[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6978-6979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4094]
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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 28, 1996. 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.
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 Neshaminy Creek Basin Study and management options, discussion
of proposed DRBC computer system and GIS, the Commission's 1996 meeting
schedule 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. Holdover Project: Crompton & Knowles Colors Incorporated, D-95-8
(Revised). A request to revise the applicant's recently approved 0.22
million gallons per day (mgd) industrial wastewater treatment plant
(IWTP) expansion docket to increase the average monthly allowable
copper concentration limits from 0.50 milligrams per liter (mg/l) to
1.0 mg/l. The applicant requests the limit on the basis of
demonstration of best practicable treatment provided by its IWTP that
serves the applicant's dyestuff and special chemical manufacturing
operation. The plant is located in Robeson Township, Berks County,
Pennsylvania and will continue to discharge to the Schuylkill River.
This hearing continues that of January 24, 1996.
2. Merrill Creek Owners Group (MCOG) D-77-110 CP (Amendment 9). An
application for inclusion of the Grays Ferry Cogeneration Partnership's
173 megawatt cogeneration plant (an oil/natural gas fueled combustion
turbine approved by Docket No. D-95-32 on June 28, 1995) as a
Designated Unit to Table A (Revised) of the Merrill Creek Reservoir
project, to enable releases from the reservoir to make up for
consumptive water use of the plant during drought periods. The MCOG
expects the Grays Ferry Cogeneration plant to have a maximum monthly
consumptive water use of 267,840 gallons per day (gpd) during winter
and 60,480 gpd during summer. The plant is situated on the site of an
existing cogeneration facility which was formerly part of the PECO
Energy Company's Schuylkill Generating Station, in the City of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Merrill Creek Reservoir is located in
Harmony Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
3. Borough of Doylestown D-79-18 CP RENEWAL 3. An application for
the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 50
million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution
system from Well Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13. Commission approval on
March 27, 1991 was limited to five years and will expire unless
renewed. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all
wells remain limited to 50 mg/30 days. The project is located in the
Borough of Doylestown, Bucks County, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Ground Water Protected Area.
4. Evesham Municipal Utilities Authority D-93-12 CP RENEWAL. An
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply
up to 23 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system
from new Well No. 12 screened in the PRM Aquifer, and to retain the
existing withdrawal limit of 136 mg/30 days from all wells. The project
is located in Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
5. Village of Wurtsboro D-94-25 CP. An application for approval of
a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 2.5 mg/30 days of
water to the applicant's distribution system 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 the Village of Wurtsboro, Sullivan County, New
York.
6. Warminster Township Municipal Authority D-94-40 CP. An
application for the approval of a ground water withdrawal project to
supply up to 18 mg/30 days to the applicant's distribution system from
new Well Nos. 43, 44 and 45; and to increase the existing withdrawal
limit from all wells from 98.46 mg/30 days to 114 mg/30 days. The
project is located in Warminster Township, Bucks County, in the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
7. Old York Country Club D-95-3. An application for approval of a
ground water and surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 8 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's golf course irrigation system from
new Well Nos. 1 and 2, and to limit the withdrawal from the man-made
storage reservoirs to 8 mg/30 days. The project is located in
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Chesterfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
8. Delaware Avenue Enterprises, Inc. D-95-61. A project to
construct a multi-purpose marine terminal on the Delaware River which
will entail removal of existing deteriorated pier structures,
construction of approximately 1,750 linear feet of new bulkheading,
filling approximately 2.3 acres of open water, and dredging
approximately 197,760 cubic yards. The project is located immediately
upstream of the Walt Whitman Bridge (encompassing Piers 103 through
108) in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
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 13, 1996.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-4094 Filed 2-22-96; 8:45 am]
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