Project Review Applications Received
The Commission has recently received applications from the sponsors of the following projects for approval pursuant to Section 3.8, Article 11, and/or Article 10.3 of the Delaware River Basin Compact. These projects are presently under review by the Commission staff in collaboration with other public agencies. Individuals or organizations having a special interest in these projects, or information relating to their impact on water and related land resources of the Delaware River Basin, are invited to comment in writing to the Commission’s Executive Director, Gerald M. Hansler. When writing about a project, please refer to its docket number as listed below. Such public hearings as may be required for these projects will be announced at a later date in accordance with the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure.
1. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) D-77-20 CP (Revision No. 3). An application to add the Cannonsville Reservoir schedule of experimental conservation releases to the current experimental conservation release program of the Pepacton and Neversink Reservoirs. New release valves at the Cannonsville Reservoir allow a more flexible release schedule and make it feasible to reserve additional storage for thermal stress release if needed. The applicant also requests a three-year extension of the existing experimental conservation release program for Pepacton and Neversink Reservoirs. The Neversink Reservoir is located in Sullivan County and the Cannonsville and Pepacton Reservoirs are located in Delaware County, all in New York State.
2. Merrill Creek Owners Group (MCOG) D-77-110 CP (Amendment No. 10). An application for inclusion of PECO Energy Company’s Fairless Hills Generating Station (a 72 megawatt combustion turbine facility formerly owned by U.S. Steel and approved for operation by PECO via Docket No. D-96-63 on January 22, 1997) as a Designated Unit to Table A (Revised) of the Merrill Creek Reservoir project, to enable releases from the reservoir to make up consumptive water use of the plant during drought periods. MCOG expects the Fairless Hills Generating Station to have maximum monthly consumptive water uses of 385,000 gallons per day (gpd) during winter, 124,000 gpd during summer, and 324,000 gpd during spring and fall. The plant is located at the existing U.S. Steel Fairless Hills plant site in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
3. Hazleton City Authority D-91-65 CP RENEWAL. An application for the renewal of a ground water withdrawal project and to increase the exportation of water to 5.89 million gallons (mg)/30 days of water to the applicant’s Drifton-Buck Mountain distribution system located outside the Delaware River Basin, from Buck Mountain Well No. 1. Commission approval on January 22, 1992 was limited to five years. The applicant requests that the total withdrawal from Buck Mountain Well No. 1 and the permissible exportation be increased from 3.6 mg/30 days to 5.89 mg/30 days. The project is located in Lausanne Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
4. City of Coatesville Authority D-96-16 CP. An application to amend the City of Coatesville Authority (CCA) Docket by extension of the time for compliance with Docket DECISION II.e. which requires the CCA to submit an Operating Plan for conjunctive use of its West Branch Brandywine Creek withdrawal with its multiple-source water supply system including the Rock Run and Hibernia (renamed Chambers Lake) Reservoirs. The project withdrawal is located in West Caln Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
5. Robert H. Turner (Coventry Terrace Mobile Home Park) D-97-2 P.A. An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 0.6 mg/30 days of water to the applicant's mobile home park from existing Well Nos. 1 and 2, and to limit the withdrawal limit from all wells to 0.6 mg/30 days. The project is located in East Coventry Township, Chester County, in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area.
6. Simpson Paper Company D-97-3. An application for approval of a combined ground water and surface water withdrawal project to supply up to 60 mg/30 days of water to the applicant’s paper mill from existing Well Nos. 1 and 2 and Bubbling Springs, and to limit the withdrawal, from the wells only, to 42 mg/30 days and from Bubbling Springs only, to 60 mg/30 days. The project withdrawals are located in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground Water Protected Area. Bubbling Springs is situated on Spring Mill Run, a tributary of the Schuylkill River.
7. Merchantville-Pennsauken Water Commission D-97-5 CP. An application for approval of a ground water withdrawal project to supply up to 335 mg/30 days of water to the applicant’s distribution system from 14 existing wells and new Well No. Browning Road 3A, and to reduce the existing withdrawal limit from all wells in the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy (PRM) Aquifer from 356.5 mg/30 days to 335 mg/30 days. The project is located in Merchantville Borough and Pennsauken Township, Camden County, New Jersey.
Susan M. Weisman
Secretary
February 6, 1997
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