[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 171 (Thursday, September 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 47014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23696]


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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 9, 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 Banquet Room 
of Arsenal on the Green Restaurant, 30 Market Street, New Castle, 
Delaware.
    An informal conference among the Commissioners and staff will be 
held at 10:30 a.m. at the same location and will include a status 
report on Delaware's fisheries; discussion of the Commission's proposed 
Watershed Planning and Assessment Committee; and proposals concerning a 
non-tidal Delaware River nutrient study and development of dry weather 
TMDLs for the Christina Subbasin.
    In addition to the subjects listed below which are scheduled for 
public hearing, the Commission will also address the following: 
swearing in of Carol R. Collier as the Commission's new Executive 
Director; Minutes of the August 12, 1998 business meeting; 
announcements; General Counsel's Report; report on Basin hydrologic 
conditions; consideration of resolutions concerning a non-tidal 
Delaware River nutrient study and development of dry weather TMDLs for 
the Christina Subbasin; 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. Valley Township D-88-31 CP RENEWAL. 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. V1, V2 and V4. Commission approval on October 26, 
1988 was extended to ten years and will expire unless renewed. The 
applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain 
limited to 4.5 mg/30 days. The project is located in Valley Township, 
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    2. Cloister Spring Water Company D-97-46. A project to increase the 
withdrawal of water from an existing spring house intake, from 
approximately 100,000 gallons per day (gpd) to 300,000 gpd. The intake 
is located at Spring No. 3, one of several headwater springs at the 
Arrowhead Springs Farm which are tributary to Mill Creek in the 
Tulpehocken Creek watershed. The spring house is located just southeast 
of the intersection of West Bethany and South Fort Zellers Roads in 
Millcreek Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The withdrawal will 
be exported via tank truck and will continue to serve the applicant's 
bottling plant located in the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, 
Pennsylvania in the Susquehanna River Basin.
    3. City of Trenton D-98-9 CP. An application to expand the 
applicant's service area for both water supply and sewerage to include 
a portion of Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. The 
applicant's water distribution system serves the City of Trenton and 
surrounding areas in Ewing, Lawrence and Hamilton Townships. Potable 
water will be provided to the project service area from the Delaware 
River via the applicant's existing filtration plant located near the 
Calhoun Street Bridge. Up to 1.35 million gallons per day of sewerage 
capacity will be provided to the project areas in Hopewell Township. 
The wastewater will be conveyed to the applicant's existing sewage 
treatment plant on Lamberton Road in the City of Trenton. The treated 
wastewater will continue to be discharged in Water Quality Zone 2 of 
the Delaware River, approximately 2.5 miles downstream of the 
applicant's water supply intake. Both the applicant's water withdrawal 
and discharge facilities have sufficient capacity to meet the needs of 
the proposed project.
    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: August 25, 1998.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-23696 Filed 9-2-98; 8:45 am]
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