[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3672-3673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1586]


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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 
Wednesday, January 26, 2000. 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 State Police Drive, 
West Trenton, New Jersey.
    The conference among the Commissioners and staff will begin at 
10:00 a.m. and will include a report on the agency's budget for 2001; a 
discussion of the Basin comprehensive planning process; an update on 
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposal for undertaking projects 
jointly with the Commission; a status report on progress toward an 
agreement between the Army Corps and the Commission for storage at F.E. 
Walter Reservoir; a report on the status of a new basinwide flood 
coordination initiative; and a discussion of plans for a two-day 
Commission meeting in Reading, Pennsylvania in March.
    In addition to the dockets listed below, which are scheduled for 
public hearing, the Commission will address the following at its 1:00 
p.m. business meeting: minutes of the December 8, 1999 business 
meeting; announcements; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; reports 
by the Executive Director and General Counsel; and public dialogue. The 
Commission also will conduct public hearings and consider a resolution 
to adopt the FY 2001 Budget and the 2000 Water Resources Program. It 
will consider additional resolutions to: authorize the Executive 
Director to contract with Water Resources Management, Inc. for a flow 
needs study for the Delaware River and major tributaries; and control 
toxic pollutants from point sources discharging to the Delaware River 
Estuary.
    The dockets scheduled for public hearing will be as follows:

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    1. Philadelphia Suburban Water Company D-98-11 CP. An application 
to withdraw up to 4.0 million gallons per day (mgd) from East Branch 
Brandywine Creek for public water supply when stream flow exceeds 25 
percent of the average daily flow and is greater than 90 mgd for the 
Brandywine River at Chadds Ford. The applicant proposes to serve East 
Brandywine and West Brandywine Townships, and potentially, Wallace 
Township, all in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The intake will be 
situated on the east bank of the East Branch Brandywine Creek just 
south of Marshall Road in Wallace Township. On an annual average use 
basis, withdrawal is expected to average approximately 0.76 mgd. When 
available, the raw water will be conveyed for storage in a nearby 
abandoned quarry (known as Cornog Quarry) with an estimated storage 
capacity of approximately 100 million gallons. Withdrawals ranging from 
0.5 mgd to 1.0 mgd will then be made from the quarry, treated by a 
proposed new filter plant, and distributed to the project service area.
    2. Upper Moreland-Hatboro Joint Sewer Authority D-98-48 CP. A 
project to rerate the applicant's existing sewage treatment plant (STP) 
from an annual average 7.0 mgd flow to 7.173 mgd; the maximum monthly 
flow rate will be 9.08 mgd. The additional capacity is needed due to 
growth within the existing service area of the Borough of Hatboro and 
portions of Horsham, Upper Dublin and Upper Moreland Townships, 
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and a portion of Warminster Township, 
Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The STP will continue to provide advanced 
secondary treatment and ultraviolet disinfection prior to discharge via 
the existing outfall to Pennypack Creek near Terwood Road in Upper 
Moreland Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
    3. Reichhold, Inc. D-99-32. An application for approval of a ground 
water withdrawal project to supply up to 5.4 million gallons (mg)/30 
days of water to the applicant's chemical manufacturing facility from 
new Well No. 37 in the Cheswold Aquifer, and to limit the withdrawal 
from all wells to 17 mg/30 days. The project is located in Kent County, 
Delaware.
    4. Gilbertsville Golf Club, Inc. D-99-47. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 8.1 mg/30 
days of water for irrigation of the applicant's golf course from new 
Well No. PW-2 in the Brunswick Formation, and to limit the withdrawal 
from all wells to 12.0 mg/30 days. The project is located in New 
Hanover Township, Montgomery County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania 
Ground Water Protected Area.
    5. Liberty Electric Power, LLC D-99-61. An application to construct 
a nominal 500 megawatt natural gas-fired electric power plant to be 
located on a 25.5 acre site between Route 291 and the Amtrak/Septa 
railroad tracks in Eddystone Borough, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. 
The power generated will primarily supply the Pennsylvania-Jersey-
Maryland grid. The Philadelphia Suburban Water Company will supply up 
to 6 mgd of water to the facility; and the applicant projects up to 4.7 
mgd will be consumed. Approximately 1.3 mgd of process and sanitary 
wastewater will be conveyed to the DELCORA sewerage system which 
discharges to the Delaware River in Water Quality Zone 4.
    6. Kendal Corporation D-99-68. An application to upgrade and expand 
the applicant's existing 0.07 mgd secondary treatment STP to provide 
tertiary treatment of 0.125 mgd to four retirement communities in 
Kennett and Pennsbury Townships, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Effluent 
will continue to be applied to the applicant's existing nine-acre spray 
field and a proposed additional spray irrigation site located 
approximately one-quarter mile east of State Routes 1 and 52 in Kennett 
Township. However, during the months of November through April, 
effluent will be discharged to an unnamed tributary of Bennetts Run in 
the Brandywine Creek watershed.
    7. Philadelphia Suburban Water Company D-99-69 CP. An application 
to transfer up to 9.5 mgd of potable water to the applicant's public 
water distribution system via an interconnection with the City of 
Philadelphia Water Department. The transfer will enable the applicant 
to provide an additional source of water to serve projected demand in 
its Southern Division service area. The proposed interconnection will 
be located at the Philadelphia-Delaware County border off the 
Interstate 95 and State Route 291 interchange near the Philadelphia 
International Airport.
    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, at (609) 883-9500 ext. 203 or 
the New Jersey Relay Service at 1-800-852-7899 (TTY) to discuss how the 
Commission may accommodate your needs.

    Dated: January 11, 2000.
Pamela M. Bush,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-1586 Filed 1-21-00; 8:45 am]
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