[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10058-10059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4391]


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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 
Tuesday, March 7, 2000. 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 City of Reading City Hall, 
815 Washington Street, Reading, PA.
    The conference among the Commissioners and staff will begin at 10 
a.m. and will include updates on the comprehensive planning process, 
the Pennsylvania soils GIS project, and the PCB strategy for the 
Delaware Estuary, respectively; a status report on the Delaware River 
flow needs study; discussion of the proposal for a Flood Advisory 
Committee; a status report on the possibility of elevating the road at 
F.E. Walter Reservoir; an update on the conservation storage agreement 
with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (U.S. ACE) for F.E. Walter 
Reservoir; a report on the February 16, 2000 meeting between DRBC and 
the U.S. ACE regarding project funding; and discussion of a proposed 
meeting among the commissioners to address restoration of federal 
funding.
    In addition to the dockets listed below, which are scheduled for 
public hearing, the Commission will address the following at its 1 p.m. 
business meeting: minutes of the January 26, 2000 business meeting; 
announcements; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; reports by the 
Executive Director and General Counsel; and public dialogue. The 
Commission also will consider resolutions to: expand the Delaware 
Estuary Regional Information Management Service (``RIMS'') and 
establish a Basinwide Information Management Advisory Committee; re-
authorize the Toxics Advisory Committee; and establish a Flood Advisory 
Committee.
    The dockets scheduled for public hearing are as follows:

1. Hilltown Township Water & Sewer Authority  D-92-20 CP RENEWAL

    A renewal of the ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 
16.02 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's public 
water distribution system from Wells Nos. 1, 2 and 5. Commission 
approval on November 4, 1992 was extended to ten years and will expire 
unless renewed. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from 
all wells be increased from 10.02 mg/30 days to 16 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in Hilltown Township, Bucks County in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.

2. Wild Oaks Country Club  D-98-2

    A ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 8.5 mg/30 days of 
water from existing Wells Nos. 1, 2 and 3 to two existing holding ponds 
serving the applicant's golf course irrigation system and country club, 
and to limit the combined total withdrawal from all wells and holding 
ponds to 8.5 mg/30 days. The project is located in Quinton Township, 
Salem County, New Jersey.

3. Northeastern Power Company  D-98-39

    A project to increase the withdrawal from the Silverbrook Mine Pool 
from 3.4 mg/30 days to 6.0 mg/30 days to continue to serve the 
applicant's existing 50 megawatt cogeneration facility located just 
east of U.S. Route 309 in Kline Township, Schuylkill County, 
Pennsylvania.

4. Joseph Wick Nurseries, Ltd.  D-99-15

    A ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 56.04 mg/30 days 
of water to the applicant's irrigation system from the new Wright Farm 
Well and three existing wells, and to reduce the existing withdrawal 
limit of 71.4 mg/30 days from all wells to 56.04 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in Kent County, Delaware.

5. New Hanover Township  D-99-40 CP

    A project to construct a new 0.825 million gallons per day (mgd) 
tertiary sewage treatment plant (STP) to replace the applicant's 
existing 0.412 mgd plant and poorly performing spray irrigation system. 
Located just north of Swamp Creek approximately one-half mile east of 
the Fagleysville Road Bridge in New Hanover Township, Montgomery 
County, Pennsylvania, the STP will continue to serve a portion of New 
Hanover Township and discharge to Swamp Creek.

6. Pennsylvania Power & Light, Inc. (PP&L)/PP&L Global, Inc. and Lower 
Mount Bethel Energy, LLC  D-99-54

    A project to withdraw up to 4.87 mgd of Delaware River water, via 
the existing Units 3 and 4 intake operated by PP&L, Inc., to supply two 
proposed natural gas-fired power generators operated by a subsidiary of 
PP&L Global, Inc., Lower Mount Bethel Energy, LLC. The generators will 
be located on a 25-acre site adjacent to the northwest side of PP&L 
Inc.'s Martins Creek steam electric

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station in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, 
Pennsylvania and will generate 600 megawatts of power. The project 
withdrawal will not exceed PP&L's approved withdrawal of 762 mg/30 days 
at its Units 3 and 4 intake. Approximately 4.1 mgd will be consumed and 
0.76 mgd conveyed to the existing PP&L, Inc. industrial wastewater 
treatment facility for discharge to the Delaware River in Water Quality 
Zone 1D.

7. Chalfont-New Britain Township Joint Sewer Authority  D-99-63 CP

    An application to rerate the applicant's existing 5.0 mgd STP to 
6.0 mgd. The STP will continue to provide advanced secondary treatment 
via a contact-stabilization plant operating in parallel with an 
anaerobic/aerobic treatment system in addition to minor modifications 
to allow additional storm-related inflow. The STP will continue to 
serve Chalfont and New Britain Boroughs and portions of New Britain, 
Plumstead, Buckingham and Doylestown Townships, all in Bucks County, 
Pennsylvania. Located south of Tamanend Avenue and east of Upper State 
Road in Doylestown Township, the STP will continue to discharge to 
Neshaminy Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River.

8. Bucks County Water & Sewer Authority  D-99-70 CP

    An application to rerate the applicant's existing Green Street STP 
from an 0.7 mgd average monthly flow to an 0.85 mgd maximum monthly 
flow to treat wet weather inflow. The STP is located on Green Street 
near the State Route 202 bypass in both Doylestown Borough and 
Doylestown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and will continue to 
provide advanced secondary treatment for Doylestown Borough and 
Doylestown Township. The STP will continue to discharge to Country Club 
Run, a tributary of Neshaminy Creek.

9. Fieldstone Golf Club, L.P.  D-99-74

    A ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 6 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's golf course irrigation system from new Wells 
Nos. 1, 2 and 3, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 6 mg/30 
days. The project is located near the Town of Greenville, New Castle 
County, Delaware.
    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 can accommodate your needs.

    Dated: February 14, 2000.
Pamela M. Bush,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-4391 Filed 2-24-00; 8:45 am]
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