 million gallons (mg)/30 days to 6.06 mg/30 days. The project 
is located in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County in the Southeastern 
Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    2. New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs D-96-66 
CP. A ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 14.4 mg/30 days 
of water to the applicant's cemetery turf irrigation system from new 
Well Nos. A, B and C, and to limit the withdrawal limit from all wells 
to 14.4 mg/30 days. The project is located in North Hanover Township, 
Burlington County, New Jersey.
    3. Township of Buckingham D-97-49 CP. A ground water withdrawal 
project to supply water to the applicant's distribution system from 
existing Well Nos. BV-1, BV-2, FS-1, FS-2, CS-1, CS-2 and CS-3, from 
acquired Well Nos. L-1 and L-2 (formerly Peddler's Village Partnership 
Well Nos. 1 and 3), from new Well Nos. F-1 and F-2, and to increase the 
existing withdrawal limit from 21.15 mg/30 days to 33.2 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in Buckingham Township, Bucks County in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    4. Warwick Township Water & Sewer Authority D-98-19 CP. An 
interconnection project for the transfer of an average up to 1.2 
million gallons per day (mgd) of treated water from Philadelphia 
Suburban Water Company (PSWC) to the applicant. The water transfer will 
serve the projected needs of the applicant's service area in Warwick 
Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The proposed transfer will 
establish a conjunctive use water system for the project service area, 
which currently relies on ground water and is located in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area. PSWC's Neshaminy 
Creek intake in Middletown Township, Bucks County, will supply the 
surface water via the interconnection that entails a water main 
extension from the PSWC system along County Line Road in Warminster 
Township, Bucks County north to the applicant's storage tank on Dark 
Hollow Road in Warwick Township, Bucks County.
    5. Moorestown Township D-98-21 CP. A project to rerate the 
applicant's sewage treatment plant (STP) No. 1 from 3.5 mgd to 3.88 
mgd. Located off Pine Road in Moorestown Township, Burlington County, 
New Jersey, the STP serves Moorestown Township and will continue to 
discharge to North Branch Pennsauken Creek.
    6. Papen Farms, Inc. D-98-24. A ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 32.4 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's agricultural 
irrigation system from the Wilson Farm Well; to increase the existing 
withdrawal limit of

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130 mg/30 days from all wells to 160.2 mg/30 days, and to increase the 
withdrawal limit from all wells and intakes from 176 mg/30 days to 207 
mg/30 days. The project is located in Kent County, Delaware.
    7. Great Spring Waters of America, Inc. D-98-27. A project to 
increase withdrawals from an existing spring water system from a 
combined total of just less than 100,000 gallons per day (gpd) to 
300,000 gpd, which consists of three sources, Spring Nos. 1, 2 and 3, 
located in the drainage area of Ontelaunee Creek in Lynn Township, 
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The springs are situated within 1,000 feet 
of each other and are approximately 2,000 feet east of State Route 309 
and 1,000 feet west of Mountain Road. The withdrawals will be 
transported via tank truck to the applicant's bottling plant located 
near the City of Allentown, Lehigh 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: June 9, 1998.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-16223 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]
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