[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 36123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14288]


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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 on Thursday, June 15, 2000 and a 
public hearing on Friday, June 16, 2000. The hearing will be part of 
the Commission's regular business meeting. Both the conference session 
and business meeting are open to the public and will be held at the 
River Run Restaurant at the West Branch Angler, 150 Faulkner Road, 
Deposit, New York.
    The conference among the Commissioners and staff will begin at 1:30 
p.m. on Thursday and will include status reports on the following 
subjects: a proposed coordinated drought plan; a study of the flow 
needs of the Delaware River and major tributaries; development of a 
TMDL for PCBs in the Delaware Estuary; a proposed agreement with the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for storage at F.E. Walter Reservoir; and 
a proposal for joint DRBC-Corps of Engineers projects. In addition, 
there will be a presentation on a proposed new watershed atlas web site 
and discussion of possible source water protection activities.
    The business meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Friday will include a public 
hearing on the projects summarized below. In addition, the Commission 
will address the following: minutes of the May 2, 2000 business 
meeting; announcements; report on hydrologic conditions in the basin; 
reports of the Executive Director and General Counsel; a resolution 
providing for the election of Commission officers for the fiscal year 
2000-2001; and public dialogue.
    The subjects of the hearing will be as follows:
    1. Manwalamink Water Company  D-89-50 CP RENEWAL. A renewal of a 
ground water withdrawal project to continue to supply up to 15 million 
gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's public water 
distribution system from Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6. The project is 
located in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
    2. Town of Felton  D-99-26 CP. A ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 4.9 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from new Well No. 4, and to increase the existing withdrawal 
limit from all wells to 5.7 mg/30 days. The project is located in the 
Town of Felton, Kent County, Delaware.
    3. Whitehall Township Authority  D-2000-9 CP. A ground water 
withdrawal project to supply up to 33.3 mg/30 days of water to the 
applicant's public water distribution system from the new Lehnert Road 
Well, and to increase the existing withdrawal limit from all the 
applicant's wells to 91.2 mg/30 days. The project is located in 
Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
    4. Uwchlan Township  D-2000-16 CP. A project to expand the 
applicant's Eagleview sewage treatment plant (STP) from 0.15 million 
gallons per day (mgd) to 0.475 mgd. The STP will continue to serve 
portions of Uwchlan and Upper Uwchlan Townships with tertiary treatment 
prior to discharge to Shamona Creek, a tributary of East Branch 
Brandywine Creek. The STP is located less than one mile south of the 
intersection of U.S. Route 76 and PA Route 100 in Uwchlan Township, 
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    5. Westtown Township  D-2000-21 CP. A project to expand the 
applicant's existing 0.29 mgd Chester Creek STP to 0.495 mgd. The STP 
is located just southwest of Westtown Road in Westtown Township, 
Chester County, Pennsylvania and will continue to provide secondary 
treatment to Westtown Township. Treated effluent will continue to 
discharge to East Branch Chester Creek.
    6. Sunny Dell Foods, Inc.  D-2000-23. A project to construct a new 
0.05 mgd industrial wastewater treatment plant to provide tertiary 
level treatment for the applicant's mushroom cannery facility. The 
facility straddles the border between the Borough of Kennett Square and 
Kennett Township immediately south of Baltimore Pike in Kennett 
Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Treated effluent will be 
discharged to West Branch Red Clay Creek in Water Quality Zone C5. 
After screening and disinfection, 0.09 mgd of cooling water will be 
discharged to West Branch Red Clay Creek via a separate 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 Commission 
Secretary at (609) 883-9500 ext. 203 prior to the hearing.
    Individuals planning to attend the hearing who need an 
accommodation as provided for in the Americans With Disabilities Act 
should contact the Commission Secretary directly at (609) 883-9500 ext. 
203 or through the New Jersey Relay Service at 1-800-852-7899 (TTY) to 
discuss how the Commission may accommodate your needs.

    Dated: May 30, 2000.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-14288 Filed 6-6-00; 8:45 am]
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