[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27725-27726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13307]
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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, May 28, 1997. The hearing will
be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open to
the public and scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. in the West Dining Room
of the Eddy Farm Hotel, Eddy Farm Road, Sparrow Bush, New York.
In addition to the subjects listed below which are scheduled for
public hearing at the business meeting, the Commission will address the
following matters: Minutes of the April 30, 1997 business meeting;
announcements; General Counsel's report; report on Basin hydrologic
conditions; a resolution concerning a New Jersey grant agreement to
determine the impact of aquatic vegetation on the water quality of 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. Hazleton City Authority D-91-65 CP RENEWAL. An application for
the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project with no increase and
to continue supplying up to 3.6 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water
to the applicant's Drifton-Buck Mountain distribution system located
outside the Delaware River Basin, from Buck Mountain Well No. 1.
Commission approval on January 22, 1992 was limited to five years. The
project is located in Lausanne Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
2. East Stroudsburg Area School District D-96-56 CP. A project to
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construct a 51,500 gallons per day (gpd) sewage treatment plant (STP)
to serve the applicant's new regional school complex consisting of two
elementary schools, a middle school and a high school in Lehman
Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania. The proposed STP will provide
secondary biological treatment utilizing the extended aeration
activated sludge process. After final clarification and chlorine
disinfection, the treated effluent will be discharged to two storage
lagoons from where it will be pumped to a wooded spray irrigation field
of approximately 16 acres. The STP will be located just off Bushkill
Road approximately six miles north of the Village of Bushkill, Pike
County, Pennsylvania.
3. Sunnybrook Golf Club D-97-7. An application for approval of a
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.5 mg/30 days of water
for irrigation of the applicant's golf course from new Well No. 2, and
to limit the existing withdrawal from all wells to 4.5 mg/30 days. The
project is located in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County in the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
4. Township of Worcester D-97-9 CP. A discharge expansion project
to increase the average monthly capacity of the applicant's 0.09 mgd
Valley Green STP to 0.22 million gallons per day (mgd) by the addition
of a 0.13 mgd package extended aeration treatment unit. The completed
facility will continue to serve the Township of Worcester, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania. The project is situated just south of the
intersection of Valley Forge and Defford Roads in Worcester Township,
and the treated effluent will continue to discharge to Zacharias Creek
located just to the west side of the site.
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 concerning docket-
related questions. Persons wishing to testify at this hearing are
requested to register with the Secretary prior to the hearing.
Dated: May 13, 1997.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-13307 Filed 5-20-97; 8:45 am]
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