[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7761-7762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4093]
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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, February 26, 1997. The hearing
will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open
to the public and scheduled to begin at 2:00 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 11:00 a.m. at the same location and will include a presentation
on the Christina River Basin point and nonpoint study; a demonstration
on the New Castle County GIS program; discussion of proposed amendments
to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area
Regulations and a review of Basin States' policies on discharges to
intermittent streams.
In addition to the subjects listed below which are scheduled for
public hearing at the business meeting, the Commission will also
address the following matters: Minutes of the January 22, 1997 business
meeting; announcements; General Counsel's report; report on Basin
hydrologic conditions, a resolution concerning funding in connection
with the Christina Basin study and public dialogue.
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. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)
D-77-20 CP (Revision No. 3). An application to add the schedule of
experimental augmented conservation releases for Cannonsville Reservoir
to the current experimental augmented conservation release program of
the Pepacton and Neversink Reservoirs. Along with the Cannonsville
Reservoir program, the applicant requests an
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extension of the existing experimental augmented conservation release
program for Pepacton and Neversink Reservoirs for a three year period.
New release valves at the Cannonsville Reservoir allow a more flexible
release schedule and make it feasible to reserve additional storage for
thermal stress release when needed. The Neversink Reservoir is located
in Sullivan County and the Cannonsville and Pepacton Reservoirs are
located in Delaware County, all in New York State.
2. Merrill Creek Owners Group (MCOG) D-77-110 CP (Amendment No.
10). An application for inclusion of PECO Energy Company's Fairless
Hills Generating Station (a 72 megawatt combustion turbine facility
formerly owned by U.S. Steel and approved for operation by PECO via
Docket No. D-96-63 on January 22, 1997) as a Designated Unit to Table A
(Revised) of the Merrill Creek Reservoir project. This action will
allow releases from the reservoir to make up consumptive water use of
the plant during drought periods. MCOG expects the Fairless Hills
Generating Station to have maximum monthly consumptive water uses of
385,000 gallons per day (gpd) during winter, 124,000 gpd during summer,
and 324,000 gpd during spring and fall. The plant is located at the
existing U.S. Steel Fairless Hills plant site in Falls Township, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania.
3. Pennsylvania-American Water Company D-85-86 CP RENEWAL 2. An
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project,
previously approved under the ownership of Pocono Farms East Water
Company, to supply up to 4.68 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to
the applicant's Whispering Glen and Hickory Glen systems from Well Nos.
2E, 3E and 4E. Commission approval on April 24, 1991 was limited to
five years. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all
wells remain limited to 4.68 mg/30 days. The project is located in
Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
4. Crystal Water Supply Company, Inc. D-86-22 CP RENEWAL 2. An
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to
supply up to 11.23 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution
system from Well Nos. A, B and 1. Commission approval on December 11,
1991 was limited to five years. The applicant requests that the total
withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 11.23 mg/30 days. The
project is located in the Town of Thompson, Sullivan County, New York.
5. Lake Wynonah Municipal Authority D-91-20 CP RENEWAL. An
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to
supply up to 12 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution
system from Well Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 6. Commission approval on August 14,
1991 was limited to five years. The applicant requests that the total
withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 12 mg/30 days. The project
is located in South Manheim and Wayne Townships, Schuylkill County,
Pennsylvania.
6. City of Coatesville Authority D-96-16 CP. An application to
amend the City of Coatesville Authority (CCA) Docket by extension of
the time for compliance with Docket DECISION II.e. which requires the
CCA to submit an Operating Plan for conjunctive use of its West Branch
Brandywine Creek withdrawal with its multiple-source water supply
system including the Rock Run and Hibernia (renamed Chambers Lake)
Reservoirs. The project withdrawal is located in West Caln Township,
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
7. Borough of West Grove D-96-26 CP. An application to replace the
withdrawal of water from Well Nos. 1 and 6 in the applicant's water
supply system which has been contaminated by leakage of gasoline from
an underground storage tank. The applicant requests that the withdrawal
from replacement Well No. 4 (Harmony Road) be limited to 4.5 mg/30
days, and that the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to
10.8 mg/30 days. The project is located in West Grove Borough, Chester
County, Pennsylvania.
8. Paunnacussing Founders, Inc. D-96-42. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 6.0 mg/30
days of water to the applicant's Look-A-Way Golf Club from new Well
Nos. 2 and 3, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 6.0 mg/30
days. The project is located in Buckingham Township, Bucks County in
the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
9. Fox Valley Community Services, Inc. D-96-60. A project to modify
and rerate the applicant's existing sewage treatment plant (STP) from
0.056 million gallons/day (mgd) to 0.074 mgd. The STP will continue to
provide secondary biological treatment via the extended aeration
activated sludge process; after modification to equalize flow (and
other minor modifications), the STP will be able to increase its
capacity to 0.074 mgd. The STP will continue to serve the Fox Valley
residential development in Concord Township, Delaware County,
Pennsylvania. The project is located in Concord Township just south of
U.S. Route 1 and north of the West Branch Chester Creek to which it
will continue to discharge.
10. Simpson Paper Company D-97-3. An application for approval of an
existing combined ground water and surface water withdrawal project to
supply up to 60 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's paper mill from
existing Well Nos. 1 and 2 and Bubbling Springs, and to limit the
withdrawal from the wells to 42 mg/30 days, and from Bubbling Springs
to 60 mg/30 days. The project withdrawals are located in Whitemarsh
Township, Montgomery County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground
Water Protected Area. Bubbling Springs is situated on Spring Mill Run,
a tributary of the Schuylkill River.
Documents relating to these items may be examined at the
Commission's offices. Preliminary dockets are available in single
copies upon request. Please contact George C. Elias concerning docket-
related questions. Persons wishing to testify at this hearing are
requested to register with the Secretary prior to the hearing.
Dated: February 10, 1997.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-4093 Filed 2-19-97; 8:45 am]
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