[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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