[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3886-3888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1973]


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DELEWARE 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 6, 2002. 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 9:30 
a.m. Topics of discussion will include an update on the Comprehensive 
Plan (CP) and a proposed resolution concerning development of 
management strategies for implementing the goals and objectives of the 
CP; a Water Quality Advisory Committee proposal concerning the Delaware 
Riverkeeper's ``Petition To Designate The Lower Delaware River As 
Special Protection Waters And Other Matters;'' a report on the PCB TMDL 
development effort and proposal to modify the composition of the PCB 
Expert Panel within the previously approved budget authority; a report 
on Delaware Estuary Program activities; a proposal to fund a pilot 
Internet GIS interactive mapping application; a proposed resolution to 
enter into a contract with the Delaware Riverkeeper Network to provide 
support for the Little Neshaminy Watershed Study; a proposal to release 
for public comment the Draft Guidelines for Developing an Integrated 
Resource Plan Under the Delaware River Basin Commission Southeastern 
Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area Regulations; and a report on 
developments pursuant to Resolution No. 2001-32, declaring a drought 
emergency for the purpose of conservation of regional reservoir 
storage.
    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, a 
resolution adopting the 2002 Water Resources Program.
    The dockets scheduled for public hearing are as follows:
    1. Holdover Project: Philadelphia Suburban Water Company D-98-11 
CP. A project to withdraw up to 4.0 million gallons per day (mgd) from 
the East Branch Brandywine Creek for public water supply when 
streamflow exceeds 25 percent of the average daily flow and is also 
greater than 90 mgd for the Brandywine River at Chadds Ford. The 
applicant proposes to serve portions of Wallace, East Brandywine and 
West Brandywine Townships, all in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The 
intake will be situated on the east bank of the East Branch Brandywine 
Creek just south of Marshall Road in Wallace Township. On a yearly use 
basis, withdrawal is expected to average approximately 0.76 mgd. When 
available, the raw water will be conveyed for storage in a nearby 
abandoned quarry (known as Cornog Quarry) with an estimated storage 
capacity of approximately 100 mg. Withdrawals ranging from 0.5 mgd to 
1.0 mgd will then be made from the quarry, treated by a proposed new 
filter plant, and distributed to the project service area.
    2. Kiamesha Artesian Spring Water Company D-90-68 CP RENEWAL. A 
ground water withdrawal renewal project to supply up to 9.8 mg/30 days 
of water to the applicant's public water distribution system from the 
existing Filtration Plant Well and Fraser Road Well in the Upper 
Devonian aquifer. No increase in allocation is proposed. The project is 
located in the Town of Thompson, Sullivan County, New York.
    3. Metachem Products LLC D-90-96 RENEWAL. A ground water 
remediation withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 10.8 mg/30 
days of water from existing Wells Nos. RW-1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the 
Columbia Formation in the Red Lion Creek watershed. The project is 
located near the north side of Governor Lea Road approximately 1.4 
miles north of the Routes 98-72 intersection near Delaware City, New 
Castle County, Delaware.
    4. Washington Township Municipal Utilities Authority D-98-6 CP. A 
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 248.2 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's distribution system and to permit new Wells 
Nos. 19 and 20. No increase in allocation is proposed. The project is 
located in Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
    5. MBNA America D-2001-7. A ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 4l2 mg/30 days from new Wells Nos. 10 and 14 to supplement 
supply from its White Clay Creek intake for irrigation of the 
applicant's Deerfield Golf & Tennis Club and to retain the existing 
total combined withdrawal from all sources to 6.75 mg/30 days. The 
project wells are located in the Wissahickon Formation in New Castle 
County, Delaware.
    6. Muhlenberg Township Authority D-2001-30 CP. A ground water 
withdrawal project to supply up to 10.8 mg/30 days

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of water to the applicant's public water supply system from new Well 
No. 15 in the Leithsville Formation and to increase the existing 
withdrawal from all wells to 168.5 mg/30 days. The project is located 
in the Willow Creek watershed in Ontelaunee Township, Berks County, 
Pennsylvania.
    7. Conectiv Mid-Merit, Inc. D-2001-31. An electric power project 
which entails an average withdrawal of 3.5 mgd of water from the Lehigh 
River via a proposed new intake for cooling tower make-up. An average 
of 1.82 mgd of cooling tower blow-down will be discharged back to the 
Lehigh River via an outfall to be constructed downstream from the 
project intake. Two 550 MW natural gas-fired power modules will be 
constructed on a brownfield site in the southern part of the City of 
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania on land owned by the 
Bethlehem Steel Corp. The City of Bethlehem will supply an average of 
0.31 mgd of potable water to the applicant for sanitary and process 
water requirements, of which approximately 0.02 mgd will be returned to 
Bethlehem's sewage treatment plant for treatment. The overall average 
water demand will be 3.81 mgd, and the overall consumptive use is 
projected at 52 percent or about 1.97 mgd. The power station will be 
designed to utilize low-sulfur distillate fuel as a secondary fuel 
supply and to provide electric power to the PJM grid.
    8. City of Dover D-2001-43 CP. A ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 19.44 and 17.28 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's 
public water supply system from replacement Well No. 13 and from new 
Well No. 15, respectively, and retain the existing withdrawal from all 
wells at 438.24 mg/30 days. Both Well No. 13 and Well No. 15 are in the 
Cheswold Aquifer. The project is located in the St. Jones River 
watershed in Kent County, Delaware.
    9. Lejeune Properties, Inc. D-2001-45. A project to construct a 
0.086 mgd sewage treatment plant (STP) to serve the River Crest 
Residential Golf Course Community in Upper Providence Township, 
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The proposed STP is located on the 
applicant's 283-acre tract off Black Rock Road and State Route 29, in 
the Schuylkill River watershed. Following tertiary level, effluent will 
be used to spray irrigate the on-site golf course, but during the 
winter, STP effluent will be discharged to an unnamed tributary of the 
Schuylkill River.
    10. Little Washington Wastewater Company D-2001-46. A project to 
construct a 0.085 mgd STP to serve the Somerset Development in Newtown 
Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The project is located along 
the western side of Newtown Road about a quarter-mile north of its 
intersection with Gradyville Road. The project is designed to provide 
tertiary treatment via an anoxic/oxic process and features chemical 
addition and effluent filtration. The proposed STP will discharge to an 
unnamed tributary of Hunter Run in the Crum Creek watershed.
    11. Municipal Authority of the Township of Branch D-2001-47 CP. A 
project to construct a 0.45 mgd STP to serve the predominantly 
residential service area of Branch and Cass Townships, both in 
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The proposed plant is designed to 
provide advanced secondary treatment and will discharge to the West 
Branch Schuylkill River. The project is located just south of U.S. 
Route 209 off Railroad Avenue in Branch Township, Schuylkill County, 
Pennsylvania.
    12. Superior Water Company D-2001-48 CP. A ground water withdrawal 
project to supply up to 4.5 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's 
public water supply system from new Well No. 1 in the Hammer Creek 
Formation. The project is located in the Schuylkill River watershed in 
North Coventry Township, Chester County, in the Southeastern 
Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    13. Citizens Utilities Water Company of Pennsylvania D-2001-49 CP. 
An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 5.18 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's public water 
supply system from new Well No. DG-12A in the Brunswick Formation and 
to increase the existing withdrawal from all wells to 29.14 mg/30 days. 
The project is located in the Magneton Creek watershed in Amity 
Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    14. Village of Beach Lake D-2001-52. A project to construct a 0.09 
mgd STP to serve residents of Beach Lake Village in Berlin Township, 
Wayne County, Pennsylvania. The existing subsurface grainfield system 
will be replaced by an intermittent cycle extended aeration system, 
which is designed to provide advanced secondary level of treatment 
prior to discharge to Beach Lake Creek in the Masthope Creek Watershed. 
The proposed plant will be constructed about one mile east of Beach 
Lake, just south of State Route 652 and is located in the drainage area 
to the DRBC Special Protection Waters.
    15. Mountainside Farms, Inc. D-2001-53. A project to upgrade and 
expand a 0.036 mgd industrial waste treatment plant (IWTP) to process 
0.051 mgd from the Mountainside Farms, Inc. milk processing facility 
located about one quarter mile off State Route 30, in the Town of 
Roxbury, Delaware County, New York. The project is located in the 
drainage area to the DRBC Special Protection Waters. Following tertiary 
treatment, the IWTP effluent will continue to percolate to ground water 
through six exfiltration ponds in the East Branch Delaware River 
Watershed.
    16. The Ace Center D-2001-57. A ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 12.7 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's golf course 
irrigation system from new Wells Nos. 1 and 4 in the Wissahickon 
Formation. The project is located in the Schuylkill River watershed in 
Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, in the Southeastern 
Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    In addition to the public hearing items, the Commission will 
address the following at its 1:00 p.m. business meeting: Minutes of the 
December 18, 2001 business meeting; announcements; a report on Basin 
hydrologic conditions; reports by the Executive Director and General 
Counsel; action on an untimely request for hearing by Mr. Gary 
Eckenrode concerning Docket D-2001-13 CP of the Northampton Bucks 
County Municipal Authority; a directed appearance by Delaware Estuary 
point source dischargers Motiva Enterprises LLC, Metachem Products, LLC 
and AFG Industries, Inc. to report on their progress toward submitting 
overdue PCB monitoring data required by the Commission; a resolution 
concerning the development of management strategies for implementing 
the goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan; a resolution to 
fund a pilot Internet GIS interactive mapping application; a resolution 
to enter into a contract with the Delaware Riverkeeper Network to 
provide support for the Little Neshaminy Watershed Study; a resolution 
for the minutes expanding the Watershed Advisory Council to include as 
many as 40 members; 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 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 
Commission Secretary at 609-883-9500 ext. 203.
    Individuals in need of an accommodation as provided for in the 
Americans With Disabilities Act who

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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: January 22, 2002.
Robert Tudor,
Commission Secretary and, Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 02-1973 Filed 1-25-02; 8:45 am]
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