[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 77 (Thursday, April 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19750-19751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10109]


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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Notice of Commission Meeting and Public Hearings

    Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission 
will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, April 28, 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 
proposals for a flow needs study and a Commission-Corps of Engineers 
drought storage agreement; and status reports on the Flowing Toward the 
Future workshops and activities of the Toxics Advisory Committee.
    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 March 9, 1999 business meeting; 
announcements; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; reports by the 
Executive Director and General Counsel; status of compliance of 
Somerton Springs Golf Development; resolutions to contract for fish 
tissue analyses, continued development of the water quality model for 
the Delaware Estuary and participation in EPA's Energy Star building 
program; consideration of a resolution to authorize funding of selected 
tasks of the flow needs study for the Delaware Estuary; 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. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) 
D-77-20 CP (Revision No. 4). A project to modify the revised schedule 
of experimental augmented conservation releases for Pepacton and 
Cannonsville Reservoirs (each located in Delaware County, New York) and 
Neversink Reservoir (located in Sullivan County, New York). The NYSDEC 
requests the following modifications for a two-year period: (1) Storage 
of 50 percent of the annual excess release quantity to create a 
fisheries protection bank that would be available to augment releases 
during drought warnings; (2) a revision to the drought operating curves 
to temporarily replace the Drought Warning One and Drought Warning Two 
designations with Drought Watch and Drought Warning, respectively; and 
(3) raise the Drought Warning (formerly Drought Warning Two) threshold 
by four billion gallons. The existing experimental release program (D-
77-20 CP Revision No. 3) will be extended until April 30, 2001 to 
coincide with Revision 4.
    2. SPI Polyols, Inc. D-88-74 RENEWAL. An application for the 
renewal of a ground water and surface water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 60.04 million gallons (mg)/30 days of ground water and 
470.58 mg/30 days of surface water to the applicant's industrial 
facility from Well Nos. 8 through 12 and Delaware River intake. 
Commission approval on January 25, 1989 was extended to 10 years. The 
applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain 
limited to 60.04 mg/30 days and 470.58 mg/30 days from the river 
intake. The project is located in New Castle County, Delaware.
    3. Northampton Generating Company, L.P. D-98-40. A project to 
increase the withdrawal of water from 67.5 mg/30 days to 75 mg/30 days 
from the Lehigh River to continue to serve the applicant's existing 96 
megawatt cogeneration facility located on Route 329 in Allen Township 
and Northampton Borough, both in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The 
applicant also proposes to modify the passby flow condition relative to 
Lehigh River low-flow periods.
    4. Township of East Rockhill D-99-6 CP. A project to construct a 
new 0.113 mgd sewage treatment plant (STP) in East Rockhill Township, 
Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The proposed extended aeration secondary 
treatment STP will serve East Rockhill Township only and will discharge 
treated effluent to East Branch Perkiomen Creek approximately 500 feet 
upstream of Perkasie Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
    5. Parkway Gravel, Inc. D-99-8. An application for approval of a 
surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 97.2 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's sand and gravel washing facility from a 
proposed water supply pond, and to limit the withdrawal from all 
sources to 97.2 mg/30 days. The project is located in New Castle 
County, Delaware.
    6. Upper Dublin Township D-99-9 CP. A project to upgrade and expand 
the applicant's existing 1.1 mgd capacity secondary treatment plant to 
provide an additional 0.25 mgd capacity. The plant will continue to 
serve a portion of Upper Dublin Township and discharge to Pine Run, a 
tributary of Wissahickon

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Creek in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
    7. Lehigh County Authority D-99-11 CP. A project to upgrade and 
expand the applicant's existing 35,000 gallons per day (gpd) sewage 
treatment facility by providing a new advanced secondary biological 
treatment system capable of providing 60,000 gpd of treatment. The 
project is located just south of Heidelberg Heights Road in Heidelberg 
Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Treated effluent will continue 
to discharge to an unnamed tributary of Mill Creek, which is a 
tributary of Jordan Creek.
    8. Warrington Township and The Cutler Group D-99-12 CP. An 
application to rerate the applicant's existing 0.26 mgd Tradesville STP 
to 0.33 mgd to serve existing and proposed residential development in 
the northwestern portion of Warrington Township, Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania. The applicant proposes an additional ultraviolet 
disinfection system and changes to the sequencing batch reactor process 
to allow the STP to operate more efficiently. The STP is located along 
the west side of Mill Creek Road in Warrington Township and will 
continue to discharge to Mill Creek, a tributary of Neshaminy Creek.
    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.
    Individuals in need of an accommodation as provided for in the 
Americans With Disabilities Act who would like to attend a hearing 
should contact the Secretary at (609) 883-9500 ext. 203 or through the 
New Jersey Relay Service at 1 (800) 852-7899 (TTY) to discuss how the 
DRBC may accommodate your needs.

Other Scheduled Hearings

    By earlier notice, the Commission announced its schedule of public 
hearings on a determination that the assimilative capacity of the tidal 
Delaware River is being exceeded for certain toxic pollutants. This 
determination will authorize the Executive Director to establish 
wasteload allocations for specific point source discharge of these 
pollutants.
    The public hearings are scheduled as follows:
    May 3, 1999 beginning at 1:30 p.m. and continuing until 5 p.m., as 
long as there are people present wishing to testify. The hearing will 
be held in the Second Floor Auditorium of the Carvel State Building, 
820 North French Street, Wilmington, Delaware.
    May 5, 1999 beginning at 1:30 p.m. and continuing until 5 p.m. as 
long as there are people present wishing to testify, and resuming at 
6:30 p.m. and continuing until 9 p.m., as long as there are people 
present wishing to testify. The hearing will be held in the Goddard 
Conference Room of the Commission's offices at 25 State Police Drive, 
West Trenton, New Jersey.
    May 11, 1999 beginning at 1:30 p.m. and continuing until 5 p.m., as 
long as there are people present wishing to testify. The hearing will 
be held in the Jefferson Room of the Holiday Inn at 400 Arch Street, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    Copies of supporting documents may be obtained by contacting 
Christopher Roberts, Public Information Officer at (609) 883-9500, ext. 
205.
    Persons wishing to testify are requested to notify the Secretary in 
advance. Written comments on the proposed determination should also be 
submitted to the Secretary at the Delaware River Basin Commission, PO 
Box 7360, West Trenton, New Jersey 08628-0360.

    Dated: April 13, 1999.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-10109 Filed 4-21-99; 8:45 am]
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