[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 16765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9498]
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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
Notice of Commission Meeting and Public Hearing
Notice is hereby given that 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, New Jersey.
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 Pursuant to 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 ground water 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, New Jersey. 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 ground water 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 five 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, Pennsylvania.
3. Kraft Foods, Inc. D-92-53 (Revised). A project to provide a
ground water 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 ground water 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, New Jersey.
5. Florence Township Water Department D-94-82 CP. An application
for approval of a ground water 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,
New Jersey.
6. Whitehall Township Authority D-95-48 CP. An application for
approval of a ground water 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, Pennsylvania.
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, Pennsylvania. 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, Pennsylvania. 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, Delaware. 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 in 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.
Dated: April 9, 1996.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-9498 Filed 4-16-96; 8:45 am]
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