[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 230 (Wednesday, November 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 71094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30401]


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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN COMMISSION


Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Proposed Amendment to the Delaware 
River Basin Commission's Water Code and Comprehensive Plan To Establish 
Water Usage Reporting Requirements

AGENCY: Delaware River Basin Commission.
SUMMARY: The Delaware River Basin Commission (``Commission'') will hold 
a public hearing to receive comments on proposed amendments to its 
Water Code and Comprehensive Plan to establish water usage reporting 
requirements for source water withdrawals and water service. The 
Commission established source metering, recording, and reporting 
requirements in 1986 for withdrawals of surface or ground water in 
excess of an average of 100,000 gallons per day over a 30-day period, 
but it did not specify the types of information to be reported. The 
Commission established service metering and recording requirements in 
1987 for purveyors meeting the same volume threshold, but it did not 
require them to report service by use category. Thus, key pieces of 
information are missing and reported data are inconsistent among the 
states, impeding the Commission's ability to perform critical water use 
analyses. The Commission now proposes to amend its regulations to 
institute reporting requirements that ensure it has the source and 
service information needed to evaluate how and where water is being 
used in the basin. Much of the data proposed to be collected already 
are being collected by the states. The proposed amendment addresses the 
existing data gaps and will greatly facilitate the Commission's water 
use evaluations.
    The existing regulations (DRBC Water Code Sections 2.50.1 and 
2.50.2), the proposed amendment (proposed Water Code Section 2.50.3), 
and supplemental information are posted on the Delaware River Basin 
Commission web site at http://www.drbc.net.

Dates: The public hearing will be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2001 
during the Commission's regular business meeting. The meeting will 
begin at 1:00 p.m. and continue until all those present who wish to 
testify are afforded an opportunity to do so. Persons wishing to 
testify at the hearing are asked to register in advance with the 
Commission Secretary.
    The deadline for submission of written comments will be December 
20, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at the Sykes Student Union, 
Rosedale Avenue, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania. 
Directions to that location will be posted on the Commission's web 
site, http://www.drbc.net, in December 2000. Written comments should be 
submitted to Pamela M. Bush, Delaware River Basin Commission, P.O. Box 
7360, West Trenton, NJ 08628-0360.

For Further Information: Please contact Esther Siskind at 609-883-9500 
ext. 202 with questions about the proposed amendment, and Pamela M. 
Bush at ext. 203 with questions about the rulemaking process.

    Dated: November 22, 2000.
Pamela M. Bush,
Commission Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-30401 Filed 11-28-00; 8:45 am]
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