[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24142-24143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08611]


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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Notice of Public Hearing and Business Meeting, May 11 and June 8, 
2022

    Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission 
will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. A business 
meeting will be held the following month on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. 
Both the hearing and the business meeting are open to the public. The 
public hearing will be conducted remotely. The business meeting will be 
held both remotely and in-person at the Chase Center on the Riverfront 
located at 815 Justison Street, Wilmington, DE 19801, in the Center's 
Dravo Auditorium. Details about the remote platforms for the two events 
and any Covid protocols for the in-person business meeting venue will 
be posted on the Commission's website, www.drbc.gov, at least ten days 
prior to the respective meeting dates.
    Public Hearing. The Commission will conduct the public hearing 
remotely on May 11, 2022, 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; 
and resolutions: (a) Adopting the Commission's Water Resources Program 
FY2023-2025, (b) approving the Commission's FY2023 Expense Budget, and 
(c) providing for the signatory parties' contributions for the support 
of the Commission's FY2023 Expense and Capital Budgets.
    A list of the projects scheduled for hearing, including project 
descriptions, 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 May 11, 2022, 
will be accepted through 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 16, 2022.
    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.
    Public Meeting. The public business meeting on June 8, 2022, will 
begin at 10:30 a.m. and will include: Adoption of the Minutes of the 
Commission's March 9, 2022, 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 May 11, 2022; and resolutions: (a) 
Adopting the Commission's Water Resources Program FY 2023-2025, (b) 
approving the Commission's FY 2023 Expense Budget, and (c) providing 
for the signatory parties' contributions to support of the Commission's 
FY 2023 Expense and Capital Budgets.
    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 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 June 8, 2022, business meeting on items for which a 
hearing was completed on May 11, 2022, or a previous date. Commission

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consideration on June 8, 2022, 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 Sign-Up for Oral Comment. Individuals who wish to comment 
on the record during the public hearing on May 11, 2022, or to address 
the Commissioners informally during the Open Public Comment portion of 
the meeting on June 8, 2022, as time allows, are asked to sign up in 
advance through EventBrite. Links to EventBrite for the public hearing 
and the business meeting will be posted at www.drbc.gov at least ten 
days before each meeting date. 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].
    Accommodations for Special Needs. Individuals in need of an 
accommodation 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 Denise McHugh, 609-883-9500, ext. 240. 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: April 13, 2022.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary and Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2022-08611 Filed 4-21-22; 8:45 am]
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