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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 98-127

NOTICES

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION

Commission Meeting and Public Hearing

[28 Pa.B. 384]

   The Delaware River Basin Commission (Commission) will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, January 28, 1998. The hearing will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open to the public and scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. in the Goddard Conference Room of the Commission's offices at 25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, NJ.

   A presentation on the Commission's retreat process will be held at 11 a.m. at the same location. In December 1995, the Commission conducted a retreat to examine the agency and its future. The process progressed through interviews with key constituents; an extensive constituent survey; a niche selection process; and preparation of a vision and mission statement entitled ''Charting the Future,'' adopted by the Commission on December 17, 1997. The results of the retreat process and next steps will be reviewed at this presentation. A ''Summary of Delaware River Basin Commission Retreat Process'' and ''Charting the Future'' are available upon request by contacting Susan M. Weisman at (609) 883-9500, Ext. 203.

   In addition to the subjects listed which are scheduled for public hearing at the 1 p.m. business meeting, the Commission will also address the following: minutes of the December 17, 1997 business meeting; announcements; General Counsel's Report; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; a resolution to adopt the current expense and capital budgets for Fiscal Year 1999; a resolution to designate the Chair of the Flow Management Technical Advisory Committee as the Chair at meetings of the Parties to the 1954 United States Supreme Court Decree concerning drought-related resolutions; a resolution to amend the Ground Water Protected Area Regulations for Southeastern Pennsylvania by the establishment of numerical withdrawal limits for Protected Area subbasins; and public dialogue. A ''Response Document on Proposed Amendments to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area Regulations'' is also available upon request by contacting Susan Weisman at the number provided above.

   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.  Portland Borough Authority D-97-29 CP. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 5.18 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from new Well No. 3, and to increase the existing withdrawal limit from all wells to 5.7 mg/30 days. The project is located in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, PA.

   2.  Pennsylvania Power & Light Company D-97-37. A project to construct two 12-kilowatt aerial power line crossings: one on a reach of the Schuylkill River and one on a reach of the Little Schuylkill River near their confluence. Both crossings are on reaches of the rivers designated as Scenic Rivers by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and included in the Commission Comprehensive Plan. The proposed power line will provide service to an existing commercial enterprise in Port Clinton, Schuylkill County, PA. The line will cross on poles located near two bridges; one just upstream of a railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River between Tilden Township, Berks County and Port Clinton Borough, Schuylkill County, and one at the Broad Street Bridge over the Little Schuylkill River in Port Clinton Borough.

   3.  Glen Mills Schools D-97-39. A surface water withdrawal project to provide a monthly average of 367,000 gallons per day (gpd) (11 mg/30 days) for irrigation of the proposed 18-hole Golf Course at Glen Mills located in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, PA. The applicant proposes to withdraw water from Chester Creek and, if needed to supplement flow, from two existing onsite wells (averaging less than 100,000 gpd).

   4.  American Cyanamid Company D-97-41. A project to upgrade an existing 120,000 gpd average monthly capacity industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) located at the applicant's Agricultural Research Division facilities at U.S. Route 1 and Quakerbridge Road in West Windsor Township, Mercer County, NJ. The IWTP will continue to provide secondary biological treatment utilizing an extended aeration activated sludge process. Tertiary filtration will be provided as well as ultraviolet disinfection prior to discharge via an aeration cascade to an unnamed tributary of the Assunpink Creek. The applicant's facilities are located on property that straddles the Delaware River Basin divide and a major portion of the applicant's water source is obtained from wells located outside the Delaware River Basin. However, the applicant proposes a high overall BOD removal rate (98%) that will offset the imported load.

   5.  City of Bethlehem Authority D-97-47 CP. A proposed temporary emergency surface water withdrawal project that entails installation of an intake structure in the Beltzville Reservoir, just downstream of the confluence of Pohopoco Creek with the Reservoir's backwater, in Towamensing Township, Carbon County, PA. The withdrawal is planned to provide an average of 15 million gallons per day during a 3-year period while the applicant's Penn Forest Dam is undergoing reconstruction and refilling. The applicant's distribution system serves the City of Bethlehem and 11 other municipalities in its vicinity, in both Lehigh and Northampton Counties.

   Documents relating to these items may be examined at the Commission's offices. Preliminary dockets are available in single copies upon request. 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.

SUSAN M. WEISMAN,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-127. Filed for public inspection January 23, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]


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