[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 140 (Thursday, July 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34853-34854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13962]
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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
Notice of Public Hearing and Business Meeting; August 6, 2025 and
September 10, 2025
Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission
will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. A business
meeting will be held the following month on Wednesday, September 10,
2025. Both the hearing and the business meeting are open to the public
and both will be conducted virtually.
Public Hearing. The Commission will conduct the public hearing
virtually on August 6, 2025, 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 6, 2025
will be accepted through 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 11, 2025.
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 10, 2025 will
begin at 10:30 a.m. and will include: adoption of the Minutes of the
Commission's June 11, 2025 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 6, 2025.
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 10, 2025 business meeting on items for which a
hearing was completed on August 6, 2025 or a previous date. Commission
consideration on September 10, 2025 of items for which the public
hearing is closed may result in approval of the item 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
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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 virtual public hearing and 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 6, 2025 or to address the Commissioners informally
during the Open Public Comment session following the meeting on
September 10, 2025 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].
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. Closed captioning will be
available on both webinar and live-stream platforms. 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.
Other individuals in need of an accommodation as provided for in
the Americans with Disabilities Act who wish to attend the virtual
hearing or business meeting should contact the Commission Secretary
directly at 609-477-7203 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 Donna Woolf, 609-477-7222. For other
questions concerning hearing items, please contact David Kovach,
Project Review Manager, at 609-477-7264.
Authority. Delaware River Basin Compact, Public Law 87-328,
Approved September 27, 1961, 75 Statutes at Large, 688, sec. 14.4.
Dated: July 17, 2025.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary and Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2025-13962 Filed 7-23-25; 8:45 am]
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