Wednesday, June 11

DRBC Open Public Comment Session (Second Quarter 2025)

The Delaware River Basin Commission will hold an open public comment session Wednesday, June 11, 2025, after its scheduled business meeting.

By Delaware River Basin Commission

Date and time

Wednesday, June 11 · 12 - 1pm EDT

Location

Nurture Nature Center

518 Northampton Street Easton, PA 18042

About this event

Event lasts 1 hour

The DRBC will hold its second-quarter business meeting on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, beginning at 10 a.m. The business meeting is open to the public and will be held in person at the Nurture Nature Center, 518 Northampton St, Easton, PA 18042. Google Maps Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/LLPPAT6mAdavZeaTA.

No registration is required to attend the business meeting in person or to watch on DRBC’s YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@DRBC_1961.

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 the management of the Basin's water resources outside the context of a duly noticed, on-the-record public hearing.

After the June 11 business meeting, an open public comment session is planned and is anticipated to begin at approximately 12:00 p.m. If interested in speaking, please register here.

Please note: Folks must attend in-person to give Open Public Comment. No virtual opportunity will be offered for this meeting, nor can you comment by watching the YouTube livestream.

Open Public Comment Sessions provide an opportunity for interested persons to speak about other topics that are relevant to the management of the basin’s waters and the scope of DRBC’s authority.

Comments made during Open Public Comment Sessions are not included in any decision-making record. The Commission affords this opportunity in order to be better informed about the concerns of basin water users. Open Public Comment Sessions generally will be held, as time allows, upon the conclusion of Commission business at DRBC business meetings; limited to one hour per quarter; and noticed in advance on the DRBC website.

Registration does not guarantee an opportunity to speak during the 1-hour Open Public Comment, based on time limitations, technology issues and other factors, and in-person comments will be given priority. If Open Public Comment is not offered, or limited, interested parties may contact the Commission at any time in writing and/or provide comments at the next scheduled meeting in September 2025. Those interested in giving public comment are asked to register by June 10, 2025, at 5 p.m. Attendees are subject to DRBC's meeting procedures and security screening.

To register to speak at open public comment: https://DRBCMeetinginEaston.eventbrite.com

Frequently asked questions

Is the venue accessible?

The Nurture Nature Center is easily navigated with a wheel chair. Elevators will help you get to each level and there are public rest rooms with wheelchair access. Strollers are permitted in much of the Center including our main exhibit halls, but must be kept clear of exit areas.

Is parking available?

Free or metered parking is ample in downtown Easton, and surrounding the Nurture Nature Center. Please refer to https://nurturenaturecenter.org/visit-the-center/parking. Note the NNC lot will not be available to the public on June 11.

Can I bring a sign?

Please refer to the DRBC's procedures for open public comment. https://www.nj.gov/drbc/library/documents/procedures_opc050317.pdf

Will there be security?

Yes, all attendees will be subject to security screening, as well as DRBC's participant conduct procedures. Please refer to the DRBC's full procedures for open public comment. https://www.nj.gov/drbc/library/documents/procedures_opc050317.pdf

Organized by

Delaware River Basin Commission

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.

The members of this regional body - the Delaware 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.