[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 82 (Thursday, April 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24684-24685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10477]


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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 followed by a public hearing on 
Tuesday, May 2, 2000. The hearing will be part of the Commission's 
regular business meeting. Both the conference session and business 
meeting are open to the public and will be held at the Commission 
offices at 25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, New Jersey.
    The conference among the commissioners and staff will begin at 9:30 
a.m. and will include status reports

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on the comprehensive plan and the Christina Basin TMDL; reports on the 
March 31 drought management meeting and the April 17 Water Management 
Advisory Committee meeting; an update on the DRBC Corps of Engineers 
proposal for joint projects and progress toward an agreement for 
storage at F.E. Walter Reservoir; and discussions about activities of 
the Northeast-Midwest Institute, a meeting scheduled for May 19, 2000 
regarding restoration of the DRBC's federal funding, the planned DRBC 
40th anniversary commemorative calendar, and upcoming Commission 
business meeting dates and locations.
    In addition to the dockets listed below, which are scheduled for 
public hearing, the Commission will address the following at its 1 p.m. 
business meeting: Minutes of the March 7, 2000 business meeting; 
announcements; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; reports by the 
Executive Director and General Counsel; and public dialogue. The 
Commission also will consider resolutions to: Extend its contract with 
the Northeast-Midwest Institute; authorize production of a 40th 
anniversary calendar; and amend the Administrative Manual: By-Laws, 
Management and Personnel regarding approved holidays.
    The dockets scheduled for public hearing are as follows:
    1. Elizabethtown Water Company D-81-17 CP RENEWAL 2. An application 
for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 
51.84 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's public 
water supply system from Wells Nos. 1 and 2 in the Raritan aquifer. 
Commission approval on September 17, 1986 was limited to 12 years. The 
applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain 
limited to 51.84 mg/30 days. The project is located in West Windsor 
Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
    2. J. Carlton Wells & Sons, Inc. D-99-34. A ground water withdrawal 
project to supply a maximum of 179 mg/30 days of water from six wells 
in the Columbia aquifer, for irrigation of the applicant's farms, 
located near the Town of Milton, Sussex County, Delaware.
    3. East Whiteland Township and The Cutler Group D-99-59 CP. A 
project to construct a 0.105 million gallons per day (mgd) lagoon 
wastewater treatment system to serve the proposed 279-unit Malvern Hunt 
development and other portions of East Whiteland Township, Chester 
County, Pennsylvania. The proposed sewage treatment plant (STP) will 
provide secondary treatment, and treated effluent will be discharged to 
a lagoon for application to spray fields located off Swedesford Road 
across from the STP.
    4. Hatfield Quality Meats D-99-72. A ground water withdrawal 
project to supply up to 12.6 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's 
meat processing plant from new Well No. H-12, in the Brunswick aquifer, 
and to increase the withdrawal limit from all wells to 19.9 mg/30 days. 
The project is located in Hatfield Township, Montgomery County in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    5. Delaware Park Racetrack & Slots D-2000-2. A surface water 
withdrawal project to supply up to 8.9 mg/30 days of water for seasonal 
irrigation of the applicant's racetrack grounds located near Stanton in 
New Castle County, Delaware. The water will irrigate approximately 26 
acres of the applicant's track, walks and turf. Surface water will be 
withdrawn from two intakes situated just above an existing low dam on 
White Clay Creek, a tributary of the Christina River.
    6. Perdue Farms, Inc. D-2000-3. A ground water withdrawal project 
to supply up to 60.48 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's existing 
poultry processing facility from new Well No. 5, and to retain the 
existing withdrawal limit from all wells at 66 mg/30 days. The project 
withdrawal is from the Columbia aquifer and is located in the Town of 
Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware.
    7. United States Air Force--Dover Air Force Base D-2000-5 CP. A 
project to replace withdrawal from existing Wells A and C in the 
applicant's water supply system that have become unreliable sources of 
supply, with new Wells A-2 and C-2. The applicant requests that the 
total withdrawal from all other existing wells, in combination with the 
new wells, be decreased from 65 mg/30 days to 56 mg/30 days. The 
project wells are located in the Cheswold and Piney Point Aquifers in 
Dover, Kent County, Delaware.
    8. Stony Creek Anglers, Inc. D-2000-7. A ground water withdrawal 
project to supply up to 5.2 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's 
proposed trout nursery from new Well No. 6 in the Stockton Formation, 
and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 5.2 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in West Norriton Township, Montgomery County, in the 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    9. Mantua Creek Generating Company, L.P. D-2000-13. A project to 
construct a nominal 800 megawatt natural gas-fired, combined cycle 
electric generating station on a 303-acre tract immediately east of 
Paulsboro in West Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. The 
applicant proposes to distribute the electric power via local PSE&G and 
Conectiv Energy lines to the Pennsylvania-Jersey-Maryland power grid. 
The applicant will utilize a maximum of 8.8 mgd of treated effluent 
from the Gloucester County Utilities Authority (GCUA) sewage treatment 
plant for cooling tower makeup and steam, with approximately 2.8 mgd to 
be returned to GCUA as wastewater.
    10. H. Stanford Roberts Nursery D-2000-15. An application to supply 
up to 4.2 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's nursery irrigation 
system from existing Wells Nos. 1-3 and new Well No. 4, and to limit 
the combined withdrawal from all wells to 4.2 mg/30 days. The project 
wells are located in the Stockton Formation in Newtown Township, Bucks 
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 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 wish to attend the hearing should 
contact the Secretary, Pamela M. Bush, directly at (609) 883-9500 ext. 
203 or through the New Jersey Relay Service at 1-800-852-7899 (TTY) to 
discuss how the Commission may accommodate your needs.

    Dated: April 18, 2000.
Pamela M. Bush,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-10477 Filed 4-26-00; 8:45 am]
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