The Susquehanna River Basin Commission will hold a telephonic public hearing February 4 from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. on proposed water withdrawal requests and to accept comments on its 2021 Update of its Comprehensive Plan For Water Resources. (formal notice)

Projects

Click Here for a list of water withdrawals to be considered.  For more information visit SRBC’s Water Application Viewer.

Plan Update

SRBC published the update of its Comprehensive Plan for Water Resources on December 16 for comment. Comments can be submitted through February 19.  Read more here.

Offering Comments

Interested parties wishing to offer comments at the hearing are strongly encouraged to pre-register with the Commission by sending an email to Jason Oyler at joyler@srbc.net prior to the hearing date.

To join the hearing by telephone, call 888-387-8686, the conference room code is 9179686050.

Read the entire notice for more information.

The next scheduled business meeting of the Commission is March 12.

For more information on programs, training opportunities and upcoming events, visit the Susquehanna River Basin Commission website.  Click Here to sign up for SRBC’s newsletter.   Follow SRBC on Twitter, visit them on YouTube.

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[Posted: January 22, 2021]

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