[Federal Register: March 3, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 41)]
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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION

 
Notice of Commission Meetings and Public Hearings

    Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission 
will hold a series of meetings and public hearings on March 8 and 9, 
1999. Each will be open to the public and held in the Hearing Room of 
the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Southeastern 
Regional Office at 555 E. North Lane, Lee Park Suite 6010, 
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
    On March 8, 1999, the Commission will hold a panel discussion 
focusing on perspectives on integrated resources planning. The panel, 
scheduled from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., will address the relationships 
among watershed management, land use planning and ground water 
resources.
    On March 9, 1999, an informal conference among the Commissioners 
and staff will be held at 9:30 a.m. and will include discussions of a 
proposed Commission-Corps of Engineers drought storage agreement; a 
proposed fisheries protection bank drought operations plan; and the 
Commission's Directions planning process workshops.
    At 11 a.m., the Commission will hold a public hearing as part of 
its regular business meeting. In addition to the subjects summarized 
below which are scheduled for public hearing at the

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business meeting, the Commission will also address the following: 
Minutes of the January 27, 1999 Commission business meeting; 
announcements; report on Basin hydrologic conditions; reports by the 
Executive Director and General Counsel; status of compliance of 
Somerton Springs Golf Development; consideration of a resolution to 
authorize funding of the remainder of Task 1, Phase I of the Flow Needs 
Study of the Delaware Estuary; 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. Department of the Army-Tobyhanna Army Depot D-87-57 CP RENEWAL. 
An application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project to 
supply up to 20 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the 
applicant's distribution system from Well Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. 
Commission approval on January 25, 1989 was extended to 10 years. The 
total withdrawal from all wells will remain limited to 20 mg/30 days. 
The project is located in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, 
Pennsylvania.
    2. Nesquehoning Borough Authority D-94-47 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 
Nos. 1, 4 and 5, existing Well Nos. 2 and 3, and to limit the 
withdrawal from all wells to 21.6 mg/30 days. The project is located in 
Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
    3. Pennsylvania-American Water Company D-98-16 CP. An application 
for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 21.6 
mg/30 days of water from new Coolbaugh Well No. 1 to the applicant's 
Pocono System, a regional water system being formed by the acquisition 
of a number of water utilities, and to limit the withdrawal from all 
wells to 30 mg/30 days. The project is located in Coolbaugh Township, 
Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
    Documents relating to these items may be examined at the 
Commission's offices. Preliminary dockets are available in single 
copies upon request. Please 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.

Other Scheduled Hearings

    By earlier notice, the Commission announced its schedule of public 
hearings on proposed amendments to its Ground Water Protected Area 
Regulations for Southeastern Pennsylvania concerning the establishment 
of numerical ground water withdrawal limits for 62 subbasins which are 
entirely or partially within the Ground Water Protected Area. Limits, 
based upon baseflow frequency analyses, were initially specified for 
the 14 subbasins in the Neshaminy Creek Basin. Limits for the remaining 
62 subbasins are based upon additional baseflow frequency analyses 
provided by the United States Geological Survey in 1998.
    The public hearings are scheduled as follows:
    March 9, 1999 beginning at 1 p.m. and continuing until 5 p.m., as 
long as there are people present wishing to testify. The hearing will 
resume at 7 p.m. and continue until 9 p.m., as long as there are people 
present wishing to testify.
    Copies of the full text of the proposed amendments as well as the 
Commission's Ground Water Protected Area Regulations for Southeastern 
Pennsylvania may be obtained by contacting Susan M. Weisman, Commission 
Secretary, at (609) 883-9500 ext. 203.
    Persons wishing to testify are requested to notify the Secretary in 
advance. Written comments on the proposed amendments should be 
submitted to the Secretary at the Delaware River Basin Commission, P.O. 
Box 7360, West Trenton, New Jersey 08628.

    Dated: February 23, 1999.
Susan M. Weisman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-5222 Filed 3-2-99; 8:45 am]
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