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DATES: The meeting will be held on 

March 11, 2010, at 9 a.m. and last no 

longer than two hours. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Boardroom, CNA, 4825 Mark Center 

Drive, Alexandria, VA 22311–1846. 

Some members of the Executive Panel 

may participate via teleconference. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Bree A. Hartlage, CNO Executive Panel, 

4825 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 

22311–1846, 703–681–4907. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Individuals or interested groups may 

submit written statements for 

consideration by the Chief of Naval 

Operations Executive Panel at any time 

or in response to the agenda of the 

scheduled meeting. All requests or 

statements must be submitted to the 

Designated Federal Officer at the 

address detailed below at least five days 

prior to the meeting to allow adequate 

time for consideration. Requests or 

statements will not be allowed during 

the meeting that is the subject of this 

notice. 

The Designated Federal Officer will 

review all timely submissions with the 

CNO Executive Panel Chairperson and 

will ensure they are provided to 

members of the CNO Executive Panel 

before the meeting that is the subject of 

this notice. 

Individuals desiring to listen to 

deliberations via teleconference must 

submit their contact information (to 

include email address) to Ms. Hartlage 

via the below address. There will be 

limited availability to participate via 

teleconference and requests will be 

handled on a first come first served 

basis. 

To contact the Designated Federal 

Officer, write to Executive Director, 

CNO Executive Panel (N00K), 4825 

Mark Center Drive, 2nd Floor, 

Alexandria, VA 22311–1846. 

Dated: February 12, 2010. 

A.M. Vallandingam, 

Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge 

Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal 

Register Liaison Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

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 followed 

by a public hearing on Wednesday, 

March 3, 2010. The hearing will be part 

of the Commission’s regular business 

meeting. The conference session and 

business meeting both are open to the 

public and will be held at the 

Commission’s office building, located at 

25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, 

New Jersey. 

The conference among the 

commissioners and staff will begin at 

10:30 a.m. and will consist of (a) a 

presentation by representatives of the 

Schuylkill Action Network and the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency on 

the U.S. EPA Targeted Watershed 

Initiative Grant Final Report; and (b) a 

presentation by the DRBC 

Commissioner from Pennsylvania on 

Pennsylvania’s Total Dissolved Solids 

(TDS) Strategy. 

The subjects of the public hearing to 

be held during the 1:30 p.m. business 

meeting include the dockets listed 

below: 

1. Gulph Mills Country Club, D–1966– 

217–2. An application for the renewal of 

a ground and surface water withdrawal 

project to continue withdrawal of 

11.886 million gallons per thirty days 

(mg/30 days) to supply the applicant’s 

golf course irrigation from two pond 

intakes and existing Well No. 1, 

completed in the Conestoga Formation. 

The project is located in the Matsunk 

Creek Watershed in Upper Merion 

Township, Montgomery County, 

Pennsylvania, within the Southeastern 

Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected 

Area. 

2. Cabot Corporation, D–1970–072–4. 

An application for renewal of an 

existing 0.222 million gallons per day 

(mgd) discharge from Outfalls Nos. 001 

[(process wastewater and non-contact 

cooling water (NCCW)], 002 

(stormwater, condensate, and NCCW), 

and 003 (process water treatment system 

wastewater). The project is located on 

Swamp Creek at River Mile 92.47— 

32.3—12.9—12.6 (Delaware River— 

Schuylkill River—Perkiomen Creek— 

Swamp Creek), on the border of 

Douglass Township, Montgomery 

County, Pennsylvania and 

Colebrookdale Township, Berks County, 

Pennsylvania. 

3. Palmerton Borough, D–1981–024 

CP–8. An application for the renewal of 

a groundwater withdrawal project to 

continue to withdraw a maximum of 25 

mg/30 days to supply the applicant’s 

public water supply system from 

existing Wells Nos. 4, 6, 7, A and the 

Foundry Well, all completed in the 

Bloomsburg Formation Aquifer. The 

applicant also requests that an existing 

surface water withdrawal approved by 

Docket No. D–90–17 be included in the 

renewal of Docket No. D–81–24 CP–8. 

The existing surface water withdrawal 

allocation provides for a maximum of 71 

mg/30 days to supply the applicant’s 

industrial water supply demand. The 

surface water withdrawal is made 

through two intakes located on the 

Aquashicola and Pohopoco Creeks, 

respectively. Wells Nos. 4, 6, 7 and A 

are located in the Aquashicola 

Watershed. The Foundry Well alone is 

located in the Lehigh River Watershed. 

The wells and intakes are located in 

Palmerton Borough, Carbon County, 

Pennsylvania. The site is located within 

the drainage area of the section of the 

non-tidal Delaware River known as the 

Lower Delaware, which is classified as 

Special Protection Waters. 

4. Antietam Valley Municipal 

Authority, D–1987–045 CP–3. An 

application for approval of the renewal 

of the Antietam Valley Wastewater 

Treatment Plant (WWTP). The WWTP 

will continue to discharge an average 

annual flow of 1.225 mgd of treated 

sewage effluent to Antietam Creek, a 

tributary to the Schuylkill River. The 

WWTP has a hydraulic design capacity 

of 2.45 mgd (maximum monthly flow). 

The facility is located in St. Lawrence 

Borough, Berks County, Pennsylvania. 

5. Joint Municipal Authority of 

Wyomissing Valley, D–1991–009 CP–3. 

An application for renewal of the Joint 

Municipal Authority of Wyomissing 

Valley WWTP. The existing WWTP will 

continue to discharge 4.0 mgd of treated 

effluent to the Wyomissing Creek, a 

tributary of the Schuylkill River. The 

facility is located in the City of Reading, 

Berks County, Pennsylvania. 

6. Aqua Pennsylvania—Honesdale 

System, D–1995–057 CP–2. An 

application for renewal of a 

groundwater withdrawal project with an 

expired DRBC docket, to continue a 

withdrawal of 46.20 mg/30 days of 

groundwater to supply the applicant’s 

public water supply system from 

existing Wells Nos. Horseshoe 1 and 2, 

Weidner 3, Goyette 4, Perano 5, and 

Quarry 6, all completed in the Catskill 

Geologic Formation. Ownership of the 

project was recently transferred. The 

project is located in the West Branch 

Lackawaxen River Watershed in the 

Borough of Honesdale and Texas 

Township, Wayne County, 

Pennsylvania. The site is located within 

the drainage area of the section of the 

non-tidal Delaware River known as the 

Upper Delaware, which is classified as 

Special Protection Waters. 

7. Borough of Strausstown, D–2005– 

006 CP–2. A renewal application for 

approval to continue discharging 0.065 

mgd of treated effluent from the 

Borough of Strausstown WWTP. The 

WWTP is located at River Mile 92.47— 

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River—Schuylkill River—Tulpehocken 

Creek—Northkill Creek—Little Northkill 

Creek—Jackson Creek) in Pocono 

Township, Monroe County, 

Pennsylvania. 

8. NuStar Asphalt Refining, LLC, D– 

2009–037–1. An application for 

approval of an existing 5.48 mgd 

discharge of untreated industrial 

wastewater and stormwater through 

discharge Outfalls Nos. DSN002A, 

DSN003A, DSN004A, DSN005A, 

DSN006A, and DSN007A. Stormwater is 

commingled with condensate from 

steam heating, sand filter backflush 

water, and/or tank drain discharges. The 

asphalt refinery is located in Paulsboro 

Borough, Gloucester County, New Jersey 

and the six outfalls are located in Water 

Quality Zone 4 at or near River Mile 

89.66 (Delaware River). 

9. Borough of Brookhaven, D–1966– 

096 CP–3. An application for approval 

of the upgrade of the existing 

Brookhaven Borough WWTP. The 

existing trickling filter treatment system 

is proposed to be replaced with an 

extended aeration system incorporating 

the Modified Ludzak-Ettinger (MLE) 

process. Notice of the project was 

previously published in the 

Commission’s January 12, 2010 Notice 

of Applications Received (NAR), as No. 

D–1998–032 CP–2. This second notice is 

being provided because of the change in 

DRBC’s assigned docket/application 

number. The project WWTP will 

continue to treat an average annual flow 

of 0.192 mgd and discharge to Chester 

Creek. The facility is located in the 

Borough of Brookhaven, Delaware 

County, Pennsylvania. 

10. Lynn Township, D–1977–041 CP– 

2. An application for approval of an 

expansion of the existing Lynn 

Township WWTP. The 0.08 mgd WWTP 

will be expanded to treat an average 

annual daily flow rate of 0.16 mgd. The 

WWTP will continue to discharge to 

Ontelaunee Creek, which is a tributary 

of the Schuylkill River. The facility is 

located in Lynn Township, Lehigh 

County, Pennsylvania. 

11. Borough of Ambler, D–1985–026 

CP–5. An application for approval of a 

groundwater withdrawal project to 

continue a withdrawal of up to 90 mg/ 

30 days to supply the applicant’s Public 

Water Supply system from 10 existing 

wells and one spring (Whitemarsh 

Spring). The Whitemarsh Spring 

withdrawal is not included in the 

current version of the docket, approved 

in September 2008. The project wells 

are drilled in the Lower Member of the 

Stockton Formation and Whitemarsh 

Spring is located in the Ledger 

Dolomite. The spring outlet and the 

project wells are located in the 

Wissahickon Creek Watershed in Lower 

Gwynedd and Upper Dublin 

Townships, Montgomery County, 

Pennsylvania within the Southeastern 

Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected 

Area. 

12. East Vincent Township Municipal 

Authority, D–1993–032 CP–2. An 

application for approval to renew a 

discharge of up to 2.0 mgd from the 

existing Veterans Center WWTP. The 

WWTP will continue to discharge an 

average of 0.5 mgd of treated domestic 

waste to the Schuylkill River via Outfall 

No. 001 at River Mile 92.47—43.5 

(Delaware River—Schuylkill River). In 

addition, modifications to the existing 

WWTP are proposed, to include a new 

screen facility, a new filter building, 

repairs to existing treatment tanks, and 

other miscellaneous improvements. The 

Veterans Center is located in East 

Vincent Township, Chester County, 

Pennsylvania. 

13. Valley Forge Sewer Authority, D– 

1995–006 CP–2. An application for 

approval of the modification of the 

Valley Forge Sewer Authority WWTP. 

The docket holder proposes to replace 

the current disinfection system 

(chlorine contact tank) with an 

ultraviolet light (UV) disinfection 

system. The modification also includes 

the re-rate of the WWTP from 8.99 mgd 

to 9.2 mgd. Although the plant re-rate 

was completed in 1999, it occurred 

without the Commission’s review. The 

WWTP will continue to discharge to the 

Schuylkill River. The facility is located 

in Schuylkill Township, Chester 

County, Pennsylvania. 

14. Lehigh County Authority, D–2001– 

020 CP–5. An application for approval 

of an interconnection between Lehigh 

County Authority’s (LCA) Central 

Lehigh Division (CLD) service area and 

Allentown’s Schantz Spring source. 

Included in LCA’s application was a 

request for emergency approval of a 

temporary interconnection and the 

immediate ability for LCA to use up to 

1.0 mgd. Two subsequent phases of 

construction to permanently 

interconnect LCA’s and Allentown’s 

systems—an ‘‘Interim’’ Phase for 2 mgd 

and a ‘‘Long-Term’’ Phase for an average 

of 7 mgd—make up the remainder of the 

applicant’s request. The LCA’s 

groundwater withdrawal project will 

continue to supply up to 256.24 mg/30 

days of water to the applicant’s public 

water supply system. No increase in the 

existing groundwater allocation is 

requested. The project is located in the 

Beekmantown Formation in the Cedar 

Creek Watershed in Upper Macungie 

Township, Lehigh County, 

Pennsylvania, within the drainage area 

to the section of the non-tidal Delaware 

River known as the Lower Delaware, 

which is classified as Special Protection 

Waters. 

15. Muhlenburg Township Authority, 

D–2001–030 CP–2. An application for 

approval of a ground water withdrawal 

project to supply a peak monthly 

withdrawal of up to 153.09 mg/30 days 

and a total yearly withdrawal of 730 mg 

of water to the applicant’s public water 

supply system from new Wells Nos. 

PH–1 and PH–2 and to increase the 

existing withdrawal of all wells from 

168.50 mg/30 days to 228.50 mg/30 

days. The increased allocation is 

requested in order to meet projected 

increases in service area demand. The 

project wells are completed in the 

Allentown Formation in the Laurel Run 

Watershed in Muhlenburg Township, 

Berks County, Pennsylvania. The site is 

located within the drainage area of the 

Schuylkill River. 

16. Village of Delhi, D–2001–033 CP– 

2. An application for approval of a rerate of an existing 0.815 mgd WWTP to 

1.015 mgd. The project WWTP is 

located at River Mile 330.70—57.4 

(Delaware River—West Branch 

Delaware River), approximately 22 

miles upstream of the Cannonsville 

Reservoir, within the drainage area of 

the section of the non-tidal Delaware 

River known as the Upper Delaware, 

which is classified as Special Protection 

Waters. The facility is located in the 

Town of Delhi, Delaware County, New 

York. 

17. Nazareth Borough Municipal 

Authority, D–2002–038 CP–2. An 

application for the approval of the 

modification of the existing Nazareth 

Borough Municipal Authority WWTP. 

The existing 1.6 mgd WWTP includes 

two (2) Intermittent Cycle Extended 

Aeration System (ICEAS) basins. The 

applicant proposes to modify the 

WWTP by adding two (2) new 

additional ICEAS basins. The WWTP 

will continue to discharge to Shoeneck 

Creek. Shoeneck Creek is a tributary to 

the Bushkill Creek, and the project 

WWTP is located within the drainage 

area to the section of the non-tidal 

Delaware River known as the Lower 

Delaware, which is classified as Special 

Protection Waters. The facility is located 

in Lower Nazareth Township, 

Northampton County, Pennsylvania. 

18. Tidewater Utilities, Inc., D–2005– 

027 CP–2. An application for the 

renewal of an existing groundwater 

withdrawal project and to increase the 

current withdrawal from 3.51 mg/30 

days to 4.967 mg/30 days to supply the 

applicant’s public water supply system 

from existing Wells Nos. VWQ–1, 

VWQ–2, WQ–2, and WQ–4, completed 

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aquifers. Wells Nos. WQ–2 and WQ–4 

were included in previously approved 

Docket No. D–2005–027 CP–1. Wells 

Nos. VWQ–01 and VWQ–02 are existing 

wells that were not included in Docket 

No. D–2005–027 CP–1. The increased 

allocation is requested in order to meet 

projected increases in service area 

demand. The project is located in the 

Isaac Branch Watershed of the Saint 

Jones River in the City of Dover, West 

Township, Kent County, Delaware. 

19. Ingersoll-Rand Company, D–2006– 

014–2. An application for renewal of a 

0.09 mgd discharge from the applicant’s 

existing groundwater remediation plant 

and a related outfall reconfiguration. 

The WWTP will discharge to Lopatcong 

Creek, an FW2–NT(C2) stream, which is 

a tributary of the Delaware River at 

River Mile 182.0–1.87 (Delaware 

River—Lopatcong Creek). The WWTP is 

located in the Town of Phillipsburg, 

Warren County, New Jersey, within the 

drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the 

Lower Delaware, which is classified as 

Special Protection Waters. 

20. Beaver Lake Estates, D–2009–038 

CP–1. An application for approval of the 

expansion of the Beaver Lake Estates 

Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) 

from 0.035 mgd to 0.14 mgd. Outfall No. 

001 will continue to discharge to an 

unnamed tributary of Barnum Brook, a 

tributary of the Neversink River at River 

Mile 253.64–25.15–2.0–1.12 (Delaware 

River—Neversink River—Barnum 

Brook—Unnamed Tributary) in the 

drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the 

Middle Delaware, which is designated 

as Special Protection Waters. The 

Beaver Lake Estates WWTP is located in 

the Town of Thompson, Sullivan 

County, New York. 

21. Bucks County Water and Sewer 

Authority, D–1999–013 CP–2. An 

application for the approval of the 

expansion of the existing Bucks County 

Water and Sewer Authority (BCWSA) 

Harvey Avenue WWTP. The existing 0.9 

mgd WWTP currently utilizes an 

extended aeration activated sludge 

process in the form of a Carousel 

Oxidation Ditch. The existing WWTP 

treatment train will remain and a 

second 0.7 mgd treatment train will be 

constructed, consisting of a Vertical 

Loop Reactor, clarifiers, and aerobic 

digester. The proposed addition will 

increase the hydraulic design capacity 

of the WWTP to 1.6 mgd. The WWTP 

will continue to discharge to Cook’s 

Run, a tributary to the Neshaminy 

Creek. The facility is located in the 

Borough of Doylestown, Bucks County, 

Pennsylvania. 

22. Maxatawny Township Municipal 

Authority, D–2007–001 CP–1. An 

application for approval to construct a 

new Maxatawny Township Municipal 

Authority WWTP with a discharge of 

0.14 mgd. The WWTP will discharge to 

the Saucony Creek, which is a tributary 

to the Maiden Creek. The facility will be 

located in Maxatawny Township, Berks 

County, Pennsylvania. 

23. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, D–2009– 

015–1. An application for approval of an 

existing 0.068 mgd discharge of contact 

cooling water (CCW). CCW will 

continue to be discharged from the 

applicant’s pharmaceutical facility via 

Outfalls Nos. 001 and 002. The project 

outfalls are located at River Mile 92.47– 

32.36–4.68 (Delaware River—Schuylkill 

River—Perkiomen Creek). At this 

location, the Perkiomen Creek is 

classified by PADEP as a warm water/ 

migrating fishery (WWF/MF). The 

facility is located in Upper Providence 

Township, Montgomery County, 

Pennsylvania. 

24. Geerling’s Florist, Inc., D–2009– 

031–1. An application for approval of a 

groundwater withdrawal project to 

continue to supply up to 4.4 mg/30 days 

of irrigation water to the applicant’s 

greenhouse and nursery operations from 

existing Wells Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. 

The project is located in the Brunswick 

Formation in the Mill Creek and 

Pidcock Creek Watersheds in 

Buckingham Township, Bucks County, 

Pennsylvania within the Southeastern 

Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected 

Area. 

25. Chester Valley Golf Club, D–2009– 

035–1. An application for approval of a 

groundwater and surface water 

withdrawal project to supply up to 5.6 

mg/30 days of water from existing 

sources, including a storage pond, Well 

No. 11904, and one gravity-fed surface 

water intake to irrigate the applicant’s 

golf course. The project is located in 

East Whiteland Township, Chester 

County, Pennsylvania in the 

Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground 

Water Protected Area. The surface water 

will be withdrawn from an unnamed 

tributary of Valley Creek. The well is 

located in the Elbrook Formation within 

the Valley Creek Sub-basin. 

26. Deb-El Food Products, D–2009– 

036–1. An application for approval to 

construct a 0.05 mgd industrial waste 

treatment plant (IWTP) that will 

discharge to the Neversink River at 

River Mile 253.64—28.7 (Delaware 

River—Neversink River) in the drainage 

area of the section of the Non-Tidal 

Delaware River known as the Middle 

Delaware, which is designated as 

Special Protection Waters. The IWTP is 

located in the Town of Thompson, 

Sullivan County, New York. 

27. Tuscan/Lehigh Dairies, Inc., D– 

2009–043–1. A new groundwater 

withdrawal project to supply up to 8.7 

mg/30 days of water to the applicant’s 

industrial cooling and process system 

from existing Wells Nos. 3, 4, and 5. The 

project wells are located in the 

Brunswick Group in the Towamencin 

Creek Watershed in Upper Gwynedd 

Township, Montgomery County, 

Pennsylvania, within the Southeastern 

Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected 

Area. 

28. Bucks County Water and Sewer 

Authority, D–2009–047 CP–1. An 

application to construct a 2 million 

gallon underground storage tank in the 

Bensalem Collection System, which is a 

tributary to the Poquessing Interceptor. 

The storage tank is proposed to help 

alleviate wet weather overflows from 

the Poquessing Interceptor near Holy 

Family University in the City of 

Philadelphia during heavy rain events. 

The Poquessing Interceptor is 

interconnected with the Delaware 

Interceptor, which is the pipeline that 

conveys untreated sanitary waste and 

stormwater to the Philadelphia Water 

Department’s Northeast Wastewater 

Treatment Plant. The Bensalem 

Collection System will continue to 

transfer untreated sanitary waste and 

stormwater from Bensalem Township, 

Bucks County, Pennsylvania to the 

Poquessing Interceptor, which is 

interconnected with the Delaware 

Interceptor in the City of Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania. 

29. Sullivan Farms, IV, LLC (Kaufman 

Farms), D–2009–048 CP–1. An 

application to approve the construction 

of the new 17,282 gpd Kaufman Farms 

WWTP. The WWTP will land discharge 

to four on-site infiltration beds. The 

project is located near River Mile 

253.64—9.5—11.5 (Delaware River— 

Neversink River—Basher Kill) in the 

drainage area of the section of the nontidal Delaware River known as the 

Middle Delaware, which is classified as 

Special Protection Waters. The project is 

located in the Village of Wurtsboro, 

Sullivan County, New York. 

In addition to the standard business 

meeting items, including adoption of 

the Minutes of the Commission’s 

previous (December 9, 2009) business 

meeting; announcements of upcoming 

advisory committee meetings and events 

of interest; a report on hydrologic 

conditions; a report by the Executive 

Director; and a report by the 

Commission’s General Counsel, the 

business meeting will include public 

hearings and consideration by the 

Commission of resolutions: (a) 


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Approving the Commission’s FY 2010– 

2015 Water Resources Program; (b) 

authorizing the Executive Director to 

select a new auditor for the 

Commission; and (c) in connection with 

repair of the HVAC System, authorizing 

the Executive Director to contract for a 

study of options for expanding capacity 

of the Goddard Room. In addition the 

Commissioners will consider adoption 

of the DRBC fiscal year 2011 operating 

and capital budgets, on which a hearing 

was conducted during the December 9, 

2009 business meeting. An opportunity 

for public dialogue will be provided at 

the end of the meeting. 

Draft dockets scheduled for public 

hearing on March 3, 2010 can be 

accessed through the Notice of 

Commission Meeting and Public 

Hearing on the Commission’s Web site, 

drbc.net, ten days prior to the meeting 

date. Additional public records relating 

to the dockets may be examined at the 

Commission’s offices. Please contact 

William Muszynski at 609–883–9500, 

extension 221, with any docket-related 

questions. 

Note that conference items are subject 

to change and items scheduled for 

hearing are occasionally postponed to 

allow more time for the Commission to 

consider them. Please check the 

Commission’s Web site, drbc.net, closer 

to the meeting date for changes that may 

be made after the deadline for filing this 

notice. 

Individuals in need of an 

accommodation as provided for in the 

Americans with Disabilities Act who 

wish to attend the informational 

meeting, conference session or hearings 

should contact the commission 

secretary directly at 609–883–9500 ext. 

203 or through the Telecommunications 

Relay Services (TRS) at 711, to discuss 

how the Commission can accommodate 

your needs. 

February 8, 2010. 

Pamela M. Bush, Esquire, 

Commission Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3216 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6360–01–P 

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Hearing on Stone 

Energy Corporation Proposed Surface 

Water Withdrawal and Natural Gas Well 

Site 

SUMMARY: Because of the high level of 

public interest in projects within the 

Delaware Basin that are associated with 

natural gas drilling activities, the 

Delaware River Basin Commission 

(DRBC or ‘‘Commission’’) will hold a 

special public hearing on two projects 

sponsored by the Stone Energy 

Corporation (hereinafter, ‘‘Stone 

Energy’’) to support natural gas 

exploration and development activities 

within the basin. One of the two 

projects entails a surface water 

withdrawal from the West Branch 

Lackawaxen River in Mount Pleasant 

Township, Pennsylvania (Docket No. D– 

2009–13–1). The other concerns an 

existing natural gas well drilling pad 

site in Clinton Township, Pennsylvania 

(Docket No. D–2009–18–1). Both 

projects are located in Wayne County, 

Pennsylvania, within the drainage area 

of a portion of the main stem Delaware 

River that the Commission has classified 

as Special Protection Waters. 

DATES: The hearing will take place on 

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from 3 

p.m. until 7 p.m. Written comments will 

be accepted until 5 p.m. on March 12, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: The hearing will take place 

at the Best Western Inn at Hunt’s 

Landing, 126 Routes 6 & 209, 

Matamoras, Pennsylvania 18336, 

beginning at 3 p.m. and ending at 7 p.m. 

Written comments may be submitted at 

the hearing and may also be sent as 

follows: via e-mail to 

Paula.Schmitt@drbc.state.nj.us and 

otherwise to the attention of the 

Commission Secretary, DRBC, either by 

fax to (609) 883–9522; U.S. Mail to P.O. 

Box 7360, West Trenton, NJ 08628– 

0360; or delivery service to 25 State 

Police Drive, West Trenton, NJ 08628– 

0360. Regardless of the method of 

submission, comments should include 

the name, affiliation (if any) and address 

of the commenter and the subject line 

‘‘Public Comment—Stone Energy 

Dockets.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about the upcoming hearing 

that are not answered in the section of 

this notice entitled SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION, please contact Ms. Paula 

Schmitt at 609–477–7224 or Ms. 

Katharine O’Hara at 609–477–7205. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Draft 

dockets. Dockets Nos. D–2009–13–1 

(water withdrawal) and D–2009–18–1 

(natural gas well drilling pad site) can 

be viewed on the Commission’s Web 

site, DRBC.net, as a link from this 

notice. 

Hearing Procedure. In order to give 

everyone who wishes to testify a fair 

and equal opportunity to do so at the 

public hearing, which is expected to be 

heavily attended, the following 

procedures will be in effect: 

• Registration to testify. Individuals 

who wish to speak at the hearing will 

be requested to print their names on a 

numbered list and complete a separate 

DRBC commenter card. Registrations to 

present oral testimony will begin at 

approximately 2:30 p.m. (30 minutes 

prior to the beginning of the hearing) 

and will continue until the hearing is 

closed. There will be no advance 

registration prior to February 24. For the 

convenience of those who wish to 

speak, more than one registration list 

may be used. Accordingly, speakers will 

be called in roughly, but not exactly, the 

order in which they registered. 

• Time allowances. In order to allow 

everyone who wishes to speak an 

opportunity to do so, individuals will be 

allotted no more than three minutes to 

present their oral testimony. Speakers 

will not be permitted to cede their time 

to others; however, after everyone who 

wishes to speak has had a chance to do 

so, the hearing officer will accept 

requests from those who wish to 

supplement their earlier remarks. 

Individuals who have prepared written 

testimony are asked to summarize their 

comments during the three-minute 

period for oral testimony and to submit 

their complete written comments either 

at the public hearing or via e-mail, fax, 

U.S. Mail, delivery service, or hand 

delivery in accordance with the 

ADDRESSES section above, before 5 p.m. 

on March 12. 

• Stenographic record. A court 

stenographer will be present to capture 

all verbal comments for the public 

record. 

• Other. The sole purpose of the 

hearing on February 24 is to provide 

members of the public with an 

opportunity for oral testimony on the 

proposed Stone Energy dockets. The 

Commissioners and staff will not 

respond to comments at the hearing, nor 

will they conduct any other business 

that day. Because a separate hearing on 

the Stone Energy dockets is being held 

on February 24, oral testimony on these 

dockets will not be accepted during the 

Commission’s regularly scheduled 

business meeting and public hearing on 

March 3, 2010. A separate notice will be 

published listing the hearing items and 

other matters to be considered during 

the meeting on March 3. 

Project Descriptions. Detailed 

descriptions of the two projects are 

included in the draft dockets posted on 

the Commission’s Web site (DRBC.net) 

as links from this notice. Brief 

descriptions of the two projects follow: 

Stone Energy Corporation D–2009–13– 

1. An application for approval of a 

surface water withdrawal project to 

supply up to 21.0 mg/30 days (0.70 

mgd) of water from a withdrawal point 

located on the West Branch Lackawaxen 

River in Mount Pleasant Township, 


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