[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75565-75566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24279]


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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Notice of Proposed Methodology for the 2024 Delaware River and 
Bay Water Quality Assessment Report

AGENCY: Delaware River Basin Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the methodology proposed to be 
used in the 2024 Delaware River and Bay Water Quality Assessment Report 
is available for review and comment.

DATES: Written comments on the assessment methodology or 
recommendations for the consideration of data sets will be accepted 
through 5 p.m. EST on February 1, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted through the Commission's 
web-based comment system, a link to which is provided at www.drbc.gov. 
All submissions should include the name and address (street address 
optional) of the commenter. Exceptions to use of the web-based comment 
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].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jacob Bransky, Senior Aquatic 
Biologist, [email protected], 609-477-7230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Delaware River Basin Commission 
(``DRBC'' or ``Commission'') is a Federal-interstate compact agency 
that was created in 1961 by concurrent legislation of the States of 
Delaware, New Jersey, and New York, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
and the United States Government for purpose of jointly managing the 
water resources of the Delaware River Basin.
    DRBC currently is compiling data for the 2024 Delaware River and 
Bay Water Quality Assessment Report (``2024 Assessment'') required by 
the federal Clean Water Act (``CWA''). The 2024 Assessment will present 
the extent to which waters of the Delaware River and Bay are attaining 
designated uses in accordance with section 305(b) of the CWA and the 
Commission's Water Quality Regulations (incorporated by reference at 18 
CFR part 410), and will identify impaired waters, which consist of 
waters in which surface water quality standards are not being met.
    The proposed assessment methodology to be used in the 2024 
Assessment is available for review at the following URL: https://www.nj.gov/drbc/library/documents/WQAssessment2024MethodologyDRAFToct2023.pdf.
    Authority: Delaware River Basin Compact, Public Law 87-328, 
Approved September 27, 1961, 75 Statutes at Large, 688, sec's 3.6(c), 
3.6(h), 3.9, 3.9(a), 3.9(d), and 5.1.


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    Dated: October 18, 2023.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-24279 Filed 11-2-23; 8:45 am]
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