DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION Commission Meeting and Public Hearing [26 Pa.B. 5019] The Delaware River Basin Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, October 23, 1996. The hearing will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open to the public and scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. in the Joint Finance Committee Room on the first floor of Legislative Hall on Legislative Avenue in Dover, DE.
A briefing of the Delaware River Basin's Delaware legislators will be held at 10 a.m. at the same location.
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: Evesham Municipal Utilities Authority (D-93-38 CP). An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 29 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from new well no. 13 screened in the Mount Laurel Aquifer, and to increase the existing withdrawal limit of 136 mg/30 days from all wells to 149 mg/30 days. The project is located in Evensham Township, Burlington County, NJ. This hearing continues that of September 19, 1996.
2. Resorts USA, Inc. D-96-15 CP. An application for approval of groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 2.42 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's Saw Creek Estates development from new well no. 12, and to retain the existing withdrawal limit from all wells of 22.8 mg/30 days. The project is located in Lehman Township, Pike County, PA.
3. City of Coatesville Authority D-96-16 CP. A project to withdraw a maximum of 4.0 million gallons per day (mgd) from the West Branch Brandywine Creek to serve the City of Coatesville and portions of its existing inter-basin system including nine adjacent municipalities in Chester County, PA, most of which are within the Delaware River Basin, and portions of six townships in Lancaster County in the Susquehanna River Basin. Water will be withdrawn via the Hibernia Pump Station located approximately 2,000 feet downstream of the Hibernia Dam in West Caln Township, Chester County, PA. Public water supply storage has been provided in Hibernia Reservoir and water will be released to Birch Run, a tributary of west branch Brandywine Creek on which Hibernia Dam is located, to compensate for the project withdrawal during periods of low flow.
4. Schnecksville North Sewer Company D-96-25. A project to expand an existing sewage treatment plant (STP) from 48,000 gallons per day (gpd) to 75,000 gpd to serve the Schnecksville North residential and commercial development located on Schneck Road, North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, PA. The STP is situated approximately 2,000 feet west of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension and just off Schneck Road in North Whitehall Township. The STP will discharge to an unnamed tributary of Coplay Creek in the Lehigh River watershed after providing advanced secondary biological treatment with a modified extended aeration activated sludge process followed by tertiary filtration and disinfection by chlorine contact.
5. Pine Valley Golf Club D-96-34. A project to increase the surface water withdrawal at two onsite ponds (Intake No. 1 at Pond 3 and Intake No. 2 at Pond 5) and existing well nos. 2 and 3, from 12.5 mg/30 days to 32 mg/30 days. Withdrawal from the wells will continue to be limited to 3 mg/30 days. Surface water is used for irrigation and the increase will serve expanded operations of the applicant's facility, including a ten-hole short course, turf nurseries and several practice areas. The golf course is situated along the headwaters of the north branch of Big Timber Creek in Pine Valley Borough, Camden County, NJ.
6. Connaught Laboratories, Inc. D-96-38. An application for a new Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) determination for the applicant's existing 0.15 mgd wastewater treatment plant discharge to Swiftwater Creek, a tributary of Paradise Creek, in Pocono Township, Monroe County, PA. The plant will continue to serve only the wastewaters generated by the vaccine production operations of Connaught Laboratories, Inc. and the adjacent Salk Institute, both in Pocono Township, Monroe County, PA. As a result of continuing instream monitoring for background levels and the effects of TDS, and in order to meet future vaccine production demands, the applicant requests an allowable mass load increase from the 838 pounds/day monthly average to 2,250 pounds/day monthly average (from 670 mg/l to 1,800 mg/l).
7. Schleicher Trailer Park D-96-39. A project to construct a 100,000 gpd STP in two 50,000 gpd phases, to serve a 96-unit mobile home park in East Penn Township, Carbon County, PA. The STP will provide secondary biological treatment utilizing the extended aeration activated sludge process, chlorine disinfection and dechlorination prior to discharge to an unnamed tributary of Lizard Creek, a tributary of the Lehigh River, approximately 1,000 feet south of Route 895 in East Penn Township, Carbon 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 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. 96-1744. Filed for public inspection October 18, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]
