[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 47194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16870]
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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION
Notice of Public Hearing and Business Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission
will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. A business
meeting will be held the following month on Wednesday, September 10,
2020. Both the hearing and the business meeting are open to the public.
In light of COVID-19 mitigation measures in effect for DRBC member
states, however, both meetings will be conducted remotely. Please check
the Commission's website, www.drbc.gov, on or after July 29, 2020 for
details about the meeting formats and how to attend.
Public Hearing. The public hearing will take place by telephone on
August 12, 2020, 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 as well
as resolutions to: (a) Adopt the Commission's current expense and
capital budgets for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021; and (b)
apportion among the signatory parties the amounts required for the
support of the current expense and capital budgets for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2021.
The list of projects scheduled for hearing, including project
descriptions, and the text of the proposed resolutions 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 12,
2020 will be accepted through 5 p.m. on August 17, 2020.
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 September 10, 2020
will begin at 10:30 a.m. and will include: Adoption of the Minutes of
the Commission's May 13, 2020 Business Meeting; announcements of
upcoming meetings and events; a report on hydrologic conditions;
reports by the Executive Director and the Commission's General Counsel;
resolutions to: (a) Adopt the Commission's annual current expense and
capital budgets for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021; and (b)
apportion among the signatory parties the amounts required for the
support of the current expense and capital budgets for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2021; and consideration of any items for which a
hearing has been completed or is not required.
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 September 10 Business Meeting on items for which a
hearing was completed on August 12 or a previous date. Commission
consideration on September 10 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 August 12 or to address the
Commissioners informally during the Open Public Comment portion of the
meeting on September 10 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. 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.
Dated: July 22, 2020.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary and Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2020-16870 Filed 8-3-20; 8:45 am]
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