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Clarifying Language in the Basin Regulations-Water Supply Charges Relating to Certificates of Entitlement
The Delaware River Basin Commission is codifying revisions to its Basin RegulationsWater Supply Charges. The revisions involve no changes in the substance or administration of the rule. They were made in order to clarify the language of the rule to conform to the Commission's decisions and practices so as to provide better notice to users regarding how the Commission implements its entitlements program and to avoid future controversy.
Amendments to the Rules of Practice and Procedure To Allow Each Signatory Party and the Commission To Administer a Single Process for the Review and Adjudication of Projects
The Delaware River Basin Commission is amending its regulations to provide for the One Process/One Permit Program. The Program is intended to promote interagency cooperation and collaboration on shared mission objectives, achieve regulatory program efficiencies, avoid unnecessary duplication of effort, and reduce the potential for confusion on the part of regulated entities and the public regarding regulatory requirements applicable to projects.
Notice of Proposed Methodology for the 2016 Delaware River and Bay Water Quality Assessment Report
Notice is hereby given that the methodology proposed to be used in the 2016 Delaware River and Bay Water Quality Assessment Report is available for review and comment.
Proposed Amendments to the Rules of Practice and Procedure To Allow Each Signatory Party and the DRBC To Administer a Single Process for the Review and Adjudication of Projects
The Commission will hold a public hearing to receive comments on proposed amendments to its Administrative Manual Part IIIRules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR part 401) to provide for DRBC and each of the parties to the Delaware River Basin Compact (United States Public Law 87-328, Approved September 27, 1961, 75 Statutes at Large 688; 53 Delaware Laws, Chapter 71, Approved May 26, 1961; New Jersey Laws of 1961, Chapter 13, Approved May 1, 1961; New York Laws of 1961, Chapter 148, Approved March 17, 1961; and Pennsylvania Acts of 1961, Act No. 268, Approved July 7, 1961 (``the Compact'')Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and the federal government (``Signatory Parties'')to coordinate and collaborate in the administration of a single process for the review and adjudication of projects. The program, called ``One Process/One Permit,'' (also herein, ``the Program'') will allow DRBC and administrative agencies of the Signatory Parties participating in the Program to incorporate the requirements and determinations of both DRBC and the Signatory Party agency into a single permit or other approval instrument.
Notice of Final Rulemaking; Amendments to the Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan To Revise the Human Health Water Quality Criteria for PCBs in Zones 2 Through 6 of the Delaware Estuary and Bay
By Resolution No. 2013-8 on December 4, 2013, the Delaware River Basin Commission (``DRBC'' or ``Commission'') approved amendments to the Commission's Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan to establish a uniform water quality criterion of 16 picograms per liter for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Delaware Estuary and Bay, DRBC Water Quality Management Zones 2 through 6, for the protection of human health from carcinogenic effects.
Notice of Final Rulemaking; Amendments to the Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan To Update Water Quality Criteria for pH
By Resolution No. 2013-9 on December 4, 2013, the Delaware River Basin Commission (``DRBC'' or ``Commission'') approved amendments to the Commission's Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan to update the Commission's stream quality objectives for pH in interstate tidal and non-tidal reaches of the main stem Delaware River.
Notice of Proposed Methodology for the 2014 Delaware River and Bay Water Quality Assessment Report
Notice is hereby given that the methodology proposed to be used in the 2014 Delaware River and Bay Water Quality Assessment Report is available for review and comment.
Proposed Amendments to the Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan To Update Water Quality Criteria for pH
The Commission will hold a public hearing to receive comments on proposed amendments to the Commission's Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan to update stream quality objectives (also called ``water quality criteria'') for pH in interstate tidal and non-tidal reaches of the main stem Delaware River.
Amendments to the Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan To Revise the Human Health Water Quality Criteria for PCBs in Zones 2 Through 6 of the Delaware Estuary and Bay
The Delaware River Basin Commission (``DRBC'' or ``Commission'') will hold a public hearing to receive comments on proposed amendments to the Commission's Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan to revise the water quality criteria for polychlorinated biphenyls (``PCBs'') in the Delaware Estuary and Bay, DRBC Water Quality Management Zones 2 through 6, for the protection of human health from carcinogenic effects. The Commission will simultaneously solicit comment on a draft implementation strategy to support achievement of the criteria.
Notice of Proposed Methodology for the Delaware River and Bay Integrated List Water Quality Assessment
Notice is hereby given that the methodology proposed to be used in the 2012 Delaware River and Bay Integrated List Water Quality Assessment is available for review and comment.
Notice of Public Meeting
The DRBC will hold a public meeting via teleconference for the purposes of adopting its annual Capital and Current Expense Budgets for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 and establishing a budget and finance committee. A public hearing on the fiscal year 2012 budgets was held previously, on March 2, 2011.
Amendments to the Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan To Update Water Quality Criteria for Toxic Pollutants in the Delaware Estuary and Extend These Criteria to Delaware Bay
By Resolution No. 2010-13 on December 8, 2010, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC or ``Commission'') approved amendments to its Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan to update the Commission's human health and aquatic life stream quality objectives (also called water quality criteria) for toxic pollutants in the Delaware Estuary (DRBC Water Quality Zones 2 through 5) and extended application of the criteria to Delaware Bay (DRBC Water Quality Zone 6).
Schedule of Water Charges
By Resolution No. 2010-9 on September 15, 2010, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC or ``Commission'') approved amendments to its Administrative Manual, Part III, Basin RegulationsWater Supply Charges. Accordingly, the Commission's water charging rates for consumptive use and non-consumptive use, as codified, are hereby amended.
Proposed Amendments to the Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan To Provide for Regulation of Natural Gas Development Projects
The Delaware River Basin Commission published in the Federal Register of January 4, 2011 a proposed rule containing tentative dates and locations for public hearings on proposed amendments to its Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan relating to natural gas development projects. The public hearing dates have been changed and locations and times established, as set forth below.
Proposed Amendments to the Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan To Provide for Regulation of Natural Gas Development Projects
The Delaware River Basin Commission (``Commission'') proposes to amend its Water Quality Regulations (``WQR''), Water Code and Comprehensive Plan by adding a new Article 7 to the WQR providing for the conservation and development of water resources of the Delaware River Basin during the implementation of natural gas development projects. This Article applies to all natural gas development projects involving siting, construction or use of production, exploratory or other wells in the Basin regardless of the target geologic formation, and to water withdrawals, well pad and related activities and wastewater disposal activities comprising part of, associated with or serving such projects.
Amendments to the Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan to Update Water Quality Criteria for Toxic Pollutants in the Delaware Estuary and Extend These Criteria to Delaware Bay
The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC or ``Commission'') will hold a public hearing to receive comments on proposed amendments to the Commission's Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan to update many of the Commission's stream quality objectives (also called water quality criteria) for human health and aquatic life for toxic pollutants in the Delaware Estuary (DRBC Water Quality Zones 2 through 5) and to extend application of the criteria to Delaware Bay (DRBC Water Quality Zone 6). The proposed changes will bring the Commission's criteria for toxic pollutants into conformity with current guidance published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and provide a more consistent regulatory framework for managing the tidal portion of the main stem Delaware River.
Schedule of Water Charges; Correction
This document corrects the preamble to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register of February 19, 2010, amending the schedule of water charges. This correction clarifies that the amended rates are proposed to take effect in two stages, on January 1, 2011 and January 1, 2012, respectively, and not on January 1, 2010 and January 1, 2011 as stated in the preamble.
Notice of Public Hearing on Stone Energy Corporation Proposed Surface Water Withdrawal and Natural Gas Well Site
Because of the high level of public interest in projects within the Delaware Basin that are associated with natural gas drilling activities, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC or ``Commission'') will hold a special public hearing on two projects sponsored by the Stone Energy Corporation (hereinafter, ``Stone Energy'') to support natural gas exploration and development activities within the basin. One of the two projects entails a surface water withdrawal from the West Branch Lackawaxen River in Mount Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania (Docket No. D-2009-13-1). The other concerns an existing natural gas well drilling pad site in Clinton Township, Pennsylvania (Docket No. D-2009-18-1). Both projects are located in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, within the drainage area of a portion of the main stem Delaware River that the Commission has classified as Special Protection Waters.
Schedule of Water Charges
The Delaware River Basin Commission will hold a public hearing to receive comments on proposed amendments to the Administrative ManualPart IIIBasin RegulationsWater Supply Charges to revise the schedule of water charges.
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