[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 14 (Thursday, January 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3313-3314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1416]
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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 a public hearing on Wednesday, January 28, 1998. The hearing
will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open
to the public and scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. in the Goddard
Conference Room of the Commission's offices at 25 State Police Drive,
West Trenton, New Jersey.
A presentation on the Commission's retreat process will be held at
11:00 a.m. at the same location. In December 1995 the Commission
conducted a retreat to examine the agency and its future. The process
progressed through interviews with key constituents; an extensive
constituent survey; a niche selection process and preparation of a
vision and mission statement entitled ``Charting the Future'', adopted
by the Commission on December 17, 1997. The results of the retreat
process and next steps will be reviewed at this presentation. A
``Summary of Delaware River Basin Commission Retreat Process'' and
``Charting the Future'' are available upon request by contacting Susan
M. Weisman at (609) 883-9500 ext. 203.
In addition to the subjects listed which are scheduled for public
hearing at the 1:00 p.m. business meeting, the Commission will also
address the following: Minutes of the December 17, 1997 business
meeting; announcements; General Counsel's Report; report on Basin
hydrologic conditions; a resolution to adopt the current expense and
capital budgets for Fiscal Year 1999; a resolution to designate the
Chair of the Flow Management Technical Advisory Committee as the Chair
at meetings of the Parties to the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court Decree
concerning drought-related resolutions; a resolution to amend the
Ground Water Protected Area Regulations for Southeastern Pennsylvania
by the establishment of numerical withdrawal limits for Protected Area
subbasins; and public dialogue. A ``Response Document on Proposed
Amendments to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area
Regulations'' is also available upon request by contacting Ms. Weisman
at the number provided above.
The subjects of the hearing will be as follows:
Applications for Approval of the Following Projects Pursuant to
Article 10.3, Article 11 and/or Section 3.8 of the Compact
1. Portland Borough Authority D-97-29 CP
An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to
supply up to 5.18 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the
applicant's distribution system from new Well No. 3, and to increase
the existing withdrawal limit from all wells to 5.7 mg/30 days. The
project is located in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania.
2. Pennsylvania Power & Light Company D-97-37
A project to construct two 12-kilowatt aerial power line crossings:
one on a reach of the Schuylkill River and one on a reach of the Little
Schuylkill River near their confluence. Both crossings are on reaches
of the rivers designated as Scenic Rivers by the Pennsylvania
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Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and included in the
DRBC Comprehensive Plan. The proposed power line will provide service
to an existing commercial enterprise in Port Clinton, Schuylkill
County, Pennsylvania. The line will cross on poles located near two
bridges; one just upstream of a railroad bridge over the Schuylkill
River between Tilden Township, Berks County and Port Clinton Borough,
Schuylkill County, and one at the Broad Street Bridge over the Little
Schuylkill River in Port Clinton Borough.
3. Glen Mills Schools D-97-39
A surface water withdrawal project to provide a monthly average of
367,000 gallons per day (gpd) (11 mg/30 days) for irrigation of the
proposed 18-hole Golf Course at Glen Mills located in Thornbury
Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The applicant proposes to
withdraw water from Chester Creek and, if needed to supplement flow,
from two existing on-site wells (averaging less than 100,000 gpd).
4. American Cyanamid Company D-97-41
A project to upgrade an existing 120,000 gpd average monthly
capacity industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) located at the
applicant's Agricultural Research Division facilities at U.S. Route 1
and Quakerbridge Road in West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New
Jersey. The IWTP will continue to provide secondary biological
treatment utilizing an extended aeration activated sludge process.
Tertiary filtration will be provided as well as ultraviolet
disinfection prior to discharge via an aeration cascade to an unnamed
tributary of the Assunpink Creek. The applicant's facilities are
located on property that straddles the Delaware River Basin divide and
a major portion of the applicant's water source is obtained from wells
located outside the Delaware River Basin. However, the applicant
proposes a high overall BOD removal rate (98 percent) that will offset
the imported load.
5. City of Bethlehem Authority D-97-47 CP
A proposed temporary emergency surface water withdrawal project
that entails installation of an intake structure in the Beltzville
Reservoir, just downstream of the confluence of Pohopoco Creek with the
Reservoir's backwater, in Towamensing Township, Carbon County,
Pennsylvania. The withdrawal is planned to provide an average of 15
million gallons per day during a three-year period while the
applicant's Penn Forest Dam is undergoing reconstruction and refilling.
The applicant's distribution system serves the City of Bethlehem and 11
other municipalities in its vicinity, in both Lehigh and Northampton
Counties. Documents relating to these 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 concerning docket-related questions. Persons wishing to
testify at this hearing are requested to register with the Secretary at
(609) 883-9500 ext. 203 prior to the hearing.
Dated: January 12, 1998.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-1416 Filed 1-21-98; 8:45 am]
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