[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 52246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26184]


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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, October 7, 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 Room 105 of the 
Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania.
    In addition to the subjects listed below which are scheduled for 
public hearing, the Commission will also address the following: Minutes 
of the September 9, 1998 business meeting; announcements; General 
Counsel's report; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; consideration 
of resolutions concerning Fiscal Year 1998 budget adjustments, 
reclassification of the Water Supply Storage Facilities Fund from a 
special revenue fund to an enterprise fund, amendment to the agreement 
between the Commission and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources 
and Environmental Control concerning Delaware Estuary water quality 
monitoring; 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. Conoco, Inc. D-97-38. A project to improve and expand a portion 
of existing docking facilities on the tidal reach of the Delaware River 
at the Dupont Repauno Plant in Gibbstown, Greenwich Township, 
Gloucester County, New Jersey. The dock will continue to serve the 
adjacent Dupont and Conoco plant sites. The construction includes 
approximately 11 acres of dredging.
    2. Wernersville Municipal Authority D-98-10 CP. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 17.6 
million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from previously approved Well Nos. 3 through 8, existing Well 
No. 9, and from new Well No. 12, and to increase the existing 
withdrawal limit of 9 mg/30 days from all wells to 17.6 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in Wernersville Borough and South Heidelberg 
Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    3. J.G. Townsend, Jr. & Company D-98-37. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 16.84 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's agricultural irrigation system from 
new Well No. 9-Hercules, and to limit the withdrawal from all project 
wells to 16.84 mg/30 days. The project is located northwest of the City 
of Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware.
    4. Lucent Technologies, Inc. D-98-41. An application for a Total 
Dissolved Solids (TDS) determination appropriate to both the 
applicant's current and anticipated discharge at its existing 3.6 
million gallons per day industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP). 
The IWTP will continue to discharge to Spring Run, a tributary of the 
Lehigh River, in the City of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. 
The allowable TDS concentration for the IWTP is needed in anticipation 
of the applicant's plan to reduce water usage and wastewater discharge 
and raise the TDS concentration. The IWTP will continue to serve only 
the applicant's electronic component and communication chips 
manufacturing plant.
    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: September 22, 1998.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-26184 Filed 9-29-98; 8:45 am]
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