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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 96-631

NOTICES

DELAWARE RIVER
BASIN COMMISSION

Commission Meeting and Public Hearing

[26 Pa.B. 1830]

   The Delaware River Basin Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, April 24, 1996. The hearing will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open to the public and scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Goddard Conference Room of the Commission's offices at 25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, NJ.

   An informal conference among the Commissioners and staff will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the same location and will include a discussion of proposed revisions to the Commission's Administrative Manual--Rules of Practice and Procedure, an update on management of New Jersey's Potomac-Raritan-Magothy Aquifer system 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.  Holdover Project:  Borough of Berlin D-95-24 CP. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 27.5 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from new well no. 12, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells located within the Delaware River Basin to 27.5 mg/30 days. The project is located in Berlin Township, Camden County, NJ. This hearing continues that of March 26, 1996.

   2.  National Utilities, Inc./Hamilton Division D-85-55 CP RENEWAL. An application for the renewal of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 5.5 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's Hamilton Division from well nos. 1, 3 and 4. Commission approval on August 8, 1990, was limited to 5 years. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 5.5 mg/30 days. The project is located in Ross Township, Monroe County, PA.

   3.  Kraft Foods, Inc. D-92-53 (Revised). A project to provide a groundwater supply to serve the applicant's food processing plant in the City of Dover, Kent County, Delaware. The applicant will continue to use its existing well nos. 1 and 2 for its food processing operations; existing well no. 3 and the existing cogeneration facility it serves will be sold to First State Power Management, Inc. (see Application D-96-10). The applicant requests that the total combined withdrawal from well nos. 1 and 2 be limited to 7 mg/30 days (0.23 million gallons per day (mgd)).

   4.  Monroe Municipal Utilities Authority D-93-9 CP. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 25.92 mg/30 days of water to that portion of the applicant's distribution system located within the Delaware River Basin from new well nos. 9 and 10, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells located within the Delaware River Basin to 25.92 mg/30 days. The project is located in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, NJ.

   5.  Florence Township Water Department D-94-82 CP. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 21.6 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from new well no. 5, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 60 mg/30 days. The project is located in Florence Township, Burlington County, NJ.

   6.  Whitehall Township Authority D-95-48 CP. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 8.64 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from the new Huber Well, and to retain the existing withdrawal limit from all wells of 73 mg/30 days. The project is located in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, PA.

   7.  Township of Horsham Sewer Authority D-95-64 CP. A project to modify and expand the applicant's 0.5 mgd Park Creek Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) which is located off Keith Valley Road in Horsham Township, Montgomery County, PA. The STP will be expanded to provide 1.0 mgd of advanced secondary treatment, including ammonia, phosphorus and nitrogen removal. The STP will serve a larger area of Horsham Township and will continue to discharge to Park Creek.

   8.  Utility Group Services Corporation D-96-8. A project to upgrade and expand the applicant's Little Washington Drainage Company STP located in East Brandywine Township, Chester County, PA. The STP serves two residential developments in East Brandywine Township: Culbertson Run and The Timbers. The project entails expansion from 53,100 gallons per day (gpd) to 93,000 gpd in two phases, and the advanced secondary STP will be upgraded from extended aeration to a suspended growth biological nitrogen removal process with tertiary filtration. The existing allowable discharge to Culbertson Run will remain at 53,100 gpd and the expanded average flow of 40,000 gpd will be discharged to two proposed infiltration beds for subsurface disposal.

   9.  First State Power Management, Inc. D-96-10. A project to operate an existing well and cogeneration facility, both to be purchased from Kraft Foods, Inc. (see Application D-92-53 (Revised)). The project is located in the City of Dover, Kent County, DE. The applicant will operate an 18-megawatt steam cycle coal-fired cogeneration plant to provide power to the City of Dover's electric distribution system, and steam to Kraft Foods, Inc. The cogeneration plant site includes well no. 3; the applicant requests the withdrawal be limited to 16 mg/30 days (0.53 mgd).

   Documents relating to these items may be examined at the Commission's offices. Preliminary dockets are available to 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.

SUSAN M. WEISMAN,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-631. Filed for public inspection April 19, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]


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