[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47867-47868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15740]


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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Notice of Public Hearing and Business Meeting; August 9 and 
September 7, 2023

    Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission 
will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, August 9, 2023. A business 
meeting will be held the following month on Thursday, September 7, 
2023. 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 the public hearing and the 
business meeting will be streamed live on the Commission's YouTube 
channel.
    Public Hearing. The Commission will conduct the public hearing 
virtually on August 9, 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, 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 August 9, 2023 
will be accepted through 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 14, 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.
    Business Meeting. The business meeting on September 7, 2023 will 
begin at 10:30 a.m. and will include: adoption of the Minutes of the 
Commission's June 7, 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 August 9, 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 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 September 7, 2023 business meeting on items for which a 
hearing was completed on August 9, 2023 or a previous date. Commission 
consideration on September 7, 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 
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 August 9, 2023 or to address the Commissioners informally during the 
Open Public Comment session following the meeting on September 7, 2023 
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].

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    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. 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.
    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.
    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: July 18, 2023.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary and Assistant General Counsel.
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