[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2895-2896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00849]


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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Notice of Public Hearing and Business Meeting; February 8 and 
March 8, 2023

    Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission 
will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. A business 
meeting will be held the following month on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. 
Both the hearing and the business meeting are open to the public. Both 
will be conducted remotely. Details about the remote platforms for the 
two events 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 
virtually on February 8, 2023, 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, 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 8, 
2023 will be accepted through 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 13, 2023.
    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 March 8, 2023 will 
begin at 10:30 a.m. and will include: adoption of the Minutes of the 
Commission's December 7, 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 February 8, 2023.
    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 March 8, 2023 business meeting on items for which a 
hearing was completed on February 8, 2023 or a previous date. 
Commission consideration on March 8, 2023 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 
registering 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 8, 2023 or to address the Commissioners informally during 
the Open Public Comment portion of the meeting on March 8, 2023

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as time allows, will be asked to so indicate when registering. The 
Commission's hearing and business meeting 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].
    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: January 10, 2023.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary and Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2023-00849 Filed 1-17-23; 8:45 am]
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