81 FR 26535 - Notice of Public Hearing and Business Meeting

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 85 (May 3, 2016)

Page Range		26535-26536
FR Document		2016-10300
Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 85 (Tuesday, May 3, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26535-26536]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10300]


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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Notice of Public Hearing and Business Meeting

May 11 and June 15, 2016.
    Notice is hereby given that the Delaware River Basin Commission 
will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. A business 
meeting will be held the following month, on

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016. The hearing and business meeting are open to 
the public and will be conducted at the Washington Crossing Historic 
Park Visitor Center, 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, 
Pennsylvania.
    Public Hearing. The public hearing on May 11, 2016 will begin at 
1:30 p.m. Hearing items will include: Draft dockets for the 
withdrawals, discharges and other water-related projects subject to the 
Commission's review; and resolutions (1) adopting procedural guidelines 
for certain determinations made pursuant to the Commission's Water 
Quality Regulations; (2) approving the Commission's annual current 
expense and capital budgets for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017; 
and (3) apportioning among the signatory parties the amounts required 
for support of the current expense and capital budgets for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 2017.
    The list of projects scheduled for hearing, including project 
descriptions, will be posted on the Commission's Web site, 
www.drbc.net, in a long form of this notice at least ten days before 
the hearing date. Draft resolutions scheduled for hearing also will be 
posted at www.drbc.net ten or more days prior to the hearing.
    Written comments on matters scheduled for hearing on May 11 will be 
accepted through 5:00 p.m. on May 12. After the hearing on all 
scheduled matters has been completed, and as time allows, an 
opportunity for Open Public Comment will also be provided.
    The public is advised to check the Commission's Web site 
periodically prior to the hearing date, as items scheduled for hearing 
may be postponed if additional time is deemed necessary 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 project details commonly change in the course of 
the Commission's review, which is ongoing.
    Public Meeting. The public business meeting on June 15, 2016 will 
begin at 10:30 a.m. and will include: Adoption of the Minutes of the 
Commission's March 16, 2016 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. Items expected to be considered on June 15 for which no 
hearing is required include: A resolution for the Minutes providing for 
the election of Commission officers for fiscal year 2017 (ending June 
30, 2017); and a resolution for the Minutes to amend the Administrative 
Manual--Bylaws, Management and Personnel concerning the timing of 
annual salary adjustments.
    After all scheduled business has been completed and as time allows, 
the meeting will also include up to one hour of Open Public Comment.
    There will be no opportunity for additional public comment for the 
record at the June 15 business meeting on items for which a hearing was 
completed on May 11 or a previous date. Commission consideration on 
June 15 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 11 or to address the 
Commissioners informally during the Open Public Comment portion of the 
meeting on either May 11 or June 15 as time allows, are asked to sign 
up in advance by contacting Ms. Paula Schmitt of the Commission staff, 
at paula.schmitt@drbc.nj.gov.
    Addresses for Written Comment. Written comment on items scheduled 
for hearing may be delivered by hand at the public hearing or: By hand, 
U.S. Mail or private carrier to: Commission Secretary, P.O. Box 7360, 
25 State Police Drive, West Trenton, NJ 08628; by fax to Commission 
Secretary, DRBC at 609-883-9522; or by email (preferred) to 
paula.schmitt@drbc.nj.gov. If submitted by email, written comments on a 
docket should also be sent to Mr. David Kovach, Manager, Project Review 
Section at david.kovach@drbc.nj.gov.
    Accommodations for Special Needs. Individuals in need of an 
accommodation as provided for in the Americans with Disabilities Act 
who wish to attend the informational meeting, conference session or 
hearings 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 Carol Adamovic, 609-883-9500, ext. 249. 
For other questions concerning hearing items, please contact the 
Project Review Section assistant at 609-883-9500, ext. 216.

    Dated: April 27, 2016.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary and Assistant General Counsel.
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the public for inspection and, to the ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the SIR that construction activities may occur
extent permitted by law, will not be send requests to Ms. Amanda Cruz, U.S. year-round with suspension of in-
released under the Freedom of Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco channel work and implementation of a
Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552. District, 1455 Market Street, 17th Floor, Project-specific Rain Event Action Plan
ADDRESSES: Send written objections to San Francisco, CA 94103–1398 or email: (REAP) if 0.5 inch or greater
U.S. Army Research Laboratory Amanda.B.Cruz@usace.army.mil. precipitation is forecast by the National
Technology Transfer and Outreach FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Weather Service in their 72-hour
Office, RDRL–DPT/Thomas Mulkern, Amanda Cruz, (415) 503–6955. forecast for the Project area.
Building 321 Room 110, Aberdeen SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The The SIR evaluates the potential effects
Proving Ground, MD 21005–5425. March 2014 Final GRR/EIS for the on environmental resources of removing
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Berryessa Creek Element, and its the exercise pocket park and allowing
Thomas Mulkern, (410) 278–0889, accompanying CWA § 404(b)(1) in-channel work year-round in the
email: ORTA@arl.army.mil alternatives analysis, recommended an absence of substantial rainfall. Effects
earthen trapezoidal channel section on the following environmental
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.
with varying bottom width and 2H:1V resources were considered: Air quality;
Brenda S. Bowen, side slopes that provides protection climate change; water resources and
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. against the one-percent annual chance quality; fisheries; biological resources;
[FR Doc. 2016–10264 Filed 5–2–16; 8:45 am] exceedance flood event from I–680 in topography and soils; geology and
BILLING CODE 5001–03–P San Jose to Calaveras Boulevard in seismicity; cultural resources; land use
Milpitas (hereinafter ‘‘Project’’). These and socioeconomics; traffic and
environmental analyses determined the circulation; noise; recreation and public
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Project to be the National Economic access; aesthetics and visual resources;
Development Plan (NED), the National hazardous, toxic, and radiological
Department of the Army, U.S. Army Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) waste; growth-inducing effects; and
Corps of Engineers environmentally preferable alternative, cumulative effects. Based on this
the California Environmental Quality analysis, the USACE has determined
Notice of Availability of Supplemental that removing the exercise pocket park
Act (CEQA) § 15126.6(e)(2)
Information Report for Berryessa and allowing in-channel work year-
environmentally superior alternative,
Creek Element, Coyote and Berryessa round in the absence of substantial
and the CWA § 404 Least
Creek, Flood Control Project, Santa rainfall will not result in new significant
Environmentally Damaging Practicable
Clara County, CA environmental impacts not already
Alternative (LEDPA). The USACE
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Director of Civil Works signed the identified in the GRR/EIS.
Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. Record of Decision (ROD) on May 29, Because removing the exercise pocket
2014. park features and allowing in-channel
ACTION: Public notice.
The SIR serves to update the Project work year-round in the absence of
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of description and impact analysis in the substantial rainfall will not result in
Engineers (USACE) has prepared a GRR/EIS to include the removal of the new significant environmental impacts,
Supplemental Information Report (SIR) pocket exercise park facilities and these elements do not amount to
to update and clarify the General clarify that in-channel construction may substantial changes to the proposed
Reevaluation Report/Environmental occur year-round in the absence of action and do not constitute significant
Impact Statement (GRR/EIS) for the substantial rainfall. The Project as new circumstances or information
Berryessa Creek Element of the Coyote described in the GRR/EIS would remove bearing upon the proposed action or its
and Berryessa Creek, California, Flood an existing pocket park with permanent impacts. Therefore, the USACE
Control Project (Project) to account for outdoor exercise equipment and about concludes that preparation of a
the fact that the Project will remove an 460 linear feet of paved trail located on supplement to the GRR/EIS, as defined
existing exercise ‘‘pocket park’’ and property owned by the Project’s non- in section 1502.9(c) of the CEQ
paved trail within the Project footprint Federal sponsor, the Santa Clara Valley Regulations, is not necessary. The
and will involve in-channel work year- Water District, in order to allow for Project remains the environmentally
round in the absence of substantial construction of the widened channel. preferable alternative.
rainfall (defined as 0.5 inch or greater The existence of these features and the John C. Morrow,
precipitation forecast by the National fact that they would be removed by the Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, District
Weather Service in their 72-hour Project were inadvertently omitted from Engineer.
forecast for the Project area). The the GRR–EIS. Additionally, the GRR– [FR Doc. 2016–10263 Filed 5–2–16; 8:45 am]
removal of the existing exercise pocket EIS stated that ‘‘construction activities BILLING CODE 3720–58–P
park facilities was omitted from the would occur primarily during the dry
original GRR/EIS and the clarification season from May to the end of October’’
regarding in-channel work year-round and included a mitigation measure
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN
when weather permits (i.e., in the stating that best management practices
COMMISSION
absence of substantial rainfall) is in for the Project would include
response to informal comments. The preparation and implementation of ‘‘an
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Notice of Public Hearing and Business
USACE has determined that these Erosion and Sediment Control Plan Meeting
elements do not amount to substantial consistent with RWQCB policy and
changes to the proposed action and do guidelines’’ that would require May 11 and June 15, 2016.
not constitute significant new contractors to ‘‘limit in-channel Notice is hereby given that the
circumstances or information bearing construction to the low-flow period Delaware River Basin Commission will
upon the proposed action or its impacts. between April 15 and October 31 to hold a public hearing on Wednesday,
Therefore, a supplement to the GRR/EIS minimize soil erosion.’’ This SIR May 11, 2016. A business meeting will
is not necessary. clarifies the measure to specifically state be held the following month, on

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Section		Notices
FR Citation		81 FR 26535