[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57854-57855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23592]
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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
Notice of Public Hearing and Business Meeting; November 13 and
December 11, 2019
Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission
will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, November 13, 2019. A business
meeting will be held the following month on Wednesday, December 11,
2019. The hearing and business meeting are open to the public and will
take place at the Washington Crossing Historic Park Visitor Center,
1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania.
Public Hearing. The public hearing on November 13, 2019 will begin
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, as well as a resolution establishing the
Advisory Committee on Climate Change and providing for its purpose,
membership and initial charge.
The list of projects scheduled for hearing, including project
descriptions, and the text of the proposed resolution 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 November 13
will be accepted through 5:00 p.m. on November 18.
The public is advised to check the Commission's website
periodically prior to the hearing date, as items scheduled for hearing
may be postponed if additional time is needed to complete the
Commission's review, and items may be added up to ten days prior to the
hearing date. In reviewing docket descriptions, the public is also
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 December 11, 2019
will begin at 10:30 a.m. and will include: Adoption of the Minutes of
the Commission's September 11, 2019 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 latter may include but are not limited to
Resolutions for the Minutes authorizing the Executive Director or his
designee to: (a) Issue a task order to the Academy of Natural Sciences
of Drexel University (``ANSDU'') to provide analytical services for
characterization of algal composition in the Delaware Estuary; (b)
issue a task order to the ANSDU to provide technical services for the
modernization of Decision Support System (``DSS'') Tools for the Upper
Delaware; and (c) execute an agreement for the preparation of an
actuarial evaluation of the Commission's Other Post-Employment Benefit
(``OPEB'') obligations, in accordance with Government Accounting
Standards Board Statement No. 75.
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 December 11 Business Meeting on items for which a hearing
was completed on November 13 or a previous date. Commission
consideration on December 11 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 November 13 or to address
the Commissioners informally during the Open Public Comment portion of
the meeting on December 11 as time allows, are asked to sign-up in
advance through EventBrite. Links to EventBrite for the Public Hearing
and the Business Meeting are available at www.drbc.gov. For assistance,
please contact Ms. Paula Schmitt 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 Paula Schmitt 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.
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Dated: October 22, 2019.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary and Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2019-23592 Filed 10-28-19; 8:45 am]
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