[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 140 (Thursday, July 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45041-45042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18376]


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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, July 26, 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 Commission 
offices at 25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, New Jersey.
    The conference among the Commissioners and staff will begin at 
10:30 a.m. It will include a presentation by Delaware Water Coordinator 
Gerald Kauffman on an integrated resource plan to address water supply 
problems in New Castle County, Delaware. Summaries of the following 
four meetings also will be offered: June 26 meeting on the Estuary PCB 
Monitoring Plan; July 13 meeting of the Water Management Advisory 
Committee; and July 20 meetings of the Toxics Advisory Committee and 
Flow Management Technical Advisory Committee. A brief account of 
briefings on the Christina River TMDL also will be provided.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m. 
business meeting will include, in addition to the dockets listed below, 
a proposed Resolution concerning the control of certain toxic 
substances, including PCBs, in the Delaware Estuary.
    The dockets scheduled for public hearing are as follows:
    1. Village of Deposit D-99-64 CP. An application for approval of a 
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 5.4 million gallons 
(mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from new 
Well No. 5 in the West Branch Delaware River watershed, and to increase 
the existing withdrawal limit from all wells from 15 mg/30 days to 30 
mg/30 days. The project is located in the Village of Deposit, Delaware 
County, New York.
    2. Borough of Dublin D-2000-11 CP. An application for approval of 
an increase in ground water withdrawal allocation from 4.36 mg/30 days 
to 6.9 mg/30 days for the applicant's public water distribution system 
from existing Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5 in the mixed zone of the 
Lockatong and Brunswick Formations. The project is located in Dublin 
Borough, Bucks County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water 
Protected Area.
    3. Little Washington Treatment Company D-2000-24. An application to 
upgrade and expand the applicant's Willistown Woods (formerly 
Chesterdale) sewage treatment plant (STP) from 0.12 million gallons per 
day (mgd) advanced secondary treatment to 0.225 mgd tertiary treatment. 
The STP is located just south of State Route 3 in Willistown Township 
at its border with Westtown Township, both in Chester County, 
Pennsylvania, and will continue to serve portions of Willistown and 
Westtown Townships. Treated effluent will continue to discharge to a 
tributary of Hunters Run in the Ridley Creek watershed.
    4. Dennis C. Christman D-2000-42. An application to construct a 
0.08 mgd STP to replace failing on-lot septic systems at the 
applicant's Christman Lake development located off Christman Road 
(Township Route 771) in Windsor Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. 
The proposed plant is designed to provide secondary treatment via the

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sequencing batch reactor process. Treated effluent will discharge to a 
marsh area that flows 120 feet directly to an unnamed tributary of 
Maiden Creek in the Schuylkill River watershed.
    In addition to the public hearing, the Commission will address the 
following at its 1:30 p.m. business meeting: minutes of the June 16, 
2000 business meeting; announcements; report on hydrologic conditions 
in the basin; and reports of the Executive Director and General 
Counsel.
    Documents relating to the dockets and other 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 in advance with 
the Secretary at (609) 883-9500 ext. 203.
    Individuals in need of an accommodation as provided for in the 
Americans With Disabilities Act who wish to attend the hearing should 
contact the Commission Secretary, Pamela M. Bush, 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: July 11, 2000.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-18376 Filed 7-19-00; 8:45 am]
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