[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3069-3070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1220]


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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, January 27, 1999. 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 9:30 a.m. at the same location and will include discussions of 
drought status; 1999 DRBC meeting schedule; Phase 1 TMDLs for the 
Delaware Estuary and a Flow Management Technical Advisory Committee 
status report.
    In addition to the subjects summarized below which are scheduled 
for public hearing at the business meeting, the Commission will also 
address the following: Minutes of the December 9, 1998 and January 5, 
1999 business meetings; announcements; report on Basin hydrologic 
conditions; reports by the Executive Director and General Counsel; 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. Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission D-80-32 CP RENEWAL 2. An 
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 20.7 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the 
applicant's Pleasant Mount Fish Cultural Station from Well Nos. 1, 2 
and 3. Commission

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approval on January 25, 1989 was limited to 10 years. The applicant 
requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 
20.7 mg/30 days. The project is located in Mount Pleasant Township, 
Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
    2. Vineland Kosher Poultry Company, Inc. D-92-43 RENEWAL. An 
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 7.2 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's poultry 
processing facility from Well Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Commission approval on 
November 4, 1992 was limited to five years. The applicant requests that 
the total withdrawal from all wells be increased from 3.5 mg/30 days to 
7.2 mg/30 days. The project is located in the City of Vineland, 
Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    3. Oley Township Municipal Authority D-97-35 CP. A project to 
upgrade and expand the applicant's existing 250,000 gallons per day 
(gpd) extended aeration sewage treatment plant (STP) to a 500,000 gpd 
advanced secondary sequencing batch reactor process. The STP is 
situated near the eastern boundary of Oley Township in Berks County, 
Pennsylvania and will continue to serve portions of Oley and Earl 
Townships, Berks County. The STP will continue to discharge treated 
effluent to Manatawny Creek just west of the plant.
    4. Downingtown Area Regional Authority D-98-33 CP. A project to 
increase the rated capacity of the applicant's existing Downingtown 
Regional Water Pollution Control Center from a yearly average 7 million 
gallons per day (mgd) to 7.134 mgd, with a maximum monthly flow of 10.5 
mgd. The increases are necessary to handle future connections and 
hydraulic loading. The treatment plant will continue to serve the 
Borough of Downingtown; portions of the Townships of Caln, East Caln, 
Uwchlan and West Whiteland; and Marsh Creek State Park which is located 
in Upper Uwchlan Township, all in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The 
plant is situated just west of U.S. Route 322 and southeast of the 
Downingtown corporate boundary in East Caln Township, and will continue 
to provide tertiary treatment prior to discharge via the existing 
outfall to the East Branch Brandywine Creek.
    5. City of Delaware City D-98-46 CP. An application for approval of 
a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 15 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's distribution system from existing Well Nos. 4 
and 5, and to increase the existing withdrawal limit of 8 mg/30 days 
from all wells to 15 mg/30 days. The project is located in the City of 
Delaware City, New Castle County, Delaware.
    6. Florida Power & Light Energy MH50, L.P. D-98-53. An application 
for approval of the operation of the existing Sunoco, Inc. (Sun) 50 
megawatt cogeneration facility under the new ownership of Florida Power 
& Light Energy, Inc. The new operator plans to provide electrical power 
primarily to the Pennsylvania-Maryland-New Jersey power grid via PECO, 
or wheel power to others in the future, and will continue to provide 
steam to Sun. Process water for the cogeneration facilities will 
continue to be provided by Sun's intake in the Delaware River. Make-up 
water is provided by the Chester Water Authority. The applicant 
requests an allocation of 30 mg/30 days, and the average consumptive 
use is expected to be 0.16 mgd. The cogeneration facility is located on 
the Sun refinery plant site in the Borough of Marcus Hook, Delaware 
County, Pennsylvania, approximately 2,000 feet west of the Delaware 
River and 500 feet north of the Delaware state boundary.
    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: January 11, 1999.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-1220 Filed 1-19-99; 8:45 am]
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