DELAWARE RIVER
BASIN COMMISSIONCommission Meeting and Public Hearing [26 Pa.B. 2331] The Delaware River Basin Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 22, 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 First Floor Meeting Room of the Rachel Carson State Office Building at 400 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA.
A briefing of the Delaware River Basin's Pennsylvania legislators will be held at 11 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: Borough of Berlin D-95-24 CP. An application for approval of a groundwater 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 Borough, Camden County, New Jersey. This hearing continues those of March 26, 1996 and April 24, 1996.
2. A request by C S Water & Sewer Associates to extend the deadline completion and operation date in Condition ''g.'' of Docket No. D-76-21 (Revised) from May 1 to June 30, 1996. Delay in securing funding postponed the construction start until April 23, 1996. No other changes are requested.
3. Birmingham Township Sewer Authority D-95-52 CP. A project to expand a 40,000 gallons per day (gpd) sewage treatment plant (STP) to ultimately treat an average monthly flow of 80,000 gallons per day (gpd) which will serve the residential developments of the Ridings of Chadds Ford and the Ridings II, both located approximately ½ mile west of U. S. Route 202 in Birmingham Township, Delaware County, PA. The STP will provide advanced secondary biological treatment utilizing the activated sludge process and tertiary filtration. After disinfection, treated effluent will be discharged to an unnamed tributary of Harvey Run.
4. Borough of Fleetwood D-95-58 CP. An application for approval of a groundwater withdrawal project to supply up to 17.3 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's distribution system from new well no. 13, and to limit the existing withdrawal limit from all sources to 27.5 mg/30 days. The project is located in Fleetwood Borough, Berks County, PA.
5. Lower Salford Township Authority D-95-63 CP. A project to construct a 0.90 million gallons per day (mgd) average monthly capacity STP to serve the eastern drainage area of Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, PA. The STP will provide secondary biological treatment utilizing an orbal oxidation ditch and will also provide tertiary filtration and ultraviolet disinfection. The STP will treat excess hydraulic overload at a maximum monthly average of 1.976 mgd. The STP will be located approximately 1,000 feet north of State Route 63 and just west of Skippack Creek, to which it will discharge, in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, PA.
6. Pennsylvania-American Water Company D-96-12. A project to treat up to 72,000 gpd of water captured from dewatering operations during construction of the applicant's new water treatment plant located in the Borough of Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and situated just downstream of the Danne Hower Bridge on the north bank of the Schuylkill River. The dewatering facilities will convey water contaminated with Diesel Range Organics (DROs) and oil and grease to the applicant's proposed treatment facilities including Particle Bay Filters and carbon adsorption units.
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. 96-809. Filed for public inspection May 17, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]
