[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11281-11282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4512]


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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, February 28, 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 
Commission offices at 25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, New Jersey.
    The conference among the Commissioners and staff will begin at 10 
a.m. Topics of discussion will include a progress report on the 
Commission's Comprehensive Plan; the status of a proposed rulemaking to 
amend the Comprehensive Plan with respect to water usage reporting 
requirements; issues relating to development of the PCB TMDL for the 
Delaware Estuary; a preliminary issues paper for the Flow Management 
Study; a proposal to institute project review upon retirement of 
entitlements; and creation of a Delaware Estuary Program office at the 
Commission. Summaries of the following meetings will be presented: the 
Toxics Advisory Committee meetings of January 11 and February 26 and 
the inaugural meeting of the Information Management Advisory Committee 
on February 1.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1:30 p.m. 
business meeting include the dockets listed below:
    1. SPS Technologies D-79-88 RENEWAL 3. A ground water withdrawal 
renewal project to supply up to 8.7 million gallons (mg)/30 days of 
water to the applicant's manufacturing plant from existing Well No. 7 
in the Upper Reach Frankford Creek watershed. No increase in allocation 
is proposed. The project is located in Abington Township, Montgomery 
County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    2. Lawrenceville Water Company D-83-26 CP RENEWAL 2. A ground water 
withdrawal renewal project to supply up to 21.7 mg/30 days of water to 
the applicant's public water distribution system from Wells Nos. 4, 5, 
6 and 9 in the Stockton Formation. Commission approval on January 12, 
1990 was limited to 10 years. The applicant requests that the total 
withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 21.7 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.

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    3. Bristol Township D-90-98 CP. A project to rerate the applicant's 
existing 2.25 million gallons per day (mgd) secondary level treatment 
Croydon Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to 3.0 mgd and to revise the 
service area to allow Subdistricts 2, 3 and 4 and the Keystone 
Industrial Sewer District (Keystone) to convey their sewage directly to 
the Croydon STP, which currently serves Subdistrict 1. Treated effluent 
will continue to discharge to the Delaware River in Water Quality Zone 
2. The Croydon STP is located on River Road near the Delaware River, 
approximately 1.3 miles upstream of the Neshaminy Creek confluence in 
Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
    4. Delaware State University D-99-76. A ground water withdrawal 
project to supply up to 5 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's 
research facility from new North Well No. 2 and new South Well No. 1 
located in the Cheswold aquifer, and to limit the withdrawal from all 
wells to 5 mg/30 days. The project is located in the City of Dover, 
Kent County, Delaware.
    5. Warminster Township Municipal Authority D-2000-19 CP. A ground 
water withdrawal project to supply up to 10.8 mg/30 days of water to 
the applicant's public water distribution system from new Well No. 
NATC-10 in the Stockton Formation, and to limit the withdrawal from all 
wells to 124.8 mg/30 days. The project is located in Warminster 
Township, Bucks County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water 
Protected Area.
    6. East Marlborough Township D-2000-43 CP. A project to expand the 
Wollaston Road 0.125 mgd STP and spray irrigation system to provide 
secondary treatment of 0.292 mgd. The proposed Unionville Regional STP 
will include the combined flows from the Baltimore Pike STP (0.15 mgd), 
the Wollaston Road wastewater treatment plant (0.125 mgd), and the 
Dolkeith Farms STP (0.015 mgd). The project is located just north of 
Street Road, approximately 1,500 feet west of Route 82, in East 
Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, in Water Quality 
Zone C-5 of the West Branch Red Clay Creek watershed. No surface water 
discharge is proposed and 0.15 mgd of the Baltimore Pike STP effluent 
that currently discharges to East Branch Red Clay Creek will be 
conveyed to the proposed regional plant for treatment and spray 
application.
    7. Borough of Quakertown D-2000-64 CP. A project to replace the 
withdrawal of water from Wells Nos. 5 and 6 in the applicant's public 
water supply system that have become unreliable sources of supply. The 
applicant requests that the withdrawal from replacement Well No. 8 in 
the Brunswick Formation be limited to 9 mg/30 days, and that the total 
withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 51.1 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in the Tohickon Creek watershed in Quakertown 
Borough and Richland Township, Bucks County in the Southeastern 
Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    8. Berks-Montgomery Municipal Authority D-2000-70 CP. A project to 
rerate the applicant's existing 1.9 mgd tertiary level treatment Swamp 
Creek STP to treat a maximum monthly flow of 2.1 mgd; the annual 
average flow will remain 1.9 mgd. The plant is located one-half mile 
east of the intersection of Congo Road and Swamp Pike in Douglass 
Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and will continue to serve 
the Boroughs of Bechtelsville and Boyertown and portions of 
Colebrookdale and Washington Townships in Berks County; and a portion 
of Douglass Township in Montgomery County. Treated effluent will 
continue to discharge to Swamp Creek in the Perkiomen Creek watershed.
    In addition to the public hearing, the Commission will address the 
following at its 1:30 p.m. business meeting: minutes of the January 9, 
2001 business meeting; announcements; report on hydrologic conditions 
in the basin; report by the Executive Director; public dialogue; and 
resolutions: (1) Authorizing the Executive Director to proceed with a 
facilitated two-day meeting of the Watershed Advisory Council including 
a consensus-building workshop; (2) authorizing the Executive Director 
to contract with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and 
Environmental Control to implement elements of the Comprehensive 
Conservation and Management Plan for the Delaware Estuary; and (3) 
establishing a Delaware Estuary Program office to be housed at the 
Commission.
    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 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 http://www.drbc.net.

    Dated: February 12, 2001.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-4512 Filed 2-22-01; 8:45 am]
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