[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 44812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16809]


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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 17, 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 10 
a.m. Topics of discussion will include an update on the Comprehensive 
Plan (CP); reports on the PCB TMDL development effort; a report on the 
development of water quality criteria for toxic pollutants; a report on 
the Flow Management Technical Advisory Committee meeting of June 25; 
and an update on Flood Advisory Committee activities.
    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 correcting paragraph 2.A. of Resolution No. 2002-6 to 
reflect that the Thermal Release Bank expires on April 30, 2003 and not 
on October 31, 2002; a resolution amending Docket D-77-110 CP by the 
addition of a ``Designated Unit'' to Table A (Revised); and a 
resolution concerning the declaration of drought emergency issued by 
the Commission on December 18, 2001.
    The dockets scheduled for public hearing are as follows:
    1. Holdover Project: Mercer County Improvement Authority D-99-28 
CP. A project to construct a surface water intake on Assunpink Creek at 
Mercer Lake to withdraw 2.6 million gallons per day (mgd) of water. The 
new intake, in addition to an existing intake that can provide 1.3 mgd, 
will irrigate the applicant's Mercer Oaks II Golf Course located in 
West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
    2. Conshohocken Borough Authority D-2001-59 CP. A project to rerate 
a 2.3 mgd sewage treatment plant (STP) to treat 2.35 mgd on an average 
monthly basis and up to 3 mgd as a maximum monthly flow. The STP will 
continue to provide high quality secondary treatment and discharge to 
the Schuylkill River through the existing outfall. The project is 
located at Elm and Jones Streets in Conshohocken Borough, Montgomery 
County, Pennsylvania. The plant will continue to serve Conshohocken 
Borough, plus portions of Whitemarsh and Plymouth Townships, all within 
Montgomery County.
    3. Newark Country Club D-2002-12. A ground water withdrawal project 
to supply up to 2.1 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's golf course 
from new Well No.5 in the Christianstead Gneiss Formation, and to 
increase the existing withdrawal from all wells to 5.0 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in the Christina River and White Clay Creek 
watersheds in the City of Newark, New Castle County, Delaware.
    4. Bidermann Golf Club D-2002-13. A ground water withdrawal project 
to supply up to 0.864 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's golf 
course from new Well No. 5 in the Wissahickon Formation, and to 
increase the existing withdrawal from all sources to 15.8 mg/30 days. 
The project is located in the Brandywine Creek watershed in the City of 
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.
    5. Town of Roxbury D-2002-14 CP. A project to export 0.3 mgd of 
water, half in the form of raw sewage from failing on-lot systems and 
half as ground water supply, from the Hamlet of Roxbury in the Delaware 
River Basin to the Hamlet of Grand Gorge in the Mohawk-Hudson River 
Basin. Both hamlets are located in the Town of Roxbury, Delaware 
County, New York. The proposed ground water withdrawal and exportation 
project will replace a collapsed production well (No. 1) in the Roxbury 
Water District with a new one. The proposed ground water withdrawal 
from new Well No. 1 of up to 3 mg/30 days will be taken from the 
Catskill Formation. The raw sewage will be conveyed via force main to 
the existing NYCDEP Grand Gorge Sewage Treatment Plant located off 
State Route 23, and following treatment will be discharged to adjacent 
Bear Creek.
    6. Fifer Orchards, Inc. D-2002-20. A ground water withdrawal 
project to supply up to 51.45 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's 
orchard from new Wells Nos. 6 and 7, in the Columbia/Choptank and 
Columbia Formations, respectively, and to limit the existing withdrawal 
from all sources to 543 mg/30 days. The project is located in the St. 
Jones River watershed in the City of Wyoming, Kent County, Delaware.
    In addition to the public hearing items, the Commission will 
address the following at its 1 p.m. business meeting: Minutes of the 
May 31, 2002 business meeting; announcements; a report on Basin 
hydrologic conditions; a report by the Executive Director; and a report 
by the Commission's General Counsel, including consideration by the 
Commission of an agreement reached by the Petitioners in the appeal of 
Docket No. D-98-11 CP of the Pennsylvania Suburban Water Company (the 
``Cornog Quarry'' project). The meeting will end 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 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: June 28, 2002.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary and Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 02-16809 Filed 7-3-02; 8:45 am]
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