98-32122. Commission Meeting and Public Hearing

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 231 (Wednesday, December 2, 1998)]
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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Commission Meeting and Public Hearing

    Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission 
will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, December 9, 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 p.m. in the Goddard 
Conference Room of the Commission's offices at 25 State Police Drive, 
West Trenton, New Jersey.
    An informal conference among the Commissioners and staff will be 
held at 10 a.m. at the same location and will include a Corps of 
Engineers presentation on section 22 proposals as well as discussions 
of correspondence concerning upper Basin reservoir releases and 
proposals for interim reorganization and formation of a Watershed 
Council.
    In addition to the subjects summarized below which are scheduled 
for public hearing at the business meeting, the Commission will also 
address the following: Minutes of the October 7, 1998 business meeting; 
announcements; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; reports by the 
Executive Director and General Counsel; consideration of resolutions 
concerning interim DRBC reorganization, establishment of a Water 
Management Advisory Committee, contract with the Northeast/Midwest 
Institute, interstate river basin commissions' role in Clean Water 
Action Plan and public dialogue.
    The subjects of the hearing will be as follows:
    Current Expense and Capital Budgets. A proposed current expense 
budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, in the aggregate 
amount of $4,106,600 and a capital budget reflecting revenues of 
$2,508,748 and expenditures of $2,331,242. Copies of the current 
expense and capital budgets are available from the Commission on 
request by contacting Richard C. Gore at [phone] ext. 201.
    Applications for Approval of the Following Projects Pursuant to 
Article 10.3, Article 11 and/or Section 3.8 of the Compact:
    1. Summit Hill Water Authority D-84-3 CP RENEWAL 2. An application 
for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 
13.8 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's 
distribution system from Well Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Commission approval 
on December 14, 1988 was limited to 10 years and will expire unless 
renewed. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all 
wells remain limited to 13.8 mg/30 days. The project is located in 
Summit Hill Borough, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
    2. New Jersey-American Water Company D-90-108 CP Revised. An 
application to revise an existing docket by the addition of Aquifer 
Storage and Recovery (ASR) Well No. 66 to recharge treated drinking 
water from the applicant's distribution system into the Middle PRM 
Aquifer during periods of low water demand. The stored high-quality 
water will be withdrawn and discharged to the distribution system 
during periods of high demand with no net withdrawal from the aquifer. 
The proposed ASR project will not increase monthly or annual allocation 
of ground water. The project is located in Cherry Hill Township, Camden 
County, New Jersey.
    3. West Goshen Sewer Authority D-98-20 CP. A project to upgrade and 
expand the applicant's existing 4.5 million gallons per day (mgd) 
sewage treatment plant (STP) to 6.0 mgd to continue serving portions of 
East Goshen and West Goshen Townships, Chester County, Pennsylvania. 
The STP is located off South Concord Road in West Goshen Township and 
will continue to discharge to Chester Creek (locally known as Goose 
Creek).
    4. Womelsdorf-Robesonia Joint Authority D-98-23 CP. An application 
for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 8.1 
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from new 
Well No. 9, and to retain the existing withdrawal limit from all wells 
at 23 mg/30 days. The project is located in Millcreek Township, Lebanon 
County, Pennsylvania.
    A Proposal to Adopt the 1999 Water Resources Program. A proposal 
that the 1998 Water Resources Program and the activities, programs, 
initiatives, concerns, projections and proposals identified and set 
forth therein be extended and adopted as the 1999 Water Resources 
Program and that a staff report of progress during 1998 in completing 
elements of the program and policies in the 1998 Water Resources 
program be made a part thereof, in accordance with the requirements of 
Section 13.2 of the Delaware River Basin Compact.
    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 [phone] 
ext. 221 concerning docket-related questions. Persons wishing to 
testify at this hearing are requested to register with the Secretary at 
[phone] ext. 203 prior to the hearing.

    Dated: November 23, 1998.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-32122 Filed 12-1-98; 8:45 am]
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