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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 99-2045

NOTICES

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION

Commission Meeting and Public Hearing

[29 Pa.B. 6122]

   The Delaware River Basin Commission (Commission) will hold an informal conference followed by a public hearing on Wednesday, December 8, 1999. The hearing will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting. Both the conference and business meeting are open to the public and will be held in the Goddard Conference Room of the Commission's offices at 25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, NJ.

   The conference among the Commissioners and staff will begin at 9:30 a.m. and will include a presentation on the inaugural meeting of the Water Management Advisory Committee, including a presentation on trends in potable water supplied by the Commission. Additional items for the conference session include a report on hydrologic conditions in the Basin; a report on activities of the Flow Management Technical Advisory Committee; a report on the Flood Response Meeting of December 2, 1999; a report on talks with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding alternative funding for the Commission and temporary drought storage at F.E. Walter Reservoir; and revisions to the Commission's proposed meeting schedule for 2000.

   In addition to the following dockets, which are scheduled for public hearing at the 1 p.m. business meeting, the Commission will address the following: Minutes of the October 27, 1999 business meeting; announcements; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; reports by the Executive Director and General Counsel; and public dialogue. The Commission will also consider resolutions to: establish a Monitoring Advisory Committee; renew the Toxics Advisory Committee; expand the Water Quality Advisory Committee by adding members of the regulated community; authorize the Executive Director to contract for a flow management study; and amend Docket No. D-68-20 CP (Revised)--PSE&G Salem Nuclear Generating Station--to extend the expiration date of the docket to provide adequate time for its review.

   The subjects of the hearing will be as follows:

   1.  Holdover: Bucks County Water & Sewer Authority D-99-13 CP. A project to rerate the Harvey Avenue sewage treatment plant (STP) from 0.9 million gallons per day (mgd) to 1.2 mgd for treatment of wet weather inflow. Located at the end of Harvey Avenue in Doylestown Borough, Bucks County, PA, the STP will continue to serve Doylestown Township, Doylestown Borough and Plumstead Township. Following high quality secondary treatment, effluent will continue to discharge to Cooks Run, a tributary of Neshaminy Creek.

   2.  Telford Borough Authority D-86-7 CP Renewal. A renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 38.6 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from Wells No. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Commission approval on September 28, 1988 was extended to 10 years. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 38.6 mg/30 days. The project is located in Telford Borough, Bucks and Montgomery Counties and West Rockhill Township and Hilltown Township, Bucks County, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.

   3.  Panther Creek Partners D-87-66 (Revision 2) Renewal. A renewal of a water allocation to supply up to 67 mg/30 days to the applicant's 84 megawatt culm-fired power plant which supplies electricity to the Metropolitan Edison power grid. Commission approval on June 27, 1990 was limited to 10 years and will expire unless renewed. No expansion of the approved withdrawal is proposed. A seasonal alternate water source will be provided by the Nesquehoning Borough Authority to offset pretreatment costs of the applicant's existing Lusanne Tunnel mine pool overflow withdrawal. Since treated wastewater will continue to be used to stabilize ash, no effluent discharge will occur. The project is located just west of the Nesquehoning Creek in Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County, PA.

   4.  Borough of East Stroudsburg D-92-72 CP. A ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 28.2 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from new Well No. 4, and to increase the withdrawal limit from all wells from 28.2 mg/30 days to 56.4 mg/30 days. The total combined withdrawal for the applicant's ground water and surface water withdrawals will remain at 75 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Borough of East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, PA.

   5.  Citizens Utilities Water Company of Pennsylvania D-99-30 CP. A project to transfer up to 2 mgd of potable water to the applicant's Glen Alsace District service area through an interconnection with the Reading Area Water Authority Maiden Creek Filtration Plant which draws from Lake Ontelaunee Reservoir; no increase in Reading's allocation is needed. The applicant will continue to serve development in Exeter Township and St. Laurence Borough, and has included design capacity for a projected future service area expansion in Robeson Township, all within Berks County, PA. The applicant currently supplies an average of 1.125 mgd from 17 wells and an existing interconnection with Mount Penn Water Authority, Berks County.

   6.  Lonza, Inc. D-99-38. A project to upgrade and expand the applicant's existing 0.06 mgd industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) to provide Best Available Technology for treatment of 0.08 mgd for the applicant's Riverside Plant organic chemical manufacturing facility located on River Road in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA. Treated effluent will continue to discharge to the Schuylkill River by way of the Matsunk Creek culvert.

   7.  Municipal Authority of the Borough of Minersville D-99-44 CP. A project to modify the applicant's existing potable water treatment plant residual/wastewater management system by constructing two filter backwash holding tanks to replace the existing slow sand filter process. The 0.11 mgd treated effluent will be conveyed to the applicant's Reservoir No. 3 on Dyer Run, a tributary of the West Branch Schuylkill River, located in Cass Township, Schuylkill County, PA. No expansion of capacity is proposed.

   8.  Gladys Brittingham Farm D-99-58. A ground water withdrawal project to supply a maximum of 5.6 mg/30 days of water for irrigation of the applicant's farm crops from new Wells No. 162541 and 167042 in the Columbia aquifer. The water will irrigate approximately 26 acres of grain and vegetables. The project is located near the Town of Milton, Sussex County, DE.

   Proposal to Amend Public Service Electric & Gas Company Docket D-68-20 CP (Revised), Salem Nuclear Generating Station, to extend the expiration date of the docket until 6 months after completion of review and approval by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The project is located in Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, NJ and will continue to withdraw and discharge in the Delaware River in Water Quality Zone 5.

   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.

   Individuals in need of an accommodation as provided for in the Americans With Disabilities Act who wish to attend the hearing should contact the Secretary, Pamela M. Bush, at (609) 883-9500, Ext. 203 or the New Jersey Relay Service at (800) 852-7899 (TTY) to discuss how the Commission may accommodate their needs.

PAMELA M. BUSH,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-2045. Filed for public inspection December 3, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]


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