[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81491-81492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32811]



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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, January 9, 2001. 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 West Chester 
University Sykes Student Union, located on Rosedale Avenue in West 
Chester, Pennsylvania.
    The conference among the Commissioners and staff will begin at 
10:00 a.m. Topics of discussion will include a progress report on the 
Commission's Comprehensive Plan; a proposal to institute project review 
upon retirement of entitlements; and Delaware Estuary Program (DELEP) 
organizational issues. Summaries of the following meetings will be 
presented: The Flood Advisory Committee meeting of December 5; the 
Monitoring Advisory Committee meeting of December 12; the Toxics 
Advisory Committee meeting of December 13; the Water Quality Advisory 
Committee meeting of December 14; and the Water Management Advisory 
Committee meeting of January 4.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:00 p.m. 
business meeting include, in addition to the dockets listed below, 
resolutions to: (1) Amend the Comprehensive Plan with respect to 
recreation areas in the state of New York; (2) amend the Comprehensive 
Plan with respect to national recreation areas; and (3) amend the 
Comprehensive Plan and Water Code with respect to water usage reporting 
requirements. A public notice on the proposal to amend water usage 
reporting requirements was published on the Commission's web site, 
www.drbc.net, on October 23, 2000 and will remain there through January 
9, 2001. Notices also appeared in the Delaware Register (December 1, 
2000), the New Jersey Register (December 4, 2000), the New York State 
Register (November 22, 2000), the Pennsylvania Register (November 11, 
2000), and the Federal Register (November 29, 2000). Submission of 
written comments on the proposed amendment was requested by December 
20, 2000.
    The dockets scheduled for public hearing will be as follows:
    1. Borough of Ambler D-85-26 CP RENEWAL 2. A renewal of a ground 
water withdrawal project to supply up to 116 million gallons (mg)/30 
days of water to the applicant's public water distribution system from 
Wells Nos. 1 through 14 and Spring Well, all in the Stockton Formation. 
The total withdrawal from all wells of 116 mg/30 days is a decrease in 
allocation (from 134.4 mg/30 days) to accurately reflect the 
applicant's system capacity and demand. The project is located in 
Ambler Borough and portions of Lower Gwynedd, Upper Dublin, Whitemarsh 
and Whitpain Townships, all in Montgomery County in the Southeastern 
Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    2. Limekiln Golf Course D-2000-17. A ground water withdrawal 
project to supply a combined total of 5.4 mg/30 days of supplemental 
water to the applicant's holding pond for irrigation of the applicant's 
golf course from existing Wells Nos. 1 through 3 and new Well No. 4, 
located in the mixed zone of the Lockatong and Upper Stockton 
Formations. The total withdrawal from all sources is limited to 5.4 mg/
30 days. The project is located in Horsham Township, Montgomery County 
in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    3. Lehigh Valley Water Company, LLC D-2000-34. A ground water 
withdrawal project to supply a combined total of 8.6 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's Arcadia West Industrial Park from new Wells 
Nos. PW-1, PW-2 and PW-3, all in the Martinsburg Formation. The project 
is located in Weisenberg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
    4. Upper Saucon Township D-2000-51 CP. A ground water withdrawal 
project to supply up to 30 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's 
public water distribution system from the new Colonial Crest Well and 
the existing abandoned New Jersey Zinc Mine Company mine shaft, without 
an increase in the existing allocation of 30 mg/30 days from all 
sources. The abandoned mine shaft is located in limestone and dolomite 
of the Beekmantown Formation. The Colonial Crest Well is completed in 
the Quartz Fanglomerate member of the Brunswick Formation. The project 
is located in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
    5. West Bradford Township D-2000-54 CP. An application to construct 
a 0.135 mgd secondary lagoon sewage treatment plant (STP) to replace 
failing on-lot septic systems in Marshallton and to serve the proposed 
Tattersall community, both located in West Bradford Township, Chester 
County, Pennsylvania. The proposed STP is located off State Route 162 
approximately one-half mile south of Strasburg Road and treated 
effluent will be utilized for farmland spray irrigation in West 
Bradford Township along its border with Newlin Township.
    6. Hemlock Farms Community Association D-2000-60 CP. A ground water 
withdrawal project to supply up to 30 mg/30 days of water to the 
applicant's public water distribution system from new Well No. 4, and 
existing Wells Nos. 1, 10, 49 and 80, and to limit the withdrawal from 
all wells to 30 mg/30 days. New Well No. 4 is completed in the Catskill 
Formation. The project is located in the Special Protection Waters of 
the Bushkill and Shohola Creek watersheds in Blooming Grove Township, 
Pike County, Pennsylvania.
    7. M.C. Resource Development Company D-2000-65. A ground water 
withdrawal project to supply a combined total of 6.9 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's bottled water facility from new Wells Nos.P-1 
and P-2 in the Bloomsburg Formation. The project is located in the 
Indian Run watershed, a tributary to the Little Schuylkill River, in 
East Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
    8. South Coventry Township D-2000-67 CP. A project to construct a 
55,000 gallons per day (gpd) STP and effluent drip irrigation system to 
serve the proposed Ridglea Farm subdivision and the existing Pughtown 
Village residential area, all within South Coventry Township, Chester 
County, Pennsylvania. The proposed advanced secondary treatment plant 
will be located just east of State Route 100 approximately one-quarter 
mile north of Pughtown Road, and the proposed 12.5 acre drip irrigation 
system will be located approximately one-half mile northeast of the 
STP. No alternate surface water discharge is proposed as the applicant 
will store treated effluent in a 725,000 gallon lagoon for later 
disposal during storm and freezing conditions.
    In addition to the public hearing, the Commission will address the 
following at its 1:00 p.m. business meeting: minutes of the November 
15, 2000 business meeting; announcements; report on hydrologic 
conditions in the basin; reports by the Executive Director and General 
Counsel; resolution to adopt the Commission's FY 2002 budgets (on which 
a public hearing was held on November 15, 2000); and public dialogue.
    Documents relating to the dockets and other items may be examined 
at the Commission's offices. Preliminary dockets are available in 
single copies

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upon request. Please contact Thomas L. Brand at (609) 883-9500 ext. 221 
with any 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. 
Driving directions to the meeting location are posted on the 
Commission's web site, at www.drbc.net.

    Dated: December 18, 2000.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-32811 Filed 12-22-00; 8:45 am]
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