[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 81 (Monday, April 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22365-22366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10323]


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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 
Thursday, May 8, 2003. 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's 
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 development of the 
Water Resources Plan for the Delaware River Basin, including feedback 
from the commissioners regarding member ``sign-on;'' a report by a 
representative of The Nature Conservancy concerning development of an 
ecological flow strategy for the Upper Delaware River Basin; a report 
on Flow Management Technical Advisory Committee activities; a report on 
the PCB Expert Panel and Toxics Advisory Committee meetings of March 
20-21, 2003 and the TMDL stakeholder briefing of April 29, 2003; a 
presentation on New Jersey's Blueprint for Intelligent Growth (BIG) map 
and its relationship to water resources management; and a proposal for 
renewal of the Commission's contract with the Northeast-Midwest 
Institute.
    The dockets scheduled for the public hearing to be held during the 
1 p.m. business meeting are as follows:
    1. Baer Aggregates, Inc. D-90-18 RENEWAL. A renewal of a ground 
water withdrawal project to supply up to 38 million gallons (mg)/30 
days of water to the applicant's manufacturing plant from existing 
Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Well No. 1 is completed in glacial drift 
sediments; Wells Nos. 2, 3 and 4 are completed in the Kittatinny 
Limestone Formation. No increase in allocation is proposed. The project 
is located in Pohatcong Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
    2. Grand View Hospital D-92-63 CP RENEWAL. A renewal of a ground 
water withdrawal project with an increase from 3.6 mg/30 days to 4.32 
mg/30 days to supply the applicant's health care facility from existing 
Wells Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5 in the Brunswick formation. The project is 
located in the East Branch Perkiomen Creek Watershed, in West Rockhill 
Township, Bucks County, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water 
Protected Area.
    3. Westampton Property Associates D-94-6 RENEWAL. A renewal of a 
ground water and surface water withdrawal project to continue 
withdrawal of 6.7 mg/30 days to supply the applicant's Deerwood Country 
Club golf course from existing Wells Nos. 1 and 2 and proposed Well No. 
3 (all in the Englishtown Formation) to be conjunctively used with 3 
existing surface water intakes, all in the Assiscunk Creek Watershed. 
The project is located in Westampton Township, Burlington County, New 
Jersey.
    4. Township of West Deptford D-99-56 CP. A project to withdraw up 
to 17 mg/30 days of surface water from an intake on the tidal Delaware 
River in Water Quality Zone 4 to provide water for the development 
known as The Riverwinds at West Deptford, located in West Deptford 
Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. The applicant proposes to 
withdraw this water for a residential and commercial development, 
including an 18-hole public golf course.
    5. Aventis Pasteur Inc. D-99-71. A project to expand the capacity 
of the applicant's existing 0.2 million gallon per day (mgd) industrial 
wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) to 0.35 mgd utilizing Best Available 
Technology economically achievable. The original application was for an 
expansion to 0.45 mgd, but a reduction of flow was realized mainly due 
to conservation measures. The IWTP will continue to serve the 
applicant's vaccine production facility located off State Route 314 in 
Pocono Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Treated effluent will 
continue to be discharged to Swiftwater Creek, a tributary of Paradise 
Creek in the Brodhead Creek Watershed, and to a proposed on-site 
seasonal spray irrigation disposal area.
    6. Consumers New Jersey Water Company D-2000-37 CP. A ground water 
withdrawal project to supply 30 mg/30 days on a permanent basis, with 
an additional, temporary (approximately five years) ground water supply 
allocation of 61 mg/30 days to the applicant's Woolwich public water 
distribution system. The temporary allocation of 61 mg/30 days is valid 
until December 31, 2007 or until an alternate supply of surface water 
is made available under a Consumers New Jersey Water Company (NJWC)/New 
Jersey American Water Company (NJAWC) agreement. The ground water will 
be provided through Wells Nos. 1 through 7 in the Upper Potomac-
Raritan-Magothy Aquifer in the Racoon Creek and Oldman's Creek 
Watersheds. The project is located in Woolwich Township, Gloucester 
County, New Jersey.
    7. Philadelphia Suburban Water Company D-2002-1 (CP). A ground 
water withdrawal project to supply up to 17.4 mg/30 days of water to 
the applicant's public water supply system from new Well No. EP-A in 
the Triassic Limestone Fanglomerate Formation. The project is located 
in the Schuylkill River Watershed in Cumru Township, Berks County, 
Pennsylvania.
    8. Nature's Way Purewater Systems, Inc. D-2002-44. A ground water 
withdrawal project to supply up to 4.189 mg/30 days of water for 
exportation to the applicant's bottling facility from new Wells Nos. 
BH-1 and BH-2 in the Mauch Chunk Formation. The project is located in 
the Linesville Creek Watershed in Foster Township, Luzerne County, 
Pennsylvania.
    9. Nestl[egrave] Waters North America, Inc. D-2002-45. A ground 
water withdrawal project to supply up to 7.0 mg/30 days of water to the 
applicant's bottled water facility from new Well No. PW-1 in the Epler 
Formation. The project is located in the Iron Run Watershed in Upper 
Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
    10. Camp French Woods D-2003-1. A project to expand a 33,750 gallon 
per day (gpd) Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to process 48,000 gpd, while 
continuing to provide tertiary level of treatment. The project is 
necessary to serve the increased number of seasonal residents

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at the applicant's camp for children, located about 2 miles northwest 
of the intersection of Bouchoux Brook Road and Gilleran Road, in the 
Town of Hancock, Delaware County, New York. STP effluent will continue 
to be discharged to Sand Pond on an intermittent tributary of Bouchoux 
Brook, in the Special Protection Waters drainage area.
    In addition to the public hearing items, the Commission will 
address the following at its 1 p.m. business meeting: Minutes of the 
March 19, 2003 business meeting; announcements; a report on Basin 
hydrologic conditions; a report by the executive director; a report by 
the Commission's general counsel; and a resolution authorizing the 
executive director to renew the Delaware River Basin Commission's May 
2002 contract with the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
    Draft dockets and other items scheduled for public hearing on March 
19, 2003 are posted on the Commission's Web site, http://www.drbc.net, 
where they can be accessed through the Notice of Commission Meeting and 
Public Hearing. Additional documents relating to the dockets and other 
items may be examined at the Commission's offices. 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 Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) at 711, to discuss 
how the Commission may accommodate your needs.

    Dated: April 22, 2003.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-10323 Filed 4-25-03; 8:45 am]
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