[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56774-56775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27453]


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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 followed by a public hearing on 
Wednesday, October 27, 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 in Courtroom #1 of the 
Carbon County Courthouse, at 4 Broadway, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.
    The conference among the Commissioners and staff will begin at 9:30 
a.m. and will include reports on the following subjects: hydrologic 
conditions in the basin; activities of the Flow Management Technical 
Advisory Committee; status of the Proposed Determination Regarding the 
Assimilative Capacity of the Tidal Delaware River for Volatile Organics

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and Chronic Toxicity; and status of discussions with the Army Corps of 
Engineers regarding an agreement for storage of water at Francis E. 
Walter Reservoir and the matter of federal funding for the Commission. 
In addition, a presentation will be made on the stream restoration 
program of the Waterway Corridors Subcommittee of the Commission's 
Water Quality Advisory Committee.
    The 1:30 p.m. business meeting will include a public hearing on the 
projects summarized below. In addition, the Commission will address the 
following: minutes of the September 30, 1999 business meeting; 
announcements; report on hydrologic conditions in the basin; reports of 
the Executive Director and General Counsel; a Resolution Establishing a 
Watershed Advisory Council; and public dialogue.
    The subjects of the hearing will be as follows:

1. Borough of Brooklawn Water Department  D-85-18 CP Renewal 2

    An application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project 
to supply up to 15 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the 
applicant's distribution system from Well Nos. 1, 3 and 4. Commission 
approval on December 8, 1989 was extended to 10 years and will expire 
unless renewed. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from 
all wells remain limited to 15 mg/30 days. The project is located in 
Brooklawn Borough, Camden County, New Jersey.

2. Moon Nurseries, Inc.  D-88-28 Renewal

    An application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project 
to supply up to 8 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's nursery 
irrigation system from Well No. 1. Commission approval on April 26, 
1989 was extended to 10 years. The applicant requests that total 
withdrawal from the well remain limited to 8 mg/30 days. The project is 
located in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

3. Pennsauken Township  D-98-36 CP

    A project to withdraw up to 20 mg/30 days of water from the tidal 
reach of the South Branch Pennsauken Creek, for irrigation of the 
Pennsauken Country Club golf course. The proposed withdrawal will 
replace the existing municipal potable water supply system as the 
source of irrigation water. The project golf course is located just 
northeast of the intersection of Haddonfield Road and Moorestown Pike 
in Pennsauken Township, Camden County, New Jersey. The intake will be 
situated at the eastern side of the golf course on the west bank of 
South Branch Pennsauken Creek.

4. Citizens Utilities Water Company of Pennsylvania  D-98-43 CP

    An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 28 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's Penn Water 
District distribution system from new Well No. 27, and to retain the 
existing withdrawal limit of 127 mg/30 days from all wells. The project 
is located in South Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

5. Northeast Schuylkill Joint Municipal Authority  D-99-33 CP

    An application to construct a new 0.245 million gallons per day 
(mgd) sewage treatment plant (STP) to serve portions of Rush and Ryan 
Townships, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The proposed extended 
aeration/activated sludge STP will be situated just east of Barnesville 
at the northeast corner of State Route 54 and Holly Road (Township Road 
856) in Rush Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and will 
discharge to Pine Creek, a tributary of the Little Schuylkill River.

6. Allen Family Foods, Inc.  D-99-49

    An application to re-rate the applicant's existing 0.91 mgd 
wastewater treatment plant to an average monthly flow of 1.25 mgd. The 
plant will continue to provide secondary treatment only to the 
applicant's poultry processing facility, which is located on the west 
side of Route 5 approximately 1,400 feet south of Route 18 in the 
Village of Harbeson, Sussex County, Delaware. Treated plant effluent 
will continue to discharge to Beaverdam Creek, a tributary of Broadkill 
River.

7. Warwick Township Water & Sewer Authority  D-99-51 CP

    A project to expand the applicant's existing 0.12 mgd Country 
Crossing STP to provide advanced secondary treatment of 0.32 mgd. The 
STP is located just north of the intersection of Bristol and Mearns 
Roads in Warwick Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and will continue 
to serve Warwick Township. Although the applicant will maintain its 
outfall to an unnamed tributary of Little Neshaminy Creek, the effluent 
will be conveyed to Heritage Creek Golf Course pond for irrigation 
purposes, as needed.

8. Toll Brothers, Inc.  D-99-52

    An application for approval of a surface water withdrawal project 
to supply up to 19.5 mg/30 days of water from Ponds A and G to irrigate 
the applicant's Laurel Creek Country Club golf course. The project is 
located in Moorestown Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
    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 wish to attend the hearing should 
contact the Secretary, Pamela M. Bush, at (609) 883-9500 ext. 222 or 
the New Jersey Relay Service at 1-800-852-7899 (TTY) to discuss how the 
Commission may accommodate your needs.

    Dated: October 12, 1999.
Pamela M. Bush,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-27453 Filed 10-20-99; 8:45 am]
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