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Folder 11: Water Charges Suit, 2/25/1970 - 4/7/1975

 File — Box: 0238.8, Folder: 11
Identifier: 0238.8.11

Scope and Contents

- News Article - State eyes area water supply - Sunday Herald - 2/2/75 - Handwritten note to Nancy from Jau T. 8/22 - Correspondence - To: Ms. Beatrice Cohen, From: Gretchen V. Leahy, Subject: Status of municipal suit against DRBC water charges program - 4/7/75 - News Article Packet by Phil Chase, Record Columnist - Tocks study worrying environmentalists - 12/5/74 - Final Tocks study aired; Corps role strongly opposed - 10/20/74 - Ford, Rocky no help protecting environment 12/19/74 - Reed receives honor for conservation work - Delaware master plan superb - 3/6/75 - Water supply hearing draws hostile crowd - 12/15/74 - Reid vows DEC will remain strong - 3/13/75 - Correspondence - To: All Parties in Suit Against DRBC Water Charges - Objectives and Accomplishments - 1/10/75 - Correspondence - To: Nancy Shukaitis, From: Robert D. Hennigan - 1/6/75 - Correspondence - To: Nancy Shukaitis, From: Donald C. Gage - 11/19/74 - enclosed: article from the National Civic Review, copy of Notice of Public Hearing by the Temporary State Commission on the Water Supply Needs of Southeastern New York - News Article - Study to begin on long-range water needs - November 1974 - The Upper Delaware River Study - The National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act - December 1973 - Delaware River Basin Commission - Proposed Amendments to Basin Regulations - Water Quality - 9/19/73 - Delaware River Basin Commission - Information Notice - 8/3/73 and notes for revision - Borough of Morrisville - For Immediate Release - Class Action Suit Against DRBC - 5/22/74 - Correspondence - To: Chairman McCleland and Mahon and Committee Members, From: Nancy Shukaitis, Re: Tocks Island Dam Project - 5/10/73 - Statement of Curtin Winsor, President, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Before the Joint Legislative Committee on Air and Water Pollution of the Pennsylvania General Assembly Regarding Tocks Island Late - 10/27/71 - Correspondence - To: All Parties in Suit Against DRBC Water Charges, Re: Updating on Progress of Suit and Financial Report - Enclosed: 1. Mr. Sager's brief of 6/28/74 2. Mr. Sager's bill 3. Morrisville's response to DRBC incorporating paragraph requested by Mr. Sager - Delaware River Basin Commission - Proposed Amendment to Rules of Practice and Procedure: Preparation and Review of Environmental Impact Statements - Hearing Record of 10/31/73 - Statement of: Pollution Control Group of Lower Bucks County - Delaware River Basin Commission - Revised Water Charges Proposals - Comments of: Pollution Control Group of Lower Bucks County (Pa.) - 10/5/73 - Correspondence - To: Mrs. Leahy and Attorney Sager, From: Nancy Shukaitis, Re: DRBC Water Charges as Proposed - 5/10/74 - Falls Township and Township of Falls Authority - Background Information on DRBC water changes Issue (Hearing 3/26/74) - Resolution of Board of Supervisors of Falls Township, Bucks County, PA to Delaware River Basin Commission Opposing Proposed Water Charges and Requesting that an Environmental Impact Statement be Made by DRBC Indicating the Environmental Effect Upon the Downstream Users of the Proposed Water Charges; and Further Requesting that Consideration of Water Charges Be Delayed until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Can Make A Revision of the Tocks Island Project Environmental Impact Statement to Include the Impact Downstream Upon the Environment - Resolution Requesting Federal Council on Environmental Quality to Direct That the Delaware River Basin Commission to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement Prior to Consideration of the Proposed Water Charges Regulations Proposed by the Delaware River Basin Commission - Resolution: Requesting Revision of the Tocks Island Project Environmental Impact Statement to Include the Impact Downstream Upon the Environment and Upon the Parties Downstream Who Will Be Affected by the Charges Resulting from Construction of the Project - Correspondence - To: Timothy Atkeson, From: William Miller - 11/1/72 - problems in applying the requirements for an environmental impact assessment - Correspondence - To: Timothy Atkenson, From: William Miller - 11/27/72 - follow up - Correspondence - To: William Miller, From: Timothy Atkenson - 11/30/72 - recommendations for problems relating to environmental impact assessment - Docket No. D-69-210 CP - Delaware River Basin Commission - Philadelphia Electric Company, Limerick Nuclear Generating Station - includes handwritten notes by Nancy Shukaitis - Delaware River Basin Commission - Application for Approval of Project - Docket No. 269 - 210 - 3/5/70 - Research Memorandum - The Extent to Which the Commission Can Take Waters Within the Basin Without Owing Compensation to the Private Owners Affected - includes handwritten notes - Draft: Resolution on hearings on water charges - 1/12/73 - Correspondence - To: James Wright, From: V. S. Boyer, Subject: Emergency Water Supply Limerick Generating Station - 7/30/71 - Correspondence - To: James Wright, From: Eugene Bradley - 12/7/72 - Correspondence - to: Philadelphia Electric Company, From: A. Giambusso - uncertainty in ability to obtain an allocation of Delaware River water to support project - Docket No. D-70-10 CP - Delaware River Basin Commission - Public Service Electric and Gas Company - Newbold Island Nuclear Generating Station - 1/10/73 - Correspondence - To: John Betz, From: James Wright - 11/21/72 - sending draft of conditions to be added to Docket D-70-10 for recommendation - Correspondence - To: James Wright, From: John Betz - 11/24/72 - conditions regarding water supply newbold island generating station - Correspondence - To: James Wright, From: John Betz - 12/12/72 - sent copy of letter from Atomic Energy Commission to help with effort - Delaware River Basin Commission - Application for approval under section 3.8 of the compact by Public Service Electric and Gas Company - 2/25/70 - Proposed Form of Resolution to be Incorporated as Part of the DRBC Hearing Record of 1/24/73 - Water Supply Charges: A New Policy by The Delaware River Basin Commission - 5/15/72 - Contents: - DRBC Resolution No. 71-4 - DRBC News Release 6/30/71 - DRBC Supporting Paper for water charge policy resolution - WRA Memo - Water Charges Agreement Form #1 - Questions and Answers - Ninth Water Resources Program (Excerpt from) - 1971 DRBC Annual Report (Excerpt form) - Trenton Times Articles - News Article - Basin to Charge For Water, Forcing Consumer Bill Up - Philadelphia Inquirer - 3/2/73

Dates

  • Creation: 2/25/1970 - 4/7/1975

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Access Restrictions

Access Restrictions: Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.

Extent

From the Collection: 66 Linear Feet (33 cartons)

Repository Details

Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository

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