[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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