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[FR Doc No: 94-18947]
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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
Commission Meeting and Public Hearing
Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission
will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, August 10, 1994. The hearing
will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open
to the public and scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. in Room 620 of the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation offices at 50
Wolf Road, Albany, New York.
An informal conference among the Commissioners and staff will be
open for public observation at 9:30 a.m. at the same location and will
include status reports on the Upper Delaware ice diversion project and
a proposal to revise Commission water supply charges regulations with
respect to transfers of certificates of entitlement.
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 Jersey-American Water Company, Inc., Western Division-Haddon
System D-90-108 CP. An application for approval of a ground water
withdrawal project to supply up to 30 million gallons (mg)/30 days of
water to the applicant's distribution system from new Well No. 65, and
to increase the existing withdrawal limit from all wells in the Camden
and Haddon Systems of 1,186 mg/30 days to 1,238 mg/30 days. The project
is located in Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, New Jersey.
2. Waynesborough Country Club D-92-9. An application for approval
of a ground water and surface water withdrawal project which supplies
irrigation water for the applicant's golf course. The applicant
requires an average of up to 200,000 gallons per day to irrigate the
golf course. The water is pumped from an on-site pond which is
supplemented by inflow from two existing on-site wells. The project is
located just off Route 252 (Darby-Paoli Road) and south of Lancaster
Pike in Easttown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
3. PECO Energy Company D-92-67. A project to modify the location of
the applicant's 3.7 million gallons per day (mgd) discharge (outfall
011), from its Eddystone Generation Station industrial wastewater
treatment plant (IWTP), by rerouting the effluent to join either or
both of the main cooling water discharge tunnels (outfalls 007 and
008). All proposed discharges are to the Delaware River, and the
existing IWTP's direct discharge will be discontinued. The project is
proposed in order to meet a total dissolved solids concentration limit
of 1000 mg/l in the Eddystone Station discharge. The project is located
south of the confluence of Crum Creek and the Delaware River in the
Borough of Eddystone, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
4. Garden State Water Company - Blackwood District D-93-13 CP. An
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to: (1)
Supply up to 33.5 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution
system from new Well Nos. 16 and 17, screened in the Mount Laurel-
Wenonah Formation; (2) increase the withdrawal limit from Well Nos. 3,
6 and 7, screened in the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Formation to 132.8 mg/
30 days and; (3) reduce the withdrawal limit from Well Nos. 13, 14 and
15, screened in the Cohansey-Kirkwood Formation to 58.3 mg/30 days. The
project is located in Gloucester Township, Camden County, New Jersey.
5. Perdue Farms Inc. D-93-67. A project to expand the existing
tertiary level Perdue Farm industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP)
at its Georgetown, Delaware, poultry processing facility. The IWTP will
be modified and expanded from an average monthly capacity of 1.5 mgd to
2.0 mgd and will continue to discharge to Savannah Ditch via an outfall
located to the west of Savannah Road and north of Georgetown, in Sussex
County, Delaware.
6. Claude E. Lynch and Sons D-93-81. An application for approval of
a surface and ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 43.2 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's agricultural irrigation system from
new Well Nos. 1 and 2, 16.3 mg/30 days of water from existing Pond No.
1 and to limit the withdrawal from all sources to 59.5 mg/30 days. The
project is located in Kent County, Delaware.
7. Buckingham Township D-93-82 CP. A project to construct a 0.35
mgd lagoon/spray irrigation sewage treatment plant (STP) to serve the
Cold Spring Creamery, Route 413, Buckingham Township, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania. Aerated lagoons will provide secondary treatment and
disinfection will be by chlorine contact prior to discharge to expanded
spray irrigation fields. The new treatment lagoons will be located in
Buckingham Township approximately 1500 feet east of the Plumstead
Township boundary. The expanded spray irrigation area will be located
adjacent to the existing spray irrigation fields located just north of
the intersection at Cold Spring Creamery Road and Route 413.
8. South Jersey Port Corporation D-94-16. A stream encroachment
project to increase the docking capability at the Beckett Street
Terminal on the Delaware River in the City of Camden, Camden County,
New Jersey. The applicant proposes to fill two acres of open water
inshore of Berth No. 4 and use the filled space for a cargo staging
area.
9. Warwick Township Water and Sewer Authority D-94-19 CP. An
application for the consolidation and renewal of prior approvals of
ground water withdrawal projects to supply up to 21.97 mg/30 days of
water to the applicant's distribution system from existing Well Nos. 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8, and to retain the existing withdrawal limit from
all wells of 21.97 mg/30 days. The project is located in Warwick
Township, Bucks County, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water
Protected Area.
10. Township of Lower Municipal Utilities Authority D-94-21 CP. An
application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply
up to 43 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system
from recently acquired existing Well Nos. AP-1 and AP-2, and to limit
the withdrawal from all wells to 93 mg/30 days. The project is located
in Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey.
11. Hatfield Quality Meats, Inc. D-94-34. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 5.4 mg/30
days of water to the applicant's processing facility from new Well No.
10, and to increase the existing withdrawal limit of 9.5 mg/30 days
from all wells to 14.9 mg/30 days. The project is located in Hatfield
Township, Montgomery County, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground
Water Protected Area.
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: July 26, 1994.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-18947 Filed 8-3-94; 8:45 am]
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