[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 150 (Wednesday, August 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41809-41810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20846]


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DELEWARE 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, August 12, 1998. The hearing 
will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open 
to the public and scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. in the River Run 
Meeting Room of the West Branch Angler & Sportsman's Resort, Faulkner 
Road, Deposit, New York.
    An informal conference among the Commissioners and staff will be 
held on Tuesday, August 11, 1998 at 1:30 p.m. at the same location at 
which status reports on Delaware River fisheries will be presented by 
representatives of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and state 
fisheries management agencies.
    In addition to the subjects listed below which are scheduled for 
the August 12 public hearing, the Commission will also address the 
following: Minutes of the June 24, 1998 business meeting; 
announcements; General Counsel's report; report on Basin hydrologic 
conditions; status of compliance--Evansburg Water Company; 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. Holdover Project: Evansburg Water Company D-96-57 CP. A ground 
water withdrawal project to supply up to 0.56 million gallons (mg)/30 
days of water to the applicant's Perkiomen Division distribution system 
from Well No. 202, and to increase the existing withdrawal limit of 5.5 
mg/30 days from all wells to 6.06 mg/30 days. The project is located in 
Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania 
Ground Water Protected Area. This hearing continues that of June 24, 
1998.
    2. Mobil Oil Corporation D-96-65. A ground water withdrawal project 
to withdraw up to 40 mg/30 days of water as part of the applicant's 
ground water remediation program and process water supply from new Well 
Nos. RW-22, RW-23, RW-24, and PW-50 and to retain the existing 
withdrawal limit from all wells of 150 mg/30 days. The project is 
located in Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
    3. Floyd G. Hersh, Inc. D-98-7. A ground water withdrawal project 
to supply up to 7.5 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's golf course 
irrigation system from new Well No. 1, and to limit the withdrawal from 
all wells to 7.5 mg/30 days. The project is located in Marlborough 
Township, Montgomery County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground 
Water Protected Area.
    4. Evansburg Water Company D-98-12 CP. A resolution to extend 
approval of Docket No. D-98-12 CP, which granted temporary approval for 
the operation of Well No. 102 to serve the applicant's Evansburg 
Division distribution system in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery 
County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    5. Merck & Company, Inc. D-98-14. A ground water withdrawal project 
to withdraw up to 12.2 mg/30 days as part of the applicant's ground 
water remediation program and process water supply from new Well Nos. 
11A, 14 and 15, and to increase the existing withdrawal limit from all 
wells from 40 mg/30 days to 45 mg/30 days. The project is located in 
Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County in the Southeastern 
Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    6. Township of Florence D-98-18 CP. A project to upgrade and expand 
the applicant's existing municipal sewage treatment plant (STP) from 
1.5 million gallons per day (mgd) average monthly flow to 2.5 mgd. The 
STP is located on Front Street in Florence Township, Burlington County, 
New Jersey and will continue to discharge to the Delaware River in 
Water Quality Zone 2. The STP will continue to serve Florence Township.
    7. Honey Brook Golf Club D-98-28. A ground water withdrawal project 
to supply up to 10.37 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's irrigation 
system from new Well No. PW-1, and to limit the withdrawal from all 
wells to 10.37 mg/30 days. The project is located in Honey Brook 
Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    8. Sun Pipe Line Company D-98-35. A project to construct a 
petroleum pipeline under Jacobs Creek in Ewing

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and Hopewell Townships, Mercer County, New Jersey, to replace an 
existing deteriorating pipeline stream crossing. The new steel pipeline 
crossing will be 14 inches in diameter and approximately 250 feet long, 
and will be excavated four feet under the existing stream bed, at a 
point approximately 1,500 feet west of the intersection of Jacobs Creek 
and Bear Tavern Roads. The pipeline crossing is part of maintenance 
work on the applicant's interstate petroleum pipeline system.
    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: July 28, 1998
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-20846 Filed 8-4-98; 8:45 am]
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