Notice of Public Hearing and Business Meeting, 4284 [2024-01376]

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• Delaware River Basin Commission

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 4284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01376]



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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Notice of Public Hearing and Business Meeting

    Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission 
will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. A business 
meeting will be held the following month on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. 
Both the hearing and the business meeting are open to the public and 
both will be conducted remotely. Details about the remote platforms for 
the public hearing and the business meeting will be posted on the 
Commission's website, www.drbc.gov, at least ten days prior to the 
respective hearing and meeting dates. Both events will be streamed live 
on the Commission's YouTube channel.
    Public Hearing. The Commission will conduct the public hearing 
virtually on February 7, 2024, commencing 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 website, www.drbc.gov, in a long form of 
this notice at least ten days before the hearing date.
    Written comments on matters scheduled for hearing on February 7, 
2024 will be accepted through 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 12, 2024.
    The public is advised to check the Commission's website 
periodically during the ten 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 ten 
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 March 6, 2024 will begin 
at 10:30 a.m. and will include: adoption of the Minutes of the 
Commission's December 6, 2023 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 February 7, 2024.
    After all scheduled business has been completed and as time allows, 
the business meeting will be followed by up to one hour of Open Public 
Comment, an opportunity to address the Commission off the record on any 
topic concerning management of the 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 March 6, 2024 business meeting on items for which a 
hearing was completed on February 7, 2024 or a previous date. 
Commission consideration on March 6, 2024 of items for which the public 
hearing is closed may result in approval of the item (by docket or 
resolution) 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. Any 
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 the public hearing and the business meeting will 
be posted at www.drbc.gov at least ten days before each meeting date. 
Registrants who wish to comment on the record during the public hearing 
on February 7, 2024 or to address the Commissioners informally during 
the Open Public Comment session following the meeting on March 6, 2024 
as time allows, will be asked to so indicate when registering. 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, please contact Ms. Patricia 
Hausler of the Commission staff, at [email protected].
    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, DRBC, P.O. Box 7360, 25 Cosey Road, West 
Trenton, NJ 08628-0360. For assistance, please contact Patricia Hausler 
at [email protected].
    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 
DRBC using any of several toll-free phone numbers that will be provided 
to all virtual meeting registrants.
    Individuals in need of other accommodations as provided for in the 
Americans with Disabilities Act who wish to attend the meeting or 
hearing should contact the Commission Secretary directly at 609-883-
9500 ext. 203 or through the Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) at 
711, to discuss how we can accommodate your needs.
    Additional Information, Contacts. Additional public records 
relating to hearing items may be examined at the Commission's offices 
by appointment by contacting Donna Woolf, 609-883-9500, ext. 222. For 
other questions concerning hearing items, please contact David Kovach, 
Project Review Section Manager, at 609-883-9500, ext. 264.
    Authority. Delaware River Basin Compact, Public Law 87-328, 
Approved September 27, 1961, 75 Statutes at Large, 688, sec. 14.4.

    Dated: January 17, 2024.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary and Assistant General Counsel.
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