[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 232 (Friday, December 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67891-67892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31381]


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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, December 8, 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 the Goddard 
Conference Room of the Commission's offices at 25 State Police Drive, 
West Trenton, New Jersey.
    The conference among the Commissioners and staff will begin at 9:30 
a.m. and will include a presentation on the inaugural meeting of the 
Water Management Advisory Committee, including a presentation on trends 
in potable water supplied by the DRBC. Additional items for the 
conference session include a report on hydrologic conditions in the 
Basin; a report on activities of the Flow Management Technical Advisory 
Committee; a report on the Flood Response Meeting of December 2, 1999; 
a report on talks with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding 
alternative funding for DRBC and temporary drought storage at F.E. 
Walter Reservoir; and revisions to the Commission's proposed meeting 
schedule for 2000.
    In addition to the dockets below, which are scheduled for public 
hearing at the 1:00 p.m. business meeting, the Commission will address 
the following: Minutes of the October 27, 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: establish a Monitoring 
Advisory Committee; renew the Toxics Advisory Committee; expand the 
Water Quality Advisory Committee by adding members of the regulated 
community; authorize the Executive Director to contract for a flow 
management study; and amend Docket No. D-68-20 CP (Revised)--PSE&G 
Salem Nuclear Generating Station--to extend the expiration date of the 
docket to provide adequate time for its review.
    The subjects of the hearing will be as follows:
    1. Holdover: Bucks County Water & Sewer Authority  D-99-13 CP. A 
project to rerate the Harvey Avenue sewage treatment plant (STP) from 
0.9 million gallons per day (mgd) to 1.2 mgd for treatment of wet 
weather inflow. Located at the end of Harvey

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Avenue in Doylestown Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the STP will 
continue to serve Doylestown Township, Doylestown Borough and Plumstead 
Township. Following high quality secondary treatment, effluent will 
continue to discharge to Cooks Run, a tributary of Neshaminy Creek.
    2. Telford Borough Authority  D-86-7 CP RENEWAL. A renewal of a 
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 38.6 million gallons 
(mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from Wells 
No. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Commission approval on September 28, 1988 was 
extended to 10 years. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal 
from all wells remain limited to 38.6 mg/30 days. The project is 
located in Telford Borough, Bucks and Montgomery Counties and West 
Rockhill Township and Hilltown Township, Bucks County, in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    3. Panther Creek Partners  D-87-66 (Revision 2) RENEWAL. A renewal 
of a water allocation to supply up to 67 mg/30 days to the applicant's 
84 megawatt culm-fired power plant which supplies electricity to the 
Metropolitan Edison power grid. Commission approval on June 27, 1990 
was limited to ten years and will expire unless renewed. No expansion 
of the approved withdrawal is proposed. A seasonal alternate water 
source will be provided by the Nesquehoning Borough Authority to offset 
pre-treatment costs of the applicant's existing Lusanne Tunnel mine 
pool overflow withdrawal. Since treated wastewater will continue to be 
used to stabilize ash, no effluent discharge will occur. The project is 
located just west of the Nesquehoning Creek in Nesquehoning Borough, 
Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
    4. Borough of East Stroudsburg  D-92-72 CP. A ground water 
withdrawal project to supply up to 28.2 mg/30 days of water to the 
applicant's distribution system from new Well No. 4, and to increase 
the withdrawal limit from all wells from 28.2 mg/30 days to 56.4 mg/30 
days. The total combined withdrawal for the applicant's ground water 
and surface water withdrawals will remain at 75 mg/30 days. The project 
is located in the Borough of East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, 
Pennsylvania.
    5. Citizens Utilities Water Company of Pennsylvania  D-99-30 CP. A 
project to transfer up to 2 mgd of potable water to the applicant's 
Glen Alsace District service area through an interconnection with the 
Reading Area Water Authority Maiden Creek Filtration Plant which draws 
from Lake Ontelaunee Reservoir; no increase in Reading's allocation is 
needed. The applicant will continue to serve development in Exeter 
Township and St. Laurence Borough, and has included design capacity for 
a projected future service area expansion in Robeson Township, all 
within Berks County, Pennsylvania. The applicant currently supplies an 
average of 1.125 mgd from 17 wells and an existing interconnection with 
Mount Penn Water Authority, Berks County.
    6. Lonza, Inc.  D-99-38. A project to upgrade and expand the 
applicant's existing 0.06 mgd industrial wastewater treatment plant 
(IWTP) to provide Best Available Technology for treatment of 0.08 mgd 
for the applicant's Riverside Plant organic chemical manufacturing 
facility located on River Road in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery 
County, Pennsylvania. Treated effluent will continue to discharge to 
the Schuylkill River via the Matsunk Creek culvert.
    7. Municipal Authority of the Borough of Minersville  D-99-44 CP. A 
project to modify the applicant's existing potable water treatment 
plant residual/wastewater management system by constructing two filter 
backwash holding tanks to replace the existing slow sand filter 
process. The 0.11 mgd treated effluent will be conveyed to the 
applicant's Reservoir No. 3 on Dyer Run, a tributary of the West Branch 
Schuylkill River, located in Cass Township, Schuylkill County, 
Pennsylvania. No expansion of capacity is proposed.
    8. Gladys Brittingham Farm  D-99-58. A ground water withdrawal 
project to supply a maximum of 5.6 mg/30 days of water for irrigation 
of the applicant's farm crops from new Wells No. 162541 and 167042 in 
the Columbia aquifer. The water will irrigate approximately 26 acres of 
grain and vegetables. The project is located near the Town of Milton, 
Sussex County, Delaware.
    Proposal to Amend Public Service Electric & Gas Company Docket  D-
68-20 CP (Revised), Salem Nuclear Generating Station, to extend the 
expiration date of the docket until six months after completion of 
review and approval by the New Jersey Department of Environmental 
Protection. The project is located in Lower Alloways Creek Township, 
Salem County, New Jersey and will continue to withdraw and discharge in 
the Delaware River in Water Quality Zone 5.
    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. 203, or 
the New Jersey Relay Service at 1-800-852-7899 (TTY) to discuss how the 
Commission may accommodate your needs.

    Dated: November 22, 1999.
Pamela M. Bush,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-31381 Filed 12-2-99; 8:45 am]
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