[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 81 (Monday, April 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23342-23343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08875]
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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, May 13, 2020 by telephone at
866-342-8588, passcode 3722. A business meeting will be held the
following month on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Because COVID-19
mitigation measures in effect in June may compel the Commission to
conduct the business meeting remotely, please check the Commission's
website, www.drbc.gov, on or after May 27, 2020 for details about the
June meeting format. Whether in-person or remote, the hearing and
business meeting are open to the public.
Public Hearing. The telephonic public hearing on May 13, 2020 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
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 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 May 13, 2020
will be accepted through 5:00 p.m. on May 17.
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 May 13, 2020 will
begin at 10:30 a.m. and will include: Adoption of the Minutes of the
Commission's March 11, 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; a resolution for the minutes providing for election of the
Commission Chair, Vice Chair and Second Vice Chair for the year
commencing July 1, 2020 and 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 June 10 Business Meeting on items for which a hearing was
completed on May 13 or a previous date. Commission consideration on
June 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 May 13 or to address the
Commissioners informally during the Open Public Comment portion of the
meeting on June 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
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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: April 21, 2020.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary and Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2020-08875 Filed 4-24-20; 8:45 am]
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