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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 97-257

NOTICES

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION

Commission Meeting and Public Hearing

[27 Pa.B. 935]

   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 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 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 Under 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 extension of the existing experimental augmented conservation release program for Pepacton and Neversink Reservoirs for a 3 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, PA.

   3.  Pennsylvania-American Water Company D-85-86 CP Renewal 2. An application for the renewal of a groundwater 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 5 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, PA.

   4.  Crystal Water Supply Company, Inc. D-86-22 CP Renewal 2. An application for the renewal of a groundwater 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 5 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, NY.

   5.  Lake Wynonah Municipal Authority D-91-20 CP Renewal. An application for the renewal of a groundwater 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 5 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, PA.

   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, PA.

   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, PA.

   8.  Paunnacussing Founders, Inc. D-96-42. An application for approval of a groundwater 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, PA. 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 groundwater 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. 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.

SUSAN M. WEISMAN,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-257. Filed for public inspection February 21, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]


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