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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 98-1607

NOTICES

DELAWARE RIVER
BASIN COMMISSION

Commission Meeting and Public Hearing

[28 Pa.B. 4953]

   The Delaware River Basin Commission (Commission) will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, October 7, 1998. The hearing will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open to the public and scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. in Room 105 of the Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA.

   In addition to the subjects listed which are scheduled for public hearing, the Commission will also address the following: Minutes of the September 9, 1998 business meeting; announcements; General Counsel's report; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; consideration of resolutions concerning Fiscal Year 1998 budget adjustments, reclassification of the Water Supply Storage Facilities Fund from a special revenue fund to an enterprise fund, amendment to the agreement between the Commission and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control concerning Delaware Estuary water quality monitoring; 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.  Conoco, Inc. D-97-38. A project to improve and expand a portion of existing docking facilities on the tidal reach of the Delaware River at the Dupont Repauno Plant in Gibbstown, Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, NJ. The dock will continue to serve the adjacent Dupont and Conoco plant sites. The construction includes approximately 11 acres of dredging.

   2.  Wernersville Municipal Authority D-98-10 CP. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 17.6 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from previously approved Well Nos. 3 through 8, existing Well No. 9, and from new Well No. 12, and to increase the existing withdrawal limit of 9 mg/30 days from all wells to 17.6 mg/30 days. The project is located in Wernersville Borough and South Heidelberg Township, Berks County, PA.

   3.  J. G. Townsend, Jr. & Company D-98-37. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 16.84 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's agricultural irrigation system from new Well No. 9-Hercules, and to limit the withdrawal from all project wells to 16.84 mg/30 days. The project is located northwest of the City of Lewes, Sussex County, DE.

   4.  Lucent Technologies, Inc. D-98-41. An application for a Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) determination appropriate to both the applicant's current and anticipated discharge at its existing 3.6 million gallons per day industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP). The IWTP will continue to discharge to Spring Run, a tributary of the Lehigh River, in the City of Allentown, Lehigh County, PA. The allowable TDS concentration for the IWTP is needed in anticipation of the applicant's plan to reduce water usage and wastewater discharge and raise the TDS concentration. The IWTP will continue to serve only the applicant's electronic component and communication chips manufacturing plant.

   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.

SUSAN M. WEISMAN,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-1607. Filed for public inspection October 2, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]


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