[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 52246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26184]
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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, October 7, 1998. 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 Room 105 of the
Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania.
In addition to the subjects listed below which are scheduled for
public hearing, the Commission will also address the following: Minutes
of the September 9, 1998 business meeting; announcements; General
Counsel's report; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; consideration
of resolutions concerning Fiscal Year 1998 budget adjustments,
reclassification of the Water Supply Storage Facilities Fund from a
special revenue fund to an enterprise fund, amendment to the agreement
between the Commission and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources
and Environmental Control concerning Delaware Estuary water quality
monitoring; 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. Conoco, Inc. D-97-38. A project to improve and expand a portion
of existing docking facilities on the tidal reach of the Delaware River
at the Dupont Repauno Plant in Gibbstown, Greenwich Township,
Gloucester County, New Jersey. The dock will continue to serve the
adjacent Dupont and Conoco plant sites. The construction includes
approximately 11 acres of dredging.
2. Wernersville Municipal Authority D-98-10 CP. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 17.6
million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution
system from previously approved Well Nos. 3 through 8, existing Well
No. 9, and from new Well No. 12, and to increase the existing
withdrawal limit of 9 mg/30 days from all wells to 17.6 mg/30 days. The
project is located in Wernersville Borough and South Heidelberg
Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
3. J.G. Townsend, Jr. & Company D-98-37. An application for
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 16.84 mg/
30 days of water to the applicant's agricultural irrigation system from
new Well No. 9-Hercules, and to limit the withdrawal from all project
wells to 16.84 mg/30 days. The project is located northwest of the City
of Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware.
4. Lucent Technologies, Inc. D-98-41. An application for a Total
Dissolved Solids (TDS) determination appropriate to both the
applicant's current and anticipated discharge at its existing 3.6
million gallons per day industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP).
The IWTP will continue to discharge to Spring Run, a tributary of the
Lehigh River, in the City of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
The allowable TDS concentration for the IWTP is needed in anticipation
of the applicant's plan to reduce water usage and wastewater discharge
and raise the TDS concentration. The IWTP will continue to serve only
the applicant's electronic component and communication chips
manufacturing plant.
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 22, 1998.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-26184 Filed 9-29-98; 8:45 am]
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