[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48826-48827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24655]
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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, September 24, 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
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 open with a
presentation and discussion of the results of the Commission's recently
completed Delaware River Basin Commission Survey to Assess its
Management of the Basin's Water Resources. The survey results are also
available by calling (609) 883-9500 ext. 215 and leaving your name and
address, or may be downloaded from the Commission's web site at: http:/
/www.state.nj.us/drbc/drbc.htm. The conference will also include a
presentation on the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment
Plan's cross-acceptance process and a discussion of depletive water use
above Commission reservoirs.
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. Town of Middletown-Arkville Water District D-86-77 CP RENEWAL
2. An application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project
to supply up to 4.5 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the
applicant's distribution system from Well Nos. 3 and 4. Commission
approval on August 12, 1992 was limited to five years. The applicant
requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 4.5
mg/30 days. The project is located in the Town of Middletown, Delaware
County, New York.
2. Playtex Family Products Corporation D-90-106 RENEWAL. An
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to
supply up to12 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's product
processing facility from Well Nos. 1-NE and 2-SE. Commission approval
on May 20, 1992 was limited to five years. The applicant requests that
the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 12 mg/30 days.
The project is located in the City of Dover, Kent County, Delaware.
3. Montague Water Company D-91-75 CP RENEWAL. An application for
the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 8.0
mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from Well
Nos. 1 through 5. Commission approval on March 25, 1992 was limited to
five years. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all
wells remain limited to 8.0 mg/30 days. The project is located in
Montague Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
4. Hewlett-Packard Company D-97-15 (D). An application for the
discharge of wastewater resulting from a ground
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water remediation project. An average 0.144 million gallons per day
(mgd) of contaminated ground water will be treated and discharged to an
unnamed tributary of Egypt Run, a tributary of East Branch White Clay
Creek, in New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Five
recovery wells will collect ground water for treatment for removal of
volatile organic compounds via an air stripper and filtration units.
The project will serve only the site of the applicant's former
electronic instrumentation operations located at Route 41 and Starr
Road in New Garden Township.
5. Hewlett-Packard Company D-97-15 (G). An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to withdraw up to 2.27
mg/30 days of water as part of the applicant's ground water remediation
system from new Well Nos. MW-32, MW-33, MW-34, MW-37, RW-4, RW-5, P-2,
P-3 and P-4; and to limit the withdrawal from all remediation wells to
4.43 mg/30 days. The project is located in New Garden Township, Chester
County, Pennsylvania.
6. The Upper Hanover Authority D-97-17 CP. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 4.5 mg/30
days of water to the applicant's distribution system from new Well No.
RH-3, and to retain the existing withdrawal limit from all wells of
22.4 mg/30 days. The project is located in Upper Hanover Township,
Montgomery County and Hereford Township, Berks County, in the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
7. Township of Worcester D-97-22 CP. An application to expand the
applicant's Berwick Place sewage treatment plant (STP) average monthly
capacity from 0.06 mgd to 0.15 mgd. The STP will continue to provide
tertiary treatment to serve residential development in a portion of
Worcester Township and discharge via the existing outfall to an unnamed
tributary of Skippack Creek. The STP is located just south of
Germantown Pike and east of East Mount Kirk Avenue in Worcester
Township, Montgomery 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.
Dated: September 9, 1997.
Anne M. Zamonski,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-24655 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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