[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 97 (Monday, May 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35510-35511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12534]


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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 
Friday, May 31, 2002. The hearing will be part of the Commission's 
regular business meeting. The conference session and business meeting 
both are open to the public. The conference session will be held at 
Grey Towers, 151 Grey Towers Drive, Milford, Pennsylvania. The business 
meeting also will be held at Grey Towers, unless there is a possibility 
of bad weather in the afternoon or evening. In that event, the business 
meeting will be held at the Best Western Inn at Hunt's Landing, 120 
Route 6 and Route 209, also in Milford, Pennsylvania. In case of doubt 
about the hearing location, contact the DRBC on May 31 at 609-883-9500. 
Directions to both locations are posted on the Commission's web site, 
http://www.DRBC.net.
    The conference among the Commissioners and staff will begin at 10 
a.m. Topics of discussion will include: an update on a proposal for 
protecting existing water quality in the Lower Delaware River pending a 
possible special protection waters designation; an update on PCB TMDL 
development and sampling activities; a proposed resolution authorizing 
the Executive Director to engage a consultant to assist in development 
of a PCB fate and transport model for the Delaware Estuary; a proposal 
to engage the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory of the University of 
Maryland to conduct carbon analytical work in connection with 
development of a TMDL for PCBs in the Delaware Estuary; a report on the 
May meeting of the DRBC's Flow Management Technical Advisory Committee; 
and proposed resolutions authorizing the Executive Director to renew 
DRBC's contract with the Northeast-Midwest Institute and to engage a 
consultant to perform a position classification and compensation 
analysis.
    The subjects of the public hearing to be held during the 1 p.m. 
business meeting include, in addition to the dockets listed below, a 
resolution amending Article 8 of the Administrative Manual--Rules of 
Practice and Procedure relating to fees associated with Commission 
responses to Freedom of Information Act (``FOIA'') requests. In the 
event a resolution or docket is considered involving modification of 
the Commission's Comprehensive Plan to adjust releases from the New 
York City Reservoirs to protect tailwaters fisheries, then a hearing on 
such proposal also will be held. Please contact the Commission 
Secretary after May 16 for information on the status of this item.
    The dockets scheduled for public hearing are as follows:
    1. Boyertown Foundry Company D-85-80 RENEWAL 2. A renewal of a 
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 3.54 million gallons 
(mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's foundry facility (formerly 
Eastern Foundry Company) from existing Well No. 1A in the Leithsville 
Dolomite Formation. No increase in allocation is proposed. The project 
is located in Boyertown Borough, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
    2. Schwenksville Borough Authority D-98-30 CP. A project to 
increase the rated capacity of the applicant's existing 0.206 million 
gallons per day (mgd) sewage treatment plant (STP) to 0.3 mgd. The STP 
will continue to provide secondary biological treatment via trickling 
filter and activate sludge systems to serve the Borough of 
Schwenksville and adjacent portions of Perkiomen and Lower Frederick 
Townships, all in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The STP is situated 
just west of Perkiomen Creek, to which it will continue to discharge, 
and just east of State Route 73 between Church and Maple Streets in the 
Borough of Schwenksville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
    3. McGinley Mills, Inc. D-91-55 RENEWAL. A renewal of a ground 
water withdrawal project to continue withdrawal of 13.4 mg/30 days to 
supply the applicant's industrial facility from existing Wells Nos. 1 
and 2 in the Allentown formation. The project is located in the Town of 
Phillipsburg, Warren County, New Jersey
    4. Maidencreek Township Authority D-91-58 CP RENEWAL. A renewal of 
a ground water withdrawal project with an increase of withdrawal from 
13.2 mg/30 days to 22.7 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's public 
water distribution system from existing Wells No. 1, 2, and 3 in the 
Epler and Allentown formations. The project is located in Maidencreek 
Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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    5. New Jersey Department of Corrections--Bayside State Correctional 
Facility D-2000-10 CP. A ground water withdrawal project to supply up 
to 30 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's correctional facility and 
farm from new Well No. 5 in the Cohansey-Kirkwood aquifer and to retain 
the withdrawal limit from all wells at 30 mg/30 days. The project is 
located in Maurice River Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
    6. Pennridge Wastewater Treatment Authority D-2001-1 CP. A project 
to expand the applicant's existing advanced secondary STP from 4.0 mgd 
to 4.325 mgd via trickling filter and chemical addition processes. 
Located in both West Rockhill Township and Sellersville Borough, both 
in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the STP will serve the Boroughs of 
Perkasie, Sellersville, Silverdale and Telford, and the Townships of 
East Rockhill, Hilltown and West Rockhill, all in Bucks County. Treated 
effluent will continue to be discharged to the adjacent East Branch 
Perkiomen Creek through an existing outfall.
    7. West Vincent Township D-2001-60. A project to construct a 0.11 
mgd aerated-lagoon type STP and effluent spray irrigation system to 
serve proposed housing and commercial office development on the 
northeast corner of Routes 100 and 401 in West Vincent Township, 
Chester County, Pennsylvania. Following secondary treatment, effluent 
will be sprayed on 22 acres of adjacent farm and wooded lands. During 
inclement weather, STP effluent can be stored in on-site lagoons, so no 
discharge to nearby Birch Run Creek in the French Creek watershed is 
required.
    8. Tidewater Utilities, Inc. D-2002-4 CP. A ground water withdrawal 
project to supply up to 7.95 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's 
public water distribution system from new Wells Nos. L5 and L9 in the 
Columbia Formation. Wells Nos. L5 and L9 will be interconnected with 
the applicant's eleven other wells, which are located outside the 
Delaware River Basin. The project is located in the Broadkill River 
watershed in Lewes/Rehoboth, Sussex County, Delaware.
    9. Philadelphia Suburban Water Company D-2002-5 CP. A ground water 
withdrawal project to supply a combined total of 6.26 mg/30 days of 
water to the applicant's public water supply distribution system from 
new Kay Wells B and C, to be interconnected with nine existing wells 
currently comprising the Pennsylvania Suburban Water Company (PSW) UGS 
Northern Division service area, and to limit the withdrawal from all 
wells to 15.86 mg/30 days. Kay Well B is to be allocated at 2.80 mg/30 
days and Kay Well C at 3.45 mg/30 days. The project is located in the 
Beaver Creek watershed in East Brandywine Township, Chester County, 
Pennsylvania. As proposed in the PADEP draft water supply permit, 
Special Condition I, the Kay Wells would be removed from service once a 
water treatment plant receiving water from PSW's Cornog Quarry Project 
(a proposed surface water withdrawal and storage project on the East 
Branch Brandywine Creek in Wallace Township, Chester County) is placed 
into operation. At such time, the DRBC's combined total allocation for 
the remaining wells is proposed to be limited to 9.6 mg/30 days.
    10. Kidder Township D-2002-6 CP. A project to expand the 0.15 mgd 
Split Rock STP to process 0.4 mgd, while continuing to provide a 
tertiary level of treatment. The applicant proposes to purchase the 
existing STP from Vacation Charters, Ltd. and expand the sequencing 
batch reactor plant to serve future development at the Split Rock 
Resort and current flows from properties in the Lake Harmony and Split 
Rock areas, all within Kidder Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. 
The project is located about 2 miles west of the intersection of 
Interstate 80 and State Route 115. The existing STP owner will retain a 
spray irrigation permit to apply the effluent to its resort golf 
course, as needed, or allow it to discharge to Shingle Mill Run, a 
tributary of Tobyhanna Creek in the Lehigh River Watershed.
    In addition to the public hearing items, the Commission will 
address the following at its 1 p.m. business meeting: Minutes of the 
April 3, 2002 business meeting; announcements; a report on Basin 
hydrologic conditions; reports by the Executive Director and General 
Counsel; discussion and possible Commission response to requests for a 
hearing to review the Commission's action on Docket D-98-11 CP of the 
Pennsylvania Suburban Water Company (formerly Philadelphia Suburban 
Water Company); and resolutions (1) authorizing the Executive Director 
to engage a consultant to assist in development of a PCB fate and 
transport model for the Delaware Estuary; (2) authorizing the Executive 
Director to engage the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory of the 
University of Maryland to conduct carbon analytical work in connection 
with development of a TMDL for PCBs in the Delaware Estuary; (3) 
authorizing the Executive Director to renew DRBC's contract with the 
Northeast-Midwest Institute; (4) authorizing the Executive Director to 
engage a consultant to performing a position classification and 
compensation analysis; (5) providing for election of the Commission 
Chair, Vice Chair and Second Vice Chair for the year 2002-03, 
commencing July 1, 2002; and (6) honoring N.G. Kaul. The meeting will 
conclude with an opportunity for 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 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: May 14, 2002.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-12534 Filed 5-17-02; 8:45 am]
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