[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7761-7762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4093]


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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, February 26, 1997. The hearing 
will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open 
to the public and scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. in the Goddard 
Conference Room of the Commission's offices at 25 State Police Drive, 
West Trenton, New Jersey.
    An informal conference among the Commissioners and staff will be 
held at 11:00 a.m. at the same location and will include a presentation 
on the Christina River Basin point and nonpoint study; a demonstration 
on the New Castle County GIS program; discussion of proposed amendments 
to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area 
Regulations and a review of Basin States' policies on discharges to 
intermittent streams.
    In addition to the subjects listed below which are scheduled for 
public hearing at the business meeting, the Commission will also 
address the following matters: Minutes of the January 22, 1997 business 
meeting; announcements; General Counsel's report; report on Basin 
hydrologic conditions, a resolution concerning funding in connection 
with the Christina Basin study 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. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) 
D-77-20 CP (Revision No. 3). An application to add the schedule of 
experimental augmented conservation releases for Cannonsville Reservoir 
to the current experimental augmented conservation release program of 
the Pepacton and Neversink Reservoirs. Along with the Cannonsville 
Reservoir program, the applicant requests an

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extension of the existing experimental augmented conservation release 
program for Pepacton and Neversink Reservoirs for a three year period. 
New release valves at the Cannonsville Reservoir allow a more flexible 
release schedule and make it feasible to reserve additional storage for 
thermal stress release when needed. The Neversink Reservoir is located 
in Sullivan County and the Cannonsville and Pepacton Reservoirs are 
located in Delaware County, all in New York State.
    2. Merrill Creek Owners Group (MCOG) D-77-110 CP (Amendment No. 
10). An application for inclusion of PECO Energy Company's Fairless 
Hills Generating Station (a 72 megawatt combustion turbine facility 
formerly owned by U.S. Steel and approved for operation by PECO via 
Docket No. D-96-63 on January 22, 1997) as a Designated Unit to Table A 
(Revised) of the Merrill Creek Reservoir project. This action will 
allow releases from the reservoir to make up consumptive water use of 
the plant during drought periods. MCOG expects the Fairless Hills 
Generating Station to have maximum monthly consumptive water uses of 
385,000 gallons per day (gpd) during winter, 124,000 gpd during summer, 
and 324,000 gpd during spring and fall. The plant is located at the 
existing U.S. Steel Fairless Hills plant site in Falls Township, Bucks 
County, Pennsylvania.
    3. Pennsylvania-American Water Company D-85-86 CP RENEWAL 2. An 
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project, 
previously approved under the ownership of Pocono Farms East Water 
Company, to supply up to 4.68 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to 
the applicant's Whispering Glen and Hickory Glen systems from Well Nos. 
2E, 3E and 4E. Commission approval on April 24, 1991 was limited to 
five years. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all 
wells remain limited to 4.68 mg/30 days. The project is located in 
Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
    4. Crystal Water Supply Company, Inc. D-86-22 CP RENEWAL 2. An 
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 11.23 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from Well Nos. A, B and 1. Commission approval on December 11, 
1991 was limited to five years. The applicant requests that the total 
withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 11.23 mg/30 days. The 
project is located in the Town of Thompson, Sullivan County, New York.
    5. Lake Wynonah Municipal Authority D-91-20 CP RENEWAL. An 
application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 12 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution 
system from Well Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 6. Commission approval on August 14, 
1991 was limited to five years. The applicant requests that the total 
withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 12 mg/30 days. The project 
is located in South Manheim and Wayne Townships, Schuylkill County, 
Pennsylvania.
    6. City of Coatesville Authority D-96-16 CP. An application to 
amend the City of Coatesville Authority (CCA) Docket by extension of 
the time for compliance with Docket DECISION II.e. which requires the 
CCA to submit an Operating Plan for conjunctive use of its West Branch 
Brandywine Creek withdrawal with its multiple-source water supply 
system including the Rock Run and Hibernia (renamed Chambers Lake) 
Reservoirs. The project withdrawal is located in West Caln Township, 
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    7. Borough of West Grove D-96-26 CP. An application to replace the 
withdrawal of water from Well Nos. 1 and 6 in the applicant's water 
supply system which has been contaminated by leakage of gasoline from 
an underground storage tank. The applicant requests that the withdrawal 
from replacement Well No. 4 (Harmony Road) be limited to 4.5 mg/30 
days, and that the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 
10.8 mg/30 days. The project is located in West Grove Borough, Chester 
County, Pennsylvania.
    8. Paunnacussing Founders, Inc. D-96-42. An application for 
approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 6.0 mg/30 
days of water to the applicant's Look-A-Way Golf Club from new Well 
Nos. 2 and 3, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 6.0 mg/30 
days. The project is located in Buckingham Township, Bucks County in 
the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
    9. Fox Valley Community Services, Inc. D-96-60. A project to modify 
and rerate the applicant's existing sewage treatment plant (STP) from 
0.056 million gallons/day (mgd) to 0.074 mgd. The STP will continue to 
provide secondary biological treatment via the extended aeration 
activated sludge process; after modification to equalize flow (and 
other minor modifications), the STP will be able to increase its 
capacity to 0.074 mgd. The STP will continue to serve the Fox Valley 
residential development in Concord Township, Delaware County, 
Pennsylvania. The project is located in Concord Township just south of 
U.S. Route 1 and north of the West Branch Chester Creek to which it 
will continue to discharge.
    10. Simpson Paper Company D-97-3. An application for approval of an 
existing combined ground water and surface water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 60 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's paper mill from 
existing Well Nos. 1 and 2 and Bubbling Springs, and to limit the 
withdrawal from the wells to 42 mg/30 days, and from Bubbling Springs 
to 60 mg/30 days. The project withdrawals are located in Whitemarsh 
Township, Montgomery County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground 
Water Protected Area. Bubbling Springs is situated on Spring Mill Run, 
a tributary of the Schuylkill River.
    Documents relating to these items may be examined at the 
Commission's offices. Preliminary dockets are available in single 
copies upon request. Please contact George C. Elias concerning docket-
related questions. Persons wishing to testify at this hearing are 
requested to register with the Secretary prior to the hearing.

    Dated: February 10, 1997.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-4093 Filed 2-19-97; 8:45 am]
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