[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32217-32218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15261]
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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 an informal conference and public hearing on Wednesday, June
23, 1999. The hearing will be part of the Commission's regular business
meeting. Both the conference and business meeting are open to the
public and will be held at the Shawnee Inn, One River Road, Shawnee-on-
Delaware, Pennsylvania.
The conference among the Commissioners and staff will begin at 9:00
a.m. in the Payett Room and will include a status report on the Flowing
Toward the Future workshops and discussions of the Flow Management
Technical Advisory Committee's flow needs Basinwide reconnaissance
proposal and coordinated drought response.
In addition to the subjects summarized below which are scheduled
for public hearing at the 10:30 a.m. business meeting in the Pearsall-
Patterson Room, the Commission will also address the following: Minutes
of the April 28, 1999 business meeting; announcements; report on Basin
hydrologic conditions; reports by the Executive Director and General
Counsel; and public dialogue. The Commission will also consider
resolutions to: amend the Ground Water Protected Area Regulations for
Southeastern Pennsylvania; advertise a Basinwide flow needs
reconnaissance request for proposal; amend the Commission's
Administrative Manual: By-laws, Management and Personnel to establish
flex time schedules for Commission staff; contract for design and
construction of a barrier-free restroom; authorize an agreement with
USEPA concerning its Energy Star building partnership; and elect
Commission offices of Chair, Vice Chair and Second Vice Chair for the
year commencing July 1, 1999.
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. Riverton Country Club D-85-10 RENEWAL 2. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 6 million
gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's golf course irrigation
system from Well Nos. 1A and 2. Commission approval on April 26, 1989
was extended to 10 years. The applicant requests that the total
withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 6 mg/30 days. The project
is located in Cinnaminson Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
2. Green Waltz Water Company D-98-55 CP. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 11.7 mg/
30 days of water for bulk water hauling to bottling plants from the
redevelopment of existing Well No. 1. The project is located in
Washington Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
3. Dan Schantz Farm & Greenhouses D-99-14. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 3.45 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's nursery from Well Nos. PW-1, PW-3,
PW-4, PW-5, PW-
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6, PW-7 and PW-8, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 3.45
mg/30 days. The project is located in Lower Milford Township, Lehigh
County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
4. Harmony Sand & Gravel, Inc. D-99-16. An application for approval
of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 6.5 mg/30 days of
water to the applicant's sand and gravel washing operation from Well
No. 1, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 6.5 mg/30 days.
The project is located in White Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
5. Borough of Bernville D-99-18 CP. An application to upgrade and
expand the applicant's 0.14 million gallons per day (mgd) contact
stabilization sewage treatment plant (STP) to a 0.285 mgd high quality
secondary treatment plant via the sequencing batch reactor process. The
STP will continue to serve only the Borough of Bernville located in
Berks County, Pennsylvania. Treated effluent will continue to discharge
to Northkill Creek approximately 0.2 miles above its confluence with
Tulpehocken Creek.
6. Penn Estates Utilities, Inc. D-99-20. An application to upgrade
and expand the applicant's 0.15 mgd extended aeration STP to 0.56 mgd
to provide advanced secondary treatment for service of growth of the
applicant's residential development in Stroud Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. Treated effluent will continue to discharge to an unnamed
tributary (known locally as Cranberry Creek) of Brodhead Creek.
7. Maiden Creek Associates (James Saunders) D-99-25. An application
to construct a new 0.06 mgd tertiary level STP to serve West Penn Pines
Mobile Home Park. The STP will be located just south of State Route
895, approximately 2.5 miles west of its intersection with State Route
309, in West Penn Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The
proposed STP effluent will discharge to Lizard Creek, a tributary of
the Lehigh River.
8. Pasteur Merieux Connaught Laboratories, Inc. D-99-27. A project
to expand by rerating the applicant's existing 0.15 mgd industrial
wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) to 0.2 mgd to continue to serve its
vaccine production facility located in Pocono Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. The treated effluent will continue to discharge to
Swiftwater Creek via the existing outfall.
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 the 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.
Dated: June 8, 1999.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-15261 Filed 6-15-99; 8:45 am]
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