[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 77 (Thursday, April 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19750-19751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10109]
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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
Notice of Commission Meeting and Public Hearings
Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission
will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, April 28, 1999. 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 9:30 a.m. at the same location and will include discussions of
proposals for a flow needs study and a Commission-Corps of Engineers
drought storage agreement; and status reports on the Flowing Toward the
Future workshops and activities of the Toxics Advisory Committee.
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 March 9, 1999 business meeting;
announcements; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; reports by the
Executive Director and General Counsel; status of compliance of
Somerton Springs Golf Development; resolutions to contract for fish
tissue analyses, continued development of the water quality model for
the Delaware Estuary and participation in EPA's Energy Star building
program; consideration of a resolution to authorize funding of selected
tasks of the flow needs study for the Delaware Estuary; 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. 4). A project to modify the revised schedule
of experimental augmented conservation releases for Pepacton and
Cannonsville Reservoirs (each located in Delaware County, New York) and
Neversink Reservoir (located in Sullivan County, New York). The NYSDEC
requests the following modifications for a two-year period: (1) Storage
of 50 percent of the annual excess release quantity to create a
fisheries protection bank that would be available to augment releases
during drought warnings; (2) a revision to the drought operating curves
to temporarily replace the Drought Warning One and Drought Warning Two
designations with Drought Watch and Drought Warning, respectively; and
(3) raise the Drought Warning (formerly Drought Warning Two) threshold
by four billion gallons. The existing experimental release program (D-
77-20 CP Revision No. 3) will be extended until April 30, 2001 to
coincide with Revision 4.
2. SPI Polyols, Inc. D-88-74 RENEWAL. An application for the
renewal of a ground water and surface water withdrawal project to
supply up to 60.04 million gallons (mg)/30 days of ground water and
470.58 mg/30 days of surface water to the applicant's industrial
facility from Well Nos. 8 through 12 and Delaware River intake.
Commission approval on January 25, 1989 was extended to 10 years. The
applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain
limited to 60.04 mg/30 days and 470.58 mg/30 days from the river
intake. The project is located in New Castle County, Delaware.
3. Northampton Generating Company, L.P. D-98-40. A project to
increase the withdrawal of water from 67.5 mg/30 days to 75 mg/30 days
from the Lehigh River to continue to serve the applicant's existing 96
megawatt cogeneration facility located on Route 329 in Allen Township
and Northampton Borough, both in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The
applicant also proposes to modify the passby flow condition relative to
Lehigh River low-flow periods.
4. Township of East Rockhill D-99-6 CP. A project to construct a
new 0.113 mgd sewage treatment plant (STP) in East Rockhill Township,
Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The proposed extended aeration secondary
treatment STP will serve East Rockhill Township only and will discharge
treated effluent to East Branch Perkiomen Creek approximately 500 feet
upstream of Perkasie Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
5. Parkway Gravel, Inc. D-99-8. An application for approval of a
surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 97.2 mg/30 days of
water to the applicant's sand and gravel washing facility from a
proposed water supply pond, and to limit the withdrawal from all
sources to 97.2 mg/30 days. The project is located in New Castle
County, Delaware.
6. Upper Dublin Township D-99-9 CP. A project to upgrade and expand
the applicant's existing 1.1 mgd capacity secondary treatment plant to
provide an additional 0.25 mgd capacity. The plant will continue to
serve a portion of Upper Dublin Township and discharge to Pine Run, a
tributary of Wissahickon
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Creek in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
7. Lehigh County Authority D-99-11 CP. A project to upgrade and
expand the applicant's existing 35,000 gallons per day (gpd) sewage
treatment facility by providing a new advanced secondary biological
treatment system capable of providing 60,000 gpd of treatment. The
project is located just south of Heidelberg Heights Road in Heidelberg
Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Treated effluent will continue
to discharge to an unnamed tributary of Mill Creek, which is a
tributary of Jordan Creek.
8. Warrington Township and The Cutler Group D-99-12 CP. An
application to rerate the applicant's existing 0.26 mgd Tradesville STP
to 0.33 mgd to serve existing and proposed residential development in
the northwestern portion of Warrington Township, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania. The applicant proposes an additional ultraviolet
disinfection system and changes to the sequencing batch reactor process
to allow the STP to operate more efficiently. The STP is located along
the west side of Mill Creek Road in Warrington Township and will
continue to discharge to Mill Creek, a tributary of Neshaminy Creek.
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.
Individuals in need of an accommodation as provided for in the
Americans With Disabilities Act who would like to attend a hearing
should contact the Secretary at (609) 883-9500 ext. 203 or through the
New Jersey Relay Service at 1 (800) 852-7899 (TTY) to discuss how the
DRBC may accommodate your needs.
Other Scheduled Hearings
By earlier notice, the Commission announced its schedule of public
hearings on a determination that the assimilative capacity of the tidal
Delaware River is being exceeded for certain toxic pollutants. This
determination will authorize the Executive Director to establish
wasteload allocations for specific point source discharge of these
pollutants.
The public hearings are scheduled as follows:
May 3, 1999 beginning at 1:30 p.m. and continuing until 5 p.m., as
long as there are people present wishing to testify. The hearing will
be held in the Second Floor Auditorium of the Carvel State Building,
820 North French Street, Wilmington, Delaware.
May 5, 1999 beginning at 1:30 p.m. and continuing until 5 p.m. as
long as there are people present wishing to testify, and resuming at
6:30 p.m. and continuing until 9 p.m., as long as there are people
present wishing to testify. The hearing will be held in the Goddard
Conference Room of the Commission's offices at 25 State Police Drive,
West Trenton, New Jersey.
May 11, 1999 beginning at 1:30 p.m. and continuing until 5 p.m., as
long as there are people present wishing to testify. The hearing will
be held in the Jefferson Room of the Holiday Inn at 400 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Copies of supporting documents may be obtained by contacting
Christopher Roberts, Public Information Officer at (609) 883-9500, ext.
205.
Persons wishing to testify are requested to notify the Secretary in
advance. Written comments on the proposed determination should also be
submitted to the Secretary at the Delaware River Basin Commission, PO
Box 7360, West Trenton, New Jersey 08628-0360.
Dated: April 13, 1999.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-10109 Filed 4-21-99; 8:45 am]
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