NOTICES
DELAWARE RIVER
BASIN COMMISSION
Public Hearing and Business Meeting
[54 Pa.B. 6717]
[Saturday, October 26, 2024]The Delaware River Basin Commission (Commission) will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. A business meeting will be held the following month on Thursday, December 5, 2024. Both the hearing and the business meeting are open to the public and will be conducted virtually.
Public hearing. The Commission will conduct the public hearing virtually on November 6, 2024, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Hearing items will include draft dockets for withdrawals, discharges and other projects that could have a substantial effect on the basin's water resources. A list of the projects scheduled for hearing, including project descriptions, along with links to draft docket approvals, will be posted on the Commission's web site at www.drbc.gov, in a long form of this notice at least 10 days before the hearing date.
Written comments on matters scheduled for hearing on November 6, 2024, will be accepted through 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.
The public is advised to check the Commission's web site periodically during the 10 days prior to the hearing date, as items scheduled for hearing may be postponed if additional time is needed to complete the Commission's review. Items also may be added up to 10 days prior to the hearing date. In reviewing docket descriptions, the public is asked to be aware that the details of projects may change during the Commission's review, which is ongoing.
Business meeting. The business meeting on December 5, 2024, will be held virtually beginning at 10:30 a.m. and will include: adoption of the minutes of the Commission's September 5, 2024, business meeting, announcements of upcoming meetings and events, a report on hydrologic conditions, reports by the Executive Director and the Commission's General Counsel and consideration of any items for which a hearing has been completed or is not required. The agenda is expected to include consideration of the draft dockets for withdrawals, discharges and other projects that were subjects of the public hearing on November 6, 2024.
After all scheduled business has been completed and as time allows, the business meeting will be followed by up to 1 hour of open public comment, an opportunity to address the Commission off the record on any topic concerning management of the Delaware River Basin's water resources outside the context of a duly noticed, on-the-record public hearing.
There will be no opportunity for additional public comment for the record at the December 5, 2024, business meeting on items for which a hearing was completed on November 6, 2024, or a previous date. Commission consideration on December 5, 2024, of items for which the public hearing is closed may result in approval of the item as proposed, approval with changes, denial or deferral. When the Commissioners defer an action, they may announce an additional period for written comment on the item, with or without an additional hearing date, or they may take additional time to consider the input they have already received without requesting further public input. Deferred items will be considered for action at a public meeting of the Commission on a future date.
Advance registration and sign-up for oral comment. Links for registration to attend and speak during the public hearing and for those who wish to speak during the open public comment session immediately following the business meeting will be posted at www.drbc.gov at least 10 days before each meeting date. The Commission's public hearing, business meeting and open public comment session will also be livestreamed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@DRBC_1961. For assistance contact Patricia Hausler at patricia.hausler@drbc.gov.
Addresses for written comment. Written comment on items scheduled for hearing may be made through the Commission's web-based comment system, a link to which is provided at www.drbc.gov. Use of the web-based system ensures that all submissions are captured in a single location and their receipt is acknowledged. Exceptions to the use of this system are available based on need, by writing to the attention of the Commission Secretary, Delaware River Basin Commission, P.O. Box 7360, 25 Cosey Road, West Trenton, NJ 08628-0360. For assistance contact Patricia Hausler at patricia.hausler@drbc.gov.
Accommodation for special needs. Closed captioning will be available on both webinar and live-stream platforms. Those with limited Internet access may listen and speak at virtual public meetings of the Commission using any of several toll-free phone numbers that will be provided to all virtual meeting registrants.
Other individuals in need of an accommodation as provided for in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 who wish to attend the hearing or the business meeting should contact the Commission Secretary directly at (609) 883-9500, Ext. 203 or through the Telecommunications Relay Services at 711, to discuss how the Commission can accommodate their needs.
Additional information and contacts. Additional public records relating to hearing items may be examined at the Commission's offices by appointment by contacting Donna Woolf at (609) 477-7222. For other questions concerning hearing items, contact David Kovach, Project Review Manager, at (609) 477-7264.
PAMELA M. BUSH,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 24-1530. Filed for public inspection October 25, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]
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