Notice of Commission Meeting and Public Hearing

[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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