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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 96-1015

NOTICES

DELAWARE RIVER
BASIN COMMISSION

Commission Meeting and Public Hearing

[26 Pa.B. 2925]

   The Delaware River Basin Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 26, 1996. The hearing will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open to the public and scheduled to begin at 11 a.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 10 a.m. at the same location and will include an update on proposed revisions to the Commission's Water Code and Water Quality Regulations concerning toxic pollutants, and status reports on the Commission's new computer program, Water Quality Zone 2 wasteload allocations and Special Protection Waters' watershed prioritization.

   The subjects of the hearing will be as follows:

Applications for Approval of the Following Projects Under Article 10.3, Article 11 and/or Section 3.8 of the Compact:

   1.  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation D-77-20 CP (Revision No. 2). A request to extend the experimental release program Docket No. D-77-20 CP (Revision No. 2), ''Modification To The Schedule Of Released Rates From Pepacton and Neversink Reservoirs,'' for up to 1 year.

   2.  Zee Orchards, Inc. D-80-33 Renewal 3. An application for the renewal of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 26.5 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's agricultural irrigation system from well no. 1. Commission approval on March 27, 1991 was limited to 5 years. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 26.5 mg/30 days. The project is located in Harrison Township, Gloucester County, NJ.

   3.  Philadelphia Park Race Track D-85-72 Renewal 2. An application for the renewal of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 10.6 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's irrigation system from wells nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Commission approval on March 27, 1991 was limited to 5 years. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 10.6 mg/30 days. The project is located in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, PA.

   4.  Borough of Bellmawr D-90-82 CP Renewal. An application for the renewal of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 60 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from wells nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6. Commission approval on March 27, 1991, was limited to 5 years and will expire unless renewed. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 60 mg/30 days. The project is located in Bellmawr Borough, Camden County, NJ.

   5.  UNISYS Corporation D-92-82 (D). A proposed groundwater remediation project consisting of the treatment of up to 367,000 gallons per day (gpd) of groundwater withdrawn at the applicant's computer manufacturing plant site situated in both East Whiteland and Tredyffrin Townships, Chester County, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Groundwater Protected Area. Withdrawal will be accomplished by wells nos. MW-6D (7,200 gpd), MW-11D (72,000 gpd) and MW-21 (288,000 gpd) previously approved by Docket No. D-92-82 (G). The treatment facilities will consist of a chromium removal system with microfiltration as well as a prefiltration, and a carbon adsorption system for removal of volatile organic compounds. Treated effluent will be discharged to Little Valley Creek, in Tredyffrin Township.

   6.  Pennsylvania American Water Company D-95-53 CP. A project to increase the applicant's surface water withdrawal from 2.0 million gallons per day (mgd) to 6.0 mgd by new intake facilities (to replace its existing intake) on the Delaware River, located just south of Yardley Borough in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, PA. The applicant's distribution system will continue to serve Yardley Borough and portions of Lower Makefield and Falls Townships. The Mill Road Filtration Plant will be expanded to treat the raw water.

   7.  Honesdale Consolidated Water Company D-95-57 CP. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 54.22 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from existing wells nos. 1 and 2, and new wells nos. 3 through 6, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 54.22 mg/30 days. The project is located in Honesdale Borough and Texas Township, Wayne County, PA.

   8.  Township of Moorestown D-95-59 CP. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 64.8 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from existing well no. 7, and to increase the existing withdrawal of 110 mg/30 days from all wells to 150 mg/30 days. The project is located in Moorestown Township, Burlington County, NJ.

   9.  Borough of Quakertown D-96-1 CP. A revised application to replace wells nos. 13 and 14 in the applicant's water supply system that have become unreliable sources of supply with two new wells nos. 13A and 14A. The withdrawal from all wells will remain limited to 51.1 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Borough of Quakertown, Bucks County, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Groundwater Protected Area.

   10.  Jim Thorpe Municipal Authority D-96-19 CP. A project to expand the rated capacity of the applicant's sewage treatment plant (STP) from 0.65 mgd to 0.92 mgd. The STP will serve existing and new development in the Borough of Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, PA. The STP, located on the east side of the Lehigh River near the southern boundary of the Borough, will continue to discharge to the Lehigh River after providing secondary biological treatment utilizing the activated sludge process and chlorine disinfection.

   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.

ANNE M. ZAMONSKI,   
Acting Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-1015. Filed for public inspection June 21, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]


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