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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 98-967

NOTICES

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION

Commission Meeting and Public Hearing

[28 Pa.B. 2825]

   The Delaware River Basin Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 24, 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 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 presentation on loadings of PCBs from tributaries and point sources to the tidal Delaware River; discussion of DRBC advisory committee functions and 1998 DRBC meeting schedule and locations.

   In addition to the subjects listed below which are scheduled for public hearing, the Commission will also address the following: Minutes of the May 27, 1998 business meeting; announcements; General Counsel's report; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; consideration of request for hearing re Glen Mills School Docket No. D-97-39; a resolution concerning funding to support the position of Delaware Estuary Program Coordinator; a resolution providing for the election of the Commission offices of Chair, Vice Chair and Second Vice Chair; 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 2.8 of the Compact:

   1.  Evansburg Water Company D-96-57 CP. A ground water withdrawal project to supply water to the applicant's Perkiomen Division distribution system from existing Well Nos. 201, 203, 204, and from new Well No. 202, and to increase the combined allocation of ground water from 5.5 million gallons (mg)/30 days to 6.06 mg/30 days. The project is located in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.

   2.  New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs D-96-66 CP. A ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 14.4 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's cemetery turf irrigation system from new Well Nos. A, B and C, and to limit the withdrawal limit from all wells to 14.4 mg/30 days. The project is located in North Hanover Township, Burlington County, NJ.

   3.  Township of Buckingham D-97-49 CP. A ground water withdrawal project to supply water to the applicant's distribution system from existing Well Nos. BV-1, BV-2, FS-1, FS-2, CS-1, CS-2 and CS-3, from acquired Well Nos. L-1 and L-2 (formerly Peddler's Village Partnership Well Nos. 1 and 3), from new Well Nos. F-1 and F-2, and to increase the existing withdrawal limit from 21.15 mg/30 days to 33.2 mg/30 days. The project is located in Buckingham Township, Bucks County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.

   4.  Warwick Township Water & Sewer Authority D-98-19 CP. An interconnection project for the transfer of an average up to 1.2 million gallons per day (mgd) of treated water from Philadelphia Suburban Water Company (PSWC) to the applicant. The water transfer will serve the projected needs of the applicant's service area in Warwick Township, Bucks County, PA. The proposed transfer will establish a conjunctive use water system for the project service area, which currently relies on ground water and is located in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area. PSWC's Neshaminy Creek intake in Middletown Township, Bucks County, will supply the surface water via the interconnection that entails a water main extension from the PSWC system along County Line Road in Warminster Township, Bucks County north to the applicant's storage tank on Dark Hollow Road in Warwick Township, Bucks County.

   5.  Moorestown Township D-98-21 CP. A project to rerate the applicant's sewage treatment plant (STP) No. 1 from 3.5 mgd to 3.88 mgd. Located off Pine Road in Moorestown Township, Burlington County, NJ, the STP serves Moorestown Township and will continue to discharge to North Branch Pennsauken Creek.

   6.  Papen Farms, Inc. D-98-24. A ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 32.4 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's agricultural irrigation system from the Wilson Farm Well; to increase the existing withdrawal limit of 130 mg/30 days from all wells to 160.2 mg/30 days, and to increase the withdrawal limit from all wells and intakes from 176 mg/30 days to 207 mg/30 days. The project is located in Kent County, DE.

   7.  Great Spring Waters of America, Inc. D-98-27. A project to increase withdrawals from an existing spring water system from a combined total of just less than 100,000 gallons per day (gpd) to 300,000 gpd, which consists of three sources, Spring Nos. 1, 2 and 3, located in the drainage area of Ontelaunee Creek in Lynn Township, Lehigh County, PA. The springs are situated within 1,000 feet of each other and are approximately 2,000 feet east of State Route 309 and 1,000 feet west of Mountain Road. The withdrawals will be transported by tank truck to the applicant' bottling plant located near the City of Allentown, Lehigh County, PA.

   Documents relating to these items may be examined at the Commission's offices. Preliminary dockets are available in single copies upon request. 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. 98-967. Filed for public inspection June 19, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]



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