[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 16285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6636]


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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION

18 CFR Part 410


Amendments to the Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and 
Comprehensive Plan To Update Water Quality Criteria for Toxic 
Pollutants in the Delaware Estuary and Extend These Criteria to 
Delaware Bay

AGENCY: Delaware River Basin Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: By Resolution No. 2010-13 on December 8, 2010, the Delaware 
River Basin Commission (DRBC or ``Commission'') approved amendments to 
its Water Quality Regulations, Water Code and Comprehensive Plan to 
update the Commission's human health and aquatic life stream quality 
objectives (also called water quality criteria) for toxic pollutants in 
the Delaware Estuary (DRBC Water Quality Zones 2 through 5) and 
extended application of the criteria to Delaware Bay (DRBC Water 
Quality Zone 6).

DATES: Effective Date: March 23, 2011. The incorporation by reference 
of the publications listed in this rule is approved by the Director of 
the Federal Register as of March 23, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about the technical 
basis for the rule, please contact Dr. Ronald MacGillivray at 609-477-
7252.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Delaware River Basin Commission is a 
federal-state regional agency charged with managing the water resources 
of the Delaware River Basin without regard to political boundaries. Its 
members are the governors of the four basin states--Delaware, New 
Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania--and the North Atlantic Division 
Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, representing the Federal 
government.
    Notice of the proposed amendments appeared in the Federal Register 
(75 FR 41106) on July 15, 2010 as well as in the Delaware Register of 
Regulations (14 DE Reg. 70-83 (08/01/2010)) on August 1, 2010, the New 
Jersey Register (42 N.J.R. 1701(a)) on August 4, 2010, the New York 
State Register (p. 6) on July 21, 2010 and the Pennsylvania Bulletin 
(40 Pa. B. 4208) on July 31, 2010. A public hearing was held on 
September 23, 2010 and written comments were accepted through October 
1, 2010. The commission received two written submissions and no oral 
testimony on the proposed changes. The Commission made minor revisions 
to the proposed amendments in response to the comments received. A 
comment and response document setting forth the Commission's responses 
and revisions in detail was approved by the Commission simultaneously 
with adoption of the final rule.
    Resolution No. 2010-13, the text of the final rule, a copy of the 
comment and response document, and a basis and background document 
published simultaneously with the proposed rule are available on the 
Commission's Web site, at http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/toxics_info.htm.

List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 410

    Incorporation by reference, Water audit, Water pollution control, 
Water reservoirs, Water supply, Watersheds.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Delaware River Basin 
Commission amends part 410 of title 18 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations as follows:

PART 410--BASIN REGULATIONS; WATER CODE AND ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL--
PART III WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS

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1. The authority citation for part 410 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  Delaware River Basin Compact, 75 Stat. 688.


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2. Amend Sec.  410.1 by revising the first sentence of paragraph (c) to 
read as follows:


Sec.  410.1  Basin regulations--Water Code and Administrative Manual--
Part III Water Quality Regulations.

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    (c) Work, services, activities and facilities affecting the 
conservation, utilization, control, development or management of water 
resources within the Delaware River Basin are subject to regulations 
contained within the Delaware River Basin Water Code with Amendments 
Through December 8, 2010 and the Administrative Manual--Part III Water 
Quality Regulations with Amendments Through December 8, 2010. * * *

    Dated: March 15, 2011.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-6636 Filed 3-22-11; 8:45 am]
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