DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION Commission Meeting and Public Hearing [26 Pa.B. 763] The Delaware River Basin Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, February 28, 1996. The hearing will be part of the Commission's regular business meeting which is open to the public and scheduled to begin at 1 p.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 11 a.m. at the same location and will include a presentation on the Neshaminy Creek Basin Study and management options, discussion of proposed DRBC computer system and GIS, the Commission's 1996 meeting schedule 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: Crompton & Knowles Colors Incorporated, D-95-8 (Revised). A request to revise the applicant's recently approved 0.22 million gallons per day (mgd) industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP) expansion docket to increase the average monthly allowable copper concentration limits from 0.50 milligrams per liter (mg/l) to 1.0 mg/l. The applicant requests the limit on the basis of demonstration of best practicable treatment provided by its IWTP that serves the applicant's dyestuff and special chemical manufacturing operation. The plant is located in Robeson Township, Berks County, PA and will continue to discharge to the Schuylkill River. This hearing continues that of January 24, 1996.
2. Merrill Creek Owners Group (MCOG) D-77-110 CP (Amendment 9). An application for inclusion of the Grays Ferry Cogeneration Partnership's 173 megawatt cogeneration plant (an oil/natural gas fueled combustion turbine approved by Docket No. D-95-32 on June 28, 1995) as a Designated Unit to Table A (Revised) of the Merrill Creek Reservoir project, to enable releases from the reservoir to make up for consumptive water use of the plant during drought periods. The MCOG expects the Grays Ferry Cogeneration plant to have a maximum monthly consumptive water use of 267,840 gallons per day (gpd) during winter and 60,480 gpd during summer. The plant is situated on the site of an existing cogeneration facility which was formerly part of the PECO Energy Company's Schuylkill Generating Station, in the City of Philadelphia, PA. Merrill Creek Reservoir is located in Harmony Township, Warren County, NJ.
3. Borough of Doylestown D-79-18 CP RENEWAL 3. An application for the renewal of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 50 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from well nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13. Commission approval on March 27, 1991, was limited to 5 years and will expire unless renewed. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from all wells remain limited to 50 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Borough of Doylestown, Bucks County, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
4. Evesham Municipal Utilities Authority D-93-12 CP RENEWAL. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 23 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from new well no. 12 screened in the PRM Aquifer, and to retain the existing withdrawal limit of 136 mg/30 days from all wells. The project is located in Evesham Township, Burlington County, NJ.
5. Village of Wurtsboro D-94-25 CP. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 2.5 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from new well nos. 2 and 3, and to limit the withdrawal from all wells to 6.0 mg/30 days. The project is located in the Village of Wurtsboro, Sullivan County, NY.
6. Warminster Township Municipal Authority D-94-40 CP. An application for the approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 18 mg/30 days to the applicant's distribution system from new well nos. 43, 44 and 45; and to increase the existing withdrawal limit from all wells from 98.46 mg/30 days to 114 mg/30 days. The project is located in Warminster Township, Bucks County, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
7. Old York Country Club D-95-3. An application for approval of a groundwater and surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 8 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's golf course irrigation system from new well nos. 1 and 2, and to limit the withdrawal from the man-made storage reservoirs to 8 mg/30 days. The project is located in Chesterfield Township, Burlington County, NJ.
8. Delaware Avenue Enterprises, Inc. D-95-61. A project to construct a multipurpose marine terminal on the Delaware River which will entail removal of existing deteriorated pier structures, construction of approximately 1,750 linear feet of new bulkheading, filling approximately 2.3 acres of open water, and dredging approximately 197,760 cubic yards. The project is located immediately upstream of the Walt Whitman Bridge (encompassing Piers 103 through 108) in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 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. 96-245. Filed for public inspection February 23, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]
