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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 99-1325

NOTICES

DELAWARE RIVER
BASIN COMMISSION

Commission Meeting and Public Hearing

[29 Pa.B. 4359]

   The Delaware River Basin Commission (Commission) will hold an informal conference and public hearing on Wednesday, August 18, 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 discussions of coordinated drought responses and a proposed Commission-Corps of Engineers' drought storage agreement; the Flowing Toward the Future report and Governors' Summit; establishment of a watershed council; and the strategy for resolving interstate flow management issues in the Delaware River Basin.

   In addition to the subjects summarized as follows which are scheduled for public hearing at the 1 p.m. business meeting, the Commission will also address the following: Minutes of the June 23, 1999 business meeting; announcements; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; reports by the Executive Director and General Counsel; and public dialogue.

   The subjects of the hearing will be as follows:

Possible Drought Emergency Action

   The Commission may consider whether current and developing conditions of water supply and demand require drought related actions. The purpose of this hearing is to permit the public to comment on these matters and to make suggestions or recommendations concerning possible Commission actions. The Commission will consider a resolution to ratify and approve the temporary modification of the Trenton flow objective and may also consider possible amendment of Commission Resolution No. 88-22 (Revised) or such other drought related actions as the Commission finds to be necessary.

Applications for Approval of the Following Projects Under Article 10.3, Article 11 and/or Section 3.8 of the Compact

   1.  Friskies Petcare Division D-84-2 Renewal 2. An application for the renewal of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 25.92 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's pet food manufacturing facility from Well Nos. 2, 4, 5 and 6. Commission approval on April 26, 1989 was extended to 10 years. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 25.92 mg/30 days. The project is located in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, PA.

   2.  City of Newark D-90-110 CP (G) (Amendment No. 1). An amendment to revise Doc. No. D-90-110 (G) CP to ratify emergency actions taken by the Executive Director due to drought conditions and to require the preparation and submission of an Integrated Water Resources Supply Plan by the City of Newark in cooperation with other New Castle County public suppliers and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. The project is located in Newark, DE.

   3.  United Water Delaware D-96-50 CP (Amendment No. 1). An amendment to revise Doc. No. D-96-50 CP to ratify emergency actions taken by the Executive Director due to drought conditions and to require the preparation and submission of an Integrated Water Resources Supply Plan by United Water Delaware in cooperation with other New Castle County public suppliers and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. The project is located in New Castle County, DE.

   4.  Artesian Water Company, Inc. D-97-48 CP. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 150 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's Southern Distribution System from 14 new and existing wells in nine wellfields, and to limit the withdrawal from all Southern Distribution System wells to 150 mg/30 days. The project is located south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, New Castle County, DE.

   5.  Buckingham Township D-98-49 CP. A project to expand the applicant's existing Furlong sewage treatment lagoon system from 68,000 gallons per day (gpd) to 116,825 gpd. Lagoon treatment capacity will be increased along with associated spray field modifications and expansions to accommodate an increase of spray irrigation discharge. A pump station and force main will convey treated effluent to a storage pond at the Look-A-Way Golf Course for irrigation use and to allow for an alternate stream discharge from the pond to Mill Creek. All facilities are located in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, PA. The project will continue to serve residential development in Buckingham Township.

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

   7.  Borough of Kennett Square D-99-17 CP. An application to modify the applicant's existing 1.1 mgd STP by replacing the existing trickling filter system with an oxidation ditch system designed to treat the same flow. The proposed modification project will also include an ultraviolet light disinfection system and post aeration. The STP is located in Kennett Square Township off Chindler Mill Road approximately 1,500 feet west of the southwest border of the Borough of Kennett Square and will continue to discharge to West Branch Red Clay Creek approximately 3.3 river miles above its confluence with Red Clay Creek.

   8.  Saville Rustin Water Company D-99-31 CP. An application for approval of an increase in groundwater withdrawal from 3.18 mg/30 days of water to 7.5 mg/30 days by providing an additional supply of up to 4.32 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 7.5 mg/30 days. The project is located in Lehman Township, Pike County, PA.

   9.  TPT Partners, L.P. D-99-41. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 3.8 mg/30 days of water for irrigation of the applicant's Bellewood Golf Course from new Well Nos. 1 and 2, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 3.8 mg/30 days. The project is located in North Coventry Township, Chester County, PA.

   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 would like to attend the hearing should contact the Secretary at (609) 883-9500, ext. 203 or through the New Jersey Relay Service at (800) 852-7899 (TTY) to discuss how the Commission may accommodate their needs.

ANNE M. ZAMONSKI,   
Acting Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-1325. Filed for public inspection August 13, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]


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