Delaware River Flood Mitigation Assistance Office Hours - Montgomery County

A breakthrough in water resources management occurred in 1961 when President Kennedy and the governors of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York for the first time signed concurrent compact legislation into law creating a regional body with the force of law to oversee a unified approach to managing a river system without regard to political boundaries.Themembersof this regional body - theDelaware River Basin Commission(DRBC) - include the four basin state governors and the Division Engineer, North Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who serves as the federal representative.When the DRBC was created, some 43 state agencies, 14 interstate agencies, and 19 federal agencies exercised a multiplicity of splintered powers and duties within the watershed, which stretches 330 miles from the Delaware River's headwaters near Hancock, N.Y., to the mouth of the Delaware Bay.The Compact's signing marked the first time since the nation's birth that the federal government and a group of states joined together as equal partners in a river basin planning, development, and regulatory agency.The five members appoint alternate commissioners, with the governors selecting high-ranking officials from their state environmental agencies. Each commissioner has one vote of equal power, with a majority vote needed to decide most issues. Exceptions are votes to apportion among the signatory parties amounts required to support the current expense budget and votes to declare a state of emergency resulting from a drought or catastrophe, which require unanimity.Commission programs include water quality protection, water supply allocation, regulatory review (permitting), water conservation initiatives, watershed planning, drought management, flood loss reduction, and recreation.The DRBC is funded by the signatory parties, project review fees, water use charges, and fines, as well as federal, state, and private grants.The commission holds business meetings and hearings on policy matters and water resource projects under regulatory review. These sessions, along with meetings of the commission's various advisory committees, are open to the public.

Delaware River Basin Commission

Join the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) for an informal, drop-in opportunity to discuss flood mitigation efforts in your community.

Upper Providence Township

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), in partnership with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA), is pleased to invite you to Delaware River Flood Mitigation Assistance Office Hours - Montgomery County!Interested attendees can stop by any time between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM (Eastern Time) for one-on-one discussion focused on flood mitigation in the Delaware River Basin. This is a great opportunity to learn about strategies, resources, and assistance available to help protect your community from flooding.This event is offered under the Middle Delaware Flood Mitigation Assistance Workshop program, which is aimed at supporting local municipalities in advancing hazard mitigation projects for FEMA funding approval. For more information about this project and additional resources, please visit the <a href="https://www.nj.gov/drbc/programs/flood/PEMA_MiddleDelawarePIGD.html" title="https://www.nj.gov/drbc/programs/flood/PEMA_MiddleDelawarePIGD.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">project webpage</a>.If you have a question about this event, please contact avery.lentini@drbc.gov.This event is supported with funding from a FEMA Advanced Assistance grant to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency in partnership with the Delaware River Basin Commission.

Delaware River Flood Mitigation Assistance Office Hours - Montgomery County

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