[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43678-43679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20627]
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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 an informal conference and public hearing on Wednesday,
August 18, 1999. The hearing will be part of the Commission's regular
business meeting. Both the conference and business meeting are open to
the public and will be held in the Goddard Conference Room of the
Commission's offices at 25
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State Police Drive, West Trenton, New Jersey.
The conference among the Commissioners and staff will begin at 9:30
a.m. and will include discussions of coordinated drought responses and
a proposed Commission-Corps of Engineers' drought storage agreement;
the Flowing Toward the Future report and Governors' Summit;
establishment of a watershed council; and the strategy for resolving
interstate flow management issues in the Delaware River Basin.
In addition to the subjects summarized below which are scheduled
for public hearing at the 1:00 p.m. business meeting, the Commission
will also address the following: Minutes of the June 23, 1999 business
meeting; announcements; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; reports
by the Executive Director and General Counsel; and public dialogue.
The subjects of the hearing will be as follows:
Possible Drought Emergency Action.
The Commission may consider whether current and developing
conditions of water supply and demand require drought related actions.
The purpose of this hearing is to permit the public to comment on these
matters and to make any suggestions or recommendations concerning
possible Commission actions. The Commission will consider a resolution
to ratify and approve the temporary modification of the Trenton flow
objective and may also consider possible amendment of Commission
Resolution No. 88-22 (Revised) or such other drought related actions as
the Commission finds to be necessary.
Applications for Approval of the Following Projects Pursuant to
Article 10.3, Article 11 and/or Section 3.8 of the Compact.
1. Friskies Petcare Division D-84-2 RENEWAL 2. An application for
the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 25.92
million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's pet food
manufacturing facility from Well Nos. 2, 4, 5 and 6. Commission
approval on April 26, 1989 was extended to 10 years. The applicant
requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to
25.92 mg/30 days. The project is located in South Whitehall Township,
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
2. City of Newark D-90-110 CP (G) (Amendment No. 1). An amendment
to revise Docket No. D-90-110 (G) CP to ratify emergency actions taken
by the Executive Director due to drought conditions and to require the
preparation and submission of an Integrated Water Resources Supply Plan
by the City of Newark in cooperation with other New Castle County
Public suppliers and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Control. The project is located in Newark, Delaware.
3. United Water Delaware D-96-50 CP (Amendment No. 1). An amendment
to revise Docket No. D-96-50 CP to ratify emergency actions taken by
the Executive Director due to drought conditions and to require the
preparation and submission of an Integrated Water Resources Supply Plan
by United Water Delaware in cooperation with other New Castle County
public suppliers and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Control. The project is located in New Castle County,
Delaware.
4. Artesian Water Company, Inc. D-97-48 CP. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 150 mg/30
days of water to the applicant's Southern Distribution System from 14
new and existing wells in nine wellfields, and to limit the withdrawal
from all Southern Distribution System wells to 150 mg/30 days. The
project is located south of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, New Castle
County, Delaware.
5. Buckingham Township D-98-49 CP. A project to expand the
applicant's existing Furlong sewage treatment lagoon system from 68,000
gallons per day (gpd) to 116,825 gpd. Lagoon treatment capacity will be
increased along with associated spray field modifications and
expansions to accommodate an increase of spray irrigation discharge. A
pump station and force main will convey treated effluent to a storage
pond at the Look-A-Way Golf Course for irrigation use and to allow for
an alternate stream discharge from the pond to Mill Creek. All
facilities are located in Buckingham Township, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania. The project will continue to serve residential
development in Buckingham Township.
6. Bucks County Water & Sewer Authority D-99-13 CP. An application
to rerate the Harvey Avenue sewage treatment plant (STP) from 0.9
million gallons per day (mgd) to 1.2 mgd. Located at the end of Harvey
Avenue in Doylestown Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the STP will
continue to serve Doylestown Township and Doylestown Borough. Following
high quality secondary treatment, effluent will continue to discharge
to Cooks Run, a tributary of Neshaminy Creek.
7. Borough of Kennett Square D-99-17 CP. An application to modify
the applicant's existing 1.1 mgd STP by replacing the existing
trickling filter system with an oxidation ditch system designed to
treat the same flow. The proposed modification project will also
include an ultraviolet light disinfection system and post aeration. The
STP is located in Kennett Square Township off Chindler Mill Road
approximately 1,500 feet west of the southwest border of the Borough of
Kennett Square and will continue to discharge to West Branch Red Clay
Creek approximately 3.3 river miles above its confluence with Red Clay
Creek.
8. Saville Rustin Water Company D-99-31 CP. An application for
approval of an increase in ground water withdrawal from 3.18 mg/30 days
of water to 7.5 mg/30 days by providing an additional supply of up to
4.32 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from
new Well No. 5, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 7.5 mg/30
days. The project is located in Lehman Township, Pike County,
Pennsylvania.
9. TPT Partners, L.P. D-99-41. An application for approval of a
ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 3.8 mg/30 days of water
for irrigation of the applicant's Bellewood Golf Course from new Well
Nos. 1 and 2, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 3.8 mg/30
days. The project is located in North Coventry Township, Chester
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 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 the 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.
Dated: August 3, 1999.
Anne M. Zamonski,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-20627 Filed 8-10-99; 8:45 am]
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