[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14274-14275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6447]
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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, March 22, 1995. The hearing
will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open
to the public and scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.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
open for public observation at 9:00 a.m. at the same location and will
include a discussion of the Delaware Estuary management plan and DRBC
commitments for consideration.
The subjects of the hearing will be as follows:
Application for Approval of the Following Projects Pursuant to
Article 10.3, Article 11 and/or Section 3.8 of the Compact:
1. Holdover Project: Concord Mobile Home Park D-92-68. A sewage
treatment plant (STP) project that entails construction of a 63,500
gallons per day (gpd) capacity secondary level extended aeration plant
to serve a proposed 254-lot mobile home park in Concord Township,
Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The STP will discharge to Green Creek, a
tributary of West Branch Chester Creek, at a point just north of
Concord Road. This hearing continues that of February 22, 1995.
2. Merrill Creek Owners Group (MCOG) D-77-110 CP (Amendment 6). An
application for inclusion of the Keystone Energy Service Company L.P.
Facility (approved by Docket D-90-48 on September 25, 1991) as an
additional 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 during drought periods. The Keystone Cogeneration
Facility is expected to average approximately 2.7 million gallons per
day (mgd) in consumptive use and is located west of Route 130, adjacent
to the Delaware River in Logan Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey;
Merrill Creek Reservoir is located in Harmony Township, Warren County,
New Jersey.
3. Hercules Incorporated D-84-28 RENEWAL. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 10 million
gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's Hercules Research
Center from 14 existing wells. Commission approval on August 15, 1984
was limited to 10 years. The applicant requests that the total
withdrawal from all wells be decreased from 14 mg/30 days to 10 mg/30
days. The project is located in New Castle County, Delaware.
4. Borough of Elmer D-85-24 CP RENEWAL-2. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 10 mg/30
days of water to the applicant's distribution system from Well Nos. 6
and 8. Commission approval on September 27, 1989 was limited to five
years and will expire unless renewed. The applicant requests that the
total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 10 mg/30 days. The
project is located in Elmer Borough, Salem County, New Jersey.
5. Town of Liberty D-89-58 CP RENEWAL. An application for the
renewal of a ground water withdrawal [[Page 14275]] project to supply
up to 4.0 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's Ferndale Water
District from Well Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Commission approval on February 28,
1990 was limited to five years. The applicant requests that the total
withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 4.0 mg/30 days. The project
is located in the Town of Liberty, Sullivan County, New York.
6. Township of Greenwich D-94-51 CP. An application for approval of
a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 43.2 mg/30 days of
water to the applicant's distribution system from new Well No. 4A, and
to retain the existing withdrawal limit from all wells of 46.8 mg/30
days. The project is located in Greenwich Township, Gloucester County,
New Jersey.
7. Harcros Pigments, Inc. D-94-75. A project to upgrade the
applicant's existing 1.29 mgd industrial wastewater treatment plant
(IWTP) by the installation of a mechanical draft cooling tower, which
is designed to enable the IWTP effluent to meet revised temperature
limits. Consumptive water loss will increase slightly to a maximum of
7,200 gpd due to the effluent cooling process. The IWTP will continue
to serve only the applicant's pigment manufacturing operations and
discharge to the Bushkill Creek at the City of Easton, approximately
2.5 miles upstream of its confluence with the Delaware River in
Northampton County, Pennsylvania. No increased water withdrawal is
proposed.
8. Integrated Health Services at Penn, Inc. D-95-4. A project to
modify the applicant's existing 12,500 gpd sewage treatment plant (STP)
by improving the treatment processes and facilities, including the
tertiary filtration system; ultraviolet disinfection is also proposed.
The STP serves the applicant's nursing home and is located in Lake
Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania just northeast of Lake Ariel and
south of Route 191. With no increase in permitted flow, the discharge
will continue to an unnamed tributary of Ariel Creek which flows to
Lake Wallenpaupack.
9. Holman Enterprises-RMP Facility D-95-5. A ground water
remediation project which entails withdrawal and treatment of
approximately 74,000 gpd of contaminated ground water for discharge to
South Branch Pennsauken Creek in Pennsauken Township, Camden County,
New Jersey. The project treatment facility will be located at the
applicant's engine rebuilding plant site just east of Haddonfield Road
and south of Route 73 in Pennsauken Township, Camden County, New
Jersey.
10. Valley Forge Sewer Authority D-95-6 CP. A project to expand the
applicant's existing 8.0 mgd secondary sewage treatment plant (STP) to
8.99 mgd by rerating the existing facilities after minor modifications.
The STP service area will continue to include East Pikeland,
Schuylkill, and Charleston Townships; the Borough of Malvern; and
portions of Easttown, Tredyffrin, East Whiteland, and Willistown
Townships, all in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The STP will continue
to discharge treated effluent to the Schuylkill River in Schuylkill
Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Documents related 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: March 7, 1995.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-6447 Filed 3-15-95; 8:45 am]
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